The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)

Mr. McBeevee (1962)

Don Knotts: Barney Fife

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Quotes 

• Andy Taylor : I told him I believed him.

  Barney Fife : You told him you beli... But Andy, what he told you's impossible!

  Andy Taylor : Well, a whole lotta times I've asked him to believe things that, to his mind, musta seemed just as impossible.

  Barney Fife : Oh, but, Andy! This silver hat and the jinglin' and the smoke from his ears! What about all that?

  Andy Taylor : Ohh, I don't know, Barn. I guess it's a time like this when you're asked to believe somethin' that just don't seem possible. That's the moment that decides whether you got faith in somebody or not.

  Barney Fife : Yeah, but how can you explain it all?

  Andy Taylor : I cain't.

  Barney Fife : But you do believe in Mr. McBeevee?

  Andy Taylor : No, no, no. I *do* believe in Opie.

• Opie Taylor : I told Mr. McBeevee I'd be right back.

  Andy Taylor : Who?

  Opie Taylor : Mr. McBeevee. You don't know him. He's new around here. I just met him this mornin'.

  Andy Taylor : Oh.

  Barney Fife : Oh, a newcomer in town, eh? Where's he live at?

  Opie Taylor : I met him in the woods.

  Barney Fife : What's he doin' in the woods?

  Opie Taylor : Well, mostly he walks around up in the treetops.

  Barney Fife : He walks in the tree...

  Barney Fife : [getting wise]  Mm-hm. I supposed he's invisible, too.

  Opie Taylor : No. Mr. McBeevee's easy to see, especially his hat. He wears a great, big, shiny, silver hat.

• Opie Taylor : [in describing Mr. McBeevee]  The only thing is, when he walks he sort of jingles.

  Barney Fife : He jingles?

  Opie Taylor : Just like he had rings on his fingers and bells on his toes!

  Barney Fife : [clearing throat]  Well, 'course, uh, he don't *really* have rings on his fingers and bells on his toes, now! Does he, Ope?

  Opie Taylor : No. Just sounds that way.

  Barney Fife : [relieved]  That's right.

  Opie Taylor : The jinglin' is really from all the things hangin' on his belt.

  Barney Fife : What things?

  Opie Taylor : His hands! His twelve extra hands!

  Barney Fife : He has twelve... extra hands and they... jingle.

  Opie Taylor : And he can make smoke come out of his ears!

• [Andy has just met Mr. McBeevee, whom he and Barney had originally thought was imaginary] 

  Andy Taylor : Hey, Barn? Guess who I just met.

  Barney Fife : Who?

  Andy Taylor : Mr. McBeevee. He was right out there in the woods, right where Opie said he was.

  Barney Fife : You seen him with your own eyes?

  Andy Taylor : You better know I did! Shiny, silver hat and everything. I never was as glad to shake hands with anybody in my life!

  Barney Fife : You shook hands with him?

  Andy Taylor : I sure did. See, where we went wrong, Barn...

  [worriedly, Barney gets up and moves Andy back over to his desk] 

  Barney Fife : Oh, Andy, you know something? You been working too hard. No! Now, listen. You been working too hard, Andy. Just take it easy!

  Andy Taylor : When... when Opie said...

  Barney Fife : Just sit down there and relax, now! I'm gonna make a phone call and you just take it easy while I make it. Just let your mind go blank! Don't even think of anything!

  [on the phone] 

  Barney Fife : Hello, Sarah? This is Barney Fife. Uh, I wonder if you could get me Doc Harvey, would you?

  [to Andy] 

  Barney Fife : There just ain't no job more demanding than the High Sheriff! I always did say that!

  [back to the phone] 

  Barney Fife : Hello, Doc? Uh, this is Barney Fife. I wonder if you could come over to the office. Uh, well, no. It's just for a... For a regular check-up. It's an emergency! Hurry!

  [to Andy] 

  Barney Fife : Just relax. Just... Just let your mind go blank. Don't even think. Just let her go. You know, don't even think of anything. Just... just let yourself go. Just... just relax.

  Andy Taylor : He's a real nice fella.

  Barney Fife : Oh, yeah. He's a... he's a... Nice.

  Andy Taylor : Nice.

  Andy Taylor : He's comin' over to the house to eat supper tonight.

  Barney Fife : Supper?

  Andy Taylor : Uh-huh.

  Barney Fife : Wonderful!

  Andy Taylor : If he gets through in time.

  Barney Fife : Oh, he'll get through.

  Andy Taylor : Why don't you come, too?

  Barney Fife : Oh, yes! I will! I'll come! I'll even wear my... my shiny hat! I have a shiny hat! I do! You didn't know that!

  [phone rings, Andy tries to reach for it, but Barney takes it from him] 

  Barney Fife : No, no, no! No, I'll get that! You just... just relax and let me answer the phone. And just... just let the mind go blank.

  [on the phone] 

  Barney Fife : Hello? Barney Fife. The sheriff's off... Uh, well, uh, yeah, he's here, but, uh, he's not taking any calls right now.

  Mr. McBeevee : Tell the Sheriff that I can make it to his house for supper tonight.

  Barney Fife : I didn't get the name. B-b... uh... Um... McBeevee?