Opie's Mom
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:29 pm
I was a fan of the Andy griffith show in re-runs back in Dego when stationed on Coronado with the SBUs.
Ron Howard "Opie"'s mom was never mentioned on the show. I always wondered what had happened to her.
Well I just came across an article that seems to answer that long standing question.
"In the show’s pilot episode on The Danny Thomas Show, we learn all we are ever going to learn about Opie’s mom: that she once was and that she is no more.
In a scene ten minutes into the episode, Opie runs into his father’s place of business, the Mayberry jail, to tell his father that a town resident, Mrs. Balford, has accidentally stepped on his pet turtle Wilford and that he wants his father to arrest her.
Andy in turn tells his son, “She didn’t mean it. I s’pect it was just Wilford’s turn to go. And we have to learn to live with our sorrows, boy. I learned that when you were just a little speck of a baby, when I lost your ma, just like you lost Wilford here.”
Since the show is a comedy, Opie doesn’t get too choked up. He replies to his father, “You did? Who stepped on Ma?”
Ron Howard "Opie"'s mom was never mentioned on the show. I always wondered what had happened to her.
Well I just came across an article that seems to answer that long standing question.
"In the show’s pilot episode on The Danny Thomas Show, we learn all we are ever going to learn about Opie’s mom: that she once was and that she is no more.
In a scene ten minutes into the episode, Opie runs into his father’s place of business, the Mayberry jail, to tell his father that a town resident, Mrs. Balford, has accidentally stepped on his pet turtle Wilford and that he wants his father to arrest her.
Andy in turn tells his son, “She didn’t mean it. I s’pect it was just Wilford’s turn to go. And we have to learn to live with our sorrows, boy. I learned that when you were just a little speck of a baby, when I lost your ma, just like you lost Wilford here.”
Since the show is a comedy, Opie doesn’t get too choked up. He replies to his father, “You did? Who stepped on Ma?”