Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But Griffith was never content to live only in Mayberry’s shadow. In the years that followed, he searched for the right vehicle to ...

On Oct. 3, 1960, The Andy Griffith Show aired its very first episode. The series followed Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Don Knotts as his sleepy deputy Barney Fife and Ron Howard as Andy’s son ...

Rob Reiner’s path to All in the Family took some twists and turns — and he was helped by none other than Andy Griffith. “In the first two pilots, they had two different sets of Mike and Glorias,” the ...

When Don Knotts left The Andy Griffith Show after five seasons to pursue a movie career, the show was left scrambling to find a worthy replacement. Knotts’ bumbling deputy Barney Fife was not only a ...

For those of us of a certain age, there are so many great memories in “The Andy Griffith Show”: The calm sheriff. His skittish deputy. His young son. The goofy filling station attendant and his ...