History Trivia / TheAndyGriffithShow

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Mayberry is based very heavily on Griffith's home town of Mount Airy, NC (and Mount Airy is ''quite'' [[SweetHomeAlabama proud of it]]).

* TheCastShowoff: Creator/AndyGriffith's singing was showcased in several episodes, as was Creator/JimNabors'.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The whole reason why Creator/BobDenver replaced Hoke Howell as Charlene Darling's husband, Dud Walsh, for the character's third appearance. At the time, Denver was about to star in ''Series/GilligansIsland'', and Creator/{{CBS}}, which aired both it and ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', insisted on Denver guest starring on the latter series as a means of introducing him and his new sitcom to the greater viewing public. (While Denver already had at least four years of experience and recognition playing the title character's beatnik best friend Maynard G. Krebs on ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'', that show was only a middling rating series, and in fact, did not rate in the Top 30 during either its first or final season.)

* TheWikiRule: http://mayberry.wikia.com/

** Howard [=McNear=] (Floyd TheBarber) had a severe stroke during the run, and upon returning could not walk or stand on his own. He thereafter was always shown sitting or leaning against an object, and would "walk" across the room off camera. When worsening health required him to leave permanently, Floyd retired and the barbershop became Emmett's Fix-It Shop.

* NamesTheSame: Several episodes feature references to a resident of Mayberry named Creator/EmmaWatson.

** In "A Date for Gomer", Mary Grace Canfield played Mary Grace Gossage.

* TheCastShowoff: Andy's singing was showcased in several episodes, as was Jim Nabors'.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The whole reason why Bob Denver replaced Hoke Howell as Charlene Darling's husband, Dud Walsh, for the character's third appearance. At the time, Denver was about to star in ''Series/GilligansIsland'', and Creator/{{CBS}}, which aired both it and ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'', insisted on Denver guest starring on the series as a means of introducing him and his new sitcom to the greater viewing public. Although Denver already had at least four years of experience and recognition playing the title character's beatnik best friend Maynard G. Krebs on ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'', that show was only a middling rating series, and in fact, did not rate in the Top 30 during either its first or final season.

* MoneyDearBoy: Notoriously the only reason Francis Bavier agreed to do the show and stayed on for the spinoffs. She was otherwise rather vocal of her dislike of the series as she considered the role otherwise beneath her usual acting talents and, according to various cast interviews, [[HostilityOnTheSet she generally did not associate with or get along with the rest of the cast very much]]. However, despite the urban legend that she refused to see Andy Griffith when she was on her deathbed, Bavier actually did meet with him on good terms shortly before her death.

** Griffith is a native Tarheel. Mayberry is a pastiche of Mount Airy, where he grew up. Nearby to Mount Airy is Pilot Mountain, renamed to Mount Pilot for the show.
** Being on the show so endeared the state to Frances Bavier that she moved there (specifically to Siler City) later in life.

** At least two different episodes has Barney desperately wanting the big solo in choir - in one such episode, he loses to Gomer, whose singing voice is much more suitable for the solo; in the other, he's over confident that he's got the solo while the rest of the choir try to find a way to get rid of him without hurting his feelings.

** Originally, Andy was supposed to be the comedic lead with Creator/DonKnotts as his straight man (similar to their roles in ''No Time For Sergeants''), but they quickly discovered it was funnier the other way around: "By the second episode, I knew that Don should be funny, and I should play straight."

** An interesting example is Gavin [=MacLeod=]. In "TV or Not TV", he plays a bank robber pretending to shoot a movie about Andy's life; in "Taylors in Hollywood", he plays an actor in the actual movie being made about Andy.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: TV Land adores the show, airing ''month-long'' marathons of the show. As of 2022, it's the only ''classic'' sitcom still on its line-up.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: TV Land adores the show, airing ''month-long'' marathons of the show. As of 2021, it's the only ''classic'' sitcom still on its line-up.

** Nurse Mary Simpson was played by both Julie Adams and Sue Ane Langdon during the second season.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: As opposed to his role as TheAlcoholic Otis Campbell, Creator/HalSmith was actually TheTeetotaler in real life.

** Music/KurtCobain named one of his songs "Floyd the Barber", after the character from this show. It appears as on Music/{{Nirvana}}'s debut album ''Music/{{Bleach}}''.

* RealLifeRelative: Rance Howard, Ron Howard's real life father, made four separate guest appearances and wrote an episode. And Ron's younger brother Clint made a few early appearances as a young boy named Leon who would often offer people his sandwich.

* ActorAllusion: As Warren, Jack Burns would occasionally use his stand up trademark of making a statement to another character then saying "huh?" "huh?" "huh?" until the other character shouts an agreement with him to get him to shut up.

** Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor and Elinor Donahue as Ellie Walker.

** Originally, Andy was supposed to be the comedic lead with Knotts as his straight man (similar to their roles in ''No Time For Sergeants''), but they quickly discovered it was funnier the other way around: "By the second episode, I knew that Don should be funny, and I should play straight."

** Andy Griffith wanted black actors and actresses to have prominent roles in the series, but he was barred from this because of the fact that, being before the Civil Rights laws era, many southern CBS affiliates would have refused to air the show. This resulted in only a very occasional black extra showing up as a background character in very few episodes, with more prominent characters appearing in the spinoff only, and Mayberry didn't get any solid black characters until the RFD sequel/retool series many years later.

*** In a case of You Sound Familiar, Morris was also the voice of Leonard Blush on the radio in the episode "Barney's Bloodhound". Again, it was an episode he directed.

** Some actors who played recurring characters on the spin-off ''Series/GomerPyleUSMC'' also played different characters on ''Andy Griffith'' (and vice versa). For example: Elizabeth [=MacRae=], who played Gomer's girlfriend Lou Ann, appeared in the episode "Big Brother" as the older sister of the boy Howard is mentoring.

* MoneyDearBoy: Notoriously the only reason Francis Bavier agreed to do the show and stayed on for the spinoffs. She was otherwise rather vocal of her dislike of the series as she considered the role otherwise beneath her usual acting talents and, according to various cast interviews, she generally did not associate with or get along with the rest of the cast very much. However, despite the urban legend that she refused to see Andy Griffith when she was on her deathbed, Bavier actually did meet with him on good terms shortly before her death.