Christmas Story (1960 The Andy Griffith Show episode)

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“Christmas Story”
The Andy Griffith Show episode

Christmas Eve in the jail.
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 11
Written by David Adler
Directed by Bob Sweeney
Guest stars Elinor Donahue
Joy Ellison
Margaret Kerry
Sam Edwards
Will Wright
Kelly Flynn
Production no. 11
Original airdate December 19, 1960
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List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes

"Christmas Story" is an episode from the American television program The Andy Griffith Show broadcast Monday December 19, 1960 on CBS. A family spends Christmas Eve in jail. "Christmas Story" is the eleventh episode in season one, and the eleventh episode in the complete series. The show is noted for being the only Christmas episode in The Andy Griffith Show complete series, and for featuring actress Margaret Kerry, the model for Tinkerbell in Walt Disney's 1953 animated feature film, Peter Pan.

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[edit] Plot summary

On Christmas Eve, department store owner Ben Weaver insists Andy jail moonshiner Jim Muggins. Weaver has brought along a jug of moonshine as evidence of Jim's wrongdoing. Andy complies with Weaver's request but feels it's only fair that Jim's wife Bess and his two young children be incarcerated as well, since they all had knowledge of Jim's moonshining. With the Muggins family in jail, Andy, Barney, Aunt Bee, Ellie, and Opie prepare a feast with all the trimmings for the family and decorate a Christmas tree. Peeping at the window, Ben Weaver is touched with the Christmas spirit and tries to get himself arrested in order to join the fun. Andy only arrests Weaver, however, after he dumps a garbage can in the alley. Together, the men appear at the door of the jail with a suitcase full of gaily wrapped gifts from Ben's store. Ben is welcomed and regaled with food and drink. Weaver falls asleep in one of the jail cells after finishing the jug of Jim's moonshine.

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[edit] Crew

  • A Mayberry Enterprises Production
  • Aaron Ruben, producer and story consultant
  • Ann Helfgott, wardrobe
  • Bob Priestley, set decorator
  • Bob Sweeney, director
  • Bruce Bilson, assistant director
  • David Adler, writer
  • David Forrest, sound engineer
  • Earle Hagen, music
  • Filmed by Desilu
  • Frank E. Myers, production manager
  • Hazel Hall, script continuity
  • Kenneth A. Reid, art director
  • Lee Greenway, makeup
  • Miss Donahue's fashions Mr. Burt of Encino
  • Ralph Berger, art director
  • Recorded by Glen Glenn Sound Co.
  • Reggie Smith, propmaster
  • Richard O. Linke, associate producer
  • Robert Fritch, film editor
  • Robert Reeve, re-recording editor
  • Ronald Jacobs, assistant to producer
  • Ruth Burch, casting
  • Sheldon Leonard, [[]]executive producer in association with Danny Thomas
  • Sid Hickox, director of photography
  • W. Argyle Nelson, production supervisor

[edit] Notes

  • The role of Ben Weaver would be played by three different actors during the course of the series' run.
  • Actor Sam Edwards (Jim Muggins) appeared in four different roles during the course of the series' run.

[edit] DVD releases

"Christmas Story" was released on DVD Paramount Pictures The Andy Griffith Show: Complete Series Collection, 2007. (ISBN 1415731594).

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