The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)

Opie and His Merry Men (1963)

Andy Griffith: Andy Taylor

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• Opie Taylor : Pa, are we rich?

  Andy Taylor : Rich? You don't get rich bein' a sheriff.

  Barney Fife : You get investigated if you do!

• Barney Fife : How are you gonna teach kids respect for the law if they read that kind of stuff?

  Andy Taylor : Barney, "Robin Hood" is one of the most popular kids' stories there is around. It's harmless!

  Barney Fife : Oh, yeah? How do you know how many criminals got started by readin' "Robin Hood"? How do you know it wasn't read by Jesse James or Dillinger or Jack the Ripper? How do you know that?

  Andy Taylor : I don't know that, but I know this.

  Barney Fife : What?

  Andy Taylor : That vein in your neck's stickin' out!

• Barney Fife : The Sheriff's the bad guy?

  Andy Taylor : In "Robin Hood".

  Barney Fife : You're kiddin' me!

  Andy Taylor : I am not. The Sheriff in "Robin Hood" was fat and stupid and he had a stupid Deputy.

  Barney Fife : Now you're puttin' me on! You're tryin' to rile me so you can see that vein in my neck stick out!

• Andy Taylor : Daylight's precious when you're a youngun'.