Since its network debut in 1960, The Andy Griffith Show has been a viewer favorite thanks to its folksy, nostalgic charm and memorable cast, both of which shine in this set featuring the series' debut season. Originally spun off from an episode of Make Room for Daddy (both series shared producers Sheldon Leonard and Danny Thomas), The Andy Griffith Show centered around the lives of small-town sheriff Andy Taylor (the marvelously dry Griffith), his son Opie (Ron Howard), cousin and deputy Barney Fife (multiple Emmy winner Don Knotts), and the other gentle eccentrics of Mayberry (which was based on Griffith's real hometown). But while other "rural" programs poked fun at its characters (The Real McCoys, The Beverly Hillbillies), The Andy Griffith Show never stooped to stereotypes, preferring instead to draw its humor from the fine writing and cast, which counted Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee, Howard McNear as Floyd the Barber, and Hal Campbell as Mayberry's benevolent drunk, Otis.
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SOME OTHER SHOW DETAILS
The show was filmed at Desilu
Studios, with exteriors filmed at Forty Acres in Culver City, CA.
Woodsy locales were filmed north of Beverly Hills at Franklin
Canyon.
The show's theme music, "The Fishin' Hole", was composed by Earle Hagen and Herbert Spencer, with lyrics written by Everett Sloane. Whistling in the opening sequence was performed by Earle
Hagen. One of the show's tunes, "The Mayberry March", was reworked a number of times in different tempi, styles and orchestrations as background music.
The show's sole sponsor was General
Foods, with promotional consideration paid for by Ford Motor Company (mentioned in the credits).
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CAST &
CHARACTERS
•Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor
•Ron Howard as Opie Taylor
•Don Knotts as Barney Fife (1960-1965)
•Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor
•Hope Summers as Clara Edwards
•Aneta Corsaut as Helen Crump (1964-1968)
•George Lindsey as Goober Pyle (1965-1968)
•Howard McNear as Floyd Lawson
•Betty Lynn as Thelma Lou (1960-1965)
•Hal Smith as Otis Campbell (1960-1967)
•Burt Mustin as Jud Crowley (1961-1966) Broadcast
First Telecast: October 3, 1960
Last Telecast: September 16, 1968
View The Andy Griffith Show Episode Guide
Number of Seasons: 8
Number of Episodes: 249
Original Network: CBS
After
watching Kelly & Margaret's whale vacation videos from
Boston, I'm madder than George Perott at a weight watcher
clinic. These McCarty kid's are spoiled with all these
fancy schmancy vacations.
When I was
a kid, we didn't go on vacations. I remember one year I
had to write a paper on "What I Did on My Summer
Vacation". I turned in a paper with the word "Nothin"
written across the top. We didn't do anything and we
didn't go anywhere, but we loved it anyway.
We didn't
need to go anywhere to have fun. Our Mom and Dad would
send us off to the local park. At the park, we were taken
care of by some deranged, shell-shocked, ex-Vietnam vet
park director with missing digits. He would teach us how
to make plaques, lace, and once in a while he would uncork
a fire hydrant and let us run through the water screaming
like crazed animals. Except for being molested, we loved
it!
And how
about Rick and Kathy. Their kids have been to Cedar Point,
Disney World, and lots of other amusement parks. I'm sick
of those kids, "....Oh, we went on Space
Mountain", "..Ohhh we LIKE the Demon Drop".
Yeah, I bet when they're on the ride, they are screaming
like babies, with their eyes closed and puking their
corndogs all over their parents. When I was a kid, if we
wanted a ride, we got in an empty cardboard box at the top
of the basement stairs and pushed ourselves off. Some
times we got hurt and sometimes we didn't, but we loved it
anyway!
Don't spoil
your kids with these powderpuff vacations. Instead of out
of town trips, take them running down hills, to the zoo,
or just to the park. But, most importantly, and read this
very carefully. Please, Please! do not take videotapes of
them! We've seen enough to know that we have seen enough.
DATELINE
NEWS - 7/1/1993
Dateline
Shelby:
The nuptials between Steve and Krtsten will be held on
August 6, 1993. A special section in this months paper is
devoted to this event. As always, a McCarty Metro reporter
will be on hand as well as Marv Albert on commentary and
the fight doctor Ferdie Pacheko to cover the blessed event
and reception.
KELLY'S
TOP 10 LIST - 7/1/1993
As a loving son, terrific brother,
devoted husband and father of 3, I have many people who look up to
me and think that I can do no wrong. To show that I'm human, I've
listed my Top 10 list of things that I'm not too proud of,
10 Suction cups
9 Voted President of The Banana Splits Club
8 Utica Explodes 1
7 Having someone photograph
me
at a dogs birthday party
6 Utica Explodes 2
5 The "It Won't Come Out" controversy
4 Aunt Mary's bowl
3 Bob Batch
2 Any other Utica explosions I can't or won't remember
1 CRAZY IKES
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A METRO
PHOTO BLAST
Eisenhower High School Prom
May 18, 1986
BILLBOARD
TOP 100 HIT SONGS
GUESS THE
YEAR THESE SONGS WERE HOT
Chipmunk Song - David Seville & The Chipmunks
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters
Venus - Frankie Avalon
A Big Hunk O' Love - Elvis Presley
Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
J. Wellington Wimpy, (Wimpy), is one of the characters in the long-running comic strip Popeye, created by
EC Segar and originally called Thimble Theatre. Wimpy is Popeye's friend. In the cartoons he mainly plays the role of the "straight man" to Popeye's outbursts and wild antics. Wimpy is intelligent, and well educated, but also lazy and gluttonous. He is also something of a scam artist and, especially in the newspaper strip, can be notoriously underhanded at times. Wimpy loves to eat hamburgers, and is usually seen carrying or eating one or more at a time – e.g. in Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor he is seen grinding meat or eating burgers almost the entire time – however, he is usually too cheap to pay for them himself. A recurring joke involves Wimpy's attempts to con other patrons of the diner into buying his meal for him. His best-known catchphrase started in 1931 as "Cook me up a hamburger. I'll pay you Thursday." In 1932, this then became the famous "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today". This phrase is now commonly used to illustrate fiscal irresponsibility and appears in modern comedies such as The Drew Carey Show and The Office.
