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"The Andy Griffith Show" (1960) More at IMDbPro »TV series 1960-1968

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The Andy Griffith Show: : -- Aunt Bee and Clara Johnson are both jarring homemade pickles. The only difference is that Clara's are good enough to have won the blue ribbon at the fair eleven years counting while Aunt Bee's taste like they've been floating in kerosene...
The Andy Griffith Show: : -- Opie tries to win Andy a birthday present at the carnival's shooting gallery but gets ripped off for all his money by a pair of hucksters using guns with crooked sights.
The Andy Griffith Show: Season 7: Episode 18 -- Andy takes a trip to Raleigh to visit Barney and ends up making him a hero by solving a series of robberies.
The Andy Griffith Show: Season 7: Episode 3 -- When Howard becomes unavailable to sing in a Barbershop Quartet contest, Andy reluctantly drafts a prisoner to fill in.
The Andy Griffith Show: Season 6: Episode 28 -- Goober's girlfriend Flora fills in for him at the gas station when he goes on a fishing trip. When Wally sees how she brings in the customers, he fires Goober and hires Flora.

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
Release Date:
3 October 1960 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Family See more »
Plot:
Widower Sheriff Andy and his son Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry NC. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney.
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Awards:
Won 6 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
(230 articles)
Pass the doughnuts: Which TV show has the worst cops?
 (From EW.com - PopWatch. 1 May 2013, 2:11 PM, PDT)
Rectify on Sundance Channel: 'A Piece of Art'? Or 'The Twin Peaks Version of Mayberry'?
 (From TVLine.com. 22 April 2013, 8:12 AM, PDT)
Andy Griffith's Widow Gets Permit To Demolish Actor's Longtime Home
 (From Huffington Post. 21 March 2013, 11:09 AM, PDT)
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The "Citizen Kane" of Television Shows See more (51 total) »

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 4 of 190)

Andy Griffith ... Sheriff Andy Taylor (249 episodes, 1960-1968)

Ron Howard ... Opie Taylor (209 episodes, 1960-1968)

Frances Bavier ... Aunt Bee Taylor / ... (176 episodes, 1960-1968)

Don Knotts ... Deputy Barney Fife / ... (142 episodes, 1960-1968)
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Series Directed by
Bob Sweeney (80 episodes, 1960-1963)
Lee Philips (60 episodes, 1965-1968)
Alan Rafkin (27 episodes, 1964-1967)
Coby Ruskin (18 episodes, 1964-1965)
Don Weis (9 episodes, 1960)
Richard Crenna (8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jeffrey Hayden (8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Howard Morris (8 episodes, 1964)
Earl Bellamy (7 episodes, 1963-1964)
Peter Baldwin (7 episodes, 1965-1968)
Gene Reynolds (3 episodes, 1961)
Theodore J. Flicker (3 episodes, 1965)
Sheldon Leonard (2 episodes, 1960-1965)
Charles Irving (2 episodes, 1963)
Gene Nelson (2 episodes, 1964)
Aaron Ruben (2 episodes, 1964)
Lawrence Dobkin (2 episodes, 1965)
 
Series Writing credits
Jack Elinson (34 episodes, 1960-1966)
Harvey Bullock (31 episodes, 1961-1966)
Charles Stewart (29 episodes, 1960-1962)
James Fritzell (29 episodes, 1961-1964)
Everett Greenbaum (29 episodes, 1961-1964)
Sam Bobrick (19 episodes, 1964-1967)
Bill Idelson (19 episodes, 1964-1967)
Frank Tarloff (9 episodes, 1960-1962)
Lawrence J. Cohen (9 episodes, 1964-1966)
Fred Freeman (9 episodes, 1964-1966)
Ben Gershman (8 episodes, 1961-1962)
Leo Solomon (8 episodes, 1961-1962)
John Whedon (8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bob Ross (8 episodes, 1964-1968)
Fred S. Fox (7 episodes, 1961-1967)
Aaron Ruben (7 episodes, 1962-1968)
Art Baer (7 episodes, 1964-1966)
Ben Joelson (7 episodes, 1964-1966)
Dick Bensfield (7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Perry Grant (7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Seaman Jacobs (7 episodes, 1967)
Michael Morris (7 episodes, 1967)
Sidney Morse (5 episodes, 1962-1967)
R.S. Allen (5 episodes, 1962)
Arnold Margolin (5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jim Parker (5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Joseph Bonaduce (5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Doug Tibbles (5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Arthur Stander (4 episodes, 1960)
John L. Greene (4 episodes, 1962-1966)
Richard Powell (4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Irving Elinson (3 episodes, 1961-1966)
Paul David (3 episodes, 1966)
Stan Dreben (3 episodes, 1966)
Benedict Freedman (2 episodes, 1961)
John Fenton Murray (2 episodes, 1961)
Ronald Axe (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Ron Friedman (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Budd Grossman (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Pat McCormick (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Howard Merrill (2 episodes, 1966)
Earl Barret (2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Robert C. Dennis (2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Kent Wilson (2 episodes, 1967-1968)
James L. Brooks (2 episodes, 1968)

Series Produced by
Sheldon Leonard .... executive producer (249 episodes, 1960-1968)
Aaron Ruben .... producer (159 episodes, 1960-1965)
Richard O. Linke .... associate producer (122 episodes, 1960-1964)
Bob Ross .... producer (90 episodes, 1965-1968)
Jerry Jameson .... associate producer (60 episodes, 1965-1967)
Jay Sandrich .... associate producer (27 episodes, 1964-1965)
Danny Thomas .... executive producer (8 episodes, 1963)
 
Series Original Music by
Earle Hagen (239 episodes, 1960-1968)
Pete Carpenter (14 episodes, 1966-1967)
Carl Brandt (4 episodes, 1967-1968)
 
Series Cinematography by
Sidney Hickox (239 episodes, 1960-1968)
 
Series Film Editing by
Tom Stevens (32 episodes, 1964-1968)
Ben Ray (25 episodes, 1964-1966)
Bob Lewis (16 episodes, 1964-1968)
Alan Jaggs (15 episodes, 1963-1964)
Marshall Neilan Jr. (13 episodes, 1961-1962)
Robert Fritch (12 episodes, 1960-1963)
Bud S. Isaacs (2 episodes, 1960)
Bud Molin (2 episodes, 1961-1966)
Leon Selditz (2 episodes, 1963)
Joseph Gluck (2 episodes, 1964)
Robert Moore (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
 
Series Casting by
Ruth Burch (176 episodes, 1960-1966)
Fred Roos (60 episodes, 1966-1968)
Mike Fenton (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
 
Series Art Direction by
Kenneth A. Reid (226 episodes, 1960-1968)
Harold Michelson (48 episodes, 1965-1967)
Howard Campbell (26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ralph Berger (14 episodes, 1960-1961)
Walter Holscher (12 episodes, 1965)
Rolland M. Brooks (10 episodes, 1961)
 
Series Set Decoration by
Ken Swartz (117 episodes, 1961-1965)
Harry Gordon (100 episodes, 1961-1968)
Robert Priestley (21 episodes, 1960-1961)
 
Series Costume Design by
Stanley Kufel (117 episodes, 1964-1968)
Robert O'Dell (61 episodes, 1962-1964)
Bob Christenson (29 episodes, 1961-1962)
Ann Helfgott (21 episodes, 1960-1961)
Marge Makau (6 episodes, 1961)
Florence Albert (5 episodes, 1965)
 
Series Makeup Department
Lee Greenway .... makeup artist (239 episodes, 1960-1968)
Eva Kryger .... hair stylist (178 episodes, 1962-1968)
Carmen Dirigo .... hair stylist (29 episodes, 1961-1962)
Eleanor Edwards .... hair stylist (14 episodes, 1961)
 
Series Production Management
Frank E. Myers .... production manager (209 episodes, 1960-1967)
Ronald Jacobs .... production supervisor (147 episodes, 1963-1968)
Argyle Nelson .... production supervisor (61 episodes, 1960-1962)
Edward M. Hillie .... production manager (30 episodes, 1967-1968)
 
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Saunders .... assistant director (181 episodes, 1962-1968)
Bruce Bilson .... assistant director (56 episodes, 1960-1962)
Buddy Messinger .... assistant director (3 episodes, 1962)
 
Series Art Department
Reggie Smith .... property master (239 episodes, 1960-1968)
Ideal Dottini .... construction coordinator (60 episodes, 1966-1968)
 
Series Sound Department
Charles David Forrest .... sound engineer (118 episodes, 1960-1964)
Eldon Campbell .... sound engineer (92 episodes, 1964-1968)
Robert Reeve .... re-recording editor (91 episodes, 1960-1963)
Victor Guarnier .... sound editor (52 episodes, 1966-1968)
Gene Corso .... sound editor (30 episodes, 1965-1966)
James Nelson .... sound editor (30 episodes, 1965-1966)
Dick Le Grand .... re-recording editor (29 episodes, 1963-1964)
Dick Maier .... re-recording editor / sound editor (27 episodes, 1964-1966)
Max M. Hutchinson .... sound engineer (27 episodes, 1964-1965)
Leonard Davison .... sound editor (8 episodes, 1966)
 
Series Editorial Department
Joseph Gluck .... supervising editor (71 episodes, 1960-1964)
Ben Ray .... supervising editor (41 episodes, 1965-1968)
Jerry Jameson .... editorial supervisor (30 episodes, 1967-1968)
 
Series Music Department
Herbert W. Spencer .... composer: theme music (214 episodes, 1960-1968)
Donn Cambern .... music editor (67 episodes, 1963-1966)
Alan Jaggs .... music editor (61 episodes, 1961-1962)
Ken Johnson .... music editor (48 episodes, 1964-1967)
Mark Southern .... music editor (30 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ed Norton .... music editor (10 episodes, 1965)
John Mick .... music editor (7 episodes, 1966)
Lloyd Young .... music editor (2 episodes, 1966)
 
Series Transportation Department
Frank Khoury .... driver (2 episodes, 1962)
 
Series Other crew
Aaron Ruben .... story consultant (119 episodes, 1960-1964)
Bob Ross .... script consultant / story consultant (114 episodes, 1964-1968)
Hazel W. Hall .... continuity (103 episodes, 1960-1964)
Joel Swanson .... assistant to producer / production assistant (103 episodes, 1963-1968)
Rosemary Dorsey .... continuity (85 episodes, 1965-1968)
Jay Sandrich .... assistant to producer (61 episodes, 1961-1963)
Ronald Jacobs .... assistant to producer (31 episodes, 1960-1961)
Fred S. Fox .... script consultant / story consultant (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Kay Thackery .... continuity (27 episodes, 1964-1965)
Mitch DeWood .... assistant to producer (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
Mike Fenton .... assistant to producer (18 episodes, 1965-1966)
Dorothy Aldworth .... continuity (6 episodes, 1964)
Pat Miller .... continuity (3 episodes, 1967)
Marjorie Mullen .... continuity (2 episodes, 1962)
Mollie Kent .... continuity (2 episodes, 1963)
Jane Ficker .... continuity (2 episodes, 1965)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Andy of Mayberry" - USA (rerun title)
"T.A.G.S." - International (English title) (informal short title)
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Runtime:
30 min (249 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White (1960-1965) | Color (1965-1968)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) (video rating) | Australia:G
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USASee more »
Company:
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)See more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Josie Lloyd, the actress who Mayor Pike's daughter Juanita in "Mayberry Goes Hollywood", is seen again in "The Beauty Contest" and plays the mayor's daughter, Josephine. Her Juanita character is not "the" Juanita the waitress that Barney pines for; her name was Juanita Beasley. Lloyd also had a recurring role in the third and fifth seasons as Lydia Crosswaithe.See more »
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: It's been established that the Mayor's Office is above the courthouse and jail. However there is no indication either inside or outside the courthouse that there is any access to the Mayor's office from the street level or inside the jail. At one point early in the series there was a door to the left of the jail cells which was later removed that could have been an access to the upstairs offices but since no one was ever seen using it and it was later removed from the set, there's no way of knowing.See more »
Quotes:
Barney Fife:The last big buy was my mom's and dad's anniversary present.
Andy Taylor:What'd ya get 'em?
Barney Fife:A septic tank.
Andy Taylor:For their anniversary?
Barney Fife:They're awful hard to buy for. Besides, it was something they could use. They were really thrilled. It had two tons of concrete in it. All steel reinforced.
Andy Taylor:You're a fine son, Barn.
Barney Fife:I try.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Caruso (#3.2)" (2007)See more »
Soundtrack:
Fishin' Hole ThemeSee more »

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38 out of 45 people found the following review useful.
The "Citizen Kane" of Television Shows, 23 July 2000
Author: tfrizzell from United States

"The Andy Griffith Show" is probably the greatest sitcom of all time. The writing, the direction, the characters, and the stories all combined to make one of the greatest television shows of any era. Andy Taylor (Griffith) is the sheriff of a small, fictional North Carolina town named Mayberry. He has all sorts of adventures that are so realistic and pure that one feels that they are really in Mayberry when watching the show. Andy lives with his Aunt Bea (Frances Bavier) and his young son Opie (Ron Howard) and works with his deputy sheriff Barney Fife (Don Knotts). The thing that sets "The Andy Griffith Show" apart from almost all other television shows is the realism of the characters. Even though the characters are silly at times, often you can relate these people to actual people that you know or have known. The amazing insight by the writers is truly uncanny. The number of characters that are well-developed is also amazing when one considers how poor writing for television shows usually is these days. The show started out a bit silly in the beginning, but hit a peak from seasons two to five when characters like Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors), Otis Campbell (Hal Smith), Floyd Lawson (Howard McNear), and Goober Beasley (George Lindsey) became more prevalent in the series' plot. However, after the departure of Don Knotts in 1965, the series went from being exceptional to being fair at best the rest of the way. The magic that Knotts brought to the show was even more evident when he was gone. Also Nabors left to create his own series and McNear suffered from health problems throughout the entire run of the series. Smith and Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou) also had very little to do with the series after Knotts left. All in all a great series for about five years, but the show's magic slowly disappeared when the series went to color. 5 stars out of 5 for 1960-1965. 2.5 stars out of 5 for 1965-1968.

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