Re: Breaking the Fourth Wall

2016-11-15 Thread Jason Stillwell
Harriet, that was the exact quote from the exact episode I had been watching. > > In The Cannon episode, when Andy explains to Opie about how honesty is the best policy, he leaves the court house and Opie speaks out loud "If honesty is such a great policy, how come I'm out a cap pistol?" He's not

Re: Breaking the Fourth Wall

2016-11-15 Thread Harriet Browder
>Who can think of an example of someone breaking the fourth wall in an episode >of The Andy Griffith Show? In The Cannon episode, when Andy explains to Opie about how honesty is the best policy, he leaves the court house and Opie speaks out loud "If honesty is such a great polic

Breaking the Fourth Wall

2016-11-14 Thread Jason Stillwell
I was watching a 1st season episode this past weekend, and I noticed a character "breaking the fourth wall" (talking directly to the audience). Who can think of an example of someone breaking the fourth wall in an episode of The Andy Griffith Show? (I won't say who I saw or what wa

Breaking the fourth wall

2011-03-08 Thread tubist
They used to break the fourth wall on Green Acres from time to time. I remember one very funny scene in which the Douglases were in bed while the credits rolled on the screen, and they made silly comments about the words appearing (in midair, mind you) at the foot of their bed. Paul Mulik Sent

Breaking The Fourth Wall

2011-03-07 Thread DAVID QUINN
If anyone really wants to see "breaking the fourth wall", check out the Burns and Allen Television Show. George Burns blatenley breaks the fourth wall. He will walk out of a scene, smoke his cigar, and turn and talk directly to the audience. Something like "Gracile thinks t

Breaking the fourth wall

2011-03-05 Thread Paul Mulik
I've enjoyed this thread on "breaking the fourth wall."  In case anyone is unfamiliar with this term, it refers to the fact that a theater stage has three walls, but occasionally (for comic effect) a script will call for an actor to deliver a line directly to the audience in