The Good Old 60's

The Andy Griffith Show

Andy Taylor: Goob, did anybody ever tell you you've got a big mouth?
Goober Pyle: Yeah, but I don't pay no attention to 'em.



It's the 1960's again and I

am flipping through the

channels... what to

watch? I could watch Ed

Sullivian, I could watch

JFK's inaugural speech

again, or more on the

civic rights movement or

the cold war, but no...

who wants to wants to

watch the news when

the Andy Griffith Show

is on?






The following link provides a time line of the 1960s in America:
http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1960.htm
Watch full episodes on the following link:
http://www.tvland.com/fullepisodes/andygriffith/
The following link gives the scoop on Andy:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341431/



In its eight years on the air, it never dropped below seventh place in the seasonal Nielsen rankings, and it was number one the year it ceased production. The old fashioned comedy instantly became one of America's top favorites and still is to this today. The Andy Griffith Show launched in 1960, a time known for not only peace, love, Woodstock and groovy hippies, but also the Civil Rights movement that created a lot of tension within the country, also the Cold War and Vietnam. Most of the characters were "hicks," playing comic foils to the sagacious Andy. Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) and his cousin Goober (George Lindsey) came right out of the "bumpkin" tradition that had been developed years ago in films, popular literature, and comic strips.



The Andy Griffith Show kept the family oriented shows like Leave it To Beaver and The Twilight Zone alive during a time of war and racial discrimination, political tension and international tension, giving a laugh to thousands of American's across the nation, and paved the way for many shows to follow:

The Beverly Hillbillies
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=The+Beverly+Hillbillies&x=0&y=0
Green Acres
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Green+Acres&x=0&y=0
Petticoat Junction
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056780/
Hee Haw
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Hee+Haw&x=0&y=0

Have more questions? Refer to the following link:
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=the+andy+griffith+show&x=0&y=0