There’s a reason the TV show captured the imagination of so many people over the decades, and this film was a gentle reminder as well as a chance to check in on some old friends one more time.How the Andy Griffith Show Unleashed Primal Comedic Force on 1960s TV Close There was also something reassuring to note that as much as the world had changed by 1986, Mayberry itself hadn’t. There’s much more, but suffice to say it was a wonderful opportunity to catch up with the characters from The Andy Griffith Show and recapture a little bit of the magic of the original series. At the same time, the now married Opie is expecting his first child, while trying to decide whether or not he wants to become a reporter in Binghamton, New York. Andy Taylor, who has been US Postal Inspector in Cleveland, returns to Mayberry to run for sheriff, but is reluctant to do so when he learns that Barney Fife is running as well. Produced in 1986 in between the Matlock TV movie pilot and series, this made-for-TV movie reunites most of the original cast in what would be the only such reunion. Andy was reluctant - he wasn’t crazy about the idea of the small town sheriff - but he did like the producer and agreed, particularly because he would own half the show. It was, in rough form, the concept for what became The Andy Griffith Show, the idea being they would do a pilot on one of Sheldon’s other series, The Danny Thomas Show, and spring the show from there. And then, in 1959, he returned to Broadway in the musical Destry Rides Again, which didn’t fare that well.īut destiny came calling from the ashes of Destry in the form of producer Sheldon Leonard, who had the idea for a series and wanted Andy for it. He appeared in a film called Onionhead that tanked - the audience recognizing it for what it was, which was an attempt to cash in on No Time’s success and didn’t do much to shake up that film’s formula. Andy had done remarkably well for himself with the standup routines, and the TV, stage, and film versions of No Time for Sergeants, but then things started to change. So when I started all this music business … I became a little somebody then.”Ĭareers are a funny thing, oftentimes running hot and then cold before getting hot again. Additionally, he would constantly look at the musical instruments featured in the Spiegel catalog, and then, in 1941, he saw and fell in love with the film Birth of the Blues, which, as the title suggests, is about the start of Jazz.Īs quoted in the book Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show, Andy said, “I was not athletic and I wasn’t a good student, so I was kind of nobody. First off, Country Western music was always playing on the family radio, and then there were services at the Haymore Baptist Church, which were filled with hand-clapping, body-swaying and singing. Various things solidified Andy’s interest in music. A Baptist, he also found inspiration from Grace Moravian Church minister Ed Mickey, who led the brass band and actually is the person that taught Andy to not only sing, but how to play the trombone (which he managed to save up the money to buy his own instrument). Although Andy joined the Mount Airy High School drama department, it was at school that he was able to more fully explore his love for music.
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