Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
#andygriffith #tvflops
Like & Subscribe for MORE! Headmaster debuted in September, 1970, centering around a California coed prep school for teenagers (Concord High School), its dean Andy Thompson (Griffith), his wife Margaret (Claudette Nevins) and the crusty caretaker Mr. Purdy (Parker Fennelly).
In a role almost identical to the one he would play eighteen years later on Coach, Jerry Van Dyke (My Mother The Car) was featured as the school's dorky gym teacher. He was previously teamed with Griffith both in Las Vegas shows and in Angel in my Pocket.
Unlike The Andy Griffith Show, the stories on Headmaster were serious in nature. On the first episode, guest-star Butch Patrick ('Eddie Munster') was forced to choose between taking drugs or facing the big freeze from all the druggies in his class. On another, Andy dealt with an impending campus riot.
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#andygriffith #tvflops
Like & Subscribe for MORE! Headmaster debuted in September, 1970, centering around a California coed prep school for teenagers (Concord High School), its dean Andy Thompson (Griffith), his wife Margaret (Claudette Nevins) and the crusty caretaker Mr. Purdy (Parker Fennelly).
In a role almost identical to the one he would play eighteen years later on Coach, Jerry Van Dyke (My Mother The Car) was featured as the school's dorky gym teacher. He was previously teamed with Griffith both in Las Vegas shows and in Angel in my Pocket.
Unlike The Andy Griffith Show, the stories on Headmaster were serious in nature. On the first episode, guest-star Butch Patrick ('Eddie Munster') was forced to choose between taking drugs or facing the big freeze from all the druggies in his class. On another, Andy dealt with an impending campus riot.
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