Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Just Having a Good Time



One of my favorite lines of dialogue from "The Andy Griffith Show" television series of the early 1960's comes from the episode "The Loaded Goat".  

 A local construction crew is blasting for an underpass near            Mayberry. A farmer brings his goat uptown to experience his            weekly shopping trip, and partly because of the blasting making the goat nervous. The goat frees itself from a bench on Main Street and wanders into a storeroom. The goat eats a half of a case of dynamite.  (IMBD)



After capturing the goat, Sheriff Taylor reunites it with farmer Cy Hudgins in the courthouse and explains the situation.  Like a big brother, Cy voices his disapproval of the goat's behavior to the Sheriff:

"Eatin' dynamite. Now aint  that t'way it always is? First time he comes uptown he figures he's got to do everything."