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1* ActorLeavesCharacterDies: Frances Bavier was too sick to appear in the film, so her character Aunt Bee was shown as having passed away. Frances would actually pass away three years later.
2* ChannelHop:
3** The film aired on Creator/{{NBC}}, instead of the series' original network, Creator/{{CBS}}.
4** The film itself was produced by [[Creator/{{Viacom}} Viacom Productions]] instead of Mayberry Enterprises[[note]]the Creator/SheldonLeonard[=/=]Creator/DannyThomas partnership that originally produced the show; Sheldon Leonard also co-produced ''Andy'''s parent show, ''Series/MakeRoomForDaddy'', with Louis F. Edelman under the name "Marterto Productions"[[/note]] or CBS themselves (the latter of which had produced reunion movies for other old CBS shows like ''Series/TheWildWildWest''); this is because ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' was not produced by CBS and wasn't sold outright to CBS, and Viacom had since purchased the copyright to ''Andy Griffith'' from Mayberry Enterprises (though this happened in 1978, years after the show ended).
5* TheOtherDarrin: Janet Waldo does a voiceover as Aunt Bee, replacing the ailing Frances Bavier.
6* RealLifeRelative:
7** Creator/RonHoward's father [[Creator/RanceHoward Rance]] plays the minister at Barney and Thelma Lou's wedding.
8** Creator/DonKnotts' daughter Karen plays Opie's receptionist.
9* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
10** Ken Berry was set to return as Sam Jones, but couldn't appear due to his work on ''Series/MamasFamily'', in which he played Vinton Harper.

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