The Andy Griffith Show

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The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series humorously depicting life in a fictional southern community. The show stars Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor, the sheriff of Mayberry, North Carolina. The main cast also includes Ron Howard as Andy's son, Opie; Frances Bavier as Andy's aunt and housekeeper, Beatrice "Aunt Bee" Taylor; and Don Knotts as Andy's deputy, cousin, and friend Barney Fife.

The Andy Griffith Show was created by Sheldon Leonard, filmed at Desilu Studios, and televised by CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. The show's first five seasons were filmed in black and white, while the last three were in color.

The series consistently placed in the Nielsen Ratings top ten and left the air when it was #1. It spun off two television series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. and Mayberry R.F.D., as well as a 1986 reunion television movie, Return to Mayberry.

The Andy Griffith Show is syndicated by CBS Paramount Television with reruns airing across the United States. The complete series, selected episodes, and individual seasons are available on DVD.

[edit] Origin

The Andy Griffith Show has its origin in a February 1960 episode of The Danny Thomas Show in which Danny Williams (Danny Thomas) is arrested by Sheriff Andy Taylor for running a stop sign in Mayberry. Except for one brief scene set in the street outside the courthouse at the beginning of the episode, the action takes place inside the courthouse with Danny spending most of his time sitting in a jail cell. Both Frances Bavier and Ron Howard appeared in the episode; Bavier portrayed Henrietta Perkins, a widow being victimized by a shopkeeper, and Howard appeared briefly as Andy's son Opie. The Andy Griffith Show was retooled from this episode and made its debut on October 3, 1960.

[edit] Plot summary

The Andy Griffith Show is set in the fictional community of Mayberry, North Carolina and depicts the day to day lives of its main characters – Sheriff Andy Taylor, his son Opie, his housekeeper Aunt Bee, and (in the first five seasons) his deputy and cousin Barney Fife. Community events like pageants, concerts, picnics, carnivals, school reunions, and dances are often the backdrops against which the main characters are placed.

The public lives of lawmen Andy Taylor and Barney Fife are featured in episodes involving the apprenhension of criminals, the receptions of visiting dignitaries, or the state's inquiries into the management of the sheriff's department. Midpoint in the series' run, Barney takes a job with the Raleigh Police Department and leaves Mayberry.

Andy's private life is dramatized in episodes about parenting a son, providing guidance to (and sometimes receiving it from) his aunt, and interacting with male friends at the barbershop. More frequent however, are episodes about Andy's sometimes turbulent romantic relationship with his son's schoolteacher, Helen Crump.

Secondary characters occasionally take the spotlight. Examples include Frankie Flint, a muddy looking farmer's daughter who discovers makeup and perfume, Floyd Lawson, the town barber who suffers an awkward situation with a pen pal, and Rafe Hollister, a slovenly farmer engaged to sing at a Ladies Musicale. In spite of the fact that these episodes (and similar episodes) prominently feature Andy's fellow citizens, they are about Andy as counselor, morale booster, or problem solver. Andy is the center of the Mayberry universe and the center of every episode.

At series' end, Andy is still Sheriff of Mayberry and still dating Helen Crump while Opie is a fourteen year old school boy reading comic books and making college plans. Aunt Bee is still her nephew's housekeeper, and, in spite of having multiple romances during the series' run, remains unwed. In Barney Fife's last visit to Mayberry in the final season, he is still single and still working in the Raleigh Police Department.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main characters

• Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) is Sheriff in Mayberry, North Carolina, and lives with his son Opie and his housekeeper Aunt Bee. As a lawman, Andy has a relaxed style, preferring to settle community problems with common sense advice, mediation and conciliation. Out-of-town criminals finding their way to Mayberry are given short shrift by the wily sheriff. Andy initially dates several ladies until the third season when schoolteacher Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut) becomes his inamorata for the remainder of the series. Griffith is the only actor to appear in all 249 episodes of the series.

• Opie Taylor (Ronny Howard) is a typical American boy, interested in football, baseball, comic books, and fishing with his father. Several episodes focus on Opie's growing pains, his school life, and his relationship with his father. Although Opie is a well-meaning boy, he occasionally gets into trouble: trespassing in a neighbor's barn, for instance, and perhaps most famously, killing a bird with his slingshot. This series marks the debut of Ron Howard, who would later star in Happy Days.

• Beatrice Taylor (Frances Bavier) is Andy's paternal aunt and known in the show as Bee or Aunt Bee. After a five year sojourn in Morgantown, West Virginia, she returns to Mayberry in the premier episode to manage Andy's household after the departure of his housekeeper Rose. Her most important duty in the household is being Opie's surrogate mother. She undergoes a dramatic change in the color seasons, when she leaves behind her role as homemaker and discards her frumpy wardrobe for more stylish attire. She then dates several respectable gentlemen, opens her own restaurant, hosts a television show, buys a car, runs for office, and takes flying lessons. Bavier received her sole opening credit nod in the final season. She appeared in 239 episodes of the series, second only to Griffith.

• Barney Fife (Don Knotts) is Andy's high strung, overzealous, by-the-book deputy sheriff, best friend, and cousin. Barney's poor judgment, his pompousness, and his bravura cause Sheriff Taylor much trouble, concern, and embarrassment. Midway through the first season, Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn) becomes his steady girl, though he occasionally dates Bluebird Diner waitress Juanita (who is never seen). Barney leaves the show at the end of the fifth season when he takes a job in the Raleigh Police Department. He returns to Mayberry in five guest appearances following his departure. His last guest appearance in the final season was the most watched episode of the entire series.

[edit] Recurring characters

• Filling station attendant Goober Pyle (George Lindsey). (86 episodes)
• Barber Floyd Lawson (Howard McNear). (75 episodes)
• Schoolteacher and Andy's sweetheart Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut) (66 episodes)
• County Clerk Howard Sprague (Jack Dodson) (36)
• Aunt Bee's friend Clara Edwards (Hope Summers) (32)
• Town drunk Otis Campbell (Hal Smith). (30)
• Barney's sweetheart Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn). (26)
• Auto mechanic Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors), Goober's cousin. (23)
• Fix-it man Emmett Clark (Paul Hartman) (16)
• Pharmacist Ellie Walker (Elinor Donahue) (12)
• Opie's friend Johnny Paul Jason (Keith Thibodeaux as Richard Keith) (12)
• Deputy Warren Ferguson (Jack Burns) (11)
• Farmer Sam Jones (Ken Berry). Berry would star in the spinoff Mayberry R.F.D..

[edit] Unseen characters

The Andy Griffith Show is peopled with unseen characters who add color and depth to the show. Three are notable:

• Sarah, the telephone operator. Sarah (with Andy, Opie, Bee, Barney, and Clara) remained with the show for its entire run.
• Juanita Beasley, a diner waitress. Barney reports dating Juanita and often speaks with her over the courthouse telephone.
• Opie's "Maw". Little is known about her; even her name is unknown. In the backdoor pilot, Andy says he lost her when Opie was "the least little speck of a baby." While "lost" is sometimes a euphemism for death, it is unclear if she is deceased or has just left Andy. Opie's mother is mentioned again in the second season episode, "Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee", when Andy says he had the kind of love for her that leads to marriage. Andy never says he was married to her nor does any other character refer to her as Andy's wife. There are no souvenirs (like photos or portraits) of her in the Taylor home nor does anyone mention or visit a grave. Opie apparently has no maternal relatives; only paternal relatives appear on the show.

[edit] Notes

Mary Lansing played 12 different roles in 15 episodes, with three appearances as Emmett Clark's wife, Martha. Actor Bob McQuain, who had been invited to join the show by Griffith himself, had 11 different roles in 14 episodes, principally playing Mayberry's pick-up truck driving, cigar chomping roughneck Joe Waters. Veteran actor Allan Melvin played various substantial roles in eight episodes, while Burt Mustin portrayed six characters, notably Jud Fletcher, in 11 episodes.

Only Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Don Knotts and Hope Summers appeared in all eight seasons. Don Knotts was a regular character for the first five seasons and a recurring one for the last three.

[edit] Mayberry and vicinity

Mayberry is a small community with a population varying between 2,000 to 5,360 over the course of the show's run. The community's founding predates the American War for Independence and some characters trace their ancestry to its early settlers. Mayberry's Main Street is dominated by All Souls Church at one end and the movie theater at the other. The courthouse and small shops line the street. Farms and scenic locations like Myers Lake surround the community. Mayberry is a town, township, city, and county with evidence in the program supporting the several designations. Mayberry has little indigenous crime save moonshining. Though out-of town crooks find their way to Mayberry's peaceful streets, they prove no match for the community's lawmen. Crime is practically nonexistent in the last two color seasons when Sheriff Taylor manages the entire county without the assistance of a deputy. Mayberry's courthouse, Andy's house, and Floyd's barbershop are principal settings for the show. Actual communities on the show include Raleigh, a few hours' drive from Mayberry, and Siler City. Fictional Mount Pilot, a fast paced metropolitan area, is a few miles east of Mayberry.

[edit] Black and white seasons, 1960 – 1965

The five black and white seasons kick off with all four of the show's main characters appearing in the first episode, "The New Housekeeper". During the course of the first season, recurring characters Floyd Lawson, Clara Edwards (appearing initially as Bertha Edwards), town sot Otis Campbell, and Thelma Lou, Barney's sweetheart also make their debuts. Recurring characters Goober Pyle (initially as Goober Beasley), Gomer Pyle, Helen Crump, the Darling family, Ernest T. Bass, Opie's friend Johnny Paul Jason, and the Fun Girls would make their debuts in succeeding seasons.

The people of Mayberry are law-abiding folk and create few situations for its lawmen. Bicycle riding on the sidewalks and U turns on Main Street are serious offenses. Mayberry is a dry county, however, and moonshiners are not uncommon; their activities provide material for many episodes. Out of town robbers, escaped cons, and various ne'er-do-wells come into conflict with the community's lawmen as well. The color seasons would see less episodes about crime.

Andy's parenting is a theme for many episodes in the early seasons. Although he guides Opie through difficult childhood situations, Andy himself sometimes makes questionable choices as a parent. In one episode, for example, he suggests to Opie they push Barney's car in front of a fire hydrant as a prank, and, in another episode, he allows young Opie to traipse about Mayberry with a vagrant named David Browne. In a first season episode, Andy leaves six-year-old Opie home alone. Most egregiously, Andy doubts Opie time and again when the boy is asked to tell the truth.

Andy's romantic life is material for many episodes through the early seasons. Andy dates pharmacist Ellie Walker until she vanishes without explanation at the end of the first season. Thereafter, he dates several women until schoolteacher Helen Crump makes her debut in the third season. Andy and Helen remain a couple for the duration of the series, marry in the spinoff Mayberry R.F.D., and eventually become the parents of Andrew Taylor, Jr.

Aunt Bee has the first of her several series romances in the second season. In the black and white episodes, her beaus would generally be scalawags and cads. In the color seasons, however, she would select more respectable gentlemen as partners. Bee would have at least one romance per season until the show's cancellation. In spite of her several romances, the series ends with Bee still unwed.

The second season saw many distinguished guest stars: Alan Hale, Jr., Andy Clyde, Bill Bixby, Barbara Eden, Buddy Ebsen, and Edgar Buchanan among them. In the third season, Jim Nabors debuted as Gomer Pyle and, after 23 appearances, left the show at the end of the fourth season to star in his own spinoff series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.. Howard McNear (Floyd Lawson) suffered a stroke during the third season but returned in the fourth season, the worse for wear, and playing Floyd from a seated position.

At the end of the fifth season, Barney Fife leaves Mayberry to take a job with the Raleigh Police Department. In real life, Don Knotts left the show to pursue a film career. With Barney's departure, his sweetheart, Thelma Lou, was dropped from the show as a recurring character, but returned once, as a married woman. Barney made five guest appearances through the three color seasons.

Executive producer Sheldon Leonard, producer Aaron Ruben and writers Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum were closely associated with the success of the show's black and white seasons. The first five seasons saw the series' most popular episodes, with "Opie, the Birdman", "Mr. McBeevee", "Man in a Hurry", and "The Pickle Story" being at the top of all-time favorite lists.

[edit] Color seasons, 1965 – 1968

Beginning with the sixth season, the series was broadcast in color. The opening credits were reshot, but retained the father and son walk to the fishing hole and the scene's familiar musical theme.

In the sixth season, producer and story consultant Aaron Ruben left the show to work Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a show of which he was part owner. Episode writers Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell left the show as well. Writer Harvey Bullock left after season 6, and, by season 8, an entirely new team of writers was working for the show.

The Mayberry of the color years was not the Mayberry of the black and white years. Business suits and up-to-date attire ousted the dusty bib coveralls, frumpy housedresses, battered straw hats, and sweaty, wrinkled clothing of the earlier seasons. Moonshine and moonshiners disappeared and Otis Campbell's role as town sot was curbed when a sponsor purportedly objected to his alcoholic shenanigans. Otis (Hal Smith) and Floyd, the barber (Howard McNear) left the show at the end of the seventh season.

Several performers joined the show in the color seasons as semi-regulars:

• Jack Burns was hired in the sixth season as Andy's deputy Warren Ferguson but vanished after eleven appearances without explanation.
• Jack Dodson appeared as Mayberry County Clerk Howard Sprague.
• Paul Hartman joined the show as fix-it shop owner, Emmett Clark.
• Ken Berry joined the show in its last few episodes as farmer Sam Jones.
• Alberta Nelson made four appearances, principally as Goober's girlfriend diner waitress, Flora Malherbe.
• Arlene Golonka made two appearances in the final season as Millie Hutchins, a bakery clerk and Howard Sprague's betrothed.

Golonka went on to appear in the spinoff Mayberry R.F.D. as Millie Swanson (rather than Hutchins) while Dodson, Hartman, and Berry reprised their roles in the spinoff.

Teenagers are largely absent in Mayberry until Opie becomes one himself. Even then, however, few are seen on the streets of Mayberry, none are seen in church, nor get in trouble with the law. Nor are there any teen "hang outs" in town, such as malt shops, hamburger joints, or record shops. Teens and teen culture are elements in "Opie's Group", "The Senior Play", and "Big Brother".

While color episodes like "Opie Finds a Baby" (Opie finds an abandoned baby on the courthouse doorstep), "Howard's New Life" (Howard quits his job to become a Caribbean beachcomber) and "A Man's Best Friend" (Goober thinks his dog can talk) strained credulity, the color seasons of The Andy Griffth Show were popular, with the show consistently finishing in the top 10. The final season climbed to the top of the Nielsen Ratings. However, after the eighth season, Andy Griffith felt he had contributed all he could to the character Andy Taylor, and left the show.^[1] The Andy Griffith Show was then cancelled. Several of the show's supporting characters migrated to the spinoff, Mayberry RFD.

[edit] Portrayal of minorities

Minorities rarely appeared on the show, and, when they did, were generally treated briefly and in a stereotypical manner somewhat atypical of 1960s television. Although the program was produced during the civil rights era, African Americans were, with one exception, seen only in the background as part of the crowd. Only Rockne Tarkington had a speaking role, as Opie's football coach in a seventh season episode. Other minorities were equally scarce. A Japanese martial arts instructor appears in one episode and two Chinese men join Aunt Bee in opening her "Canton Palace" restaurant.

[edit] Women in Mayberry

In his book The Andy Griffith Show, Richard Kelly states, "[The show] may not have been sexual, but it certainly was sexist. The male population of Mayberry rules the town, and the women, for the most part, joyfully accept their positions as homemakers whose function is to keep their men happy."^[2]

Women do indeed most often play subordinate, sometimes powerless roles in the show – a situation not found in contemporary programs such as The Donna Reed Show, Bewitched, Hazel, and Lassie.

In "The Manicurist", for example, Andy and his buddies ogle Mayberry newcomer Ellen Brown from the barber shop window as she deboards the bus. Barney tells the other men in the room he knows how to handle a woman like Ellen by "roughing her up." In another scene in the same episode, the mayor surreptitiously lowers his nose into Ellen's hair and sniffs it as she bends over her worktable.

In "Ellie Runs for Town Council", Andy's sweetheart Ellie Walker runs for a seat on the town council. Mayberry menfolk are outraged that a woman would have the audacity to run for a position traditionally associated with male power and dominance. As Andy tells her:

"Oh, Ellie, you don't want to concern yourself with government business. You want to let the men worry about that. All you want to worry your pretty little head about is women's stuff. You know, going shopping, looking in windows, trying on hats, making little bitty sandwiches for having at parties, and gossiping. You see what I mean?"

Ellie wins the seat on the council but not on the issues, her merits, or her abilities. She wins because she's female — and Andy believes it's time Mayberry had a female in local government.

In "Helen, the Authoress", Andy treats Helen in a less than gentlemanly fashion, then apologizes to her in a scene that is the emotional highpoint of the episode. It is Andy, however, who is important in the scene — not Helen. The camera is on his face throughout.^[3]

Several women were brought to the show early in its production to give Andy a romantic dimension. As Sheldon Leonard explained, "There had to be women in his life or else we'd have been suspected of homosexual inclinations."^[4] The several women — Elinor Donahue as Ellie Walker, Sue Ann Langdon as Mary Simpson, Joanna Moore as Peggy McMillan — did not work out. It wasn't until Aneta Corsaut joined the show as Helen Crump in the third season that Andy found a partner for the duration of the series. Unlike Ellie, Helen was not aggressive and never threatened Andy's masculine superiority, and, unlike Joanna Moore who played nurse Peggy McMillan, Helen was not a sexual creature who needed to to be dealt with in romatic terms. Helen was more like Andy's sister than his lover.^[5]

[edit] Religion in Mayberry

Religion was more than a minor thread in the show – a situation not typical of other sitcoms of that era. The Taylors attend All Souls Church, the only house of worship seen on the show. Aunt Bee sings in the choir, Opie yawns in the front pew, and Andy serves on the church's finance committee. Clara plays the organ and Helen teaches Sunday school. Some episodes feature visiting clergymen and problems like finding a new organ for the church.

Some Christian viewers feel the show has a moral backbone virtually unrivaled by other television sitcoms and have singled out episodes for use as instructional and inspirational tools for their congregations.^[6] Others question the use of the show for Christian instruction.^[7]

[edit] Episodes

Main article: List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes

[edit] Production notes

[edit] Filming locations

The TV show itself was filmed entirely in Hollywood, at Desilu Productions on the former RKO Pictures lot (now merged with the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood proper). Mayberry exteriors were shot on the former Selznick International Pictures lot, later known as Forty Acres. The rural fishing hole that opened each episode was actually Franklin Canyon Lake, just north of Beverly Hills. Franklin Canyon was also the site of the show's Myers Lake and other outdoor locales.

[edit] Music

The whistled theme song, "The Fishin' Hole" was composed by Earle Hagen (the show's music coordinator as well as the whistler) and Herbert Spencer, with unsung lyrics by Everett Sloane. Hagen also wrote the music for the series. One of the show's familiar themes, "The Mayberry March", was reworked a number of times in different tempi, styles and orchestrations as background music. The tune was used as the theme music for Bee's television cooking show "The Mayberry Chef", and eventually became the relaxed, carefree, soft shoe style theme music for the show's spinoff, Mayberry R.F.D. Many, many styles and genres of music were heard on the show over the years: bluegrass, classical, folk, rock, pop, jazz, broadway, traditional hymns, and classical airs like "Endearing Young Charms". Unlike other sitcoms, the music was often an integral part of the plots — not merely soundtrack to accompany scenes. The theme song has been covered by R. Stevie Moore as "Theme From A.G."

[edit] Sponsor

The sole sponsor of The Andy Griffith Show was General Foods, maker of Post Cereals, Jell-O and Sanka Coffee, though promotional consideration was paid for (in the form of the squad car) by Ford Motor Company.

[edit] Reception

[edit] Ratings

The Andy Griffith Show consistently placed in the top ten during its run.^[8]

• 1960-1961:#4
• 1961-1962:#7
• 1962-1963:#6
• 1963-1964:#5
• 1964-1965:#4
• 1965-1966:#6
• 1966-1967:#3
• 1967-1968:#1

A Neilsen study conducted during the show's last season (1967) indicated the show ranked #1 among blue collar workers followed by The Lucy Show and Gunsmoke. Among white collar workers, the show ranked #3 following Saturday Movies and The Dean Martin Show.^[9]

[edit] Awards

• Don Knotts won five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, in 1961-63, 1966 and 1967, the last two for guest appearances.
• Frances Bavier won one Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1967.
• In 1967, the show received its only Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, losing to a new show, The Monkees.
• In 2002, TV Guide ranked The Andy Griffith Show ninth on its list of the 50 greatest television shows of all time.

[edit] Spin-offs, television movie, and reruns

The fourth season ended in May, 1964 with the backdoor pilot "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." In September of the same year, the series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. debuted with Jim Nabors as the title character. The spin-off followed his enlistment in the United States Marine Corps and his clashes with tough drill instructor Sergeant Vince Carter (Frank Sutton). Sutton had also played Carter in the pilot episode.

The Andy Griffith Show closed its run in 1968 with the backdoor pilot, "Mayberry R.F.D." Bavier, Summers, George Lindsey, Paul Hartman, and Jack Dodson migrated to the spinoff series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968-1971), reprising their roles. The show starred Ken Berry as farmer and single parent Sam Jones, with Buddy Foster as his son Mike – characters introduced in the final episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. Arlene Golonka appeared in two final season episodes of The Andy Griffith Show as bakery worker and Howard Sprague's bethrothed, Millie Hutchins. The nuptials were called off and Golonka jumped to Mayberry R.F.D. as Millie Swanson, Sam Jones' sweetheart. Aunt Bee played housekeeper to Sam and his son. Andy and Helen married in the spinoff's first episode, remained on the series for a few episodes, then left the show.

Following the cancellation of Mayberry R.F.D., George Lindsey reprised his Goober Pyle character over a ten year period on the popular music and comedy variety series Hee Haw.

In 1986, the reunion telemovie Return to Mayberry was broadcast. Many cast members appeared in their original roles. Absent, however, was Frances Bavier. She had retired from acting, was in poor health, living in North Carolina, and declined to participate. In the telemovie, Aunt Bee is dead and Andy visits her grave.

Reruns of the show began airing in 1964 as Andy of Mayberry and are televised today as The Andy Griffith Show.

[edit] Merchandise

[edit] Collectibles

Dell Publishing Co. published two The Andy Griffith Show comic books, Four Color, #1251, Jan.-Mar. 1962, and Four Color, #1341, Apr.-Jun, 1962 (Photo-c.). In 2004, Near Mint copies of the books were priced in excess of $500 each. ^[10]

Since the show's first run considerable merchandise has been generated, attesting to the show's continuing popularity – board and trivia games, reproductions of Barney's cap, badge, and shoulder patch, bobblehead dolls, kitchenware, books, and other items have hit the market. In 2007, a line of canned foods inspired by the show was made available in grocery stores across America.

Collectors prize studio promotional photos, original scripts, costumes and props from the show, Andy Griffith records from the period, and autographs.

[edit] DVD releases

CBS Home Entertainment has released all eight seasons of The Andy Griffith Show on DVD in Region 1. The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Series was released on DVD as a boxed set in 2007 (ISBN 1415731594). The complete set includes the pilot from The Danny Thomas Show, the reunion telemovie Return to Mayberry, and an episode from Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. featuring Ron Howard. Sixteen episodes from the show's third season are in the public domain and available on discount DVDs. Because of performance fees regarding the show's theme music, the discount versions often employ generic theme music.

[edit] See also

• List of The Andy Griffith Show cast members
• List of Andy Griffith Show guest stars

[edit] References

• The Andy Griffith Show. CBS Television Network, 1960-1968. Syndicated distribution: CBS Paramount Television.
• The Andy Griffith Show: Complete Series Collection. Paramount, 2007. (ISBN 1415731594).
• Beck, Ken, and Clark, Jim. The Andy Griffith Show Book. St. Martin's Griffin, 2000.
• Beck, Ken, and Clark, Jim. Mayberry Memories. Rutledge Hill Press, 2000.
• ColdWarrior. Andy Griffith Show is Communist Propaganda. Topix: Dallas Forum, 2007.
• Fann, Joey. The Way Back to Mayberry. Broadman and Holman, 2001. (ISBN 0805424202).
• Kelly, Richard. The Andy Griffith Show. Blair, 1981.
• The Mayberry FAQ
• Rueter, Ted. What Andy, Opie, and Barney Fife Mean to Americans, Even in the 1990s.
• ScottC. The Andy Griffith Show: Complete First Season (1960). Needcoffee.com.
• Vaughn, Don Rodney. Why "The Andy Griffith Show" is Important to Popular Culture. Journal of Popular Culture, 2004.

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Griffith, Andy
2. ^ Kelly, Richard. The Andy Griffith Show. Blair, 1981. (ISBN 0895870436).
3. ^ The Andy Griffith Show: Complete Series Collection. Paramount, 2007. (ISBN 1415731594).
4. ^ Kelly, Richard. The Andy Griffith Show. Blair, 1981. (ISBN 0895870436).
5. ^ Kelly, Richard. The Andy Griffith Show. Blair, 1981. (ISBN 0895870436).
6. ^ Finding the Way Back to Mayberry. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
7. ^ Sunday School: What Would Andy Do?. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
8. ^ Classic TV Hits: TV Ratings
9. ^ Kelly, Richard. The Andy Griffith Show. Blair, 1981. (ISBN 0895870436).
10. ^ Overstreet, Robert M.. Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. 34th edition. House of Collectibles, Random House Information Group, May 2004.

[edit] External links

• The Andy Griffith Show at the Internet Movie Database
• The Andy Griffith Show at TV.com
• The Andy Griffith Show at EpGuides.com
• The Andy Griffith Show on TVLand.com
• Mayberry.com
• Behind The Scenes of The Andy Griffith Show
• Remembering Mayberryde:Andy Griffith Show