Another episode that tugs on my heart is "Only a Rose" where Clara voluntarily gives up her first place ribbon for her rose when she sees how beautiful Aunt Bee's rose was that Opie accidentally destroyed. Clara didn't have to do that since she won the contest fair and square, but she did it because of her strong friendship with Bee and what it would mean to her. It's nice to see that side of Clara since we usually only see the "putting on airs" side of her.
But one episode that really gets the floodgates going is the end of "Opie's Job" when Andy is blasting Opie for being fired, telling him he'd never been fired in his life. After Opie explains why he intentionally got fired to give the job to Billy Crenshaw since his family needed the money more than Opie, Andy tells Opie that he's proud of him for being a man (by doing the right thing even though it cost him his job and perhaps his reputation with Mr. Doakes). <sniff sniff > Mr. Schwamp >What was true of every character on TAGS, regardless of their "outside", was >true of Goober: Their "innards" was pure gold. Remember when Andy and >Goob >go to the auto show? Talk about a heart-tugger! One of my VERY favorite >episodes, black and white or color, because it shows just what the >citizens >of Mayberry are all about. _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
