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

User Rating:

8.7/10   

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:

Tue. July 14	8:00 PM	TVLAND	Sheriff Barney	#2.12
Tue. July 14	8:30 PM	TVLAND	The Farmer Takes a Wife	#2.13

Cast

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

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Series Directed by
Bob Sweeney		(78 episodes, 1960-1963)
Lee Philips		(59 episodes, 1965-1968)
Alan Rafkin		(26 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		(33 episodes, 1960-1966)
Harvey Bullock		(31 episodes, 1961-1966)
Charles Stewart		(28 episodes, 1960-1962)
James Fritzell		(27 episodes, 1961-1964)
Everett Greenbaum		(27 episodes, 1961-1964)
Sam Bobrick		(18 episodes, 1964-1967)
Bill Idelson		(18 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)
R.S. Allen		(5 episodes, 1962)
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)
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)
James B. Allardice		(unknown episodes)

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:

In several early episodes the map behind Andy's desk was a state highway map of Idaho turned upside down.

Goofs:

Continuity: In early seasons there was a door leading to somewhere to the left of the jail cells. No one is ever seen using that door but in later years the door mysteriously disappears.

Quotes:

[Andy has told Rafe Hollister to try out for the musical]
Barney Fife: I'm surprised at you, Andy. They want people who have had musical training. Why, suppose they ask Rafe to do something he don't know? Rafe, if they asked you to sing a cappella, could you do it?
Rafe Hollister: No.
Andy Taylor: Hey, Barn, what if they was to ask you if you could sing a cappella, what would *you* do?
Barney Fife: Why, I'd do it!
[snapping fingers in rhythm]
Barney Fife: "A cappella, a cappella"... Well, I don't remember all the words.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Light It Up (1999)

Soundtrack:

Fishin' Hole Theme

Great TV

"The Andy Griffith Show", in my opinion, will always be in the top 10 of my favorite shows, and I've watched the reruns numerous times since the first episode in 1960. I'm sure Danny Thomas has received many accolades for creating this timeless classic. My only criticism is that it stayed on the air three years too long. When Don Knotts exited, that's where it should have ended. The support characters of Goober, Howard and Emmitt never captured the comic timing or spirit of the original cast, and the storylines were bland. I especially detested Jack Burns' character Warren. He was very annoying. The last three years just weren't funny or even compelling enough to bother watching. Even Andy became more cranky and less down-home. He even lost his southern accent and laid-back ways.