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The Andy Griffith Show may have been America's top-rated series during its eighth season on the air, but star Andy Griffith had decided that he would leave the program at season's end, and that was that. The departure of Griffith's character, Mayberry sheriff Andy Taylor, is carefully orchestrated throughout the season's episodes, beginning with Andy finally asking his longtime sweetheart Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut) to marry him, and ending with the slow and steady buildup of Andy's potential replacement on the series: local farmer and town councilman Sam Jones, played by Ken Berry. A widower, Sam lives with his son Mike Jones, and is courting local gal Millie Hutchins (Arlene Golonka), former girlfriend of town clerk Howard Sprague (Jack Dodson). In addition to Berry and Golonka, Paul Hartman has been added to the cast as handyman Emmet Clark, Sam Jones' rival for the position of councilman. Hartman, along with most of the other supporting characters (including Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee and George Lindsey as Goober Pyle), would remain on the series after Griffith's departure and during the show's re-emergence in the fall of 1968 as the "new" sitcom Mayberry RFD. While the final Andy Griffith Show episodes are enjoyable, few are standouts. An exception is "Aunt Bee, the Juror, in which the defendant in a burglary trial is played by none other than Jack Nicholson! Hal Erickson

Product Details

• UPC: 097360705522
• Source: PARAMOUNT
• Region Code: 1
• Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
• Language: English
• Time: 12:13:00
• Sales Rank: 5,967

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• The Andy Griffith Show: Opie's First Love
• The Andy Griffith Show: Howard the Bowler
• The Andy Griffith Show: A Trip to Mexico
• The Andy Griffith Show: Andy's Trip to Raleigh
• The Andy Griffith Show: Opie Steps Up in Class
• The Andy Griffith Show: Howard's Main Event
• The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee, the Juror
• The Andy Griffith Show: Tape Recorder
• The Andy Griffith Show: Opie's Group
• The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee and the Lecturer
• The Andy Griffith Show: Andy's Investment
• The Andy Griffith Show: Howard and Millie
• The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee's Cousin
• The Andy Griffith Show: Suppose Andy Gets Sick
• The Andy Griffith Show: Howard's New Life
• The Andy Griffith Show: Goober the Executive
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Mayberry Chef
• The Andy Griffith Show: Emmett's Brother-in-Law
• The Andy Griffith Show: Opie's Drugstore Job
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Church Benefactor
• The Andy Griffith Show: Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting
• The Andy Griffith Show: Goober Goes to an Auto Show
• The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee's Big Moment
• The Andy Griffith Show: Helen's Past
• The Andy Griffith Show: Emmett's Anniversary
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Wedding
• The Andy Griffith Show: Sam for Town Council
• The Andy Griffith Show: Opie and Mike
• The Andy Griffith Show: A Girl for Goober
• The Andy Griffith Show: Mayberry RFD

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