Andy Griffith

Here’s the thing about the 1960s: while everyone was getting swept up in the psychedelic swirl of color — from fashion to music to the […]

When Jim Nabors found out that his Gomer Pyle character from The Andy Griffith Show was getting a spin-off in which the filling station attendant […]

Introduction: The Quiet Storm Behind Mayberry’s Favorite Deputy “The Andy Griffith Show” is often remembered as one of television’s most wholesome, feel-good sitcoms. With its […]

The Real Reason Andy Griffith Was Uncomfortable With the Laugh Track When we think of The Andy Griffith Show, we picture a quaint, slow-paced Mayberry […]

📝 Introduction: Saying Farewell to a Darling of Mayberry For generations of fans, The Andy Griffith Show wasn’t just a television program — it was […]

Introduction: The Day Opie Taylor Became a Script Doctor Picture this: a little red-headed boy, barely out of grade school, walks onto the set of […]

Chuck Reece – Salvation South editor: Talk to anyone who grew up in a small Southern town in the middle of the 20th century, and […]

Over the course of nearly 250 episodes airing across eight years, the producers and writers of “The Andy Griffith Show” created an elaborate and detailed […]

Introduction: Why Mayberry Still Matters What is it about The Andy Griffith Show that keeps drawing us back in, decade after decade? Maybe it’s the […]

Ron Howard recently touched fans by recreating the iconic opening scene of The Andy Griffith Show in a video posted to Instagram. In the clip, […]