by Mary Cardamon

Created on: May 30, 2009   Last Updated: June 16, 2009

Some of the best TV comedies came from the 1960s. In my opinion, this decade was one of the best for TV comedies. I think that the 1960s were the true golden age for Television. I would rather watch a show that was on in the 1960s than anything on TV today. I have no interest in the shows of the past twenty five years.

The best shows that have been on TV in that period of time are, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, and Home Improvement. All you see on the tv shows of today are sex, drugs, abortions, and strong adult language. Why cant they make the TV shows of today, more like was on back in the 1960s?

My list of the best TV comedies of the 1960's are as follows,

1) My number one choice is The Andy Griffith Show. This show as never left the airwaves forty one years after it went off of the air. What classic TV fan would not want to visit Mayberry, North Carolina day after day? The antics of the memorable characters will always make me laugh.

Who could not forget the tumbling Deputy Sheriff Barney" Fearless Fife"? played by one of the funniest comedians of all time. The late Don Knotts. I felt that he was the show. My favorite episodes with Don Knotts at his best are, the Great Filling Station Robbery, were Barney tries to catch the thieve by taking a picture of him.

Unfortunately, Barney ends up taking a picture of himself. I also loved Don Knotts playing alongside of Gomer Pyle, Jim Neighbors. An example of this is the episode, the Song Festers, were Gomer's singing outshines Barneys.

You can see in this classic episode that, Barney is jealous of Gomer's get to sing the tenor lead in the Mayberry choir. The most moving scene in this episode is when, Gomer goes into the rehearsing hall to get his sheet music. Barney, just happens to have been present at the rehearsal.

Gomer sees a hurt Barney standing alongside of the piano signing the song to himself. It is then, that Gomer realizes just how hurt Barney real is.

And who could not forget Andy Taylor, Barney's sidekick and not always playing the straight man to Barneys antics. Andy usually always has to come and bail Barney out of trouble. Andy Griffith was up to playing alongside of Don Knotts.

And who could not forget the other memorable citizens of Mayberry? Aunt Bee, Andy's loving aunt who not only raised the widowed Andy himself, but she has come to live with Andy to help him raise his loyal and trustworthy son, Opie.

The best thing about the Griffith Show for me was that is was that every episode

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