Check out fun facts about the show below — including details on several cast members’ dual roles! If Daniel Roebuck looked ...

circa 1965: L-R: American actors Andy Griffith ... and May 26 is guest stars like Gavin MacLeod, Barbara Eden and Bill Bixby. Betty Lynn, who played Barney’s long-term girlfriend, Thelma Lou, said the ...

"They were often based on real people from Andy Griffith and Don Knotts' lives. They kind of scripted the show out of their memories. With Otis, both Andy and Don had alcoholics in their families.

The man had legitimate reservations about the rush to declare “The Andy Griffith Show” the official state ... Aunt Bee and Otis, matters. If it didn’t, would young white tweens be openly ...

Each one adored The Andy Griffith Show. Serling, the brain behind The ... and the rest of the gang (May 19); and notable guest stars such as Barbara Eden, Bill Bixby, and Gavin MacLeod (May ...

In the 1960s, Griffith rose to fame on The Andy Griffith Show in which he played Andy Taylor ... 13 to 18 and then again from 20 to 22 in the guest house,” she said to The Cheatham County ...

While The Andy Griffith Show was filming, Corsaut continued her education at UCLA. Otis, played by Hal Smith, was Mayberry’s resident drunk. When Otis got intoxicated, he would meander into the jail ...

"The Andy Griffith Show," the classic sitcom about the adventures ... He was very kind-hearted with Barney and Otis and all the people of the town. So Andy's a good example of a peaceful leader.

Otis and the rest as a new bill introduced in the North Carolina State House seeks to settle the matter once and for all by declaring 'The Andy Griffith Show' as the official television show of ...