The Andy Griffith Show

It may seem that legendary actor Andy Griffith was a self-made star, coming on the television scene with The Andy Griffith Show in 1960 and remaining a beloved national […]

NEED TO KNOW Margaret Kerry opened up about her time on The Andy Griffith Show The 96-year-old actress explained how stars Andy Griffith and Don Knotts […]

Their friendship may have begun professionally in the 1955 Broadway production of No Time for Sergeants, but it endured and deepened through the decades up until […]

Actor Don Knotts began his brief recurring role on the courtroom drama Matlock in 1988 alongside his old friend Andy Griffith. Considering that one of his previous roles before Matlock was as […]

For five pivotal years, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts partnered on The Andy Griffith Show to become one of the greatest television comedy teams. Their on-screen chemistry mirrored their […]

NEED TO KNOW The Andy Griffith Show premiered 65 years ago on Oct. 3, 1960 Back in 1986, Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard and the […]

For eight seasons, Mayberry, North Carolina, sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) had several love interests on “The Andy Griffith Show.” The widowed sheriff dated local beauties Ellie Walker, Helen […]

Although there are a handful of dissenters out there, most people readily acknowledge that Andy Griffith was a pretty easy-going guy. While playing Sheriff Andy Taylor on The […]

Did you ever wonder what the stars of The Andy Griffith Show were really like off-camera? It turns out, the folks from Mayberry had just as many […]

Television in the 1960s embraced outlandish concepts, from stranded castaways (Gilligan’s Island) to suburban witches (Bewitched) and neighborhood monsters (The Munsters). Yet amidst all the […]