In its TV-land immortality, “The Andy Griffith Show” has already inspired a pair of statues, a museum, an annual festival, a rerun-watchers club and a souvenir collection so it vast it includes an ...

An iconic television show synonymous with North Carolina’s cultural fabric continues to resonate with its citizens decades later. Now, a new layer of recognition for The Andy Griffith Show is on the ...

On Oct. 3, 1960, The Andy Griffith Show aired its very first episode. The series followed Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Don Knotts as his sleepy deputy Barney Fife and Ron Howard as Andy’s son ...

The show was first introduced through a 1960 episode of The Danny Thomas Show, where Danny Thomas is pulled over for speeding in Mayberry and gets a taste of the town’s unique charm. The success of ...

Moravian cookies, meet Andy Griffith. Don’t that beat all. As the N.C. House has passed legislation to make Moravian cookies the state cookie for the second consecutive session, House Bill 557 has ...

What do entertainers as diverse as Frank Sinatra, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Rod Serling have in common? Each one adored The Andy Griffith Show. Serling, the brain behind The Twilight Zone, another enduring ...

When you watch reruns of The Andy Griffith Show-most notably its first five seasons-you can't help but get taken in by the ...