INTERESTING MAYBERRY FACTS

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The Andy Griffith Show was a spin-off from The Danny Thomas Show.
- During its run, the series spun off Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., featuring Mayberry's goofy gas attendant (played by Jim Nabors). The army series was a ratings success, even garnering larger ratings than its mother show.
- Griffith's birthplace (Mt. Airy, North Carolina) provided the names for many of the show's characters. Nearby towns included Lawsonville, Walkertown Crumpler and Taylorsville.
- Ronny Howard’s career took off after The Andy Griffith Show. He played Richie Cunningham for six years on Happy Days and went on to be a successful director (Cocoon, Parenthood, Apollo 13).
- Andy Griffith and Don Knotts reunited on Matlock in 1988.
-After Mayberry was cancelled, Andy Griffith decided to return to network television. In 1971, he played the mayor of a small southern town in the short-lived comedy The New Andy Griffith Show.
- Currently, The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club has a membership of over 20,000.

IN THE SHOW

1. When Andy and the boys from Mayberry record a folk album, they recieve a 5,000 advance. (The group Andy played with was portrayed by The Country Boys.)
2. There is a rocking chair in one cell, and fresh flowers are kept in both cells at the courthouse.
3. There is a Mayberry phone book, but folks almost never use it (it's not needed with sarah around.)
4. A bus leaves Mayberry at 4:00 p.m.
5. A garbage truck and a hook-and-ladder wrecked at Fourth and Main once.
6. The drugstore is open on Sunday afternoons.
7. A carnival man once brought a stuffed whale to town, and a big crowd went to see it.
8. The church bells ring on Sunday morning.
9. The Sunday paper is delivered to the courthouse.
10. Mayberry has a stoplight.
11. There are usually 6 guns in the courthouse gun rack.
12. The squad car is a Ford Galaxie.
13. Jail visiting hours are 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
14. A man in Mt. Pilot had his house stolen.
15. According to Dr. Pendyke, Miracle Salve is good for poison ivy, prickly rash, athlete's foot, the complexion, spring itch and crow's feet.
16. When the Mayberry barbershop quartet sang in Mt. Pilot, they used dressing room F and went on last, at 8:30 p.m.
17. Andy's house has three problems: the roof leaks, the water pipes in the kitchen make loud noises, and there is a crack in the kitchen ceiling.
18. There are rooms to rent over the Mayberry moviehouse.
19. Aunt Bee paid .50 for some gypsy earrings and got gyped, just as Clara did.
20. Four ounces of Blue Moonlight perfume cost .00.
21. Barney paid .50 to Mrs. Lesh and told her to give .50 to Mr. Lesh's favorite charity.
22. When Andy wants to mow the yard, he borrows a mower from his neighbors, the Wilsons.
23. According to Andy, the area of Mayberry is about 266 square miles.
24. The Taylors once took a trip to Parkinson's Falls.
25. Andy once sprained his left wrist in a canoe accident.
26. Edgar Beasley is an old friend of Andy's.
27. The stop sign on Spring Street is prone to falling down.
28. Barney pays 25 cents an issue for Learn-A-Month magazine. One issue is "Odd facts known by few".
29. Barney once charged Andy with 76 documented cases of malfeasance.
30. When Opie worked at Crawford's Drugs as a soda jerk, he saved .00 in the first three weeks.
31. Andy and Opie have seen at least 3 Gregory Peck films together.
32. Aunt Bee once purchased 150 pounds of beef from Diamond Jim's.
33. Aunt Bee's china pattern is Blue Willow.
34. Andy's courthouse desk faces East.
35. A bottle of Colonel Harvey's Elixir sells for $1.00

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