"Andy Griffith made it to the World Series""

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[StarryNite]

1. Awww

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2. Why were there no black people in Mayberry?

Always wondered about that.

[CatWoman]

3. not only Mayberry

but the entire 50's decade

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4. The Andy Griffith Show was in the 60s

[CatWoman]

11. 60 and 70s too

Remember Happy Days?

[ProfessorGAC]

5. One Episode Only

In the color TV episodes, there was a black visitor.
Other than that, none.
And, that character didn't live there.
But, there were few in any 60s TV. That's why Julia and the Uhura characters were groundbreaking.
I don't think it became common until the 70s.
Even then, Barletta's buddy was a pimp with a good heart. If such a thing is possible.
I think Ron Glass as Harris (on Barney Miller) was the first black cop on TV that was a weekly character. I was in college when that show was on TV.

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6. I Spy with Bill Cosby started in 1965

Hogan’s Heroes with Ivan Dixon started in 1965.
Mission Impossible with Greg Morris started in 1966.
N.Y.P.D. with Robert Hooks, playing a police detective, started in 1967.
Mannix with Gail Fisher started in 1968.
The Mod Squad with Clarence Williams III, playing an undercover cop, started in 1968.

[Chili]

7. every one those shows

... with Star Trek and Julia were big big time for children - I was one of them, I Spy being the biggest for me. If Bill Cosby hadn't turned out to be a sexual predator freak, he would've been a hero twice - the Huxtables were a very big deal in the 80's.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Forgot About I Spy

Shouldn't have. My dad loved that show.
CW3 was a reformed criminal. Not the most flattering image. I'll pass on that one.
I don't even remember NYPD. My parents must not have watched it.
In 1967, we just had one TV.

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9. The opening titles of NYPD are iconic

Late spoofed by The Naked Gun movies.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. That Clinches It

I had never seen that.
Probably was running against something my parents really liked.
They weren't the type to "protect" my child eyes. Nothing on TV was that graphic in those days.
They were probably watching a different show.
In '67, I was 10 & 11, so I watched what mom & dad wanted to watch. Or I read, went in the basement to play piano, or with my chemistry set. Mostly I watched TV with them. My sister was an infant, so TV wasn't yet a thing for her.