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<p dir="auto"><strong>Jaybone23</strong> — <em>15 years ago(September 18, 2010 03:45 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks to TV Land's "Andy Griffith Show" 50 Year marathon, I recently saw the episode where actor Jack Dodson makes his first appearance on the showand NOT as Howard Sprague!  Dodson first had a small role as insurance agent Ed Jenkins in the January, 1966 episode entitled "Lost &amp; Found".  Dodson would return to the show just two months later to begin his long-running stint as county clerk Howard Sprague.  Dodson's character would appear in over 30 episodes of TAGS, as well as moving on to and appearing in over 40 episodes of TAGS spin-off, "Mayberry R.F.D.".<br />
I sure wish I could grow a 'stache like the one Howard (and Dodson) was rockin' all those years!</p>
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<p dir="auto">Wonderful for fans<br />
and history of TV<br />
And that is all because<br />
J Dodson as H Sprague or<br />
J Dodson before H Sprague when<br />
J Dodson is E Jenkins<br />
has that powerful delivery<br />
which make you to watch<br />
J Dodson as E Jenkins<br />
or especially<br />
J Dodson Was H Sprague<br />
This is good<br />
this is a good thing<br />
Very great to see<br />
J Dodson on<br />
A Griffith Show or<br />
M #RFD or<br />
on anything but<br />
especially M #RFD<br />
because<br />
that just goes to show<br />
how versatile an actor<br />
J Dodson could really be<br />
Very tragic<br />
J Dodson<br />
does not survive<br />
M #RFD<br />
by more than<br />
just a few<br />
short years<br />
very tragic indeed<br />
But M #RFD<br />
makes J Dodson<br />
a star<br />
one of TV Greats<br />
as H Sprague<br />
or before that<br />
TV is much better<br />
because of J Dodson<br />
and the same<br />
holds true<br />
for M #RFD<br />
[harp]<br />
[saint] [candl2000e] [piano]<br />
â<img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2122.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--tm" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":tm:" alt="™" />ª<br />
Not even Mad Scientists<br />
get it right every time</p>
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<p dir="auto">"You've got to have a hot meal"<br />
"Are you wearing your undershirt?"</p>
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<p dir="auto">Good day mr.sprague.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I just saw that episode this evening. I did not realize he came in so late in the series. Just thought he was always there. <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":-)" alt="🙂" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">That was about the same time that Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) had been given his own series.  Don Knotts (Barney) had left the series and signed a contract to do movies for Universal.  Howard McNear (Floyd the barber) had come back after suffering a bad stroke, but his health was still an issue.  And even though I personally liked Barney Fife's replacement, Warren (Jack Burns), he wasn't given much of a chance to develop the character and was fired after only a few episodes.  So, enter Howard Sprague, and a couple of years later, Emmett the fix it shop owner (Paul Hartman).</p>
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<p dir="auto">That's interesting.  It's been reported that Andy Griffith had spotted Jack Dodson on stage one evening and soon invited him to appear upon his series, which would correlate to about the time of Jack's television debut.<br />
And then Jack begins the series in a role other than Howard Sprague, which must have been customized expressedly for him, because he's very good in the role.<br />
__<br />
| .</p>
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