The Andy Griffith Show
Overview
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith
Andy Samuel Griffith is an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's epic film A Face in the Crowd before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead...

 portrays a widowed sheriff in the fictional small community of Mayberry
Mayberry
Mayberry is a fictional community in North Carolina that was the setting for two American television sitcoms, The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry was also the setting for a 1986 reunion television movie titled Return to Mayberry...

, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

. His life is complicated by an inept but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife (Don Knotts
Don Knotts
Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...

), a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier
Frances Bavier
Frances Elizabeth Bavier was an American stage and television actress. Originally from the New York theatre, Bavier worked in film and television from the 1950s...

), and a young son, Opie (Ron Howard
Ron Howard
Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years...

, billed as Ronny). Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life.

The series was a major hit, never placing lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings
Nielsen Ratings
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 and ending its final season at number one.
Quotations

"Call the man!" - Andy Taylor, after the freezer went out at home and Aunt Bee needed a place to keep her meat.

"You beat everything Barney, you know that?" Andy to Barney

"But aren't the trees nice and full?" Andy referring to the birds Opie has just let go. In 'Opie:The Birdman'.

Here at THE ROCK, we have two basic rules. One: Obey ALL the rules. Two: Do not write on the walls, as it is hard to get writing OFF the walls.

Of course You smell gas. What do you think this car runs on, coal!

Deputy Barney Fife: Nip it! Nip it in the bud!

"You got to spend a quid and some bobs to get anything good these days." Barney talking with Andy and Malcom Merriwether in 'The Return of Malcom Merriwether'.

"Well, where there's smoke there's firewater." Barney to Andy in 'Aunt Bee's Medicine Man.'

"Citizen's arr-ay-est!, citizen's arr-ay-est!, citizen's arr-ay-est!" -- Said by Gomer Pyle (actor Jim Nabors) to Barney Fife (actor Don Knotts) in the episode aptly titled "Citizen's Arrest."

"You're a boob, Gomer!" -- Barney Fife, in "Citizen's Arrest"

 
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