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STARRING ANDY GRIFFITH...

WITH RONNY HOWARD...

ALSO STARRING DON KNOTTS.

OKAY, PA, I EMPTIED OUT THE BASKETS.

GOOD, GOOD. TAKE CARE OF THAT PILE

OF NEWSPAPERS IN THE BACK?

GOSH, NO, PA. CAN'T I TAKE CARE OF THAT LATER?

I'M SUPPOSED TO GO FISHING WITH THE GANG,

AND THEY'RE ALL WAITIN' FOR ME.

NO, OPE. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO --

PLEASE, CAN I GO?

I PROMISE I'LL DO IT

RIGHT AFTER I GET HOME FROM FISHING.

HUH, PA

WELL...ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN GO.

BUT YOU DO IT JUST SOON AS YOU GET BACK.

OKAY, PA, I PROMISE.

THANKS.

OKAY.

PUT THIS IN THE TRAFFIC FILE, WILL YOU?

ANDY, I, UH...

I NEVER HAVE INTERFERED IN YOUR FAMILY LIFE, HAVE I?

HUH?

I NEVER INTERFERE IN ANYTHING THAT GOES ON

BETWEEN YOU AND OPE, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

I MEAN, IF THERE'S ONE THING I CAN'T STAND,

IT'S FAMILY INTERFERERS.

ME, TOO.

A MAN OUGHT TO RAISE HIS CHILD IN HIS OWN WAY

WITHOUT ANY OUTSIDE INTERFERERS.

IT'S HIS SON. IT'S HIS BUSINESS.

AND EVERYBODY ELSE OUGHT TO JUST STAY OUT OF IT.

THAT'S TRUE.

BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU,

YOU JUST MADE A MISTAKE WITH YOUR BOY.

WHAT?

THE BOY WAS GIVEN A CHORE TO DO.

HE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT AND NOT BE ALLOWED

TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT WAS FINISHED.

WELL, BARNEY, HE SAID...

I KNOW WHAT HE SAID AND I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID.

AND I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING,

THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN WITH MY SON.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A SON.

WELL, I DON'T. NOT YET.

OH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SON.

WELL, SURE. ANY REASON WHY NOT?

WELL, NO, NONE AT ALL.

I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL, BARNEY.

WHO'S THE MOTHER?

MOTHER? I DON'T KNOW WHO THE MOTHER IS.

THE NAME AIN'T IMPORTANT.

WELL, IT IS IMPORTANT, TOO.

YOU EXPECT A WOMAN TO RAISE YOU A FAMILY,

YOU GOT TO AT LEAST BE FRIENDLY ENOUGH TO CALL HER BY HER NAME.

ALL I'M SAYING IS, IF I MEET A GIRL

AND IF I FALL IN LOVE AND IF WE GET MARRIED

AND IF WE HAVE A CHILD AND IF THAT CHILD IS A BOY

AND IF I GIVE HIM A CHORE TO DO, HE WILL FINISH THAT CHORE

AND THEN -- ONLY THEN -- WILL HE BE ALLOWED TO GO FISHING.

OH, OH, I SEE, I SEE.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU PLAN ON BEING FIRM WITH THE BOY?

RIGHT. AFTER ALL, IT'S FOR HIS OWN GOOD YOU'RE DOING THIS.

I MEAN, SOMEDAY, WHEN HE'S GROWN UP,

HE'LL BE ON A JOB

AND HIS BOSS WILL GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO DO.

HE'LL HAVE TO DO IT, WON'T HE?

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

UH, BARN, DO YOU, UH...

DO YOU THINK OF ME AS THE BOSS AROUND HERE?

HUH?

I SAY, DO YOU CONSIDER ME THE BOSS?

WELL, YEAH.

GOOD, GOOD.

UH, I GAVE YOU SOME WORK TO DO.

NOW, UH, DO IT.

WHAT?

I ASKED YOU TO FILE THOSE. NOW DO IT.

OR, IF YOU LIKE, YOU COULD GIVE IT TO YOUR BOY TO DO.

THEN AND ONLY THEN

WILL HE BE ALLOWED TO GO FISHING.

OH, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH YOUR FAMILY LIFE,

THOUGH, BARN.

I DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE

WITH ANYTHING

THAT GOES ON BETWEEN YOU AND-AND WHAT'S-HIS-NAME.

BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE THING I CAN'T STAND,

IT'S A FAMILY INTERFERER.

HAD ENOUGH?

WHO'S NEXT?

ANYONE ELSE WANT TO INDIAN WRESTLE?

OKAY, WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO?

WELL, WE'RE PLANNING ON GOING FISHING.

FISHING?

YOU KIDDING?

NO. WE LIKE FISHING.

OH, BOY, IS THAT WHAT YOU GUYS DO AROUND HERE?

YEAH. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?

WHAT'S WRONG?

IT'S STUPID.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

WELL, LET'S HAVE SOME FUN.

LET'S GO AND SWIPE SOME APPLES.

THAT'S MORE FUN THAN FISHING.

WELL, COME ON, YOU GUYS.

LET'S GO.

COME ON.

HI. YOU GUYS ALL SET?

ALL SET FOR WHAT?

WE'RE GOING TO GO FISHING.

WHO ARE YOU?

HIS NAME'S STEVE QUINCY.

HE JUST MOVED HERE.

WHO ARE YOU?

OPIE. OPIE TAYLOR.

HIS POP'S THE SHERIFF.

BIG DEAL.

WELL, THE GUYS AIN'T GOING FISHING.

YOU'RE NOT?

NO. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING

THAT'S MORE FUN THAN FISHING.

WE'RE GOING TO SWIPE SOME APPLES.

YOU COMING WITH US?

I'D RATHER GO FISHING.

HE'D RATHER GO FISHING.

WHAT'D YOU SAY YOUR NAME WAS?

OPIE OR DOPEY?

DON'T CALL ME NAMES.

WHY? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

HUH

WHAT ARE YOU GOING

TO DO ABOUT IT?

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

YOU'RE CHICKEN.

COME ON, YOU GUYS.

LET'S GO GET SOME OF THOSE APPLES.

OH, YEAH. WELL, THAT'S GOOD.

WELL, THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER.

CHARLIE EAVERS RENTED HIS HOUSE

ON GROVE STREET

TO SOME PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN.

WHO ARE THEY?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE FOLKS MOVING IN?

ANYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW WE CAN FIND OUT FROM AUNT BEE.

WATCH THIS.

YEAH, THAT'S REAL GOOD NEWS

ABOUT CHARLIE RENTING HIS HOUSE ON GROVE STREET

TO THEM PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN.

I UNDERSTAND THE FELLA'S

A INSURANCE MAN OR SOMETHING

AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN

AND THEY COME FROM SOMEWHERE IN TENNESSEE

AND, UH, I BELIEVE I HEARD THEIR NAME WAS SOMETHING LIKE

MACKADOO, I BELIEVE IT WAS.

NO, NO, NO, YOU'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG.

THE NAME ISN'T MACKADOO.

IT'S QUINCY.

AND THEY DO HAVE A CHILD,

A BOY NAMED STEVE, AGE NINE, AND THEY COME FROM RICHMOND.

AND HE IS NOT AN INSURANCE MAN.

HE IS A SALESMAN, SELLING FARM IMPLEMENTS OF SOME SORT.

HE'S ON THE ROAD A LOT OF THE TIME.

SHE WAS MARRIED ONCE BEFORE

TO SOMEBODY IN THE SERVICE.

AND JUST BEFORE SHE CAME HERE,

SHE HAD AN OPERATION ON HER FOOT.

UH, YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT THEY HAD FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING?

WELL, HOW WOULD I KNOW THAT?

I'M NOT A SNOOP, YOU KNOW.

HI, AUNT BEE.

OH, HELLO, OPIE.

WELL, HI, OPE.

BACK SO SOON?

PA, HOW MUCH LONGER YOU GOING TO BE SHERIFF?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

A WHILE YET.

BUT MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU'LL STOP BEING SHERIFF, HUH?

I SUPPOSE I COULD.

YOU SEEM MIGHTY ANXIOUS FOR ME TO GIVE UP THIS LINE OF WORK.

I DON'T MEAN FOR GOOD, PA,

BUT IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD STOP BEING SHERIFF

FOR MAYBE JUST 10 OR 15 MINUTES?

WHY?

WELL...

AS LONG AS YOU'RE SHERIFF, I CAN'T FIGHT OR NOTHING.

OH, I SEE.

YOU GOT IN MIND TO FIGHT SOMEBODY, IS THAT IT?

I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOUNG MAN,

EVEN IF I WASN'T THE SHERIFF,

I WOULDN'T LET YOU GO AROUND STARTING UP FIGHTS.

I'M NOT STARTING IT UP.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN STARTED.

I JUST WANT TO GET IN ON IT.

IF SOMEBODY ELSE STARTS IT UP, ANDY,

I DON'T SEE NO REASON WHY OPIE

CAN'T TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.

I NEVER SAID THE BOY COULDN'T DEFEND HISSELF.

I JUST SAID I DIDN'T WANT HIM GOING AROUND STARTING UP FIGHTS.

OPE, LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A FEW POINTERS

ON HOW TO HANDLE ROWDIES.

THE FIRST THING YOU DO

IS TO GET THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EDGE

ON YOUR ADVERSARY

BY SHOWING SUPREME CONFIDENCE.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

YOU STAND YOUR GROUND.

YOU BRACE YOURSELF IN CASE HE THROWS THAT FIRST PUNCH

AND THEN YOU JUST LOOK HIM STRAIGHT IN THE EYES LIKE THIS.

LIKE THIS, BARNEY?

YEAH, THAT'S COMING.

CLOSE YOUR EYES A LITTLE MORE.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE

CLOSING THEM, WHY, YOUR OPPONENT WILL CLOSE THEM FOR YOU.

ANDY, THERE'S A TIME FOR KIDDING

AND A TIME FOR SERIOUS.

NOW THIS IS IT.

SORRY.

NOW, THE NEXT THING IN SELF-DEFENSE

IS MUSCLE CONTROL.

WHEN YOU BRACE YOURSELF FOR THAT FIRST PUNCH,

YOU MAKE YOURSELF HARD ALL OVER

AND NOTHING CAN HURT YOU.

LET ME SHOW YOU.

NOW YOU HIT ME RIGHT THERE

JUST AS HARD AS YOU CAN.

IT WON'T MAKE A DENT.

GO AHEAD, OPE.

IT'S OKAY.

COME ON, OPE.

SEE, I'M BRACED. SEE?

YOU CAN'T HURT ME. COME ON, ALL YOU GOT.

UH...

OPE, YOU WANT...

YOU WANT TO HELP BARN INTO THAT CHAIR THERE?

DID THAT HURT, BARNEY?

NO, THAT DIDN'T HURT HIM.

'CAUSE HE WAS BRACED FOR IT, WEREN'T YOU, BARN?

NOW, UH, WHO IS THIS BOY YOU WANT TO FIGHT, OPE?

THE NEW KID THAT JUST MOVED INTO TOWN.

OH, UH-HUH, UH-HUH.

AND THE BOYS WENT OFF WITH HIM

INSTEAD OF GOING FISHING WITH YOU, IS THAT IT?

YEAH, BUT...

YOU CAN'T FIGHT HIM FOR THAT.

IF THE BOYS DECIDE THEY'D RATHER DO SOMETHING ELSE,

YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

HE CALLED ME NAMES, TOO.

THAT AIN'T NEVER GOING TO HURT YOU.

YOU LIABLE JUST TO HAVE TO GO OUT THERE

AND SEE IF YOU CAN'T FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKE

ABOUT THIS NEW BOY.

WELL...

OKAY, PA, I'LL TRY.

THAT'S THE TIME. GO ON.

BYE, BARNEY.

MM-HMM.

APPLE CORE!

THROW IT SOME MORE.

WHO'S YOUR FRIEND?

BILLY!

I GOT ROYALED.

AW, COME ON, YOU GUYS.

AW, COME ON, YOU GUYS.

WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.

DOPEY OPIE, THE BIG FISHERMAN.

HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAVE YOURSELF SOME TIME...

DOPEY.

WHENEVER YOU WANT TO FISH,

JUST GO DOWN TO THE GROCERY STORE,

COP YOURSELF A CAN OF TUNA.

THEN YOU'D HAVE YOUR FISH

AND YOU WOULDN'T BE SO

DOPEY.

APPLE CORE, BALTIMORE BILLY.

DON'T WORRY.

I'M NOT GOING TO THROW IT AT YOU.

HEY, YOU ANY GOOD AT THROWING?

YEAH, PRETTY GOOD.

THINK YOU COULD HIT SOMETHING AS BIG AS A PUMPKIN?

WELL, SURE.

OKAY, LET'S SEE YOU HIT THAT STREET LIGHT.

WELL?

COME ON.

CALL THAT THROWING?

HERE. TRY IT AGAIN.

AND THIS TIME MORE LIKE...

THIS.

HEY, YOU GUYS! THE SHERIFF!

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE

COME ON.

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

I ASKED YOU A QUESTION.

DID YOU BREAK THAT STREET LIGHT?

NO, PA.

I THREW ONE, BUT I DIDN'T BREAK IT.

HONEST, I DIDN'T.

WELL, WHO DID?

ALL RIGHT...

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU'LL DO.

YOU GO ROUND UP ALL YOUR FRIENDS--

ALL THEM BOYS THAT STAND HERE WHEN I COME UP--

TELL THEM TO COME TO MY OFFICE.

YOU TELL THEM THE SHERIFF WANTS TO HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH THEM.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

GET GOING.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

I DON'T LIKE IT ONE BIT.

I TELL YOU, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

GOING AROUND BREAKING STREET LAMPS.

CITY PROPERTY, MIND YOU.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

THEY'LL BE ON MOTORCYCLES,

WEARING THEM LEATHER JACKETS

AND ZOOMING AROUND.

THEY'LL TAKE OVER THE WHOLE TOWN--

A REIGN OF TERROR.

THESE ARE JUST BOYS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THEY'RE ONLY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD.

YEAH, WELL, TODAY'S EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS

ARE TOMORROW'S TEENAGERS.

I SAY THIS CALLS FOR ACTION, AND NOW--

NIP IT IN THE BUD!

FIRST SIGN A YOUNGSTER'S GOING WRONG,

YOU GOT TO NIP IT IN THE BUD.

I'M GONNA HAVE A TALK WITH THEM. WHAT MORE YOU WANT ME TO DO?

JUST DON'T MOLLY-COLLY.

I WON'T.

NIP IT. GO READ ANY BOOK YOU WANT

ON THE SUBJECT OF CHILD DISCIPLINE,

AND YOU'LL FIND THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM

IS IN FAVOR OF BUD NIPPING.

I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

ONLY ONE WAY TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

NIP IT... IN THE BUD.

RIGHT. NOW, I'LL...

ALL RIGHT, COME ON OVER HERE, BOYS.

IS THIS EVERYBODY?

JUST ABOUT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, JUST ABOUT?

STEVE QUINCY DIDN'T WANT TO COME.

SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.

UH-HUH.

WELL, JUST TO START WITH,

LET ME SAY I'M MIGHTY SURPRISED AT ALL YOU BOYS.

BILLY GRAY AND CARTER AND THE REST OF YOU,

YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO GO AROUND TOWN

BREAKING UP PUBLIC PROPERTY.

NOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS KIND OF TROUBLE

OUT OF YOU BOYS BEFORE.

WHAT MADE YOU GET STARTED NOW?

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE'LL DO.

WE'LL JUST LET IT GO AT A WARNING THIS TIME.

BUT IF I CATCH ANY OF YOU DOING ANY MORE OF THIS,

I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO YOUR DADDIES.

I RECKON YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

YES, SIR, THAT MEANS YOU'RE IN FOR A WHIPPING.

ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN GO NOW.

BUT YOU REMEMBER, BEHAVE YOURSELVES.

YOU TELL THAT NEW BOY THE SAME GOES FOR HIM.

JUST A MINUTE, BOYS.

ANDY, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING

IF YOU DON'T MIND.

UH...BARNEY...

PLEASE, THIS IS IMPORTANT.

NOW, BOYS, I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD

A WORD OR TWO TO WHAT THE SHERIFF HAS SAID

SO AS TO MAKE EVERYTHING ABSOLUTELY CLEAR.

I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR TO WARN YOU

THAT IF YOU KEEP ON GETTING INTO TROUBLE

AND BREAKING THE LAW,

IT CAN ONLY LEAD TO ONE THING:

INCARCERATION.

NOW, I KNOW NONE OF YOU

LIKES THE IDEA OF BEING INCARCERATED.

THE IDEA DOES SCARE YOU A LITTLE BIT, DOESN'T IT?

YEAH, AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.

WELL, TO BE INCARCERATED...

I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.

IT'S LIKE WHEN A DOCTOR GIVES YOU A SHOT.

NO. NO, THAT'S "INOCULATED."

NO, I MEAN "JAILED," "LOCKED UP."

NOW, BOYS, IF YOU'LL JUST STEP OVER HERE A MINUTE...

UH, BARNEY, I...

ANDY, PLEASE, I'M NOT FINISHED.

BOYS, THESE ARE OUR MAXIMUM-SECURITY CELLS.

THIS IS WHERE CONVICTED PERSONS ARE INOCULATED.

"INCARCERATED."

WHAT DID I SAY?

"INOCULATED."

LIKE WHERE THE DOCTOR GIVES YOU A SHOT?

OH, THEY KNOW WHAT I MEANT.

YES, BOYS, TAKE A GOOD LOOK.

THIS IS THE LAST STOP ON THE ROAD OF CRIME.

A MAN CONFINED TO PRISON IS A MAN

WHO HAS GIVEN UP HIS LIBERTY...

HIS PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

NO MORE CAREFREE HOURS.

NO MORE DOING WHATEVER YOU WANT WHENEVER YOU WANT.

NO MORE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES.

A MAN IN PRISON IS UNDER 24-HOUR SURVEILLANCE.

ALL HIS ACTIVITY IS LAID OUT FOR HIM

UNTIL HE HAS PAID HIS DEBT TO SOCIETY.

YES.

WHY CAN'T YOU HAVE PEANUT BUTTER IN PRISON?

WHERE DID IT ALL BEGIN?

BARN...

IT BEGAN ONE FINE DAY

ON A STREET CORNER

WHEN HE BROKE A STREET LAMP.

BARNEY...

WHERE DID IT ALL END?

RIGHT HERE.

YES, TAKE A GOOD LOOK, BOYS...

BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY IS NO FUN

WHEN THAT IRON DOOR CLANGS SHUT ON YOU.

IT, UH...DEFINITELY IS NO FUN.

I, UH...I BELIEVE

THAT'S ALL THE, UH, DEPUTY HAD TO SAY.

COME ON, BOYS, YOU CAN GO HOME NOW.

BUT, REMEMBER, BEHAVE YOURSELVES.

WELL...

GOT YOURSELF A LITTLE INCARCERATED, DIDN'T YOU?

GET THE KEY.

"NO MORE CAREFREE HOURS.

"NO MORE DOING WHAT YOU WANT TO WHEN YOU WANT TO.

NO MORE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES."

GET THE KEY.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE'LL DO IN YOUR CASE, THOUGH.

IF YOU'RE GOOD-- IF YOU'RE VERY GOOD--

WE'LL THROW SOME PEANUTS IN YOUR CELL,

YOU CAN JUMP UP AND DOWN ON THEM

MAKE YOUR OWN PEANUT BUTTER.

ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE KEY?

OPEN THIS DOOR!

OH. YOU, UH, YOU FIGURED

YOU PAID YOUR DEBT TO SOCIETY?

OH, ALL RIGHT. WE'LL, UH...

WE'LL LET YOU OUT.

ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN GO.

BUT REMEMBER, "IT IS DEFINITELY NO FUN

WHEN THAT IRON DOOR CLANGS SHUT ON YOU."

YOU BELONG IN THE FUNNY PAPERS, YOU KNOW THAT?

GET YOU A WIG AND A DRESS

AND YOU'RE ANOTHER EMMIE SCHMALTZ.

THE BOYS WILL BE READY TO GO PRETTY SOON.

GO ON BACK AND GET YOUR TACKLE BOX.

OKAY, PA.

YOU GOING FISHING?

YEAH. I THOUGHT I'D TAKE OPE AND HIS FRIENDS.

THEM BOYS WHO WAS IN HERE YESTERDAY?

SURE. WHY NOT? WELL, NOTHING.

IT'S JUST THAT THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN CARRYING ON,

I DON'T SEE HOW THEY'RE GONNA GO IN

FOR ANYTHING AS TAME AS FISHING.

I EXPECT THAT LITTLE TALK WE HAD WOULD HAVE STRAIGHTENED THEM OUT.

YOU READY, OPE? ALMOST, PA.

I STILL DON'T THINK THEM BOYS...

SHERIFF, YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?

IT'S THEM BOYS. THEY CAME BY MY STORE,

MARKED UP MY WINDOWS,

GRABBED SOME TOMATOES AND RAN.

YOU GOT TO GO AFTER THEM.

Andy: DID YOU SEE WHO IT WAS?

Man: THAT WASN'T THE WORST.

WHEN I RUN AFTER THEM,

ONE OF THEM STARTING THROWING AT ME.

LOOK AT MY APRON.

AND WITH MY OWN TOMATOES.

WHO DID THAT?

NEW BOY. NEVER SAW HIM BEFORE.

WHAT'S GOT INTO YOUNGSTERS

AROUND HERE LATELY?

SO, YOU GOT EVERYTHING ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT, HUH?

AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE LITTLE ANGELS FISHING?

BARNEY...

DON'T BARNEY ME.

THIS IS WHAT COMES FROM MOLLY-COLLYING.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NOW, HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE TALK WITH THEM?

NO. I'M GONNA HAVE A LITTLE TALK WITH THEIR DADDIES

LIKE I SAID I WAS.

AND YOU THINK THAT'S THE SOLUTION?

NO. NOT ENTIRELY.

THAT WON'T STOP IT ALTOGETHER.

BUT GET THEIR DADS TO TAN THEIR HIDES,

IT'LL SLOW IT DOWN A GOOD BIT.

Y-Y-YEAH.

THAT BILLY GRAY AND CARTER FRENCH

AND THE REST OF THEM BOYS,

THEY NEVER GAVE US ANY TROUBLE BEFORE.

I GET THE FEELING LIKE THEY'RE JUST FOLLOWING AROUND

AFTER THIS NEW BOY-- QUINCY, WHAT'S HIS NAME.

THEY QUIT ON HIM, AND ALL THIS MISCHIEF WILL STOP.

HE WOULDN'T RUN AROUND CUTTING UP ALL BY HIMSELF.

JUST WHEN WILL THEY QUIT ON HIM?

AS SOON AS THEY FIND OUT

HE'S JUST GETTING THEM INTO MORE AND MORE TROUBLE.

WELL, MEANTIME, LIKE YOU SAY,

A LITTLE SPANK HERE AND THERE AIN'T GONNA HURT NOTHING.

NO, IT'S NOT. LET'S GO.

OH, OPE, I'M GONNA HAVE TO PUT OFF THAT FISHING TRIP.

I GOT SOMETHING I GOT TO TAKE CARE OF.

IT'S OKAY, PA.

WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE.

DOPEY OPIE IN PERSON.

YOU STOLE THOSE TOMATOES OFF MR. FOLEY.

SO?

YOU GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT?

OH, SO YOU WANT TO FIGHT?

OKAY.

JUST STEP ACROSS THIS LINE.

ALL RIGHT.

KNOCK THIS OFF MY SHOULDER.

I DARE YA.

OH, SO YOU WANT TO FIGHT, HUH?

JUST STEP INSIDE THIS CIRCLE JUST ONCE.

BOY, LUCKY FOR YOU, I GOT MY GOOD PANTS ON.

WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME AND CHANGE?

OPIE WILL WAIT.

WON'T YOU, OPIE?

BESIDES...

WE HAD A PLAN BEFORE YOU CAME.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO FOLEY'S AND GET US SOME PEACHES.

RIGHT, GUYS?

BOY, YOU GUYS ARE SURE NO FUN.

I'M GOING HOME.

WE'RE GOING FISHING.

LET'S GO, COME ON!

All: YEAH! YEAH!

AND WE NEVER DID FIGHT, PA. NEVER GOT TO IT.

NOT EVEN ONE PUNCH?

NOT EVEN ONE PUNCH.

OH, THAT'S THE WAY. THAT'S THE WAY.

WHERE'S YOUR FRIENDS NOW?

THEY'RE COMING BY TO PICK ME UP.

WE'RE GOIN' FISHING.

OH, GOOD, GOOD.

WELL, YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU LIKE, AND I AIN'T TAKING NOTHING AWAY

FROM THE WAY YOU STOOD UP TO THAT NEW BOY, OPE.

IT WAS GOOD YOU DID THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK HAD A GOOD EFFECT

ON THEM YOUNG FELLERS?

WHAT?

THAT LITTLE SPEECH I GAVE THEM.

YOU KNOW, ABOUT BEING LOCKED UP.

YEP, THEY DEFINITELY DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA

OF BEING LOCKED UP.

REMEMBER WHAT I SAID TO THEM?

YOU KNOW, ABOUT NO MORE CAREFREE HOURS AND THE REST OF IT?

I'M SURE THAT HELPED, BARN.

ARE YOU KIDDING? THERE'S PLENTY OF CATFISH.

HI, OPE.

HI, LEON.

OH, HI, LEON.

CLOSE THE DOOR, WILL YOU?

NO, LEON. NOT THIS DOOR.

I MEANT THE --

HE CAN'T HAVE THAT, LEON.

NO MORE CAREFREE HOURS.

NO MORE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES.

RIGHT, BARN?