Even Andy Griffith has some pozzed episodes, but I don't recall ever seeing a negroid on the show. I do remember seeing an episode or two about Andy's lady friend pestering him to help her run for some public office like mayor or senator or something. Been quite a few years since I seen it.
But otherwise, Andy Griffith show is nice, wholesome show about a widower father trying to balance home with his duty as the local sheriff of a small rural town. Makes nice with the mountain folk who might be a little strange but are still perfectly reasonable, and is well respected in his community. I think at least two episodes had the townsfolk rally to protect each other from what they thought was dangerous outsiders, even if it was just a misunderstanding in one of them.
It really hit it out of the ballpark with how a community should feel. Everyone knew everyone, the kids played all over the countryside and even in town, as long as they weren't being disruptive. Adherence to laws that made sense.
Though, as I type this, I do remember one episode that really ground my gears. The episode where one of the local chicken farmers was being run off his property by the government so they could build a highway/freeway (I can never remember which) through his land and Andy was going along with it. The episode was all about Andy struggling with wondering if he was doing the right thing by obeying the unjust government forcing a farmer to sell his land that had been his for many many years because of "progress" or if he was becoming something he really ought to be fighting against. It all ended with "Well, the farmer was running a shine still and making his own booze, so they just arrested him and took his land anyway while Andy was smiling at not feeling any guilt anymore."
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