Download or read book The Definitive Andy Griffith Show Reference written by Dale Robinson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the February 2, 1960, episode of The Danny Thomas Show, entertainer Danny Williams (Danny Thomas) is arrested for a traffic violation by a small-town sheriff named Andy Taylor, played by a good-natured Southern actor named Andy Griffith. Thus was born one of the most popular television shows of the 1960s--The Andy Griffith Show. From the time it officially debuted in October 1960, The Andy Griffith Show was a perennial favorite on CBS, finishing its eight-year run as the top-rated show on television. It also produced some of the most remembered characters (Andy, Opie, Aunt Bee, and Barney Fife) of the era. Each of the show's 249 episodes is fully detailed here, including air dates, cast and production personnel, guest stars, and a bevy of facts about that particular episode. The 1986 television movie Return to Mayberry is covered in detail. Brief biographies of the show's major stars, producers, directors and writers are also provided.
Download or read book The Andy Griffith Show Characters written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show), Aunt Bee, Barney Fife, Briscoe Darling Jr., Clara Edwards, Elinor "Ellie" Walker, Ernest T. Bass, Flora Malherbe, Floyd Lawson, Gomer Pyle, Goober Pyle, Helen Crump, Howard Sprague, Opie Taylor, Otis Campbell, Sam Jones (Mayberry R.F.D.), Thelma Lou, The Darlings, The Fun Girls, Warren Ferguson. Excerpt: Bernard "Barney" Milton Fife is a fictional character in the American television program The Andy Griffith Show, portrayed by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow paced, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina. He appeared in the first five black and white seasons (1960 - 1965) as a main character, and, after leaving the show at the end of season five, made a few guest appearances in the following three color seasons (1965 - 1968). He also appeared in the first episode of the spin-off series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968 - 1971), and in the 1986 reunion telemovie Return to Mayberry. Additionally, Barney appeared in the Joey Bishop Show episode, "Joey's Hideaway Cabin" and the first episode of The New Andy Griffith Show. In 1999 TV Guide ranked him Ninth on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list. Don Knotts had previously co-starred on "The Steve Allen Show," along with Tom Poston, Pat Harrington, Jr., and Louis Nye-which is where a frantic, twitching "man on the street" character was introduced. He created Deputy Barney Fife in the same fashion, as a hyperkinetic but comically inept counterpart to Mayberry's practical and composed Sheriff Andy Taylor. Sometimes considered a blowhard with delusions of grandeur, Barney fancies himself an expert on firearms, women, singing and just about any other topic of conversation brought up while he is around. Conversely, Andy knows that Barney's false bravado is a smokescreen for his...
Download or read book Andy and Don written by Daniel de Visé and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written by Don Knotts's brother-in-law and featuring extensive unpublished interviews with those closest to both men, [this book explores] the legacy of The Andy Griffith Show and ... two of America's most enduring stars"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book The Andy Griffith Show Book written by Ken Beck and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-06-14 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a complete fan guide to the popular television series that ran from 1960 to 1968, and profiles all of the major and minor characters that appeared on the show over its history.
Download or read book Barney Fife and Other Characters I Have Known written by Don Knotts and published by Berkley Trade. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With warmth and humor, Knotts recounts events that shaped his life, from a colorful childhood in West Virginia to stardom.
Download or read book Andy Griffith Show written by Richard Kelly and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definitive study of TV series using in-depth interviews with most of principals involved.
Download or read book The Andy Griffith Show Complete Trivia Guide Trivia Quotes Little Know Facts written by Sue Colao and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Andy Griffith Show" is as much a part of the country's fabric as baseball and apple pie. Even 58 years later, the show is as fresh as the day it first aired back in 1960 (oops, there's a free answer to one of the questions). The show continues to teach important life lessons to each new generation. Whether to take life more slowly and enjoy the ride from "Man in a Hurry" or that the grass isn't always greener, from the episode when Howard moves to the Caribbean. "The Complete Trivia Guide to the Andy Griffith Show" is a collection of some of my favorite questions about the show, the characters and the actors. Scattered throughout the book are pictures of Andy's boyhood home and the original desk from the show. Plus you will discover a few other surprise pictures. The Andy Griffith Show has been the standard in "feel good, family television viewing" for more than a half a century. The lessons that Sheriff Andy Taylor passed down to Opie are timeless and are still as relevant today as they were back then.Take a trip back to Mayberry. Back to a simpler time of life with "Complete Trivia Guide of The Andy Griffith Show." Guaranteed to bring back a lot of great memories!This is the compilation of my earlier Volume I & Volume II put into 1 single book. Get both Volumes in one place!
Download or read book Tell It Like Tupper written by J. Mark Powell and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A car breaks down on a snowy road in rural Iowa, a passerby offers a ride, and a friendship is formed that will launch one man on the path to political greatness while unwittingly driving the other into the national spotlight and pushing his family to the brink of disintegration. With this chance meeting, fate intertwines the lives of Glenn Tupper, a small engine repairman who lives a quiet life in tiny Creston, Iowa, with Senator Phil Granby, a presidential candidate whose campaign is a spectacular flop. When Granby departs from his prepackaged message and starts using Tuppers practical sayings, his political fortunes make a dramatic turnaround. But Tupper finds that even unsought fame comes at a painfully high price when a sinister force exposes a dark family secret that he did not know. Now it is up to Jarma Jordan, a quirky young blogger, to discover the hidden answers that could save Granbys campaign and rescue Tuppers family from ruin. But will her efforts be too little, too late? In this intriguing tale, the chain of events builds to the eve of New Hampshires presidential primary with a candidacy -and one mans future- hanging in the balance.
Download or read book Aunt Bee s Mayberry Cookbook written by Ken Beck and published by Harper Celebrate. This book was released on 1991-03-13 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aunt Bee and her friends have stirred up a cookbook that brings home all the flavor of "The Andy Griffith Show's" Mayberry. You'll enjoy most of the 300 mouth-watering recipes (but not all?included is the recipe for Kerosene Cucumbers) for the foods served by Aunt Bee and others in Mayberry. From good old-fashioned, down-home cooking to some of Mayberry's more unusual meals, you'll discover favorite Mayberry-style dishes for all occasions?inspired by Aunt Bee's unsurpassed talents in the kitchen and her special love for her family and friends. Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook is also chock-full of wonderful, rare photographs from "The Andy Griffith Show" and offers entertaining glimpses into "the friendly town." Many of the recipes are favorites from members of the show's cast and crew.
Download or read book American Legends written by Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes Griffith's own quotes about his life and career *Includes a bibliography for further reading "What I like is to play a character like me. I don't care for it too much when I have to get away from myself." - Andy Griffith "I wanted to prove that I could play something else, but there were 249 episodes out there of 'Mayberry,' and it was aired every day. It was hard to escape." - Andy Griffith A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. In 1957, little known comedian and actor Andy Griffith won acclaim for his portrayal as a country drifter who uses his powers of persuasion to become a television host in A Face in the Crowd, so it was only fitting that the role helped propel him to become the face of one of America's most beloved sitcoms. The Andy Griffith Show starred Griffith and a motley crew of eccentric characters, most notably his sidekick Barney Fife (played by Don Knotts), and it managed to be one of the most popular shows in history during its run from 1960-1968, despite having a nostalgic feel that Griffith once described: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the 1960s, it had a feeling of the 1930s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The show obviously catapulted its namesake to fame, but it also made stars out of Don Knotts and a young Ron Howard, who went on to become one of Hollywood's best directors. It also spawned several spin-off shows, a perfect ending for a show that was itself partly a spin-off out of an episode of The Danny Thomas Show Griffith proceeded to appear on television in various roles, both in shows and movies, but his most memorable role was as the eponymous lawyer in Matlock, which was on air for nearly a decade. The series was much like Perry Mason, and with its dramatic courtroom scenes, it helped popularize subsequent shows that banked on courtroom drama. American Legends: The Life of Andy Griffith chronicles the life and career of one of America's favorite television stars. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Andy Griffith like never before, in no time at all.
Download or read book A Cuban in Mayberry written by Gustavo Pérez Firmat and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half a century after viewers first watched a father and son walking to the local fishing hole, whistling a simple, yet unforgettable, tune, The Andy Griffith Show remains one of the most popular sitcoms in the history of American television. Tens of millions of viewers have seen the show either in its original run, its ongoing reruns, on DVD, or on the internet. Websites devoted to the show abound, hundreds of fan clubs bring enthusiasts together, and a plethora of books and Mayberry-themed merchandise have celebrated all things Mayberry. A small cottage industry has even developed around the teachings of the show's episodes. But why does a sitcom from the 1960s set in the rural South still evoke such devotion in people today? In A Cuban in Mayberry, acclaimed author Gustavo Pérez Firmat revisits America's hometown to discover the source of its enduring appeal. He approaches the show from a unique perspective—that of an exile who has never experienced the rootedness that Andy and his fellow Mayberrians take for granted, as folks who have never strayed from home or lived among strangers. As Pérez Firmat weaves his personal recollections of exile from Cuba with an analysis of the show, he makes a convincing case that the intimacy between person and place depicted in TAGS is the secret of its lasting relevance, even as he reveals the surprising ways in which the series also reflects the racial, generational, and political turbulence of the 1960s.
Download or read book The Boys written by Ron Howard and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This extraordinary book is not only a chronicle of Ron’s and Clint’s early careers and their wild adventures, but also a primer on so many topics—how an actor prepares, how to survive as a kid working in Hollywood, and how to be the best parents in the world! The Boys will surprise every reader with its humanity.” — Tom Hanks "I have read dozens of Hollywood memoirs. But The Boys stands alone. A delightful, warm and fascinating story of a good life in show business.” — Malcolm Gladwell Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the ’60s and ’70s. Join award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard and audience-favorite actor Clint Howard as they frankly and fondly share their unusual family story of navigating and surviving life as sibling child actors. “What was it like to grow up on TV?” Ron Howard has been asked this question throughout his adult life. in The Boys, he and his younger brother, Clint, examine their childhoods in detail for the first time. For Ron, playing Opie on The Andy Griffith Show and Richie Cunningham on Happy Days offered fame, joy, and opportunity—but also invited stress and bullying. For Clint, a fast start on such programs as Gentle Ben and Star Trek petered out in adolescence, with some tough consequences and lessons. With the perspective of time and success—Ron as a filmmaker, producer, and Hollywood A-lister, Clint as a busy character actor—the Howard brothers delve deep into an upbringing that seemed normal to them yet was anything but. Their Midwestern parents, Rance and Jean, moved to California to pursue their own showbiz dreams. But it was their young sons who found steady employment as actors. Rance put aside his ego and ambition to become Ron and Clint’s teacher, sage, and moral compass. Jean became their loving protector—sometimes over-protector—from the snares and traps of Hollywood. By turns confessional, nostalgic, heartwarming, and harrowing, THE BOYS is a dual narrative that lifts the lid on the Howard brothers’ closely held lives. It’s the journey of a tight four-person family unit that held fast in an unforgiving business and of two brothers who survived “child-actor syndrome” to become fulfilled adults.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of North Carolina written by William S. Powell and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative compendium, the Encyclopedia of North Carolina is abundantly illustrated with nearly 400 photographs and maps."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Mayberry Memories written by Ken Beck and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents photographs of the cast, crew, and set of the popular television program.
Download or read book The Andy Griffith Show Complete Trivia Guide written by Greg Smrdel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Andy Griffith Show" is as much a part of the country's fabric as baseball and apple pie. Even 58 years later, the show is as fresh as the day it first aired back in 1960 (oops, there's a free answer to one of the questions). The show continues to teach important life lessons to each new generation. Whether to take life more slowly and enjoy the ride from "Man in a Hurry" or that the grass isn't always greener, from the episode when Howard moves to the Caribbean. "The Andy Griffith Show Complete Trivia Guide" is divided into 15 sections and is a collection of some of my favorite questions about the show, the characters and the actors. Scattered throughout the book are pictures of Andy's boyhood home and the original desk from the show. Plus you will discover a few other surprise pictures. Take a trip back to Mayberry. Back to a simpler time of life with "The Andy Griffith Show Complete Trivia Guide." Guaranteed to bring back a lot of great memories!
Download or read book Mayberry Memories written by Ken Beck and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2005-04-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized chronologically, the book has chapters devoted to each of the show's eight seasons, along with production milestones and character biographies, as well as occasional lists, recipes, and snippets of dialogue. Originally published to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Andy Griffith Show, this book features nearly 300 beautifully reproduced photographs in both color and black and white, the majority of which have never before been published. Mayberry Memories is the ultimate keepsake memento for fans who have enjoyed everything Mayberry for four decades.
Download or read book Inside Mayberry written by Dan Harrison and published by Perennial. This book was released on 1994 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of the popular television series, provides plot summaries for each episode, and shares interviews with members of the cast
