"The Andy Griffith Show" (1960) TV series 1960-1968

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Creator:

Sheldon Leonard
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

3 October 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Widower Sheriff Andy and his son Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry NC. With virtually no crimes to solve...

Plot Keywords:

Aunt | Sheriff | Mayberry | Widower | Deputy Sheriff

Awards:

Won 6 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 8	5:00 PM	TVLAND	Opie's First Love	#8.1
Sun. Nov. 8	5:30 PM	TVLAND	Howard the Bowler	#8.2

Cast

Andy Griffith	...	Sheriff Andy Taylor (249 episodes, 1960-1968)
Ron Howard	...	Opie Taylor (210 episodes, 1960-1968)
Frances Bavier	...	Aunt Bee Taylor (175 episodes, 1960-1968)
Don Knotts	...	Deputy Barney Fife / ... (141 episodes, 1960-1968)

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Series Directed by
Bob Sweeney		(80 episodes, 1960-1963)
Lee Philips		(60 episodes, 1965-1968)
Alan Rafkin		(27 episodes, 1964-1967)
Coby Ruskin		(18 episodes, 1964-1965)
Don Weis		(9 episodes, 1960)
Richard Crenna		(8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jeffrey Hayden		(8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Howard Morris		(8 episodes, 1964)
Earl Bellamy		(7 episodes, 1963-1964)
Peter Baldwin		(7 episodes, 1965-1968)
Gene Reynolds		(3 episodes, 1961)
Theodore J. Flicker		(3 episodes, 1965)
Sheldon Leonard		(2 episodes, 1960-1965)
Charles Irving		(2 episodes, 1963)
Gene Nelson		(2 episodes, 1964)
Aaron Ruben		(2 episodes, 1964)
Lawrence Dobkin		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Writing credits
Jack Elinson		(34 episodes, 1960-1966)
Harvey Bullock		(31 episodes, 1961-1966)
Charles Stewart		(29 episodes, 1960-1962)
James Fritzell		(29 episodes, 1961-1964)
Everett Greenbaum		(29 episodes, 1961-1964)
Sam Bobrick		(19 episodes, 1964-1967)
Bill Idelson		(19 episodes, 1964-1967)
Frank Tarloff		(9 episodes, 1960-1962)
Lawrence J. Cohen		(9 episodes, 1964-1966)
Fred Freeman		(9 episodes, 1964-1966)
Ben Gershman		(8 episodes, 1961-1962)
Leo Solomon		(8 episodes, 1961-1962)
Sheldon Leonard		(8 episodes, 1963-1967)
John Whedon		(8 episodes, 1963-1964)
Bob Ross		(8 episodes, 1964-1968)
Fred S. Fox		(7 episodes, 1961-1967)
Aaron Ruben		(7 episodes, 1962-1968)
Art Baer		(7 episodes, 1964-1966)
Ben Joelson		(7 episodes, 1964-1966)
Dick Bensfield		(7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Perry Grant		(7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Seaman Jacobs		(7 episodes, 1967)
Michael Morris		(7 episodes, 1967)
Sidney Morse		(5 episodes, 1962-1967)
Arnold Margolin		(5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jim Parker		(5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Joseph Bonaduce		(5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Doug Tibbles		(5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Arthur Stander		(4 episodes, 1960)
John L. Greene		(4 episodes, 1962-1966)
R.S. Allen		(4 episodes, 1962)
Richard Powell		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Irving Elinson		(3 episodes, 1961-1966)
Paul David		(3 episodes, 1966)
Stan Dreben		(3 episodes, 1966)
Benedict Freedman		(2 episodes, 1961)
John Fenton Murray		(2 episodes, 1961)
Ronald Axe		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Ron Friedman		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Budd Grossman		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Pat McCormick		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Howard Merrill		(2 episodes, 1966)
Earl Barret		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Robert C. Dennis		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Kent Wilson		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
James L. Brooks		(2 episodes, 1968)

Series Produced by
Sheldon Leonard	....	executive producer (238 episodes, 1960-1968)
Aaron Ruben	....	producer (149 episodes, 1960-1965)
Richard O. Linke	....	associate producer (121 episodes, 1960-1964)
Bob Ross	....	producer (89 episodes, 1965-1968)
Jerry Jameson	....	associate producer (59 episodes, 1965-1967)
Jay Sandrich	....	associate producer (27 episodes, 1964-1965)
Danny Thomas	....	executive producer (8 episodes, 1963)

Series Original Music by
Earle Hagen		(238 episodes, 1960-1968)
Pete Carpenter		(14 episodes, 1966-1967)
Carl Brandt		(4 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Cinematography by
Sidney Hickox		(237 episodes, 1960-1968)

Series Film Editing by
Tom Stevens		(31 episodes, 1964-1968)
Ben Ray		(25 episodes, 1964-1966)
Bob Lewis		(16 episodes, 1964-1968)
Alan Jaggs		(15 episodes, 1963-1964)
Marshall Neilan Jr.		(13 episodes, 1961-1962)
Robert Fritch		(12 episodes, 1960-1963)
Bud S. Isaacs		(2 episodes, 1960)
Bud Molin		(2 episodes, 1961-1966)
Leon Selditz		(2 episodes, 1963)
Joseph Gluck		(2 episodes, 1964)
Bob Moore		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Casting by
Ruth Burch		(174 episodes, 1960-1966)
Fred Roos		(60 episodes, 1966-1968)
Mike Fenton		(30 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Art Direction by
Kenneth A. Reid		(224 episodes, 1960-1968)
Harold Michelson		(47 episodes, 1965-1967)
Howard Campbell		(26 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ralph Berger		(14 episodes, 1960-1961)
Walter Holscher		(12 episodes, 1965)
Rolland M. Brooks		(10 episodes, 1961)

Series Set Decoration by
Ken Swartz		(116 episodes, 1961-1965)
Harry Gordon		(99 episodes, 1961-1968)
Robert Priestley		(21 episodes, 1960-1961)

Series Costume Design by
Stanley Kufel		(116 episodes, 1964-1968)
Robert O'Dell		(59 episodes, 1962-1964)
Bob Christenson		(29 episodes, 1961-1962)
Ann Helfgott		(8 episodes, 1960-1961)
Marge Makau		(5 episodes, 1961)
Florence Crewell		(5 episodes, 1965)

Series Makeup Department
Lee Greenway	....	makeup artist (237 episodes, 1960-1968)
Eva Kryger	....	hair stylist (176 episodes, 1962-1968)
Carmen Dirigo	....	hair stylist (29 episodes, 1961-1962)
Eleanor Edwards	....	hair stylist (14 episodes, 1961)

Series Production Management
Frank E. Myers	....	production manager (207 episodes, 1960-1967)
Ronald Jacobs	....	production supervisor (146 episodes, 1963-1968)
Argyle Nelson	....	production supervisor (61 episodes, 1960-1962)
Edward M. Hillie	....	production manager (30 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Saunders	....	assistant director (175 episodes, 1962-1968)
Bruce Bilson	....	assistant director (56 episodes, 1960-1962)
Buddy Messinger	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1962)

Series Art Department
Reggie Smith	....	property master (237 episodes, 1960-1968)
Ideal Dottini	....	construction coordinator (60 episodes, 1966-1968)

Series Sound Department
Charles David Forrest	....	sound engineer (117 episodes, 1960-1964)
Eddie Campbell	....	sound engineer (91 episodes, 1964-1968)
Robert Reeve	....	re-recording editor (90 episodes, 1960-1963)
Victor Guarnier	....	sound editor (52 episodes, 1966-1968)
Dick Le Grand	....	re-recording editor (29 episodes, 1963-1964)
Gene Corso	....	sound editor (28 episodes, 1965-1966)
Dick Maier	....	re-recording editor / sound editor (27 episodes, 1964-1966)
Max M. Hutchinson	....	sound engineer (27 episodes, 1964-1965)
Leonard Davison	....	sound editor (8 episodes, 1966)
James Nelson	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
John Speak	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ann Helfgott	....	wardrobe (13 episodes, 1960-1961)

Series Editorial Department
Joseph Gluck	....	supervising editor (71 episodes, 1960-1964)
Ben Ray	....	supervising editor (41 episodes, 1965-1968)
Jerry Jameson	....	editorial supervisor (30 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Music Department
Herbert W. Spencer	....	composer: theme music (214 episodes, 1960-1968)
Donn Cambern	....	music editor (65 episodes, 1963-1966)
Alan Jaggs	....	music editor (60 episodes, 1961-1962)
Ken Johnson	....	music editor (48 episodes, 1964-1967)
Mark Southern	....	music editor (30 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ed Norton	....	music editor (10 episodes, 1965)
John Mick	....	music editor (7 episodes, 1966)
Lloyd Young	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1966)

Series Other crew
Aaron Ruben	....	story consultant (118 episodes, 1960-1964)
Bob Ross	....	script consultant / story consultant (113 episodes, 1964-1968)
Hazel W. Hall	....	continuity (102 episodes, 1960-1964)
Joel Swanson	....	assistant to producer / production assistant (102 episodes, 1963-1968)
Rosemary Dorsey	....	continuity (84 episodes, 1965-1968)
Jay Sandrich	....	assistant to producer (60 episodes, 1961-1963)
Ronald Jacobs	....	assistant to producer (31 episodes, 1960-1961)
Fred S. Fox	....	script consultant / story consultant (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Kay Thackery	....	continuity (27 episodes, 1964-1965)
Mitch DeWood	....	assistant to producer (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
Mike Fenton	....	assistant to producer (17 episodes, 1965-1966)
Dorothy Aldworth	....	continuity (6 episodes, 1964)
Pat Miller	....	continuity (3 episodes, 1967)
Marjorie Mullen	....	continuity (2 episodes, 1962)
Mollie Kent	....	continuity (2 episodes, 1963)
Jane Ficker	....	continuity (2 episodes, 1965)

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Danny Thomas Enterprises
• Mayberry Enterprises
• Paramount Television (1967-1968)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1960-1968) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• United American Video (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• UAV Entertainment (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Laserlight Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Laserlight Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG) (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Marathon Music & Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• BCI Eclipse (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 6)
• CBS Films
• CBS Paramount Domestic Television (2006) (USA) (TV)
• CBS Paramount International Television (2004) (non-USA) (TV)
• CBS Television Distribution (2007) (worldwide) (TV)
• Delta Expedition (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Delta Expedition (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Digital 1 Stop (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Education 2000 (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Koch Vision (????) (USA) (DVD) (5-disc set)
• Madacy Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Madacy Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Paramount Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Paramount Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)
• Paramount Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (final season)
• Paramount Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 1) (1-8)
• Paramount Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Paramount Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 7)
• Paramount Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)
• Paramount Television
• Passport Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS) (16 episodes)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Unicorn Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• United American Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• United American Video (2001) (USA) (DVD) (Best of Barney & Andy)
• United American Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (Best of Barney)
• Viacom
• Vintage Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• California Girl Inc.  Miss Corsaut's wardrobe by
• Desilu Studios  filming location
• Ford Motor Company  automobiles furnished by
• Glen Glenn Sound  sound recording
• Paramount Studios  filming location
• Post Cereals of General Foods  original sponsor
• Swivante  Miss Corsaut's wardrobe by
• The Dillards  as The Darlings (musical group) (1963-1964, 1966-1967)

Also Known As:

Andy of Mayberry (USA) (rerun title)

Runtime:

30 min (249 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (1960-1965) | Color (1965-1968)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) (video rating) | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

One of the maps used for a period of time behind Andy's desk was simply a state map of Nevada turned upside down.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the first couple of seasons there is window to the left of the entrance (as seen from the street outside) but inside the Sheriff's office there is no window. In later seasons this error was corrected.

Quotes:

Andy Taylor: [on the phone] If you don't want magazine subscriptions or your septic tank pumped out, there's a sign you can get that says, "No solicitors."
[pause]
Andy Taylor: Well, sure that applies to septic tank pumpers... sure. Now take down those disease signs, Nelvin.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Reno 911!: Miami (2007)

Soundtrack:

Fishin' Hole Theme

A Piece of Americana

The Andy Griffith Show will always be remembered as one of the great slice of life series that ever came on television. It represented the ideal small town full of not only ordinary citizens but the crazies that inhabited it as well, especially characters like Ernest T. Bass and the Darlings. The thing that really made this show great was the relationship between the ever cool Sheriff Andy Taylor and the hyperactive Barney Fife. It was Barney as well as the characters of Aunt Bea, Floyd, Otis, Gomer, Goober and, later, Howard and Emmitt that made this show the classic that it was. Also, in later years this show was criticized for not having any black characters on it. If you think about it, this show was merely a reflection of the times that the show took place in, the early to mid 1960's. Despite that, this show will always be a classic.

Also, one of my favortite episodes will always be the bootlegging episode with the two sisters when you get to see Barney let loose and go POW, POW, POW with his trusty ax.