Deputy Barney has a rotating middle name.
It’s hard to peg down what exactly Deputy Barney’s middle name is. In several different episodes it seems to change on a whim. Sometimes his middle name is Oliver, or Milton, or just ‘P’.
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Francis Bavier hated the on-set atmosphere.
Aunt Bee seemingly didn’t like being on the show, at least when the cameras quit rolling. Francis Bavier, who portrayed Bee, considered herself above Andy Griffith’s boyish nature. She hated the loose set, rough language, and constant joking around.