The residents of Mayberry upheld the strict moral culture of the 1950s through the early 1960s. Not only did they avoid all cursing (though Rafe Hollister almost crossed the line when he avoided saying, "Well hell, that's me!" He caught himself and said, "Well hawl, that's me!" in the episode in which he sings at the Ladies' Musicale), they also avoided references to nudity. Barney did not want to wade barefooted in front of Thelma Lou, Andy, and Peggy. When Barney tried to help Otis' drinking, by trying psychiatry he learned in a magazine, he said, "You may not know it Otis, but you stood naked in front of me!" (psychologically naked) Otis recoiled "Andy, I was not!" (O, the horror of the thought!) When Andy and Barney were headed to Raleigh to submit their law enforcement budget, Barney appeared in his tweed suit. When they noted Barney looking nice in his suit, he responded, "I almost felt naked not wearing my uniform!" He immediately blushed and apologized to Aunt Bee for the reference to nudity. Finally, in the episode in which the second hand freezer is holding newly purchased beef, and the day is blistering hot, Opie appears at breakfast without a shirt. Aunt Bee scolded him to put on a shirt, for you don't come breakfast like a savage! So in Mayberry, "hawl" don't talk of nudity.
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