Barney and the Eicos

As I've mentioned before, the Andy Griffith Show was my favorite (of course the black and white episodes):

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But watching them now sometimes brings up questions like:  were those Eico radios behind Barney ever actually used ?

  For one thing, Andy and Barney were almost always together.  Who would they talk to ? :)

It's kind of like in Star Trek, The Next Generation.  They had the ability to separate the Enterprise into two sections, the saucer and the engineering section but was that ever done after the first episode ?

Episodic television doesn't withstand the micro scrutiny of fandom :)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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