11 seasons were there of the original andy griffith show.
11 seasons were there of the original andy griffith show.
how many seasons of the original andy griffith show are there?
11
sheriff andrew "andy" jackson taylor is the lead character on "the andy griffith show", an american sitcom which aired on cbs, (1960–1968). he also appears in the "gomer pyle, u.s.m.c." episode "opie joins the marines", made a cameo appearance in the usmc episode "gomer goes home," five episodes of "mayberry r.f.d." (1968–1971) and the reunion telemovie "return to mayberry" (1986). the character made his initial appearance in an episode of "the danny thomas show" entitled "danny meets andy griffith." in the cbs special "the andy griffith - don knotts - jim nabors show" (1965), andy and barney are featured in a musical sketch about their friendship and recreate some classic moments between the characters. andy griffith, as sheriff taylor, also has a brief comedy cameo in "rowan and martin at the movies" (1969), a psa short subject promoting the purchase of u.s. savings bonds. andy taylor appeared in all 249 episodes of "the andy griffith show" and was played by comedian, musician, and actor andy griffith.
andy taylor (the andy griffith show)
the premiere episode was a major success for cbs, buoyed by guest appearances by "the andy griffith show" regulars don knotts, george lindsey and paul hartman. lindsey and hartman explicitly played "goober" and "emmett", their characters on both "the andy griffith show" and "mayberry r.f.d." (still on the air at the time); this is confirmed in both dialogue and in the closing credits. knotts, meanwhile, played an unnamed character who was identical in mannerisms to barney fife of "the andy griffith show". all three characters were "old friends" of the character andy sawyer; they dropped by his new house, ostensibly to welcome him to town, but actually to seek political favors. these mayberry characters treated andy sawyer exactly as if he were andy taylor, and the two characters had similar backstories: both andys by this point were married and had two children (although taylor's two sons, opie and infant andy jr., were both boys as opposed to sawyer's one boy and one girl), and prior to the start of "the new andy griffith show", both were living in larger cities.
the new andy griffith show