query: who was aunt bee on andy griffith show

pos: Frances Bavier Frances Bavier Frances Elizabeth Bavier (December 14, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American stage and television actress. Originally from New York theatre, she worked in film and television from the 1950s until the 1970s. She is best known for her role of Aunt Bee on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Mayberry R.F.D." from 1960 to 1970. Aunt Bee logged more Mayberry years (ten) than any other character. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Comedy Actress for the role in 1967. Born in New York City in a brownstone on Gramercy Park to Charles S., a stationary

pos: Frances Bavier Frances Bavier Frances Elizabeth Bavier (December 14, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American stage and television actress. Originally from New York theatre, she worked in film and television from the 1950s until the 1970s. She is best known for her role of Aunt Bee on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Mayberry R.F.D." from 1960 to 1970. Aunt Bee logged more Mayberry years (ten) than any other character. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Comedy Actress for the role in 1967. Born in New York City in a brownstone on Gramercy Park to Charles S., a stationary

neg: Aunt Bee Aunt Bee Aunt Bee is a fictional character from the 1960 American television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show". Played by Frances Bavier, the character migrated to the spinoff "Mayberry R.F.D." (1968–1971) when "The Andy Griffith Show" ended its run in 1968, and remained for two years. Though she was the aunt of Sheriff Andy Taylor, virtually every character in Mayberry called her "Aunt Bee". Aunt Bee, full name Beatrice Taylor, is the paternal aunt of widower Sheriff Andy Taylor and great-aunt to his son Opie Taylor. In the premiere episode of "The Andy Griffith Show", "The New Housekeeper," Aunt Bee

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) Griffith Show" begins with Andy telling Opie he was raised by Aunt Bee, who is about to return to Mayberry after a five-year sojourn in Morgantown, West Virginia (the real-life hometown of Don Knotts, the actor who portrayed Barney Fife). Being raised by Aunt Bee suggests that Andy was orphaned at an early age, though there is very little evidence offered on the show about Andy's childhood or his family. In one or two instances, old timers remember Andy as a boy. He seems to have no close relatives in Mayberry other than his aunt, his son, and his cousin

neg: Aunt Bee in one small thing or another with a dismissive sniff or an abrupt and cutting comment. Aunt Bee Aunt Bee is a fictional character from the 1960 American television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show". Played by Frances Bavier, the character migrated to the spinoff "Mayberry R.F.D." (1968–1971) when "The Andy Griffith Show" ended its run in 1968, and remained for two years. Though she was the aunt of Sheriff Andy Taylor, virtually every character in Mayberry called her "Aunt Bee". Aunt Bee, full name Beatrice Taylor, is the paternal aunt of widower Sheriff Andy Taylor and great-aunt to his son

neg: Return to Mayberry Main Street. Most of the surviving cast members of "The Andy Griffith Show" reprised their roles in the reunion movie. One notable exception was Frances Bavier, who played Aunt Bee for all eight seasons as well as two seasons of "Mayberry R.F.D." Bavier had retired shortly after leaving "R.F.D." in 1970. Her absence was explained by a scene in which Andy visits the cemetery where Aunt Bee is buried, confirming that Aunt Bee is deceased. (The official reason given for Bavier's absence was poor health. Bavier reportedly was also reclusive and ambivalent about coming out of retirement, but she did

neg: Aunt Bee in one episode, her sister Nora visits. She also has a rapscallion cousin called Bradford J. Taylor who features in a color episode. Bee is a teetotaler. In an episode in which a traveling salesman comes to Mayberry peddling patent medicine, Andy tells Barney that Aunt Bee is heavily against alcohol due to her brother's trouble with the bottle. In the same episode, Bee plays the piano and speaks of her baptism. Bee is a member of the town choir and sings in church. Bee undergoes some changes during the final three color years of "The Andy Griffith Show." In

neg: The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning over eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color. The series partially originated from an episode of "The Danny Thomas Show". The show starred Andy Griffith in the role of Andy Taylor, the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. Other major characters include Andy's inept but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife (Don Knotts); Andy's spinster aunt and housekeeper, Bee Taylor (Frances

neg: Sam Jones (Mayberry R.F.D.) Aunt Bee moves in with Sam and his young son Mike following Sheriff Andy Taylor's marriage to Helen Crump. Aunt Bee stays with Sam through the beginning of the "Mayberry R.F.D." series, but eventually she moves away and is replaced by Cousin Alice (Alice Ghostley). Sam Jones (Mayberry R.F.D.) Sam Jones is a fictional character who debuted on the American television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960 – 1968). Jones then went on to star in the spin-off show "Mayberry R.F.D.". Jones is portrayed by American actor Ken Berry. Sam lives in the fictional community of Mayberry, North Carolina. He

neg: Clara Edwards Clara Edwards Clara Edwards (originally Bertha Edwards, Bertha Johnson and then Clara Johnson) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960 – 1968). Clara was portrayed by actress Hope Summers. Summers appeared as Bertha/Clara in 32 episodes of TAGS and was one of only a few characters (the others being Andy Taylor, Aunt Bee, and Opie Taylor) who appeared in all eight seasons of the show's run. The character migrated to the show's spin-off series "Mayberry R.F.D.". Clara lives in the fictional community of Mayberry, North Carolina on "The Andy Griffith Show" (TAGS) and

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) from "The Danny Thomas Show", viewers learn Andy lost his wife when Opie was "the least little speck of a baby." In the first episode of the show Andy has a maid that is getting married and moving away. Andy's Aunt Bee comes in to act as his live-in housekeeper and as surrogate mother/grandmother to Opie. Andy goes fishing with his son and often spends evenings on the front porch strumming his guitar. He sometimes entertains (with reluctance) overnight guests like his Aunt Nora and Uncle Ollie and often has friends in for Aunt Bee's fried chicken dinners. Andy goes

neg: The Andy Griffith Show their original roles. Absent, however, was Frances Bavier. She was living in Siler City, North Carolina, in ill health, and declined to participate. In the TV movie, Aunt Bee is portrayed as deceased (and in fact Bavier did die three years later), with Andy visiting her grave. Also absent were Howard McNear, Paul Hartman, Jack Burns, and the cast members who were featured only in the Mayberry RFD seasons. Griffith and Howard reprised their roles a final time for a Funny or Die skit supporting the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama. In 1993, "The Andy Griffith Show" had a

neg: Frances Bavier Daddy", which featured Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor and Ron Howard as Opie Taylor. She played a character named Henrietta Perkins. The episode led to "The Andy Griffith Show", and Bavier was cast in the role of Aunt Bee. Bavier had a love-hate relationship with her famous role during the run of the show. As a New York City actress, she felt her dramatic talents were being overlooked, yet after playing Bee for eight seasons, she was the only original cast member to remain with the series in the spin-off, "Mayberry R.F.D.", for two additional seasons. Bavier was easily offended

neg: Opie Taylor Griffith", an episode from "The Danny Thomas Show". Ron Howard was 5 years old at the time. In the first episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" (October 1960), Andy's Aunt Bee returns to Mayberry via Morgantown, West Virginia at her nephew's invitation in order to manage the Taylor household after Andy's housekeeper Rose marries and departs. Opie, 6, takes an instant dislike to Aunt Bee based upon his grief at losing his beloved Rose, although he does secretly enjoy her cooking. After discovering that she can neither play baseball nor fish, Opie declares that he will never love her. The

neg: Floyd Lawson last line delivered by Floyd is "Ohh, and would you kill Howard Sprague for me?" referring to Howard Sprague, a character from "The Andy Griffith Show". His other appearance was in a parody of "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Merv Griffith Show," in which he is in his barber shop cutting hair and at a surprise party for Gomer. Kurt Cobain wrote a song titled "Floyd the Barber" that was recorded on Nirvana's first album "Bleach" (1989). In the song, Floyd, Barney, Opie and Aunt Bee hold him captive after he comes in for a shave, torturing and murdering him.

neg: Elinor "Ellie" Walker joined "The Andy Griffith Show". Producers believed her name would have "drawing power" and gave her top billing in the opening credits with stars Andy Griffith, Ron Howard and Don Knotts. The only other performer to receive top billing during the course of the series' run was Frances Bavier (Aunt Bee) who began to appear in the opening credits in the 1965-1966 season after Don Knotts left the series. Donahue's wardrobe in the show was created by Mr. Burt of Encino, who received a nod in the closing credits. Donahue was dining out with her mother and three-year-old son when

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) Barney. In the first two episodes it is stated that Barney is his cousin. Other relatives include Bee's sister Nora (who would also be Andy's aunt), who pays a visit in one episode. In another episode, Andy tells Barney that Aunt Bee is heavily against alcohol due to her brother's trouble with the bottle. It is unclear whether this brother is meant to be Andy's father, or one of Andy's uncles. Andy went to school in Mayberry and graduated from Mayberry Union High. One 3rd-season episode #19 "Class Reunion" had Andy and Barney finding their old high school yearbook—the pictures

neg: Opie Taylor "Aunt Bee" Taylor (Frances Bavier). Opie appears once in "The Andy Griffith Show" spinoff "Mayberry R.F.D.", twice in the spinoff "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." and also in the 1986 reunion telemovie "Return to Mayberry". There are two explanations of the origin of the character's name. One is that Opie was named after bandleader and radio actor Opie Cates; the other is that he was named for Opie Shelton (1915–1999), a childhood friend of Griffith, who went on to become president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Opie makes a brief first appearance in the February 1960 backdoor pilot, "Danny Meets Andy

neg: The Christmas Story (The Andy Griffith Show) part of "The Andy Griffith Show Christmas Special", which also included "The Pickle Story". On Christmas Eve, department store owner Ben Weaver insists Andy jail moonshiner Sam Muggins. Weaver has brought along a jug of moonshine as evidence of Sam's wrongdoing. Andy complies with Weaver's request but feels it's only fair that Sam's wife Bess and his two young children be incarcerated as well, since they all had knowledge of Sam's moonshining. With the Muggins family in jail, Andy, Barney, Aunt Bee, Ellie, and Opie prepare a feast with all the trimmings for the family and decorate a Christmas tree.

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) mother since the term is usually only used for men whose wife has died. There are no souvenirs or mementos of a wife around Andy's house. Opie's "Maw" apparently has no family in Mayberry – no parents, siblings, aunts or uncles that were related to Opie. All of Opie's relatives seen on the show (Aunt Bee, Aunt Nora, Bradford Taylor) are paternal relatives. It is also mentioned in an episode where Andy is dating a "rich" girl and Barney warns him that it might not work out. He brings up to Andy that he was his best man and godfather

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) "Aunt Bea the Warden," Andy wears a regular gunbelt. Also, the sixth-season episode, "Aunt Bee takes a Job" with co-star Jack Burns, Andy fires a gun (which he borrows from Deputy Warren Ferguson) to disable a car in order to capture some criminals. Andy did have an issued sidearm (a Colt Official Police revolver), but rarely saw cause to carry the weapon. He kept it unloaded on top of a shelf in his house. On the rare occasion he needed a weapon fast, he would grab a rifle or shotgun from the rack in his office or from his car.

neg: The Andy Griffith Show ladies until a schoolteacher becomes his steady interest in season three. At home, Andy enjoys fishing trips with his son, Opie (Ronny Howard), and quiet evenings on the front porch with his maiden aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier). Opie tests his father's parenting skills season after season, and Aunt Bee's ill-considered romances and adventures cause her nephew concern. Andy's friends and neighbors include, at various times, barber Floyd Lawson (Howard McNear – but played by Walter Baldwin in the 1960 episode "Stranger in Town"), service station attendants and cousins Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) and Goober Pyle (George Lindsey),

neg: The Eve Arden Show The Eve Arden Show The Eve Arden Show is a 26-episode American sitcom which aired during the 1957-1958 season on CBS, alternately sponsored by Lever Brothers and Shulton, Inc. (Old Spice). The show, starring Eve Arden, is about a widowed mother, Liza Hammond, of twin daughters who earns money from writing books. It features actress Frances Bavier, the future Aunt Bee of "The Andy Griffith Show", as Nora, Arden's mother and housekeeper. In eight of the twenty-six episodes, Allyn Joslyn portrays George Howell, her agent and potential boyfriend. The series was produced for Arden's Westhaven Enterprises by Desilu. The show

neg: City Detective in the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver". Madge Blake, a peripheral figure in "Leave It to Beaver" as well as the Walter Brennan series "The Real McCoys", also guest starred on "City Detective". Andy Clyde, who played Madge Blake's brother on "The Real McCoys", appeared as Pop in the 1955 episode "Desert Ice". Doris Packer of "Leave It to Beaver" and "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" appeared as Florence in the episode "Sixteen Vertical". Frances Bavier, later "Aunt Bee" on CBS's "The Andy Griffith Show", appeared three times on "City Detective". Lloyd Corrigan, a co-star of the future NBC

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) sponsor spots, when he's "advertising".) "You beat everything, did you know that?" (Spoken by Andy when Barney makes a bad mistake.) "Now, now, Opie." (Spoken by Andy when he's trying to explain something to his son, Opie.) "Simmer down." (Spoken by Andy when someone is overly excited.) Opie's "Maw" is mentioned only once, briefly, during the show. In the second-season episode, "Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee", Opie asks his father if he had the kind of love for his "Maw" that leads to marriage. Andy answers that he did have that kind of love. When the series opens, several years

neg: John Dehner "The Andy Griffith Show", playing "Colonel Harvey," a smooth-talking pitchman who peddles his alcohol-based elixir, a concoction that ends up intoxicating Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier) and her women's club. He also played Rex Goodbody, a scheming actor about to be fired from his soap opera show, in The Beverly Hillbillies. Dehner appeared on Jack Palance's ABC circus drama "The Greatest Show on Earth" and on the CBS sitcom/drama "Glynis", starring Glynis Johns and Keith Andes. He was featured in 1965 in ABC's "F Troop" episode "Honest Injun" as a dishonest traveling patent medicine salesman. In 1966, he guest-starred in the

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) as a gesture for having forced him away from his criminal lifestyle, giving him a chance to rethink his life and get back on track. In the episode "Aunt Bee Takes A Job", Andy grabs Warren's pistol and fires it in pursuit of two counterfeiters on their vehicle as they are attempting to flee. The sheriff badges worn by Andy and Barney are six point stars; the stars on their shoulder patches have five points. Andy regularly used reverse psychology on people making them see the error of their ways. He would help transgressors by enabling them to draw their

neg: Mayberry Taylor and himself as "the law west of Mount Pilot". Other place names used in the show refer to actual places in North Carolina, such as Raleigh—which was also often called "Capital City" – Siler City, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Chapel Hill, Stokes County, Elm City and Charlotte. One of the stars of the show, Frances Bavier (who played Aunt Bee) retired to Siler City in real life. In episode 249 "A Girl For Goober", the towns of Manteo and Toast are mentioned. Andy Griffith owned a home in Manteo (on North Carolina's Atlantic coast), and Toast is about two miles outside

neg: Dueling Banjos Dueling Banjos "Dueling Banjos" is an instrumental composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. The song was composed in 1954 by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos," which contained riffs from "Yankee Doodle." Smith recorded it in 1955 playing a four-string plectrum banjo and accompanied by five-string bluegrass banjo player Don Reno. The composition's first wide-scale airing was on a 1963 television episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" called "Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee," in which it is played by visiting musical family the Darlings (played by The Dillards, a bluegrass group) along with Griffith himself. The song

neg: Opie Taylor Opie Taylor Opie Taylor is a fictional character played by Ron Howard in the American television program "The Andy Griffith Show", which was televised on CBS from October 3, 1960 to April 1, 1968. Opie Taylor appeared in 209 of the 249 episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show", and appeared in 2 spin-off shows and a TV Movie. Opie is a 6-year-old when the series opens, who lives in the fictional and idealized small, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina, with his widowed father, Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), the sheriff of Mayberry County, and his father's spinster aunt, Beatrice

neg: Ian Wolfe man out of his inheritance by using a look-alike to collect the payment. The episode is unusual in that it featured white collar crime, though at the end, true to formula, Wolfe draws on The Lone Ranger and has his gun shot from his hand. Wolfe appeared in the 1966 "Perry Mason" episode "The Case of the Midnight Howler" as Abel Jackson. In 1966, he portrayed the new Rev. Leighton on "The Andy Griffith Show" ("Aunt Bee's Crowning Glory", broadcast October 10, 1966), where in an attempt to impress, Aunt Bee wears a wig. He also appeared in two episodes

neg: The Lady Says No The Lady Says No The Lady Says No is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Frank Ross, starring Joan Caulfield and David Niven, photographed by James Wong Howe, and featuring sequences filmed at Fort Ord, Pebble Beach and Carmel, California. The supporting cast features Frances Bavier, who later played "Aunt Bee" on television's "The Andy Griffith Show". Director Ross was married to Caulfield, the film's leading lady. Bill Shelby (David Niven) is a globe-trotting author and photographer on assignment from "Life" magazine to do a photo story on Dorinda Hatch (Joan Caulfield), best-selling author of the title book, "The

neg: Charlie Ruggles the television series "Bewitched". He played Congressman John Canfield on an episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" called "Aunt Bee, The Swinger", and appeared as a driving instructor on "The Munsters". Ruggles also lent his voice to the Aesop and Son features in Jay Ward's "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show". His marriage to Adele Rowland (1914–1916) ended in divorce after two years. He then married Marion LaBarba in 1942; the couple remained wed until his death in 1970. Marion died in 1978. Ruggles died of cancer at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California on December 23, 1970 at

neg: Mayberry R.F.D. 1968 season (including the Vietnam stalemate, student and street protests, the slayings of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy and racial riots) had much of the nation wistful for a more stable, idealistic America. The final episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" was titled "Mayberry RFD", which added an Italian-American family to the Sam Jones homestead. The series bowed out as the number one-rated show. The producers, however, chose to forgo a big overhaul and instead stuck with the winning premise of a widower, his son and the matronly Aunt Bee. Therefore, the series was much the same as

neg: Opie Taylor choice. Opie's mother is mentioned only once in the series. In "Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee", Andy tells Opie he had a love for the boy's mother similar to the love Aunt Bee feels for her beau. Other than this one mention, Opie's mother is non-existent on the show; there are no photographs of her in the house, or other souvenirs, and no one mentions a grave. In the backdoor pilot episode from "The Danny Thomas Show", viewers learn Andy lost Opie's mother when the boy was "the least little speck of a baby," indicating that Mrs. Taylor either left

neg: Clara Edwards she pointedly tells the guest character, Harlan Robinson, played by Woody Chambliss, that she is not "Mrs." but "Miss" Edwards.) She has a brother (who never appears on the show), and an adult nephew Ferdie, who makes one appearance. She also has a son, Gale, who never appears on the show. She occasionally looks after Sheriff Andy Taylor and son Opie, when their Aunt Bee is out of town. Clara and Bee rival for the attentions of visiting single gentlemen, one of whom is Hubert Saint John, who takes a fancy to Bee as she reminds him of his late

neg: It's a Great Life (TV series) switch in time, it aired opposite the second season of "Lassie" on CBS. It's a Great Life (TV series) It's a Great Life (also known in syndicated reruns as The Bachelors) is an American situation comedy which aired on NBC from 1954 to 1956. Frances Bavier, six years before being cast as Aunt Bee in CBS's "The Andy Griffith Show", played a somewhat similar role as Mrs. Amy Morgan, the owner of a boarding house. Frances Bavier stars as Mrs. Amy Morgan, the owner of a boarding house. Harry Harvey portrayed Mr. Russell, a neighbor. Two of her tenants are

neg: It's a Great Life (TV series) It's a Great Life (TV series) It's a Great Life (also known in syndicated reruns as The Bachelors) is an American situation comedy which aired on NBC from 1954 to 1956. Frances Bavier, six years before being cast as Aunt Bee in CBS's "The Andy Griffith Show", played a somewhat similar role as Mrs. Amy Morgan, the owner of a boarding house. Frances Bavier stars as Mrs. Amy Morgan, the owner of a boarding house. Harry Harvey portrayed Mr. Russell, a neighbor. Two of her tenants are returning World War II veterans, played by William Bishop and Michael O'Shea in

neg: Jack Albertson sitcom, "Happy" starring Ronnie Burns, and "Glynis", starring Glynis Johns and Keith Andes, which aired for 13 weeks in the fall of 1963. Albertson appeared in two episodes of "The Twilight Zone". In a 1967 episode of "The Andy Griffith Show", he played the ne'er-do-well cousin, Bradford J. Taylor, of series character Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier). He co-starred as "The Man" Ed Brown in "Chico and the Man", with Freddie Prinze, for which he earned an Emmy. He resided for many years in West Hollywood, California. In 1978, he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, but kept this information private and

neg: The Andy Griffith Show show. The cable television network TV Land erected bronze statues of Andy and Opie in Mount Airy and Raleigh, North Carolina ("see:" Pullen Park). The Taylor Home Inn in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, is a bed-and-breakfast modeled after the Taylor Home. The Mayberry Cafe in Danville, Indiana, features Aunt Bee's Fried Chicken and a replica of Andy's Ford Galaxie police car. In 2013, TV Guide ranked "The Andy Griffith Show" #15 on their list of the 60 Greatest Shows of All Time. In the late 1980s, Premier Promotions released various episodes on VHS. Most tapes had either two or four episodes.

neg: Aunt Bee picnic baskets of food to Mayberry's tiny jail for its lawmen and inmates. While Aunt Bee is celebrated for her cuisine, she falls short as a pickler and marmalade maker. Andy and Barney refer to her pickles as "kerosene cucumbers" and her marmalade as "ammonia". Andy is fond of her pork chops and cornbread biscuits, while Opie's favorite dish is her butterscotch pecan pie. Bee has several one-episode flirtations in the early seasons with men who prove to be cads. Aunt Bee's other relatives sometimes come up in episodes; she speaks of trimming her brother's hair when a girl and,

neg: Aunt Bee difficult decisions. Aunt Bee sees Opie grow from age 6 to 14. When Andy marries his longtime girlfriend Helen Crump on the spinoff "Mayberry R.F.D.," she opts to give the newlyweds their own space and becomes housekeeper for farmer Sam Jones (another widowed father) and his young son Mike. Residing at the Jones farm, Aunt Bee feeds the livestock and gathers eggs. The following year Andy and Helen move to Raleigh. In 1986, a made-for-television reunion movie called "Return to Mayberry" was broadcast on NBC. Although many original cast members reprised their roles, Aunt Bee's portrayer, film veteran character actress

neg: The Andy Griffith Show between Leonard and Griffith in New York, Griffith flew to Los Angeles and filmed the episode. On February 15, 1960, "The Danny Thomas Show" episode "Danny Meets Andy Griffith" aired. In the episode Griffith played fictional Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry, North Carolina, who arrests Danny Williams (Thomas's character) for running a stop sign. Future players in "The Andy Griffith Show", Frances Bavier and Ron Howard, appeared in the episode as townspeople Henrietta Perkins and Opie Taylor (the sheriff's son). General Foods, sponsor of "The Danny Thomas Show", had first access to the spin-off and committed to it immediately. On

neg: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Boyle, made his debut in the second season and left after the fourth. Andy Griffith, Frances Bavier, Ron Howard, and George Lindsey made guest appearances on the series reprising their respective roles from "The Andy Griffith Show". Denver Pyle and Allan Melvin, who both had roles on "The Andy Griffith Show", appeared in "Gomer Pyle", but did not reprise their original roles. Denver Pyle, who had played Briscoe Darling in six episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show", played tomato farmer Titus Purcell in the "Gomer Pyle" episode "The Price of Tomatoes." Allan Melvin, who had played Clarence "Doc" Malloy and

neg: Andy Griffith who had the recurring role of Leon (the kid offering the ice cream cone or peanut butter sandwich) on "The Andy Griffith Show". Griffith sang as part of some of his acting roles, most notably in "A Face in the Crowd" and in many episodes of both "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Matlock". In addition to his recordings of comic monologues in the 1950s, he made an album of upbeat country and gospel tunes during the run of "The Andy Griffith Show", which included a version of the show's theme sung by Griffith under the title "The Fishin' Hole". In

neg: Gomer Pyle of every season. The following is a list of "Andy Griffith Show" episodes featuring Gomer before his spinoff series: Gomer Pyle Gomer Pyle was a television character played by Jim Nabors and introduced in the middle of the third season of "The Andy Griffith Show". A simple-minded and gentle auto mechanic, he became a character when actor Howard McNear, who portrayed Floyd the Barber, took a respite from the show for health reasons. Nabors played Pyle for 23 episodes, from 1962 to 1964. After two seasons on "The Andy Griffith Show", McNear returned, and Griffith proposed a show based on

neg: Aunt Bee evolution of the character than her taste-shift in men and her wardrobe about-face is her liberation from her homemaker role in Andy's house. In the later episodes, Bee leaves the Taylor kitchen to open her own restaurant, to host a television cooking show, to run for office, to buy a car, and to take flying lessons. Andy and Opie are sometimes left at home to prepare their own meals. In spite of her sudden spirit of independence, Bee never quite makes a complete break and continues to rely on Andy to direct the course of her life and make the

neg: Arthur Malet "Bewitched" ("The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara"; originally aired 2 February 1967). In 1965 he appeared as murder victim Ralph Day in the "Perry Mason" episode, "The Case of the Golden Venom." He played a vagrant who claimed to have stolen Aunt Bea's pin on "The Andy Griffith Show" in 1966. In 1995, he portrayed Charles Randolph in "A Little Princess". In 1997, he did voice work in "Anastasia". He voiced the character of "Mr. Ages" in "The Secret of NIMH" in 1982 and reprised the role in "" in 1998. Malet died on 18 May 2013 at age

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) Sheriff Andrew "Andy" Jackson Taylor is the lead character on "The Andy Griffith Show", an American sitcom which aired on CBS, (1960–1968). He also appears in the "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." episode "Opie Joins the Marines", made a cameo appearance in the USMC episode "Gomer Goes Home," five episodes of "Mayberry R.F.D." (1968–1971) and the reunion telemovie "Return to Mayberry" (1986). The character made his initial appearance in an episode of "The Danny Thomas Show" entitled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith." In the CBS special "The Andy Griffith - Don Knotts - Jim Nabors Show" (1965),

neg: The New Andy Griffith Show The New Andy Griffith Show The New Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom that was broadcast in the United States on CBS in 1971 on Fridays at 8:30 ET. It debuted on January 8, 1971, and ended on May 21, 1971. Actor Andy Griffith had left his first sitcom, "The Andy Griffith Show", voluntarily after the 1967-68 season while it was still number one in the Nielsen ratings and despite a high-dollar offer from CBS to continue it, in order to pursue his other interests, singing and motion picture acting, and to prevent his being typecast solely as a

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) of all time. Tampa Bay Online's public poll also voted him the greatest father in pop culture history, including both television and film, with 82% of the vote. In 2018, retired "Akron Beacon Journal" writer Rich Heldenfels said he believed Andy Griffith was never nominated for an Emmy because "just made the acting look too easy" and because the character was so much like Griffith, "his timing and other skills did not seem as apparent." Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) Sheriff Andrew "Andy" Jackson Taylor is the lead character on "The Andy Griffith Show", an American sitcom which aired

neg: Return to Mayberry the film was released on DVD as a bonus feature included with "The Andy Griffith Show" box set (), in 2010 as a special feature on the DVD "The Andy Griffith Show 50th Anniversary: The Best of Mayberry", and on Blu-ray in 2014 as a special feature on "The Andy Griffith Show: Season 1". It was released individually on DVD on June 13, 2017. police car Return to Mayberry Return to Mayberry is a 1986 American made-for-television romantic comedy film based on the 1960s sitcoms "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Mayberry R.F.D.". The film premiered on April 13, 1986 on

neg: Aunt Bee returns to Mayberry after a five-year sojourn in Morgantown, West Virginia, when Andy's housekeeper Rose marries and leaves his house. Aunt Bee thereafter manages Andy's household and becomes Opie's surrogate mother and grandmother. Andy explains to Opie that he was raised by Aunt Bee, and Bee later mentions, without elaboration, having raised other Taylors. Bee is well known in Mayberry for her cooking skills. In the first episode, she serves a platter of fried chicken with all the trimmings, and thereafter her character is associated with wholesome, home-cooked meals. She frequently contributes meals to community or church events and brings

neg: The Danny Thomas Show appeared in the episode "The Trumpet Player", child pianist Ginny Tiu playing Li Chow in "The Chinese Doll" and the legendary Jimmy Durante, who appeared as himself in the episode "Danny and Durante". The theme music was various versions (changing over the years) of the traditional Irish song, "Danny Boy". The series was responsible for the creation of another long-running sitcom, "The Andy Griffith Show". In the seventh season, Danny Thomas is arrested by Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and detained in the small town of Mayberry in an episode entitled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith". The episode aired on February

neg: Gomer Pyle Gomer Pyle Gomer Pyle was a television character played by Jim Nabors and introduced in the middle of the third season of "The Andy Griffith Show". A simple-minded and gentle auto mechanic, he became a character when actor Howard McNear, who portrayed Floyd the Barber, took a respite from the show for health reasons. Nabors played Pyle for 23 episodes, from 1962 to 1964. After two seasons on "The Andy Griffith Show", McNear returned, and Griffith proposed a show based on the Gomer Pyle character. In 1964, the character was spun off to "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.", which ran until 1969.

neg: Leave It to Beaver characters a restaurant manager in the fourth-season episode "Beaver Won't Eat", while Dorothy Neumann, Otis Campbell's wife Rita on "The Andy Griffith Show", appeared in "The Community Chest" as a Mayfield housewife. Howard McNear, Mayberry's barber Floyd Lawson, played a barber in a second-season "Beaver" episode. Burt Mustin (Mayfield's Gus, the fireman) had a long career as Jud Fletcher on "The Andy Griffith Show" and Will Wright (Mayfield's first season Pete, the fireman) appeared on "The Andy Griffith Show" as Ben Weaver, a sour, miserly Mayberry department store owner. Phyllis Coates, who portrayed Lois Lane during the first season of "The

neg: The Andy Griffith Show which had several scenes cut, and "Barney Mends a Broken Heart", which had its epilogue cut. The Andy Griffith Show The Andy Griffith Show is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning over eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color. The series partially originated from an episode of "The Danny Thomas Show". The show starred Andy Griffith in the role of Andy Taylor, the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. Other major characters include Andy's

neg: Aunt Bee and 1967 Emmy winner Frances Bavier, had retired to Siler City, North Carolina (where she died in 1989 and is buried), was in ill health, and declined to participate. In the television movie, it is revealed that Bee died before the events of the film, and Andy Taylor is seen reverentially visiting Aunt Bee's grave. Beginning with the second season, Aunt Bee had at least one flirtation (rarely, if ever, amounting to a true romance) per season. These flirtations added significant depth and interest to her character. In the black-and-white seasons, Bee threatened to give her heart to cads of

neg: The Andy Griffith Show Reunion Special which featured Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, Jim Nabors, George Lindsey and Jack Dodson. "The Andy Griffith Show" consistently placed in the top ten during its run. A Nielsen study conducted during the show's final season (1967–68) indicated the show ranked number one among blue collar workers followed by "The Lucy Show" and "Gunsmoke". Among white collar workers, the show ranked number three following "Saturday Movies" and "The Dean Martin Show". "The Andy Griffith Show" is one of only three shows to have its final season be the number one ranked show on television, the other two

neg: The Essentials (band) They also appeared in nationally televised ads for Bell ExpressVu in Canada. In 1999, The Essentials played a singing and speaking role in a CBS movie entitled A Holiday Romance along with Paula MacNeill (who would later become a part of the house band on the U.S. nationally televised game show The Singing Bee). The movie stars Andy Griffith, Naomi Judd and Gerald McRaney. Their first two albums, "Oh What A Night!" and "...And Then Some" were produced by highly regarded record producer Jack Richardson, and their 2007 Christmas recording was certified gold in December of that year. The Essentials'

neg: The Christmas Story (The Andy Griffith Show) 2007. (). The Christmas Story (The Andy Griffith Show) "The Christmas Story" is an episode from the American television program "The Andy Griffith Show" broadcast Monday December 19, 1960 on CBS. A family spends Christmas Eve in jail. "Christmas Story" is the eleventh episode in season one, and the eleventh episode in the complete series. The show is noted for being the only Christmas episode in "The Andy Griffith Show" complete series, and for featuring actress Margaret Kerry, the model for Tinkerbell in Walt Disney's 1953 animated feature film, "Peter Pan". On December 25, 2015, CBS aired this episode in

neg: The Christmas Story (The Andy Griffith Show) The Christmas Story (The Andy Griffith Show) "The Christmas Story" is an episode from the American television program "The Andy Griffith Show" broadcast Monday December 19, 1960 on CBS. A family spends Christmas Eve in jail. "Christmas Story" is the eleventh episode in season one, and the eleventh episode in the complete series. The show is noted for being the only Christmas episode in "The Andy Griffith Show" complete series, and for featuring actress Margaret Kerry, the model for Tinkerbell in Walt Disney's 1953 animated feature film, "Peter Pan". On December 25, 2015, CBS aired this episode in color, as

neg: Andy Griffith starring Danny Thomas. This episode, in which Thomas's character is stopped for running a stop sign in a little town, served as a backdoor pilot for "The Andy Griffith Show". Both shows were produced by Sheldon Leonard. Beginning in September 1960, Griffith starred as Sheriff Andy Taylor in "The Andy Griffith Show" for the CBS television network. The show took place in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina, where Taylor, a widower, was the sheriff and town sage. The show was filmed at Desilu Studios, with exteriors filmed at Forty Acres in Culver City, California. From 1960 to 1965,

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) Andy and Barney are featured in a musical sketch about their friendship and recreate some classic moments between the characters. Andy Griffith, as Sheriff Taylor, also has a brief comedy cameo in "Rowan and Martin at the Movies" (1969), a PSA short subject promoting the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds. Andy Taylor appeared in all 249 episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" and was played by comedian, musician, and actor Andy Griffith. Andy Taylor lives in the fictional, sleepy community of Mayberry, North Carolina. Andy is a widower and father to one young son, Opie. In the backdoor pilot episode

neg: Andy Griffith television series such as "Headmaster" (1970), "The New Andy Griffith Show" (1971), "Adams of Eagle Lake" (1975), "Salvage 1" (1979) and "The Yeagers" (1980). After spending seven months in rehabilitation for leg paralysis from Guillain–Barré syndrome in 1983, Griffith returned to television as the title character, Ben Matlock, in the legal drama "Matlock" (1986–1995) on NBC and ABC. Matlock was a country lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, who was known for his Southern drawl and for always winning his cases. "Matlock" also starred unfamiliar, struggling actors (both of whom were childhood fans of Andy Griffith) Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas (1987–1992)

neg: The Strangers in 7A The Strangers in 7A The Strangers in 7A is a 1972 American made-for-television thriller drama film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Andy Griffith, Ida Lupino, and Michael Brandon. It is based on the 1971 novel of the same title by Fielden Farrington and originally aired on CBS on November 14, 1972. The film was the first real dramatic role for Griffith following his eight-year run on "The Andy Griffith Show", and his two unsuccessful series follow-ups ("Headmaster" and "The New Andy Griffith Show"). The film would lead Griffith to star in a series of TV-movies throughout the entire 1970s

neg: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) to Opie. Andy had several love interests through the show's run, but his first romantic relationship on the series is Ellie Walker (Elinor Donahue), a newcomer to town who works in her uncle's drug store. Ellie made twelve appearances in the first season and then disappeared without explanation to the viewer. (Donahue once stated in an interview that she left because she felt she had no chemistry with series star Andy Griffith. Griffith later admitted that it was his fault because he had a hard time showing affection on screen, and as a result, the relationship did not appear to

neg: Return to Mayberry interviews with some of the other surviving cast members. This special was called "The Andy Griffith Show: Back to Mayberry". Some media outlets have occasionally called this show, too, "Return to Mayberry", which led to some confusion between the two productions. The title, "The Andy Griffith Show: Back to Mayberry", distinguishes this production from a 1993 production titled "The Andy Griffith Show Reunion". The film was originally released on VHS in 1989 by Forum Home Video under license from Viacom (). A budget release from Video Treasures followed. It was released again in 1994 by Regent Entertainment (). In 2007,

neg: Floyd Lawson Floyd Lawson Floyd Lawson (Floyd the Barber) is a fictional character on the American sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show", who was likely inspired by barbers in Andy Griffith's real-life hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. One barber named Russell Hiatt was known as "the real-life Floyd". Hiatt may have cut Andy Griffith's hair while Griffith was young and living in Mount Airy, and was still cutting hair daily at "Floyd's City Barber Shop" in Downtown Mount Airy until several years before his death on May 3, 2016. Griffith denied that Hiatt was the inspiration for Floyd Lawson, however, saying, "A

neg: The New Andy Griffith Show both dialogue and in the closing credits. Knotts, meanwhile, played an unnamed character who was identical in mannerisms to Barney Fife of "The Andy Griffith Show". All three characters were "old friends" of the character Andy Sawyer; they dropped by his new house, ostensibly to welcome him to town, but actually to seek political favors. These Mayberry characters treated Andy Sawyer exactly as if he were Andy Taylor, and the two characters had similar backstories: both Andys by this point were married and had two children (although Taylor's two sons, Opie and infant Andy Jr., were both boys as opposed

neg: Andy Griffith Peterson. In the film "Daddy and Them" (2001), Griffith portrayed a patriarch of a dysfunctional southern family. In the feature film "Waitress" (2007), Griffith played a crusty diner owner who takes a shine to Keri Russell's character. His last appearance was the leading role in the romantic comedy, independent film "Play the Game" (2009) as a lonely, widowed grandfather re-entering the dating world after a 60-year hiatus. The cast of "Play the Game" also included Rance Howard, Ron Howard's real-life father, who had made appearances in various supporting roles on "The Andy Griffith Show", and Clint Howard, Ron's younger brother,

neg: Goober Pyle happens to look exactly like Sheriff Andy Taylor and behave similarly to him as well; Goober visits Sawyer in Greenwood during the premiere episode of "The New Andy Griffith Show". Goober appeared on 86 episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" from 1964 through 1968, one episode each of "Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C." and "The New Andy Griffith Show" and then on 54 episodes of "Mayberry R.F.D." until its cancellation in 1971. Following that, Lindsey spent roughly 20 years playing the character on "Hee Haw" from 1972 through 1992. Goober also appeared in the 1978 television movie "Goober & the Truckers Paradise"

neg: The Andy Griffith Show for a few additional episodes before leaving with a move to Raleigh, effectively ending their appearances. After "RFD"'s cancellation in 1971, George Lindsey played Goober for many years on the popular country-variety show "Hee Haw". Goober, Barney and Emmett all made appearances in the series premiere of "The New Andy Griffith Show", which starred Griffith as a similar but canonically different character, Mayor Andy Sawyer. All three characters treated Sawyer as if he were Andy Taylor. The series as a whole only lasted ten episodes. In 1986, the reunion telemovie "Return to Mayberry" was broadcast with several cast members reprising

neg: Floyd Lawson revealed that the titular character goes to Floyd the barber for his haircuts. In the English dub of "", Matt and T.K. go to a barber shop where the barber is addressed as "Floyd". In the closing credits, other characters in the barber shop are credited as "Andy," "Barney" and "Aunt Bea". In the fourth-season episode of "Arrested Development" entitled "Smashed", during the "haircut meeting", Ron Howard refers to his barber as Floyd, remarking that he calls all of his barbers "Floyd". Mr. Howard, of course, was a fellow castmate in "The Andy Griffith Show". Comedian Tim Wilson paid homage

neg: The New Andy Griffith Show to Sawyer's one boy and one girl), and prior to the start of "The New Andy Griffith Show", both were living in larger cities. Overall, the introduction of characters from Mayberry and the similarities in character gave the appearance that the show was an alternate version of Griffith's earlier show, only with some names and details changed, creating confusion. Griffith also blamed the bad reputation of "Headmaster" for making it more difficult for "The New Andy Griffith Show" to succeed. Coincidentally, CBS had a public desire to overhaul its image to appeal to wealthier, more sophisticated audiences, which left the

neg: Andy Griffith Museum at which time the estate turned over the collection. Many of the artifacts were in poor condition and the museum made efforts to preserve the items and keep them in good shape. Personal items on exhibit includes a rocking chair that Andy Griffith's father, Carl Griffith, made for his mother, Geneva. A large portion of the museum includes pieces from the sets of "The Andy Griffith Show", which aired from 1960 to 1968, and the "Matlock" television series. The museum also houses objects related to actress Betty Lynn, who now lives in Mount Airy, and the late Don Knotts. Andy

neg: The New Andy Griffith Show were seen as Griffith's children, T.J. and Lori, and Ann Morgan Guilbert was Lee's sister Nora, a live-in relative. Nora was constantly complaining, neurotic, meddling and superstitious. Rotund country comic Glen Ash was cast as town councilman Buff McKnight. Ruth McDevitt played Mrs. Gossage. The premiere episode was a major success for CBS, buoyed by guest appearances by "The Andy Griffith Show" regulars Don Knotts, George Lindsey and Paul Hartman. Lindsey and Hartman explicitly played "Goober" and "Emmett", their characters on both "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Mayberry R.F.D." (still on the air at the time); this is confirmed in

neg: Reta Shaw the bar hostess Tenney in the episode "The Richard Bloodgood Story" of the series "Wagon Train". Shaw's character of Bertha/Hagatha, a matronly witch, was a recurring role on TV's "Bewitched". She also appeared as Miss Gormley in an episode of "The Brian Keith Show". Shaw played escaped convict Big Maude Tyler in an episode of CBS's "The Andy Griffith Show", entitled "Convicts at Large". She appeared again in season four as Eleanora Poultice, the educated voice teacher of Barney Fife. She guest starred in season 1 episode 15 ("Return from Outer Space") of "Lost in Space" as Aunt Clara (which

neg: The New Andy Griffith Show network less eager to promote rural sitcoms that previously had been a network staple. Although the premiere gathered respectable ratings, viewership quickly declined over the next several weeks, and after ten episodes, CBS canceled the series on March 12, 1971. These ten episodes repeated through May 21, then were replaced with reruns of "Headmaster" during the summer. The New Andy Griffith Show The New Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom that was broadcast in the United States on CBS in 1971 on Fridays at 8:30 ET. It debuted on January 8, 1971, and ended on May 21, 1971. Actor

neg: Will Wright (actor) Johnson on CBS's "The Danny Thomas Show" in the episode titled, "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", the spin-off for "The Andy Griffith Show". On "The Andy Griffith Show", Wright portrayed department store owner and landlord Ben Weaver in three episodes from 1960 to 1962. After his death, he was replaced as Ben Weaver, first by Tol Avery, and then by Jason Johnson. Wright made his last onscreen appearances in a 1962 episode of NBC's "Bonanza". On June 19, 1962, Wright died of cancer at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. He is interred in Suisun-Fairfield Cemetery in Fairfield, California. Will

neg: Danny Thomas late Rusty Hamer, in an episode of NBC's "The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford." The show was produced at Desilu Studios, where Lucille Ball was appearing alongside Desi Arnaz Sr. in "I Love Lucy," and it featured several guest stars who went on to star in their own shows, including Andy Griffith ("The Andy Griffith Show", "Mayberry RFD"), Joey Bishop, and Bill Bixby ("My Favorite Martian" and others). He also scored a major success at the London Palladium, in the years when many big American stars appeared there. In 1970, the program was revived for a season under the

neg: The Andy Griffith Show Mayberry Days, is held each year in Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Sheldon Leonard, producer of "The Danny Thomas Show", and Danny Thomas hired veteran comedy writer Arthur Stander (who had written many of the "Danny Thomas" episodes) to create a pilot show for Andy Griffith, featuring him as justice of the peace and newspaper editor in a small town. At the time, Broadway, film, and radio star Griffith was interested in attempting a television role, and the William Morris Agency told Leonard that Griffith's rural background and previous rustic characterizations were suited to the part. After conferences

neg: The Andy Griffith Show telemovie, "Return to Mayberry" (1986). After the eighth season, when Andy Griffith became one of the original cast members to leave the show, it was retitled "Mayberry, R.F.D.", with Ken Berry and Buddy Foster replacing Andy Griffith and Ron Howard in new roles. In the new format, it ran an additional three seasons and 78 episodes, ending in 1971. Reruns of the show are often aired to TV Land, MeTV and SundanceTV, while the complete series is available on DVD. The sitcom has also been made available on streaming video services such as Netflix. An annual festival celebrating the sitcom,

neg: Emmett Forrest Forrest, and survived by two daughters. Emmett Forrest William Emmett Forrest, Jr. (September 3, 1927 – January 12, 2013) was an American pop culture collector, museum founder, and longtime friend of actor Andy Griffith. Forrest was an extensive collector of memorabilia spanning Griffith's career. He persuaded Andy Griffith to donate set pieces and other items from the "Andy Griffith Show". Forrest used his collection to found the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina, which opened to the public on September 26, 2009. Forrest was born in Gaston County, North Carolina, on September 3, 1927, William Emmett Forrest, Sr.

neg: Emmett Forrest Emmett Forrest William Emmett Forrest, Jr. (September 3, 1927 – January 12, 2013) was an American pop culture collector, museum founder, and longtime friend of actor Andy Griffith. Forrest was an extensive collector of memorabilia spanning Griffith's career. He persuaded Andy Griffith to donate set pieces and other items from the "Andy Griffith Show". Forrest used his collection to found the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina, which opened to the public on September 26, 2009. Forrest was born in Gaston County, North Carolina, on September 3, 1927, William Emmett Forrest, Sr. and Margaret Haynes Forrest. He served

neg: Syndication exclusivity with "30 Rock", and Sony Pictures Television used the same method for "Seinfeld" for TBS. However, once one superstation's term of license on a program ends, it can enter into syndex restrictions. For example, for decades TBS had full signal rights to "The Andy Griffith Show" until Viacom's cable networks were able to negotiate new full signal rights in the mid-1990s ("The Andy Griffith Show" at the time was distributed by Viacom, then its successor, Paramount Television). Today, TV Land has national rights to "The Andy Griffith Show" (now distributed through CBS Television Distribution), and under this new contract cannot

neg: Helen, the Authoress with the hope that their relationship never changes. When he asks Helen how she'd like to spend the rest of the evening, Helen tells Andy she needs to put time into rewrites because her publisher is due in the morning. While Helen works on her rewrites at a typewriter, Andy, (wearing one of Helen's aprons) tidies up the house. Goober enters with two tourists who are thrilled to meet a real writer. When one of the tourists asks who Andy is, he dismisses himself with the comment, "I'm with her." The next morning at breakfast, Aunt Bee warns Opie not

neg: Aunt Bee all sorts and sometimes needed Andy's help in extricating herself from unpleasant situations. In the color years, however, Bee gained wisdom through experience. She paired herself with respectable gentlemen and managed her affairs without significant assistance from Andy. Of course there was never an implication of physical involvement. In spite of Aunt Bee's propensity for affairs of the heart and her active pursuit of elderly bachelors, she was only engaged once—to a cruise-ship captain (played by Will Geer for two episodes) during season one of "Mayberry RFD." Aunt Bee's closest friend in Mayberry is widow Clara Edwards (Hope Summers). Although

neg: Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, Southern gospel singer, and writer, whose career spanned seven decades of music and television. Known for his southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, and his gruff, gregarious voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film "A Face in the Crowd" (1957) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead roles of Andy Taylor in the sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960–1968)

neg: Thelma Lou marries Thelma Lou. The following is a list of "Andy Griffith Show" episodes featuring Thelma Lou. Thelma Lou Thelma Lou or Thel by boyfriend Barney Fife is a character on the American television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-1968). The character appeared in 26 episodes. Thelma Lou is Barney Fife's girlfriend and is portrayed by Betty Lynn. Thelma Lou lives in the community of Mayberry, North Carolina. She is Mayberry Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife's girlfriend. Thelma Lou appeared as a semi-regular character in 26 episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" from 1961 until 1966 when the character was dropped from

neg: The Andy Griffith Show its bonus features included the episode "Danny Meets Andy Griffith" from "The Danny Thomas Show" which served as the pilot, the episode "Opie Joins the Marines" from "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." which featured Ron Howard and the 95-minute, made-for-television comedy film "Return to Mayberry". In 2016, "The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Series" was repackaged and released again as a 39-disc set that featured all 249 episodes of the series but did not include the bonus feature disc. Sixteen episodes from the season three, which lapsed into the public domain after CBS neglected to file copyright renewals on the episodes in

neg: Gomer Pyle the two shake hands, not knowing Gomer's hand is covered in shellac. Both "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." ended their runs by the late 1960s. While Mayberry R.F.D. continued from 1968 to 1971, where "The Andy Griffith Show" left off, the concept of returning Gomer to Mayberry was nixed, as the actor was given a CBS variety show of his own (which lasted two seasons). Gomer eventually returned, along with most of the original cast of "The Andy Griffith Show", to the 1986 television movie "Return to Mayberry". Gomer and Goober Pyle run a gas station/car repair

neg: John W. Summers groups. John W. Summers died in Walla Walla, Washington, on September 25, 1937. He was interred in Mountain View Cemetery, alongside his beloved wife Jennie, of many years. Summers' daughter, Hope, was a film and television actress, best remembered by TV audiences on TV's on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Mayberry R.F.D.", as Aunt Bee's gossipy best friend Clara Edwards (1960–71). John W. Summers John William Summers (April 29, 1870 – September 25, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from Washington. Born in Indiana, Summers attended the public schools. He was graduated from the Southern Indiana Normal College at Mitchell, Indiana,

neg: Barney Fife to Andy Griffith, the character of Barney Fife was suggested by Don Knotts himself. At the same time that "The Steve Allen Show" was ending, Knotts was looking for work. When he saw the episode of "The Danny Thomas Show" featuring Andy Taylor, he called Griffith suggesting that his sheriff character might reasonably need a deputy. Griffith liked the idea and suggested that he call Executive Producer Sheldon Leonard. Griffith later recalled that Don Knotts' contribution was the show's saving grace because he was uncomfortable with the original concept to have Andy Taylor being the comic lead. In an interview

neg: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken of the Simmons' mansion. Everyone turns to see the small organ's keys moving by themselves, hinting that there really "is" a ghost after all. This film was produced by Universal Studios, which produced countless classic horror films. Knotts was best known at the time of the film's production for his Emmy Award-winning five seasons on the sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" as small town deputy sheriff Barney Fife. Andy Griffith, Knotts' co-star on "The Andy Griffith Show", suggested expanding on an episode from the television series involving a deserted house (the old Rimshaw house in the episode "Haunted House" aired

neg: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Elinson, and Bill Idelson; "Andy Griffith Show" writers Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell also wrote episodes. Coby Ruskin was the primary director in the first four seasons, before John Rich took over the role for the fifth season; other directors included Gary Nelson, Peter Baldwin, and Alan Rafkin. Ruth Burch was in charge of the casting, and John Finger directed the cinematography. The theme song was composed by Earle Hagen, who also composed the themes for shows such as "The Andy Griffith Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and "That Girl". The show was filmed at Camp Pendleton, Desilu Studios's

neg: Andy Griffith regular role on "The Andy Griffith Show" for five seasons. Knotts left the series in 1965, but periodically returned for guest appearances. He appeared in the pilot for Griffith's subsequent short-lived series, "The New Andy Griffith Show", and he had a recurring role on "Matlock", from 1988 to 1992. They kept in contact until Knotts' death in early 2006. Griffith traveled from his Manteo, North Carolina, home to Los Angeles to visit the terminally ill Knotts at Cedars-Sinai just before Knotts died of lung cancer. Griffith's friendship with the then-unknown Ron Howard began in 1960, when they guest-starred in the

neg: Paul Smith (American actor, born 1929) on a sitcom. Making its ABC debut on September 14, 1964, the series was based on a 1955 episode of the Golden Age of Television live anthology drama series, "The United States Steel Hour", which starred Andy Griffith as Private Will Stockdale, a folksy storytelling southerner who has a commonsense remedy for every problem, thus frustrating his slow-burning, by-the-book sergeant. The play became a long-running 1955–57 Broadway play and a 1958 film, with star Andy Griffith continuing to repeat his role. In 1964, however, Griffith was busy with his own show, playing a folksy Southern sheriff on CBS' Monday night

neg: Jack Dodson Jack Dodson John Smeaton "Jack" Dodson (May 16, 1931 – September 16, 1994) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague on "The Andy Griffith Show" and its spin-off "Mayberry R.F.D." From 1959 until his death in 1994, Dodson was married to television art director Mary Dodson. In 1966, Andy Griffith hired Dodson for the Howard Sprague role, having previously seen him in Broadway's "Hughie". Dodson also portrayed insurance agent Ed Jenkins in the "Lost and Found" episode of "The Andy Griffith Show". Dodson also appeared in episodes of "My Friend Flicka", "Hazel", "The Virginian",

neg: Wallace Ford regular performer in the newly fashionable Western genre, and in multiple John Ford productions as one of his preferred support players. In the latter stage of his career, during the 1950s and early 1960s, Ford performed increasingly on television. His final appearance on the "small screen" was on "The Andy Griffith Show" in 1964, playing "Roger Hanover", Aunt Bee's old flame. The next year he appeared in his last film, "A Patch of Blue", for which he received a Golden Laurel nomination. Ford's performance as "Ole Pa" in "A Patch of Blue" also proved to be the final role of