Divorce, Mountain Style
- Episode aired Mar 30, 1964
- 30m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Charlene Darling uses a mountain ritual to divorce Dud Wash and marry Andy.Charlene Darling uses a mountain ritual to divorce Dud Wash and marry Andy.Charlene Darling uses a mountain ritual to divorce Dud Wash and marry Andy.
Ron Howard
- Opie Taylor
- (as Ronny Howard)
- (credit only)
Doug Dillard
- Doug Darling
- (as The Dillards)
Rodney Dillard
- Rodney Darling
- (as The Dillards)
Mitch Jayne
- Mitch Darling
- (as The Dillards)
Dean Webb
- Dean Darling
- (as The Dillards)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaActor Hoke Howell, who originated the role of Dud Wash, wasn't cast in this episode because this was the year CBS launched "Gilligan's Island," and they wanted to promote the new show by casting Bob Denver.
- GoofsObvious stunt double for Barney when he's riding the white horse around in a circle while yelling, "East to West! East to West!"
- Quotes
Charlene Darling: [Telling Andy why she is divorcing Dud] Last Sunday, I caught him makin' eyes at Idell Bushey durin' preachin'. And I know what they do up there in the hills when they say they're possum huntin'. They're just sittin' around the campfire, drinkin' hard cider, hittin' each other on the shoulder and hollerin' 'flinch!'.
Featured review
Barney interferes in a strange mountain divorce
Charlene Darlin Wash hitchhikes to Mayberry and asks Sheriff Taylor to take her somewhere. She is very secretive about her destination and motives but Barney convinces Andy to go along. They arrive in a secluded wooded area and stop when the mountain girl spots a specific tree she is looking for. She then buries a sack near the tree and does incantations over the spot. Bernie explains that someone must be sick in the mountains and this is part of the cure. She motions for Andy to stand on her right side while she finishes the ceremony, unaware that it is a divorce incantation, not a spell for health. By his standing next to her, he unwittingly becomes her bridegroom. The episode revolves around Andy trying to escape being forced into marrying this mountain girl. Barney finds a book on mountain folk lore and tries to find a way out of this mess, only making matters worse in the process. This is a very strange and funny episode involving superstitions and ways of secretive mountain folk and their ways that are so different than those of the people in Mayberry. I'm often reminded of Beverly Hillbillies watching this episode because the mountain folk are very similar to the characters of that show. The character of Charlene in particular reminds me a great deal of Ellie May. The divorced husband who is upset and Andy and keeps wanting to fight is a very young Bob Denver before he stared in Gilligan's Island.
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- papabearEG
- Mar 5, 2006
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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