Politics Begin at Home
- Episode aired Nov 7, 1966
- 30m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
189
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Aunt Bee and Howard Sprague both run for the same seat on the town council.Aunt Bee and Howard Sprague both run for the same seat on the town council.Aunt Bee and Howard Sprague both run for the same seat on the town council.
- Director
- Writers
- Fred S. Fox
- Sheldon Leonard(uncredited)
- Aaron Ruben(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThis episode's broadcast date of November 7, 1966 nearly coincided with the United States Senate elections of 1966 (Midterms). The election was held the next day, on November 8, 1966, for the United States Senate.
- GoofsAunt Bee wants to remove all of the elm trees on Elm Street and replace them with magnolias, rhapsodizing about the beautiful shade they would provide. Magnolia trees take up to 20 years to mature.
- Quotes
Floyd Lawson: [about Howard Sprague] The boy's got a lot of savvy. Reminds me of myself when I was 35.
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Similar to Dick Van Dyke episode of same year
Episode was fun. Aunt Bee turning on Andy theme is being used occasionally. Bee was a horrendous candidate all posturing but very little knowledge of how cities & governments work. No real big laughs. Some humor in Andy being put in a seemingly no win situation.
Some decent Floyd lines. Goober & Opie are mostly secondary characters here. Again the woman is made intellectually inferior, or needs to apologize to the wise men. It's a 60s thing. Just how it was back then.
Some decent Floyd lines. Goober & Opie are mostly secondary characters here. Again the woman is made intellectually inferior, or needs to apologize to the wise men. It's a 60s thing. Just how it was back then.
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- Jul 30, 2022
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