Don Knotts said this is why Andy Griffith cut all the jokes from his show
“If it sounds like a joke, throw it out.” That’s what Don Knotts recalled that Andy Griffith said back when The Andy Griffith Show began […]
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The Time Oprah Winfrey Demanded To Know Why There Were No Black People on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ – and Learned There Were
If you’re an observant viewer of classic comedy series The Andy Griffith Show, you may have noticed that in the show’s almost ten-year run, diversity […]
‘Andy Griffith Show’ Actor George Lindsey ‘Dreaded Going in to Work’ When Andy Griffith Wasn’t Happy
Actor Andy Griffith may have played the easygoing Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, but according to the actor who portrayed Goober Pyle […]
‘The Andy Griffith Show’s Goober Actor George Lindsey Said Andy Griffith ‘Would Discipline’ Ron Howard
On the set of classic television series The Andy Griffith Show actor George Lindsey, who portrayed sweet but goofy mechanic Goober Pyle, said that the […]
‘The Andy Griffith Show’: Frances Bavier Resented Time on the Show Because ‘She Liked to Be the Center of Attention’
The Andy Griffith Show has been earning new fans for more than five decades. The classic show first debuted on television in 1960, becoming an […]
‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Let Ron Howard Gives Edits to Lines Because It Was ‘Damn Good’
Long before he became an Academy Award-winning movie director, Ron Howard got his start as a six-year-old child actor on the set of The Andy […]
‘Return to Mayberry’: Revisit the Magic of the ‘Andy Griffith Show’ Follow-Up on MeTV
Who says you can’t go home again? Nearly 20 years after The Andy Griffith Show put out a gone fishin’ sign in 1968, NBC brought […]
Andy Griffith’s Final Years Were Marked By a Deep Friendship With This Oscar-Winning Actor: ‘I Was Like a Son to Him’
During the dozen or so years before his 2012 death, popular television actor Andy Griffith had lost his son to alcoholism and his dear friend […]
Why Did Peggy McMillan Actor Joanna Moore Leave ‘The Andy Griffith Show’?
During The Andy Griffith Show‘s eight-season run, Sheriff Andy Taylor had a few serious girlfriends and several one-off dates. One of his more serious love […]
The Absence of Opie’s Mother in ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Was Explained in the Show’s Backdoor Pilot
For eight seasons of The Andy Griffith Show, fans watched Andy Taylor rear his son, Opie Taylor while keeping the town of Mayberry in order. […]
