The Andy Griffith Show

More than sixty years ago, actor Andy Griffith truly came to the attention of the American public with The Andy Griffith Show, the gentle family sitcom set in […]

In 1963, rising bluegrass band The Dillards made their first appearance on the No. 5 television show in America, The Andy Griffith Show. It was the best […]

When digging through record bins, trust the surname Dillard. Whether it’s The Dillards‘ great bluegrass albums or it’s Doug Dillard’s country-rock duo with Gene Clark from The […]

Mayberry really was the quintessential small town of America’s dreams. The Andy Griffith Show remains popular via reruns to this day not only because everyone loves watching Sheriff […]

Television in the 1960s was filled with a lot of high concepts, but nothing was quite like The Andy Griffith Show. During this time, there was […]

Most TV watchers of the ‘50s remember Elinor Donahue as Betty “Princess” Anderson on Father Knows Best. In 1960, she joined the cast of The Andy Griffith Show, playing Sheriff Andy Taylor’s […]

As one of the most mysterious figures on The Andy Griffith Show, Mr. McBeevee left a lasting impression on the CBS sitcom’s viewers. TV veteran Karl […]

From today’s point of view, it’s probably difficult for most people to recognize just how big a celebrity Jim Nabors was back in the 1960s and 1970s. […]

In the opening credits of The Andy Griffith Show, Opie Taylor picks up a stone and tosses it into the bucolic waters of Myers Lake, a […]

If you were to look back at the history of the great television sitcoms, more often than not you’d find a star at the center […]