A Classic Television Show Lives On

The town of Mayberry brings to mind a picture of a small town in America in the early'60s. In that classic picture is a little red-headed boy walking along with a fishing pole. Walking along side him is his dad, town sheriff of the television town.

The Andy Griffith Show was a television series that began in'60 and continued for a total of eight seasons. Even now, forty years after the cameras stopped filming the television series, Andy, Aunt Bea, Deputy Fife and Opie continue to be shown in homes across America through the syndicated television show. In fact, the shows have been shown far more times in syndication than they ever were when the show was on prime time.

Sheriff Andy Taylor was played by an actor named Andy Griffith. He was one of the reasons for the show's popularity in the eight seasons that it ran and even today.

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."

On Broadway, Andy Griffith acted in the play No Time for Sargents, which was made into 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 Griffith left his North Carolina home to travel to Los Angeles in order to say good-by to friend and former co-star Don Knotts. Knotts was battling cancer at the time and in the hospital. Shortly after Andy's visit, Knotts died.

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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