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The Andy Griffith Show The Darlings Are Coming (1960–1968) Online

The Andy Griffith Show The Darlings Are Coming (1960–1968) Online
1960–1968 Andy Griffith Frances Bavier Denver Pyle Bob Sweeney
Original Title :
The Darlings Are Coming
Genre :
TV Episode / Comedy / Family
Year :
1960–1968
Directror :
Bob Sweeney
Cast :
Andy Griffith,Frances Bavier,Denver Pyle
Writer :
Everett Greenbaum,James Fritzell
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
30min
Rating :
8.3/10

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The musical Darling Family - father Briscoe, daughter Charlene and four sons - show up in Mayberry to collect Charlene's fiancé, 'Dud' Wash, a soldier who is arriving on the bus the next day. The family patriarch rents a single room and sneaks in the rest of the family and Andy is soon at the hotel trying to figure out what to do with them. The Darlings are a good family and aren't really troublemakers so Andy agrees to let them stay the night at the courthouse. The real problem however is that daughter Charlene has taken a real shine to Andy and goes after him with a vengeance. She hasn't seen Dud for a while and isn't sure what her feelings are about him. Dud's arrival however sets everything straight.
Episode credited cast:
Andy Griffith Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
Frances Bavier Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
Denver Pyle Denver Pyle - Briscoe Darling
Olan Soule Olan Soule - John Masters
Hoke Howell Hoke Howell - PFC Dudley A. 'Dud' Wash
Maggie Mancuso Maggie Mancuso - Charlene Darling (as Margaret Ann Peterson)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doug Dillard Doug Dillard - Jebbin Darling (as The Dillards)
Rodney Dillard Rodney Dillard - Rodney Darling
The Dillards The Dillards - The Darling Family
Mitch Jayne Mitch Jayne - Darling Brother (as The Dillards)
Dean Webb Dean Webb - Oether Darling (as The Dillards)

The horse trough that Mr. Darling dips his hat into says "Let no horse go thirsty. David Mendelbright". This is the same last name as the owner of the house where Barney rents a room.

Andy Griffith and The Dillards sang and practiced together, earlier, before the show debuted, on Monday, October 3rd, 1960.

This show's copyright has expired and it is now in the public domain.


User reviews

Vichredag

Vichredag

Andy finds a family filling their truck radiator from the memorial horse troph. Their is some very funny dialog in this episode between Andy and Mr. Darling. It is worth watching for that reason alone. The Darlings are there to meet Dud Walsh who is returning from serving his country. He and Darlene have been "pledged" since they were small children. Meanwhile Darlene develops a crush on Andy and Mr Darling keeps trying to find a place for the family to spend the night. Andy keeps ducking Darlenes advances, and trys keeping the family out of trouble. He eventually puts them up in the jail til they can meet the bus the next day. Some fine bluegrass here also.
Risa

Risa

Great episode with great pickin'! And that Charlene Darling is just cuter than a bugs ear!
Kare

Kare

The fictional Darling family (actually made up of Denver Pyle and some talented bluegrass performers) made several appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show"--and I hated every one of these shows. I am not 100% sure why--it's probably because these folks were just not very funny. Yet they must have been popular since they were recurring characters AND the current score on IMDb is very respectable...but I still hate 'em!

The Darling family arrives in Mayberry to meet the bus--it seems that Charlene's fiancé, Dud, is coming home from the military. However, in the meantime, the family comes in contact with the Sheriff and, with little provocation, Charlene falls in love with Andy and wants him instead of Dud. Andy is horrified but NEVER really makes himself clear or threatens to kill the family to make them go away--I know I sure would have! In the end, Charlene's love is fickle and the sight of the super-manly Dud returns her back to her old Dud-lovin' self.

Aside from some decent music, the entire Darling clan consists of Denver over-acting, Charlene behaving like a dog in heat and the sons who just stare off as if they have brain injuries. It's supposed to be funny...but I never found myself laughing and whenever these episodes air, I try to see if there's something better on TV.