Things You Never Knew About the Andy Griffith Show
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
- The Andy Griffith Show is Celebrating its 60th season this year. Although, to be honest, Mayberry is a timeless locale. In honor of the show that made us fall in love with Andy, Opie, Barney, Aunt Bee, and so many other shining faces, we've compiled a list of literally dozens of little known facts about the iconic show.
Make sure you stick around for the whole video. Find out all about the Mayberry mystery that still has fans guessing 6 decades later. See where some of the stars ended up after the show wrapped up in 68. Discover the answers to some of your longstanding questions.
You're also not going to want to miss finding out what Andy's favorite snack was when he was on set. Once you learn what it was, go to the comments section and let us know what you think about it. Would you give it a try or do you think it sounds absolutely disgusting?
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Lynn is still alive! Supposed to be very nice and appears in Mayberry Days Festivals
factsverse failed to mention that andy griffith, don knotts and show runner sheldon leonard (previously an actor in such films as it's a wonderful life) all tried to no avail to get black people represented on the series. due to the civil unrest of the era, the network would not allow it and vetoed their every attempt. much as with gomer pyle's own spin off series that transpired during peacetime due to the unpopularity of the viet-nam war which was raging at the time of the series.
It's pronounced "Ant" Bea
There was a guy that had a stand selling store items.Andy was trying to make the store owner angry . But the guy who worked at the stand sounded just like Pooh Bear ..
I love this show and still watch every day
Love the show, watching the reruns every day. A simpler time, with values, not like the world of today.
Too bad you live in New York. In Idaho we still have towns like Mayberry
No childhood is complete without this show. Golden.
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I grew up in a fatherless family and this show gave me added values
That's so sweet to hear. God Bless you! XO
Adorable: You mean to be petty, jealous, and openly deceitful ?
The "Andy Griffith Show, comes on for 3 hours, starting late afternoon, every day. I always watch this show while I cook dinner. My favorite episode was from the earlier episodes that were in black and white. Don Knotts left after 5 years of doing this show, and it wasn't the same thereafter. Also, when this show was in color, I didn't watch it as much.
Watching the reruns of this show brings me back to a simpler time of innocence in my childhood. XO
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The Andy Griffith show is, and will always be my favorite TV show. I have seen every episode, numerous times, and never get tired of watching them. There will never be another show like it. I loved every episode, but my 2 favorites are Opie the bird man, and the man in a hurry.
Man in a hurry is a treasure
@@ronengle8533 it was also Gomer's first episode
I liked the one where Barney gets the police dog but the dog hates him but saves the day at the end of the show 😂
I like Three Wishes.
i am still watching this show I love it
Me too I’ve seen it 8 times now lol
Me too lol. Everyday
Me too, it's my favorite and I can watch it over and over!
It Gets Auto Record On Direct TV, Each Day. Plus Of Course Many Amount Of Everything Else !
I still love the show as well.
Having watched it all my life it is as if I grew up in Mayberry and I often revisit it over the years......
I love this show!!! We once drove thru Mount Airy, North Carolina on our way home from Cherokee... They had the cop car at a local gas station....
I absolutely love that show with Don Knott's. After he left oh well l didn't care for it nearly as much.
Don Knotts is my cousin
Janet, I agree with you. The show just lost most of the comedy.
Same!
Janet, I said the same as you, I agree.
Andy Griffith is my favorite TV show of all time. Timeless classic. Love your channel. Came across it by mistake. So glad I did. Thank you for your hard work and your trips back down memory lane.
I really enjoyed this video as I am a big fan of The Andy Griffith Show since I was a child and still watch it on occasion as it is Evergreen. Ever lasting tv classic.
Possibly the greatest sitcom ever! The grand daddy for sure.
I am streaming the Andy Griffith Show as I watch this video. I am now on Season 6. I grew up watching this show ❤️
One of my favorite shows was;
S2 E6 "Opie's Hobo Friend" Nov 13, 1961
When a Hobo told Andy Taylor he should just let Opie "decide for himself" how he wanted to live. Andy had these words of Mayberry wisdom.
"No, I'm afraid it don't work that way. You can't let a young’n decide for himself. He'll grab at the first flashy thing with shiny ribbons on it. Then, when he finds out there's a hook in it, it's too late. Wrong ideas come packaged with so much glitter that it's hard to convince them that other things might be better in the long run. All a parent can do is say 'Wait' and 'Trust me' and try to keep temptation away."
Hobo Dave Browne was played by Buddy Ebsen. Just one year later Buddy Ebsen will begin his career-defining role as Jed Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies".
Really Loved The Andy Griffith Show
I never had the opportunity to watch TAGS when it was being broadcast in prime time. My family didn't have a television until 1966 and when my father finally bought a used black and white set, the older family members took over the set. I got into TAGS when I was visiting my uncle in the 70s. I still watch it to this day. Many of the episodes are still hilarious no matter how many times you watch them. The pickle episode. The choir episode, the one where Opie falls in love with Miss Crump. Funny stuff
It takes you you back to a simpler time. Really wish we could turn back time.
Actually Andy's wife is seen briefly in the episode called "Song Festers."
Grew up with the show and still love it. I've eaten Miracle Whip and peanut butter sandwiches all my life and still do at 68 years old.
Yes, MW & PB definitely go together. I like to put hot bacon or fried bologna on the PB side to melt it a little bit!
Must be an acquired taste;it sounds disgusting,IMO. My mother used to eatPB,pickles, and mayo sandwiches!; Ill have to ask her about it.
Toni, I'm 89 and have been eating peanut butter and mayo sandwiches since I could eat "grown up" food! Also with dill or sweet relish. It's great straight out of the jar or with jam (any kind), on raw celery or carrots, on toast, of course, and English muffins, garnished w/bacon (per dustdevl). It is definitely my comfort food, and I can eat that even if I have an upset stomach. I truly think I'm addicted to it--have to have it every day. Food for the gods! (Also love honey roasted peanuts.)
I had a boss whose favorite sandwich was Miracle Whip, peanut butter and sliced Jalapeños on white bread. He kept after me to at least try one....and when I finally did.....I LIKED it!!
Miracle Whip, peanut butter (Kroger org. Creamy), sliced tomatoes between slices of bread. Crazy but delish! 😋
Mayberry was going to be Mt. Pilot, but there is a real place called Pilot Mountain (with a very specific look to the summit) and the town Andy grew up in was called Mount Airy. It's on the border with Virginia and there are some stunning views. There is a Mayberry mall, Mayberry Days (festival), and there was a chicken place called Aunt Bea's. It's a lovely little area and the area is known for wineries now.
There is also a community named Mayberry in Southern Virginia not too far from Mt. Airy just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Mabry Mill.
This was great information! Small town life is wonderful. Oh how you’d want to live there!
Each character were so natural!
Barney probably made the show. But I absolutely loved Ernst T Bass he was just Genius!
Gomer Guber the fun girls!
Best show ever made thanks for the memories ❤️
Howard Morris also directed 4 or 5 episodes of the show.
I watched a lot of reruns of the show when I was a kid. My favorite was always Aunt Bea and she reminded me a lot of my grandma. Thank you for another interesting and informative video Facts Verse and I hope you and your subscribers have a wonderful day 🌟
I am getting ready to retire in about five years l live 30 miles south of Pittsburgh and even though our location is surrounded by mountains we get very little snow. It is cold but not to much snow. So in the winter l plan on buying a small place down in North Carolina❤🏡😍
Im watching right now. Watch every day.
I loved watching the Andy Griffith show when I was a kid; as for the peanut butter and mayo - I still have it ever now and then. Nova Scotia
Happy 62 b-day Andy Griffith show!!!
Thank you! You're a true fan. Which episode is the most memorable for you?
@@FactsVerse definitely loaded goat :)
Mt Airy was the INSPIRATION for the show, NOT a model for it as many believed it to me. As a huge fan of the show, I once visited the town and considered it very close to my heart. This was almost three decades ago!
Absolutely we been there several times and somehow get that Mayberry feeling every trip.
I love, love, love the Andy Griffith show and all of the characters but I would never try Andy’s favorite on the set snack.
Thanks for your informative show. I am a big fan who grew up in Western NC. I ate peanut bugger sandwiches with jelly or bananas, but not mayo. I'm gonna try it. Smooth or crunchy?
"Ernest T. Bass" also played the TV repairman in one of the B&W episodes.
It was the episode Andy and Helen Have Their Day and his character name was George.
i noticed the kitchen door was on the back in the color episodes,the kitchen was somewhat more modern in those episodes too
Still watching the reruns. Tonite saw MAYBERRY REUNION SHOW FROM 1986. Fantastic show and characters.
Hal Smith played Santa on the ONLY Christmas episode of the Brady Bunch series. Carol (the mother, played by Florence Henderson) lost her voice days before she was supposed to sing in church, all Cindy wanted for Christmas was for her mommy to get her voice back.
In the end her wish came true.
Hal Smith was also on The Brady bunch episode where Bobby entered a pie eating contest. He was the host of the show, he's wearing a crown.
I’m a kid and this is one of my fav shows
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@@FactsVerse np
Peanut butter and mayo is quite tasty. It must be a southern thing - it wasn’t uncommon there when I was growing up ...
And here i thought my brother invented it 🤣😂🤣😂 we love it!!!! And we're from IL
Your description says that the Andy Griffith show is celebrating its 60th season, which is incorrect as that would imply there are 60 seasons of the show. I think you probably meant 60th anniversary...
That notwithstanding, it was a great show and I still enjoy reruns.
My favorites are I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show. They are both in Hollywood's History Book. One of my favorite Andy's show is the Man selling tonic to help people feel better and Aunt Bea and her friends get gassed and sing Chinatown. It's so funny 🤣. Andy Griffith and my father looked a lot alike and manorialism and my mom loved to watch Andy on The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock.
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Keith Thibodaux played Little Ricky on Lucy and Johnny Paul Jason on TAGS.
Still watch all the time. Great era.
I think America would be a better place if everyone would watch Andy Griffith as a kid
My 5 year old will watch with me, she laughs at Barney
It sure helped my life, concerning honesty and doing the right thing. I went to the museum in Mt. Airy this past weekend ( Feb 6 2022). Moving and Peaceful experience. NEVER forget it.
Thanks for the info about the maps behind Andy’s desk...I have puzzled for YEARS to figure out if they wear perhaps from somewhere in North Carolina...problem solved!
I’m going to try this out.
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Still watching today.
I used to eat Peanut Butter and Mayo, but on bread ever since I was a kid growing up in the 50's and 60's!
I did the same in the 60s - 70s but I used miracle whip.
I love peanut butter and Mayo together tried on pineapple slices and ola banana it's great
Me Too ....I loved Peanut Butter and Mayo 😋😋
Howard McNear was a very versatile character actor. I heard him on OTR radio, in 'The Line Up' in practically every episode playing a different character. You wouldn't recognize Floyd there.
he played the character 'doc' on the radio version of gunsmoke, too.
He also starred in a movie with Elvis Presley, Blue Hawaii I think.
@@johnrunion5357 Mayor Stoner also did the voice for Chester on Gunsmoke.
In the South Jif peanut butter and Duke's mayonnaise sandwiches are a staple. We also add banana slices. Delicious!
You got that right!😊
I still eat mayonnaise and peanut butter on toast. Have since I was a kid. Not sure how it started or why, but now I know I am not the only one!
My grandfather loved peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches. My grandmother packed them in his lunch pail for him. I always gagged at the combo and still feel the same way about it today. Yuck! 😫
They really are good on toast. The secret is the ratio: 2:1 peanut butter to mayonnaise! 😀
6:30- Opie's coach was played by Richard Bull who became Nell's Olson on Little House on the Prairie.
Dabs Greer, who would later play Reverend Alden on LHOTP, was also on the show a couple of times.
Thanks !!
There is also a real neighboring town called Pilot Mountain and the name was reversed to Mt Pilot in the show. Siler City is also mentioned in the show and that's where "Aunt Bea" retired. Shecwas an actress that was nowhere NEAR the character she played. She spoke sharply to people all the time and rarely smiled off camera.
At the time of her death, she had many cats she took in. Biographers mentioned a number butvi don't recall it butvit was around a dozen.
With no family, she willed EVERYTHING to the city. She was also buried there.
She was a huge supporter of the local police department and was gracious to those that recognized her around town. Her private life she kept private. Nothing wrong with that. She didn't like swearing, and once hit George Lindsay with her umbrella because he wouldn't stop. 😅 Love it!
I still watch this show 60 years later opie and I are close in age
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for posting
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Barney says he has no relatives in Mayberry, yet he calls Andy his "Cousin" for several episodes.
Peanut butter and mayonnaise? Citizens arrest....citizens arrest!
Don't knock it till you try it! 😂👍
This was great.
No not peanut butter with mayo. I love Andy & the cast. Wish things could be that simple again.
thank you so much !!
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@@FactsVerse maybe Leave it to beaver ?
As much as I know about this show...there's so much more I don't.😎👍
That mayo and PB snack may be quite popular. The South has a way of making due with what you have on hand, plus being poor limits what is on hand. Don't knock it until you try it, or are genuinely hungry.
Actually, Andy's cast he had for a couple of shows was explained as a tussle he had with some guys he was trying to arrest.
I ate peanut butter and mayonnaise a lot when I was a kid. It's good, instead of the sweetness of jelly you had the salty and mild spiciness with the peanut butter. Try it, it'll be strange and different at first, but it grows on you. ;-)
Favorite EPISODE: 3 WISHES FOR OPIE. next is THE HAUNTED HOUSE. amazing stories.
Both great episodes.
This is still my favorite show! My favorite episode is when Otis rides the cow into town , gets his feelings hurt and ends up “ taking his business elsewhere” up to the next towns jail, until Andy and Barney makes the trip there to beg him back.What’s your favorite episode?
My favorite episode is The Case of The Punch in the Nose. With Convicts at Large being a very close second.
My favorite too.
My favorite episode is when Thelma Lou is upset when she finds out that Barney believes hes got her in his hip pocket.
Love ❤️love it
I like peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches, don’t knock till you try it!
I’ve eaten peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches since I was a kid. I’m 69. Had no idea Andy liked them too.
Id go with Elvis Presley's favorite- peanut butter & Bananna sandwich over the P.B.& mayo sandwich.
I craved peanut butter and banana the whole time I was pregnant with my second child. Still love it!!! No way I’d try a mayo and Pb sandwich though!!!
Howard Morris (Ernest T. Bass) actually directed quite a few of the episodes
A lot of Hogan's heroes also.
I love peanut butter and mayo on saltines!!!! Peanut butter and mayo sandwiches are Heaven, especially when you add lettuce :) Yummm!!!
Hal Smith played the cartoon king on another Brady bunch episode, too.
There's one thing I don't like about the Andy Griffith show,. That's in how Barney is an unrecognized genius and everybody makes fun of him for it. Despite what you may think, Barney's entire persona is that of a high IQ genius up around IQ 220 or so. It's entirely possible, how Don Knotts lived out his entire life and he never knew he was a genius. That's typical of a genius, to never know it. This is what made Barney so different from other people, and the reasons he thought and acted the way he did
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You are funny. Of course, everybody understood that. His over the top manic "Glen Ford'n it all over town" style was always understood to be top-notch acting by a talented professional. He was so in demand, Disney stole him away after 5 seasons because Desilu dragged its feet resigning him, as the show was in danger of being canceled. A last minute reprieve saved the show, but Knotts had already signed with Disney by then.
Another article said Andy's bandage was from chasing a criminal.
i noticed the maps behind Andy's desk 30+ years ago of an upside down Idaho & MONTANA, not Nevada. Have posted it 2 or 3 times on my Facebook and once on the show's nostalgia site. Asked for info, but none was given and the administrators removed my picture of the maps, Curious.
Howard Morris also directed several of TAGS. I know it sounds strange considering the goofball he played as Ernest T. Bass but it's true.
Peanut butter and mayonnaise? I won't bash it until I've tried it. I thought the same thing about jalapeno jelly until I tried it!
Richard Crenna, John Rambo’s Colonel Trautman, directed several episodes of the Andy Griffith Show!
What kind of God in Heaven would make a man like Rambo?
God didn't make Rambo, I did.
Bill Bixby played a teenager named Ronald Bailey (he was late 20s in reality) who sped recklessly through the country. Bixby's middle name is Bailey.
I love Andy and Barney ,watch every day,but noooooooooo to mayo,sorry! Peanut butter, YES!!!!!!
Just started watching this show its actually pretty funny
The upside map of Idaho came from Sheldon Leonard's car. Sheldon had been in Idaho to visit friends and picked up a map. While preparing to shoot the first episode it was decided they needed a map behind Andy's desk. The only one they could come up with was the one Sheldon had. They turned in upside down to try and make it less obvious. This was handed down to me through people from Idaho who knew the story.
Hey! Throw some lettuce between that mayo and PB and it's delicious. I probably ate it back in the 60s watching the show!
He use to make me mad on some show but he mad the whole thing Andy gave him credit for everything and he new it all but this show is my favorite
At 5:25 in the video you say that the injury was written off as a playful scuffle. Wrong again. He explained it that he was injured while trying to make an arrest and bring in I believe it was moonshiners. But there was nothing playful mentioned about it that I recall.
Love ❤️ it
And Pilot Mountain, NC is very much real
Great video but the first picture of Mount Airy, is actually Mount Airy, Maryland. Not Mount Airy, NC
When Blackie sticks his head in the window, that is after the episode and for a Jello commercial?
5:12- the way I UNDERSTOOD it, his anger was out of frustration from the assassination off JFK. When he heard of it, he ran his hand through a wall saying, "Those Damn Southerners!"
I could be wrong I will have to see the date the episode aired.
I heard that also.
Howard Morris also played a TV repairman in one episode where Andy went on vacation. And if the true identity of Mr. Schwump is such a mystery, why doesn't someone ask Ron Howard or Betty Lynn? I'm sure either one of them would know.
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Or Clint Howard or Keith Thibodaux.
That was very enjoyable,thank you.
Being from North Carolina I think we had peanut butter with everything I put mine with bananas.🤣
Peanut butter and Mayo has been a fave of mine as long as I remember
Howard McNeer was Doc Adams in Gunsmoke in Radio before TV version
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Petrie (of the DVD Show) is pronounced PET-tree. Thank you!!
And it is Hyacinth _Bouquet_ not Hyacinth _Bucket._
No mention of thom Jacobs, brother of danny Thomas, he was the townsman who is always noticed and wore a hat and seemed to have different jobs.
I enjoyed these trivia tidbits. My curiosity is about Opie's mother. We never get an honest answer. And honestly I don't understand how Andy Griffith and Don Knott's we're friends off screen
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