"Citizen's Arrest" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Pinkley

Andy Griffith and Don Knotts enjoyed singing together on set; many episodes open this way. The singing that opened this episode wasn't scripted. Andy tells Barney that he was not the sheriff who took over immediately after Pinkley.

Answer: Purcell Branch

The answer quite obviously was not "Howard Sprague", for he didn't appear until the vastly inferior color episodes came about. The cut-out happened to be a switch which bypassed the muffler. If such a switch was turned on, the car would be noisier and go faster. Al Becker was the man Andy mentioned in the episode "A Date for Gomer." The Reo Flying Cloud Purcell was driving was an actual car from the 1930s.

Answer: 10 years and 1 month

Andy then says to Barney, "I owe you a lot, Barn. I really do. We been through a lot together. You been a fine deputy. A true public servant. You can feel right proud of yourself." Barney then gets teary-eyed. Can you think of anything funnier than Barney's emotional displays?

Answer: The post office

He walks out of the post office. After he makes the U-turn, Barney quickly turns on his siren and goes after Gomer. After stopping Gomer, Barney demands he give him an explanation for making the U-turn. Gomer tries to justify his action by saying he was in an "emergency vehicle." Barney tells Gomer that he was indeed not on an emergency run.

Answer: 911

Gomer protests the ticket and draws a crowd. The 911 code number was made up. The writers never verified any numbers they gave the numerous violations with a code book. Barney tells Gomer that the law has to be upheld. He informs Gomer that if he was just an ordinary John Doe citizen, he would have to make a citizen's arrest.

Answer: True

After hearing Gomer yell, "Citizen's Arrest!", Barney stops his car and says, "this little black-and-white baby is a real emergency vehicle." Gomer hollers to Barney that he was not on an emergency call. The throng of people that gather around around cheer. Upon hearing the cheering, Andy goes over to investigate. He tells Barney to write himself a ticket.

Answer: $5.00

Barney explodes in fury upon arrival at the courthouse. He will not pay his five dollar fine, nor will he allow Andy to pay it. Barney takes off his badge and places it on Andy's desk. He locks himself in a cell. He tells Andy he will rather stay five days in prison rather than pay the fine.

He says to Andy that "when word gets out that your deputy, and ex-best friend, has been jailed for a minor offense, you'll be the fool."

Answer: twilight zone

Otis paid a nod to Rod Serling's hit series in this episode with that drunken remark. There never was another nod the series again on "TAGS."

Answer: "I'm Sorry I Broke Your Heart Mother"

The singing very much annoys Barney, to say the least. So he yells, "Pipe down, Otis!" Otis cannot resist getting Barney's goat. He taps on his cell bars and yells over and over, "Barney's in jail! Barney's in Jail!" Otis was a very comical antagonist for Barney in this episode. The next morning, Barney hands Andy his letter of resignation.

Answer: True

Barney ignoring Gomer's second citizen's arrest has got to be, without a doubt, one of the funniest moments in sitcom history. Jim Nabors went on to star in his own hit show, "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." after appearing in well over 30 episodes of "TAGS." It is too bad Gomer couldn't have stayed on "TAGS" even longer, however.

He might have made the first season or two of the unbearable color episodes worth watching.