A Classic Television Show Lives On

Where does the sheriff not own a gun and his deputy have to keep his one bullet in his pocket? Of course, everyone knows it is only in the television town of Mayberry. Mayberry was never a real town, but Andy Griffith is a real person.

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.

Andy Griffith played sheriff Andy Taylor. He was the reason the show grew in popularity. Andy was the wise and calm sheriff of Mayberry and Barney Fife was his high strung deputy.

Parts of the classic television show came from Andy’s real life. His hometown was Mount Airy, North Carolina. Mount Airy was home to the real Snappy Lunch dinner and the real Floyd’s barber shop. These two places and many of the story lines came to Mayberry from that little real town.

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 played on Broadway in the’50s. One of his Broadway shows was eventually made into a movie.

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’s hard work has given him success in many different branches of the entertainment field. Some of these successes are in outdoor theater, Broadway, stand up comedy and movies, but his biggest success will always be from the role of Sheriff Andy Taylor in the television town of Mayberry.

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