Three Wishes for Opie
- Episode aired Dec 21, 1964
- 30m
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
449
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Barney buys a fortune-telling game and lets Opie try it out.Barney buys a fortune-telling game and lets Opie try it out.Barney buys a fortune-telling game and lets Opie try it out.
- Director
- Writers
- Richard Powell
- Sheldon Leonard(uncredited)
- Aaron Ruben(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn this episode, as in the one that came before it, rumors begin that Andy and Helen are engaged. And in both, Helen wears the same flowered dress.
- GoofsIn this episode, the back room of the courthouse where Barney conducts his séances, has no back door to the outside. In a couple scenes, the wall that normally holds the door to the alley outside instead has a jail cell window at the top of the wall and no door. This window is complete with vertical iron bars and a very thick, sloping sill just like the windows in the jail cells.
Featured review
The Count Sure is Lively Tonight
As season five continues its slide towards the inferior "color episodes", we get another example of how the show was able to mine laughs from Barney and his minions (this time its Goober and Floyd). Barney buys a fortune telling set from a police auction supposedly confiscated from a band of gypsies, and soon the cards align and grant Opie three wishes. As each wish comes true (by some coincidences), Barney gains more and more confidence in the powers of the "Count". When Opie starts to make his third and final wish Barney cuts him short and assumes he is wishing that his Pa and Helen would get married. This sets up a series of flashbacks as Andy explains the goings on to Helen, who by this time is very upset that everyone in town thinks she is getting married. A good episode with some classic Barney moments (e.g. the seance in the back room of the courthouse).
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- jpop59
- Feb 10, 2020
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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