So, watching the Andy Griffith Show always left us with a desire to expect more character from everyone, ourselves included! It was Sheriff Andy who demonstrated the significance of good character. Most important, we could always count on seeing these values upheld, despite any disputes, grudges and differences which might arise between the towns-people. What was also most appealing about the Andy Griffith Show was that we were gently taken week after week to what could best be described as a place of days gone by a time when community meant inclusion, good citizenship, and caring for one another. Behind each and every episode there was a lesson to be learnt lessons which spoke of respect, kindness, trustworthiness, responsibility, and fairness lessons which spoke of good character. So, Sheriff Andy matured and evolved into what would become a man of character dependable, wise, and thoughtful. Sheriff Andy could then be counted on to intervene always with grace and flexibility, wise words and an open heart. Deputy Barney, Aunt Bee as well as the other local towns-people then became the target for all those humorous antics and situations. So as the seasons progressed, Sheriff Andy gradually began to lose his many unsophisticated traits. After all, Andy was both the Sheriff and the Justice of the Peace for Mayberry! Not surprisingly, Andy Griffith himself expressed a dislike for the way Sheriff Andy was being portrayed in the earlier seasons of the show.
In the initial seasons of the Any Griffith Show, Sheriff Andy was often portrayed as nothing more than the local yokel sheriff always sporting a wide grin across his face, and if he was not the subject of some buffoonery, he was certainly co-conspirator. There was Otis the town drunk there was Floyd, who ran the Main Street Barber shop where the men of Mayberry would gather there was the comically obstinate and always difficult Mayor Stoner and then there was Ben Weaver, the cranky and miserly owner of Weaver’s Department Store and Gomer and his cousin Goober, those two warm hearted, yet most unworldly men who worked at Wally’s Filling Station… just to name a few!
Each individual came to life with their particular idiosyncrasies and part to play in the Mayberry story. Each individual contributed to the unpretentious nature of the Mayberry microcosm. There were also many other characters living in Mayberry which we got to know. Opie’s precocious curiosity and behavior was also many a time the precipitant for home spun drama within the Taylor household. Aunt Bee was indeed a wonderful cook, baker and housekeeper, but many an episode revolved around her flighty antics situations which required Andy’s intervention and significant undoing. There was also Andy’s Aunt Bee she was Andy’s live in housekeeper and surrogate mother/grandmother to Andy’s young son Opie. There was the unforgettable Deputy Barney Fife, portrayed as Andy’s lovable but inept right hand man and best known for creating one gaffe after another. Andy Griffith had the leading role he was and is still best remembered as Sheriff Andy Taylor!Īside from Sheriff Andy, we were also introduced to other prominent characters. It revolved around the life of Sheriff Andy Taylor, his family, and the various citizens of Mayberry.
The plot behind the Andy Griffith Show was simple. Watching the Andy Griffith Show, we were immediately taken to Mayberry, North Carolina, that delightful fictional small town where the various stories and situations unfolded, season after season. It was a show which my whole family would enjoy!
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Apparently, TV Guide ranked The Andy Griffith Show as the ninth best show in all of American television history. This show first appeared on TV in October of 1960 and continued for eight successful and consecutive seasons. One television show from the 1960s which I remember well was “The Andy Griffith Show”.
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