A Favorite Classic Television Show
It seems as if everyone has heard of the imaginary town of Mayberry. The town with Sheriff Andy Taylor never was a real town. Instead, this small town where life seems so simple as compared to today, only existed on television.
Almost everyone knows Opie and his dad, Sheriff Andy from the Andy Griffith Show. The show began in’60 and ran for eight seasons. Now, over forty years after the last show was taped, Mayberry continues to air daily through syndicated television. People still enjoy the warm humor and the simple stories.
Sheriff Andy Taylor was played by Andy Griffith. Griffith was one reason the show became so popular. He was the very wise and easy-going sheriff of sleepy little Mayberry.
Parts of the show came from Andy Griffith’s real life. There were shops that appeared in the make believe television town of Mayberry that had real counterparts in Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Mount Airy was portrayed in the show as the next little town down the road.
In college, Andy Griffith studied music; however, his specialty has always been country humor. Several years before the show began, Andy made his first recording, a monologue entitled “What it Was, Was Football.”
Griffith also acted on Broadway. His Broadway play, “No Time for Sargents” was filmed as a movie during the’50s.
When the Andy Griffith Show ended, Andy did not have much success for several years until he landed the lead roll as a country lawyer with a knack for solving crimes in the television series Matlock.
In 2006, Andy said goodbye to his old friend. Don Knotts, who had played Barney, died in Los Angeles after battling cancer. Their friendship was so deep, that Andy Griffith traveled from his home in North Carolina to visit his former co-star in the hospital.
Several awards have come Griffith’s way. His acting on Broadway earned two Tony nominations. Matlock won a People’s Choice award in’87. President Bush granted him the Metal of Freedom Award and his home state of North Carolina has dedicated a section of state highway in his honor.
Andy Griffith has worked hard at his career and been successful in many of the entertainment branches. His biggest success, however, will always be his staring role in The Andy Griffith Show from television. In this show, he not only acted and sang, he also whistled.
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