# Hold Aunt Bea Between Your Knees

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 20, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-aunt-bea-between-your-knees/353518 "2006-04-20T20:07:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-aunt-bea-between-your-knees/353518/1 "2006-04-20T20:07:16Z")

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So, I was watching an Andy of Mayberry episode and who is in it but Jack Nicholson! It was the one where Opie and his friend find a baby in front of the Court House. Jack was the father of the baby.

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-aunt-bea-between-your-knees/353518/2 "2006-04-20T20:58:50Z")

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As I recall, he was also in an episode where he was accused of stealing and Bea was on the jury.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-aunt-bea-between-your-knees/353518/3 "2006-04-20T22:10:19Z")

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Some others who wandered through Mayberry at one time or another included Bill Bixby, Michael J. Pollard, Arte Johnson and George Kennedy.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-aunt-bea-between-your-knees/353518/4 "2006-04-20T22:20:25Z")

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The jury story was Episode 8-7, originally aired on [October 23, 1967.](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:tmeQkCQ3AaYJ:epguides.com/AndyGriffithShow/guide.shtml+Jack+Nicholson+Andy+Griffith+Show&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5) Although Nicholson is not named in any other description on that site, the episode **DanBlather** saw is apparently _Opie Finds a Baby_, originally aired on Nov. 21, 1966. On [this site,](http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:QurV3_Z0r2MJ:www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/anewsome/private/190-219.htm+Jack+Nicholson+Andy+Griffith+Show&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3) that installment is identified as **Episode 202 (199)**.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-aunt-bea-between-your-knees/353518/5 "2006-04-20T22:48:12Z")

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I once watched an episode of _Flipper_, and the bad guy was a very very young Burt Reynolds.