Bibliograph

Andy and Don, the making of a friendship and a classic American TV show, Daniel De Visé

Type

Label

Andy and Don, the making of a friendship and a classic American TV show, Daniel De Visé

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289), selective filmography (page 275) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Andy and Don

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

904144159

Responsibility statement

Daniel De Visé

Sub title

the making of a friendship and a classic American TV show

Summary

"When Andy Griffith went to Hollywood in 1960 to film a TV pilot about a small-town sheriff, his friend Don Knotts called to ask if his sheriff could use a deputy. Together, Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife elevated The Andy Griffith Show from a folksy sitcom into a timeless study of human friendship. The program was fiction, but the friendship was powerful and real."--Book jacket

Table Of Contents

Prologue: the call -- Don's demons -- Laugh, lest you cry -- The bumpkins take Broadway -- Nervous men -- Andy takes a deputy -- A Hollywood friendship -- A slight thread of insanity -- Men in a hurry -- A date for Gomer -- Andy and Barney, phfftt -- The color years -- The death of Andy Taylor -- Second chances, second wives -- The gentleman lawyer -- Death in Mayberry

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