This is the opening and closing credits to Mayberry RFD, the Andy Griffith Show spinoff. Oddly sufficient, this series was a hit show when it was on but CBS cancelled it because they wanted to shed their image as the rural programming network.
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@donnieandsarah Probably the reason Duke Nukem exists.
Wow, what a special guest: Dick Forcem.
this stuff is scary
@beanio12 fake pop tarts. they still exist. somewhere.
toastem is the less successful version of pop tarts.
What is Toastem?
who was the sheriff of this town once andy left
@richmjr67 R.F.D. stands for Rural Free Delivery. It’s an old postal code.
whats rfd stand for
what the heck is a toastem…a 1960s pop tart
This is from the episode “Palm Springs Cowboy” {December 29, 1969}, originally sponsored by General Foods; they sustained the entire series, as they did Andy’s.
Lots of butt shots on both shows.
I gotta say that theme music has stuck in my head for years.
This show was pretty much just a direct continuation of the Andy Griffith Show with Andy Griffith having just left as the starring role…but for CBS’s “rural purge” it might have stuck around longer. They axed a lot of good shows after that purge…I guess no one told them they could introduce some new shows without getting rid of all of the other shows.
Oh , Yes , I grew up watching this show !!!!
I love TAGS but I just never could get into Mayberry RFD.
@jed6271, next to the “Andy Griffith Show”‘s main title, the “Mayberry March” was the closest thing to a leitmotif for both shows.
@Green18600, it wouldn’t have worked anyway, because “Mayberry, R.F.D.” was axed during C.B.S.’s “”Rural Purge”, in which they cancelled shows that weren’t considered upscale for younger audiences, or featured older people.
I liked Howard Stern’s parody: Mayberry KKK
R.F.D. means Rural Free Delivery
What does the RFD stand for
This show was a little too whitebread for me but I always liked the “Mayberry March.” Since this was the continuation of TAGS without Griffith they got a pretty damned good run from the show. And, it was still popular when they pulled the plug. I’m a big Ken Berry fan.
“Mayberry, R.F.D” was on television for three years on the CBS Television Network. Excellent Video Clip!! The show would have earned more credibility if the program had been opened as the following: “Mayberry, R.F.D — A Lorimar Production” in the 1969-1970 Television Season … and stayed there until the end of the 1971-1972 Television Season. A Solid 5!!
I’m looking for the opening theme. My bird can sing it.
This closing has the second variation of the instrumental theme that was used, the arrangement changes at 1:12 and is shorter in length than the first closing. The title of the theme is “Mayberry March”, and was used as background music in the original TAGS.
This show has nothing on Andy!