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TCNW 829: Opie and the Bully

Two Chairs No Waiting Andy Griffith Show Fan Podcast

Release Date: 03/12/2025

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:38:18

We finished up reviewing the season one episodes of The Andy Griffith Show with TCNW 826: Bringing Up Opie so now it’s time to move onto season two episodes.

Opie and the Bully was the 34th episode filmed but the 33rd aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E1)

Plot Summary Opie and the Bully:

Andy learns Opie is being tormented by a local bully, who threatens him with pulverization until he gets Opie’s lunch money. Andy decides to let Opie fight this battle on his own. Opie goes to face his nemesis, and Andy suffers as he waits for his son to return. Opie returns to the courthouse as the better man–he won the fight for his rights.

We’ll review some notes and “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode Opie and the Bully.

We’ll play Mayberry trivia by Paul Mulik on the subject being, “Who Said it?”

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