Author: Daniel de Visé
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476747733
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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"Written by Don Knotts's brother-in-law and featuring extensive unpublished interviews with those closest to both men, [this book explores] the legacy of The Andy Griffith Show and ... two of America's most enduring stars"--Amazon.com.
Author: Dale Robinson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476601879
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
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On the February 2, 1960, episode of The Danny Thomas Show, entertainer Danny Williams (Danny Thomas) is arrested for a traffic violation by a small-town sheriff named Andy Taylor, played by a good-natured Southern actor named Andy Griffith. Thus was born one of the most popular television shows of the 1960s--The Andy Griffith Show. From the time it officially debuted in October 1960, The Andy Griffith Show was a perennial favorite on CBS, finishing its eight-year run as the top-rated show on television. It also produced some of the most remembered characters (Andy, Opie, Aunt Bee, and Barney Fife) of the era. Each of the show's 249 episodes is fully detailed here, including air dates, cast and production personnel, guest stars, and a bevy of facts about that particular episode. The 1986 television movie Return to Mayberry is covered in detail. Brief biographies of the show's major stars, producers, directors and writers are also provided.
Author: Don Knotts
Publisher: Berkley Trade
ISBN: 9780425171592
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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With warmth and humor, Knotts recounts events that shaped his life, from a colorful childhood in West Virginia to stardom.
Author: Ken Beck
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312262877
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Contains a complete fan guide to the popular television series that ran from 1960 to 1968, and profiles all of the major and minor characters that appeared on the show over its history.
Author: Cw Whitehair
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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On Monday evenings between 9:30 and 10:00, the American television audience enjoyed The Andy Griffith Show on CBS. The Andy Griffith Show never ranked lower than number seven and always remained in the top seven throughout its eight seasons. The show had an average rating of 7.6 out of 10, with The Christmas Story, Season One, Episode Eleven, ranking 8.2 out of 10. The show averaged thirteen to sixteen million viewers per episode per year over its eight-year run. The Griffith Show aired in the 1960s during a time when Americans could escape one of the most traumatic periods in history and the sorrows of the assassinations of an American president and a prominent African-American movement leader, draft and war riots, the epidemic drug crisis, the horrible news pictures of the Vietnam War, and rising crime. Mayberry, North Carolina, was the setting for fictional characters such as Barney Fife, Floyd the Barber, Gomer and Goober Pyle, Aunt Bee, and Helen Crump. Let us not forget the hilarious mountain man, Ernest T. Bass, and many more characters. The show was witty and zany, and Americans laughed while watching it. The audience loved the quietness, the pleasures, the closeness, the virtues, and the Southern hospitality of small-town life. They enjoy the personal touch of the relationship among easy-to-get-to-know town folks. However, there were times of sadness, disappointment, and everything in between, but it was all overshadowed by love and joy. The characters portray the pleasures of living in and the advantages of a small town instead of city life. The show inspired other rural life programs such as The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction, all wholesome programming for the family, such as the Griffith Show. Mayberry: The Andy Griffith Show Characters is about 19 of the supporting and recurring roles of the individuals who performed as the Mayberry citizens. Before appearing on the sitcom, some of the future Griffith Show stars had little or no experience in television and movies. Other actors and actresses already had plenty of professional experience in television, films, and the theater. Mayberry: The Andy Griffith Show Characters covers each character's early acting career, their Griffith Show memorable episodes, and their career after they depart from the show.
Author: Ken Beck
Publisher: Harper Celebrate
ISBN: 1418567671
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 347
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Aunt Bee and her friends have stirred up a cookbook that brings home all the flavor of "The Andy Griffith Show's" Mayberry. You'll enjoy most of the 300 mouth-watering recipes (but not all?included is the recipe for Kerosene Cucumbers) for the foods served by Aunt Bee and others in Mayberry. From good old-fashioned, down-home cooking to some of Mayberry's more unusual meals, you'll discover favorite Mayberry-style dishes for all occasions?inspired by Aunt Bee's unsurpassed talents in the kitchen and her special love for her family and friends. Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook is also chock-full of wonderful, rare photographs from "The Andy Griffith Show" and offers entertaining glimpses into "the friendly town." Many of the recipes are favorites from members of the show's cast and crew.
Author: Gustavo Pérez Firmat
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292739052
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Half a century after viewers first watched a father and son walking to the local fishing hole, whistling a simple, yet unforgettable, tune, The Andy Griffith Show remains one of the most popular sitcoms in the history of American television. Tens of millions of viewers have seen the show either in its original run, its ongoing reruns, on DVD, or on the internet. Websites devoted to the show abound, hundreds of fan clubs bring enthusiasts together, and a plethora of books and Mayberry-themed merchandise have celebrated all things Mayberry. A small cottage industry has even developed around the teachings of the show's episodes. But why does a sitcom from the 1960s set in the rural South still evoke such devotion in people today? In A Cuban in Mayberry, acclaimed author Gustavo Pérez Firmat revisits America's hometown to discover the source of its enduring appeal. He approaches the show from a unique perspective—that of an exile who has never experienced the rootedness that Andy and his fellow Mayberrians take for granted, as folks who have never strayed from home or lived among strangers. As Pérez Firmat weaves his personal recollections of exile from Cuba with an analysis of the show, he makes a convincing case that the intimacy between person and place depicted in TAGS is the secret of its lasting relevance, even as he reveals the surprising ways in which the series also reflects the racial, generational, and political turbulence of the 1960s.
Author: Ken Beck
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 9781401601249
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Presents photographs of the cast, crew, and set of the popular television program.
Author: Ron Howard
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063065266
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This extraordinary book is not only a chronicle of Ron’s and Clint’s early careers and their wild adventures, but also a primer on so many topics—how an actor prepares, how to survive as a kid working in Hollywood, and how to be the best parents in the world! The Boys will surprise every reader with its humanity.” — Tom Hanks "I have read dozens of Hollywood memoirs. But The Boys stands alone. A delightful, warm and fascinating story of a good life in show business.” — Malcolm Gladwell Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the ’60s and ’70s. Join award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard and audience-favorite actor Clint Howard as they frankly and fondly share their unusual family story of navigating and surviving life as sibling child actors. “What was it like to grow up on TV?” Ron Howard has been asked this question throughout his adult life. in The Boys, he and his younger brother, Clint, examine their childhoods in detail for the first time. For Ron, playing Opie on The Andy Griffith Show and Richie Cunningham on Happy Days offered fame, joy, and opportunity—but also invited stress and bullying. For Clint, a fast start on such programs as Gentle Ben and Star Trek petered out in adolescence, with some tough consequences and lessons. With the perspective of time and success—Ron as a filmmaker, producer, and Hollywood A-lister, Clint as a busy character actor—the Howard brothers delve deep into an upbringing that seemed normal to them yet was anything but. Their Midwestern parents, Rance and Jean, moved to California to pursue their own showbiz dreams. But it was their young sons who found steady employment as actors. Rance put aside his ego and ambition to become Ron and Clint’s teacher, sage, and moral compass. Jean became their loving protector—sometimes over-protector—from the snares and traps of Hollywood. By turns confessional, nostalgic, heartwarming, and harrowing, THE BOYS is a dual narrative that lifts the lid on the Howard brothers’ closely held lives. It’s the journey of a tight four-person family unit that held fast in an unforgiving business and of two brothers who survived “child-actor syndrome” to become fulfilled adults.
Author: Richard Kelly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895875228
Category : Andy Griffith show (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Definitive study of TV series using in-depth interviews with most of principals involved.
