The 1 Actor That Wouldn’t Replace Don Knotts on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’
This legendary comic revealed his reaction to potentially replacing Don Knotts on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’. The Andy Griffith Show had to make due without one […]
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Ron Howard: What I learned from Andy Griffith
Early in the second season of “The Andy Griffith Show,” I ventured a suggestion for a line change to make it sound more “like the […]
It’s Ok To Feel Conflicted About ‘The Andy Griffith Show.’ I Know I Do.
Andy Griffith’s depiction of a rural NC town is immortal. But the show—which premiered 63 years ago this week—only tells one part of the story. […]
Frances Bavier – life of dear ol’ ”Aunt Bee”
Frances Bavier really was one of television’s great ladies – and she forever inscribed herself in the history books as ”Aunt Bee” in the legendary […]
Frances Bavier was ”adopted” by her Andy Griffith Show family
Bavier’s chosen family loved her just as much as they loved Aunt Bee. Everyone loved Aunt Bee. That’s a fact. And although many would never […]
Andy Griffith’s Mayberry: How a backlot came to life
Behind-the-scenes of TV’s most iconic small town. The best TV shows make us suspend our disbelief. They can take us to outer space, a medieval […]
Opie’s friend Joey reached out decades later to remember that time Don Knotts dressed up as an old lady
Child actor Joe Stannard was also frequently Ron Howard’s stand-in. There’s a moment in “The Bookie Barber” that every Don Knotts fan remembers with a […]
Don Knotts: “If I had known that Andy intended to go on with [The Andy Griffith Show], of course I would’ve stayed.”
Knotts might have been prepared to be Barney Fife forever. The Andy Griffith Show had wrapped. So while we can all rest assured that there’s no […]
Andy Griffith: ”If you really lived with Barney [Fife], you’d kill him in the second week.”
A real-life Barney Fife would be…interesting, to say the least. When watching television shows, we often suspend our understanding of reality in the name of […]
Being on The Andy Griffith Show inspired Aneta Corsaut to go back to school
Playing a teacher made Corsaut fall in love with education. If you had a positive experience in school, chances are you had a favorite teacher. […]
