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The Andy Griffith Show
Andy Griffith’s Refusal to Meet This 1 Demand From Don Knotts Prevented His Return to ‘The Andy Griffith Show’
Find out what Don Knotts wanted in order to return to ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ – and why Griffith wouldn’t…
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The Andy Griffith Show
‘The Andy Griffith Show’: Andy’s Love Interest Left Series After Feeling Out of Place — ‘I Didn’t Feel Capable’
One star in ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ left the series after feeling less than capable. The Andy Griffith Show is…
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The Andy Griffith Show
What Ron Howard Thought When He First Met Andy Griffith
‘The Andy Griffith Show’ star Ron Howard shared recently his childhood memory of the first time he met the show’s…
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The Andy Griffith Show
Frances Bavier nearly turned down The Andy Griffith Show
Mayberry almost had a different matriarch. A Mayberry without Aunt Bee is hardly Mayberry at all. Her homespun phraseologies and…
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The Andy Griffith Show’s George Lindsey Said ‘Melancholy Set in’ After the Show Was Canceled
Find out more about Goober Pyle actor George Lindsey and the aftermath of his career post-the ‘Andy Griffith Show.’ After…
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Why Did Ellie Leave ‘The Andy Griffith Show’? The Reason Elinor Donahue’s Character Disappeared
Most TV watchers of the ‘50s remember Elinor Donahue as Betty “Princess” Anderson on Father Knows Best. In 1960, she…
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Andy Griffith: “I wanted to keep the characters clean.”
There’s a true and telling story told about the making of the pilot of the “Andy Griffith Show,” the 1960s…
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Ken Berry said Frances Bavier didn’t appreciate her TAGS character until later in life
Berry loved Frances Bavier and believed that once she appreciated being Aunt Bee, she was able to have fun with…
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Don Knotts had his family in stitches until the very end
When he was around his loved ones, Knotts was even funnier than Barney Fife. Audiences love it when actors are,…
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The Andy Griffith Show’: Jim Nabors Wouldn’t Allow Andy Griffith to Talk Trash About Aunt Bee Actor Frances Bavier
One of The Andy Griffith Show‘s most beloved actors was, as has been well-documented, one of Andy Griffith’s least favorite…
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