What does your reputation precedes you mean? To me, the phrase simply means that you are exactly what other people say about you, as the real you.
Mayberry is the name of a real community in Patrick County, Virginia; located 22 miles northeast of Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina.riffith, however, told Larry King in 2003 that Artie Stander is the person who thought of the name Mayberry; Stander was one of the show's creators and writers. Mayberry is a real community in Patrick County, Virginia, located 22 miles northeast of Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Most prominent among them is Ron Howard, who played Andy's son Opie and is now one of the most successful film directors in Hollywood. Howard began directing short films soon after the end of The Andy Griffith Show in 1968 and had already achieved box-office success by the time Return to Mayberry was filmed in 1986.etty Lynn, who played Barney's girlfriend Thelma Lou, currently lives in Mount Airy, N.C. It was Andy Griffith's birthplace and widely believed to be the inspiration for Mayberry. She makes monthly appearances on the town's Andy Griffith Museum on the third Friday of the month.