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 […]
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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. […]
Aunt Bee was much nicer than the real Frances Bavier, at least according to her
In the actress’ words. Look, we’re not throwing Frances Bavier under the bus here. We love her as much as the next gang of Andy fans. The […]
Andy Griffith’s Mayberry: How a backlot came to life
The best TV shows make us suspend our disbelief. They can take us to outer space, a medieval kingdom, or even a fictional Southern town. […]
Andy Griffith revealed that the last thing he said to George Lindsey was ”I love you”
Griffith and Lindsey had a friendship to last the ages. A lot of people aren’t too keen on sharing their feelings for fear of seeming […]
Maggie Peterson Dies: ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ Actress Was 81
Maggie Peterson, an actress who made a lasting impression as the sweet-natured, occasionally flirtatious mountain girl Charlene Darling on The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s, died […]
