The Andy Griffith Show
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The Andy Griffith Show
Andy Griffith didn’t like watching the first season of The Andy Griffith Show, and changed because of Howard McNear
The real reason Andy Taylor changed between Season One and Season Two The best actors evolve in their roles. If…
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The Andy Griffith Show
Andy Griffith took it personally when Elinor Donahue left his show
“Ellie didn’t fraternize much with Andy or Don.” Many sitcoms take a while to lock into what makes them special.…
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The Andy Griffith Show
Andy Griffith had this to say about continuing The Andy Griffith Show without Don Knotts
It’s hard to picture The Andy Griffith Show without Barney Fife. Saying goodbye to friends is always hard, but for…
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The Andy Griffith Show
Andy Griffith said that ”The Andy Griffith Show” would have had a very different future if Sheriff Taylor had been the show’s comedic relief
What if Sheriff Taylor had been the Barney Fife of the series? Andy Griffith was an undoubtedly funny man. He…
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Ron Howard on ”The Andy Griffith Show”: ”For Andy, the show was never the same after Don left”
Griffith was losing a friend and a partner in comedy. Losing a friend can be difficult, especially because a true…
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Betty Lynn remembered her first time playing Thelma Lou with Don Knotts
Knotts would read Lynn his poetry. Thelma Lou and Barney Fife were a match made in heaven, and it’s so…
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After Don Knotts left ”The Andy Griffith Show,” Betty Lynn was offered another storyline — but she wouldn’t take it
After Knotts left the show, Lynn decided it was time to leave Mayberry. Some people have tried to make the…
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Andy Griffith once said that Andy Taylor was the best parts of him
Andy Taylor was made of good stuff. Sometimes characters are great not because they’re perfect, but because they’re imperfectly human.…
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The Andy Griffith Show
The final day of filming on The Andy Griffith Show
The last episode filmed was not the last episode that aired! Television shows, like all good things, must come to…
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The Andy Griffith Show
Helen Crump wasn’t initially meant to be a recurring character
Aneta Corsaut was the perfect fit onscreen and behind the scenes. Aneta Corsaut will forever be remembered for her time…
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