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The Andy Griffith Show 1960
The Complete Series
on 40 DVD's Run Time: 6395 minutes
$ 199.99
Down-home humor and an endearing cast of characters helped to make The Andy Griffith Show one of the most beloved comedies in the history of television. Introduced as a spinoff from The Danny Thomas Show in 1960 The Andy Griffith Show ran for eight seasons in prime time. Widower Andy Taylor divides his time between raising his young son Opie and his job as sheriff (and Justice of the Peace) of the sleepy North Carolina town Mayberry. Andy and Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee who serves as a surrogate mother to both father and son. Andy's nervous cousin Barney Fife is his deputy sheriff whose utter incompetence is tolerated because Mayberry is virtually crime-free.
The show comprises 8 full seasons and 249 episodes —
159 episodes in black and white (seasons 1-5)
and 90 in color (seasons 6-8).
Griffith appears in all 249 episodes with Bavier coming in second at 239.
Only Griffith, Howard, Bavier, Knotts, and Hope Summers appeared in all eight seasons.
Knotts left the show at the end of the fifth season to pursue a career in films but returned to make five guest appearances as Barney in seasons six through eight.
His last appearance was the most watched episode of the series.
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