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One of the few unqualified hits of the 1960-1961 season, The Andy Griffith Show was a shoe-in for a second season renewal come September of 1961. Back in the saddle are Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor, easygoing sheriff of Mayberry, North Carolina; Don Knotts as Andy's nervous, anal-retentive deputy Barney Fife; Ronny Howard as the widowed Andy's son Opie; and Frances Bavier as Andy and Opie's warmhearted housekeeper, Aunt Bee. Ever so gradually, and never pushing the issue, the series has evolved into an ensemble piece, with Andy Taylor frequently, and graciously, surrendering the spotlight to the supporting characters. Among the citizens of Mayberry who can be seen with more frequency during Season 2 are Betty Lynn as Barney's girlfriend Thelma Lou, Hal Smith as town drunk Otis Campbell ("deputized" so that he can lock himself in the Mayberry jail whenever going on a bender), and Howard McNear as dithery barber Floyd Lawson. After unsuccessfully trying to romantically pair up Andy with drugstore clerk Elly Walker during the previous season, the writers attempted to develop a new relationship between our hero and county nurse Mary Simpson. However, since Mary is played by two different actresses (Julie Adams, Sue Ane Langdon) in two separate episodes, no sense of continuity is established with the character, thus Andy remains unattached. Closing out its second season as America's seventh most popular series, The Andy Griffith Show also collected its second Emmy Award, again presented to costar Don Knotts. Hal Erickson

Product Details

• UPC: 097360698541
• Source: PARAMOUNT
• Region Code: 1
• Presentation: B&W, Pan & Scan
• Time: 13:02:00
• Sales Rank: 2,251

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• The Andy Griffith Show: Opie and the Bully
• The Andy Griffith Show: Barney's Replacement
• The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and the Woman Driver
• The Andy Griffith Show: Mayberry Goes Bankrupt
• The Andy Griffith Show: Barney On the Rebound
• The Andy Griffith Show: Opie's Hobo Friend
• The Andy Griffith Show: Crime-free Mayberry
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Perfect Female
• The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Clubmen
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Pickle Story
• The Andy Griffith Show: Sheriff Barney
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Farmer Takes a Wife
• The Andy Griffith Show: Keeper of the Flame
• The Andy Griffith Show: Bailey's Bad Boy
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Manicurist
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Jinx
• The Andy Griffith Show: Jailbreak
• The Andy Griffith Show: A Medal for Opie
• The Andy Griffith Show: Barney and the Choir
• The Andy Griffith Show: Guest of Honor
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Merchant of Mayberry
• The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee the Warden
• The Andy Griffith Show: The County Nurse
• The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and Barney in the Big City
• The Andy Griffith Show: Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee
• The Andy Griffith Show: Three's a Crowd
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Bookie Barber
• The Andy Griffith Show: Andy on Trial
• The Andy Griffith Show: Cousin Virgil
• The Andy Griffith Show: Deputy Otis
• The Andy Griffith Show: Lost and Found

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