At least one has a habit of calling him Howie Fife.
It also had an After Show, Mayberry R.F.D., and a Reunion Show in the 1986 made-for-TV movie Return to Mayberry. Supporting actors included Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife Ronny Howard (pre- Happy Days) as Andy's son, Opie Frances Bavier as Andy's Aunt Bee Taylor, and George Lindsey and Jim Nabors as the Pyle cousins, Goober and Gomer Pyle. Very frequently, Andy will resort to a counter-scheme to protect Barney's fragile ego and what's left of his reputation as a lawman. Most of the humor from the early years of the show comes from Barney's attempts to bring law and order to an already lawful and orderly town, and Andy's subsequent ribbing of Barney when his plans go wrong. His deputy and cousin friend Barney Fife prefers the opposite approach, but since he is clumsy and totally lacking in gravitas, no one takes him seriously. He can be tough when the situation demands it, but he prefers to play loose with the rules, and adapt punishments according to the nature of the crime and the individual. Despite his authoritarian role, Andy is an easy-going, good-humored guy. which is not a bad thing), and it's safe to say that it's one of the most influential programs in American television history damn near every sitcom, and possibly every show in any genre, produced between 19 owes something to The Andy Griffith Show.Īndy is The Sheriff in the small, friendly town of Mayberry, North Carolina. is airing the show (if you happen to live in North Carolina, you cannot go a week without finding it in your local listings. At any hour of any day, some television station in the U.S. This idyllic Sitcom, which ran on CBS from 1960 to 1968, starred Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor.