Apparently not everybody believes that Andy and Barney travelled all the way to
Seattle for a meeting with "the commissioner." Well, they did and I'll prove
it to you.
At the beginning of the episode Andy and Barney in the Big City, our two
favorite lawmen our about to leave town on a business trip. Just about every
viewer assumes they are going to Raleigh, however their destination in this
episode is never mentioned (watch it again and see for yourself), and as a
matter of fact at this point in the series it had not even been established
that Mayberry was in North Carolina. But I digress. For those who don't
recognize the title, this is the one where Barney thinks he is stalking a jewel
thief at the hotel where they are staying, but the man he suspects is really
the house detective (played by Allan Melvin).
Anyway, just before they arrive at the hotel, we see an aerial shot of a large
city with many tall buildings. (In TV production this is what is known as an
"establishing shot.") One of the tall buildings in the establishing shot has a
large sign reading OLYMPIC NATIONAL BUILDING; a quick bit of research confirmed
that this was a famous building in downtown Seattle (built in 1905, demolished
in 1982). I sent a screen shot to MOHAI (The Museum of History and Industry)
in Seattle and they confirmed that it was definitely Seattle, due to the large
number of easily recognizable Seattle buildings.
Paul Mulik
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