A war hero who worked with Otis Redding and The Furys, he appeared in four Clint Eastwood movies and portrayed lots of cops ...

America’s gift to the world is our popular culture, which includes films, music, musical theater, television shows and radio.

Lewisburg is a slice of affordable heaven tucked away in the Greenbrier Valley. The colorful historic downtown looks like it ...

In the late 1950s TV was relatively new in our rural community. Those in my age group felt very fortunate to have that “snowy ...

Andy and Don had met years earlier in New York City, where they bonded over being guys from small southern towns trying to make it on Broadway. In 1958, they also costarred in the military comedy ...

One character that undeniably did work was Otis the Drunk.What may be surprising is that actor Hal Smith only appeared in 32 out of the 249 episodes, though it feels like much more. Born Harold ...

The man had legitimate reservations about the rush to declare “The Andy Griffith Show” the official state television program and he didn’t want to risk catching strays from trolls.

George Lindsey will forever be remembered as the lovable Goober Pyle from The Andy Griffith Show, the dim but good-natured ...

That’s certainly been key to The Andy Griffith Show‘s longevity. The actor’s canny sheriff, Andy Taylor, and the other mildly eccentric and eminently lovable residents of the small Southern ...

While the heart of The Andy Griffith Show (which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1968) was the relationship between Sheriff Andy Taylor (Griffith) and Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife (Don Knotts), almost as ...

Dirt for May 21, 2025 I think it’s safe to say there will never be another “Andy Griffith Show” … Welcome to today’s three ...