Andy Griffith

News and opinions about TV actor Andy Griffith. According to Wikipedia: Andy Samuel Griffith is an American actor, Grammy Award winning singer, writer and producer from Mount Airy, North Carolina. Best known as the star of A Face in the Crowd, The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock, he was the only child of Carl Lee and Geneva Nann Nunn Griffith. He began college studying to be a Moravian preacher, but changed his major to music. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned a bachelor's degree in music in 1949. While at UNC, he was president of the UNC Men's Glee Club and was a member of the Alpha Rho Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, America's oldest fraternity for men in music. After graduation, he taught English at Goldsboro High School, Goldsboro, NC for a few years.

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Hampton Hotels Heads to Mayberry To Fix Up The Andy Griffith Show's Old City Jail

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Volunteers from Hampton Hotels' Save-A-Landmark program refurbish site in time for annual Mayberry Days McLean, VA., September 17, 2009 – In 1960, the first episode of The Andy Griffith Show aired, and characters like Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife won over the hearts of viewers everywhere. The fictional town of Mayberry felt like home for many. Now, fans can visit familiar Mayberry landmarks in Mount Airy, N.C., Andy Griffith's hometown, like the Old City Jail. Today volunteers from Hampton Hotels' Save-A-Landmark program ( www.hamptonlandmarks.com ) will help restore this historic site. The jail is the 48th landmark refurbished in the 39th state ... Read Full Story

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The Andy Griffith Show

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Here's a clip from the Andy Griffith Show. This program entertained generations of baby boomers, including yours truly. In fact, the show was J.D. Salinger's favorite TV program. The mild-mannered sheriff and his bumbling sidekick, Barney, were the perfect comic duo. I still watch reruns of the show and get a laugh and a sense of nostalgia when I do. Probably it is the most loved evening sitcom in the history of 50's television. Read Full Story

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New Andy Griffith Show Group: News from Mayberry

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Posted by robertstevenson on July 10, 2008 Howdy friends First things first, here’s a link to the Andy Griffith Show theme song: theandygriffithshowtv Today, I started: THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW Group on StumbleUpon. What’s News Andy Taylor (82): In 2008, Andy Griffith is still going strong. Andy appeared in country singer Brad Paisley’s music video “ Waitin’ on a Woman ” released on June 27, 2008. Also in fall 2008, Griffith will appear in the romantic comedy Play The Game alongside Doris Roberts, as a widowed grandfather re-entering the dating world after 60 years. Opie Taylor (54) Ron Howard has been busy directing such ... Read Full Story

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Described Andy Griffith Show: High Noon In Mayberry

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Submitted By: Anonymous on May 16, 2009 Valerie27 wrote: With description for the vision-impaired: When Mayberry Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) learns an ex-con is coming to town to see him, Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts) fears the worst and rounds up some extra deputies. Featured on Movies For the Blind podcast. CC: BY-NC-SA 2.5 Canada Read Full Story

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The Andy Griffith Show

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The "Andy Griffith Show" originally aired from 1960 through 1968. This is truly one of televisions most cheerful as well as honest comedy series. Andy Taylor, the easygoing sheriff, his easily excitable cousin/deputy, Barney Fife and other eccentric residents of the small town of Maybury will keep you laughing while epitomizing family values and the importance of community. The strong relationship between Andy and his son Opie is the source for many of the show's discussions about right and wrong and accepting the consequences of one's actions. Though most of the storylines are rather simple, the show has withstood the test of time due ... Read Full Story

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Letter: Beck, Berger resemble Barney, Andy Griffith

One of my all-time favorite TV programs is the “Andy Griffith Show.” I never fail to find entertainment and wisdom watching the antics of the folks from Mayberry. The mayoral contest in Lima reminds me of the two key characters, Andy and Barney....

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Four Murdered in Mayberry

An arrest has been made after four men were killed in a parking lot in Mount Airy, the small North Carolina town that was the inspiration for Mayberry in television's The Andy Griffith Show. Marcos Chavez Gonzalez was charged with four counts of murder in the shooting late Sunday outside a TV store, police said. Mount Airy, population 8,700, is the hometown of Andy Griffith and has built a tourist trade on nostalgia for the 1960s show that...

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Hampton Hotels Heads to Mayberry To Fix Up The Andy Griffith Show's Old City...

Volunteers from Hampton Hotels' Save-A-Landmark program refurbish site in time for annual Mayberry Days - - McLean, VA., September 17, 2009 – In 1960, the first episode of The Andy Griffith Show aired,...

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Ex-convict charged with fatal Mount Airy shootings

Police arrested a convicted kidnapper early Monday in the fatal shooting of four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show."Marcos Chavez Gonzalez was charged with four counts of murder in the slayings late Sunday outside Woods TV in Mount Airy, about 100 miles north of Charlotte, police said.The town, population 8,700, is the hometown of Andy Griffith and has built a tourist...

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Hampton Hotels Heads to Mayberry to Fix Up The Andy Griffith Show’s Old City...

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In 1960, the first episode of The Andy Griffith Show aired, and Sheriff Andy Taylor, Deputy Barney Fife, Opie, and Aunt Bee won over the hearts of viewers everywhere. The quaint, fictional town of Mayberry felt like home for many. Now, fans can visit familiar Mayberry landmarks in Mount Airy, N.C., Andy Griffith’s hometown. The historic Old City Jail is one such place, and today local volunteers from Hampton...

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