Question: Is "Opie" short for a full name? Was he ever called by anything else?
Tailkinker
3rd Aug 2005
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
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Chosen answer: Opie is his name - he was supposedly named after Opie Cates, a bandleader from the 1930's and 40's who Andy Griffith greatly admired.
Tailkinker ★