The Andy Griffith Show
(1960–1968)
The choir director invites Barney to join the choir before he realizes Barney can't sing.
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Title: Barney and the Choir (19 Feb 1962)
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| Andy Griffith | ... | ||
| Ron Howard | ... |
Opie Taylor
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| Don Knotts | ... | ||
| Frances Bavier | ... | ||
| Olan Soule | ... | ||
| Betty Lynn | ... | ||
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Barney fancies himself a singer and when he offers his services as a tenor to the Mayberry choir master, the man gladly accepts. Everyone else is aghast however because they know something he doesn't: Barney is the closest thing to tone deaf that there is. His shrieking strikes a discordant note with all members of the choir and disrupts their rehearsals. With an important concert coming up, Andy comes up with an idea: tell Barney he's going to be a soloist, but have him speak, rather than sing, his part. Barney likes the soloist part but insists on singing. Andy has to go to plan B which involves convincing Barney that that he has to adapt his voice to a a newfangled "soloist's" microphone. Written by garykmcd
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19 February 1962 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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(uncredited)
Written by Anton Rubinstein
Sung by Don Knotts and cast choir
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The song chosen by the choir is "Welcome Sweet Springtime," unofficially recognized by Barney as "Good Ol' 14A" See more »Quotes
Andy Taylor: Aunt Bee, Barney's been singin' again. I don't know how he does it but he's got a knack of hittin' a note just enough off to make your skin crawl.See more »
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Melody In F (Welcome Sweet Springtime)(uncredited)
Written by Anton Rubinstein
Sung by Don Knotts and cast choir
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This is my favorite episode of one of my favorite shows of all time. The look on Barney's face when he hears "his" voice through the microphone is classic! In my opinion, the TV character 'Barney Fife' is the best TV character of all time, followed by Peter Falk's 'Columbo', John Ritter's 'Jack Tripper', Michael Richard's 'Kramer', and Carrol O'Connor's 'Archie Bunker'. Good stuff here. Barney sings in the Mayberry choir and during practice, John Masters, the choir director notices someone singing off key. Barney offers to help John locate the person, but everyone soon realizes that it is Barney himself. Not wanting to hurt Barney's feelings by kicking him out of the choir, John and Andy try to figure out how to get around the sticky situation. They try practicing at different locations without making Barney aware of where the practices are, but when that doesn't work, Andy decides it would be best to make Barney the soloist- only unbeknown-st to Barney, he would be singing into a dead microphone in a very "soft" voice. Andy tells Barney the microphone will amplify his voice a "thousand" times and that Barney must sing with almost making no sound to keep from busting every ear drum. The plan works when a bass soloist sings into a live microphone backstage, making Barney think the loud deep voice is his own. Classic television!