This is a strange episode. Pat Hingle is the fast talking leader of a Wild West show. He has a skinny guy with glasses who claims to be a descendant of Wyatt Earp. This is well and good for a sham, but the kicker is the skinny guy can do whatever he claims. He's quick with a gun. He can arm wrestle. He defeats Goober in a wrestling match. There is even a High Noon situation set up between Andy and Earp.
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Pat Hingle only two years older than Richard Jury.
vitoscotti19 July 2022
Episode was pretty much a trainwreck. Only time I laughed was Opie fighting saying "The man who fights is the man who's right". Pat Hingle's fast talking wore old and became annoying. Dry Richard Jury was an odd casting. Goober's double getting thrown around was slightly amusing. Not PC with all the fighting didn't bother me. Just wasn't funny.
Martin Sheen?
Johnny_West28 July 2022
Creepy Richard Jury looks like 1960s Martin Sheen. I had to look up the cast to make sure it wasn't Sheen. Back in the 1960s, before Sheen got star-power, he was usually skinny and played a few odd roles.
Pat Hingle was in his super-obnoxious role, which gets annoying after a couple of minutes. The highlight of this episode is that Richard Jury beats up Goober in a wrestling match, and he beats "Mayberry Arm-Wrestling Champion" Warren twice at arm-wrestling. Fortunately, this was the last time Jack Burns darkened the town of Mayberry with his comedy genius. I would like to think his character was banned from Hollywood.
Pat Hingle was in his super-obnoxious role, which gets annoying after a couple of minutes. The highlight of this episode is that Richard Jury beats up Goober in a wrestling match, and he beats "Mayberry Arm-Wrestling Champion" Warren twice at arm-wrestling. Fortunately, this was the last time Jack Burns darkened the town of Mayberry with his comedy genius. I would like to think his character was banned from Hollywood.
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