I know TAGS was set in the 1960s, but I did hear an interview with Andy
Griffith from 1996 on YouTube saying that they were trying to portray the
1930s. After I heard that, things began to make more sense and I believed it,
too. For instance, in "Keeper of the Flame," we see Aunt Bee listening to a
soap opera on the radio while doing her housework, much like the housewife of
the 1930s did. I know that radio shows ran until 1962, but I think as
television became more popular in the 1950s, listening to radio shows began to
dwindle down. That is not to say that people didn't listen to the radio in
1962, they must have, otherwise the shows wouldn't have ran as long as they did
(20 years or so). Another instance that shows episodes that could've taken
place during the Depression, you can tell by their titles. Episodes like
"Opie's Hobo Friend," "The Cow Thief," (I read on one of those TV Land fact
things that this was something that Andy Griffith
remembered from his childhood--someone was stealing cows and they put shoes on
the cows--Andy was chid in the 1930s), "Andy Forecloses," "Goodbye, Dolly,"
(During the Depression and WWII, many things were delivered by a horse and
wagon rather than a truck), and also the prices. Take a look at the prices in
the windows of Mayberry's shops. I read in Jewell's book (she grew up in Mt.
Airy during the 1930s and 1940s and she said the prices on TAGS are from that
era). The prices are not from the 60s. Some of the cars are from the 1930s
and 1940s. In that interview with Andy, he said they couldn't totally recreate
the 1930s because of the budget. That is why you see 60s things, like "modern"
cars and television. At least, that's how I understood it. He said a lot of
the early episodes could have been very well set in the 1930s, just look at
their storylines. And others too, I believe could've been set back then in the
earlier time. These
are just some things I was thinking of. What do you all think?
-Kristi
"In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. And so it would be
a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so
solemnly that we would put off doing those things for which we were
intended for in the first place, the opportunity to do good work, to fall
in love, to enjoy friends, to hit a ball and to bounce a baby" --Alistaire Cooke
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