Template talk:Mayberry

No Time for Sergeants?

I see that someone put No Time for Sergeants in this template, and put this template in the article. Other than the common cast members, what is the connection? --rogerd (talk) 10:03, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

There are three points of commonality with the "Mayberry-verse". The first is the most tenuous, and exists mainly because the article itself is about the entire NTFS franchise. That is, the play and film demonstrated that Andy Griffith and Don Knotts could kinda helm a project. Without the success of NTFS, it's unlikely that TAGS would've been made as a vehicle for the Griffith/Knotts combo. Indeed, Knott's "Corporal Manual Dexterity" was clearly a prototypical Barney Fife. Another reason is that the NTFS television show was TAGS' first direct opponent on ABC, and its weakness helped give TAGS genuine competition on only one network (well, two, if you count the dying DuMont). But the main reason that it's on the list is that the television version was the acknowledged, direct inspiration for Gomer Pyle, USMC. Basically, Gomer Pyle was the television version of NTFS that actually worked. CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 07:25, 14 June 2009 (UTC)