Ken Beck - Mayberry Memories: The Andy Griffith Show Photo Album

MAYBERRY
MEMORIES

MAYBERRY
MEMORIES

The Andy Griffith Show Photo Album

KEN BECK and JIM CLARK

Dedicated to the cast,
production crew, and
writers of
The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show and all related elements TM & 2000 by Mayberry Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Additional material and compilation copyright 2000 by Ken Beck and Jim Clark

Photographs from Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. courtesy of Ashford Productions
Photographs from Mayberry, R.F.D. courtesy of RFD Productions

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any otherexcept for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

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Library of Congress-in-Publication Data

Beck, Ken, 1951
Mayberry memories: the Andy Griffith show photo album /
by Ken Beck and Jim Clark
p. cm.

ISBN 1-55853-830-5 (Hardcover)

ISBN 1-4016-0124-3 (Paperback)
1. Andy Griffith show (Television program)--Pictorial works. I. Clark, Jim, 1960 II. Title.

PN1992.77.A573B43 2000 00-055260

791.4572--dc21 CIP

Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS

IN THE BEGINNING
The Pilot and Season One (19601961)

HITTING FULL STRIDE
Season Two (19611962)

NEW FACES IN THE CROWD
Season Three (19621963)

STAYING THE COURSE
Season Four (19631964)

CAPPING A LANDMARK ERA
Season Five (19641965)

COLORFUL TIMES
Season Six (19651966)

CONTINUING ADVENTURES
Season Seven (19661967)

OVER THE RAINBOW
Season Eight (19671968)

MORE MAYBERRY
Other Legacies: Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Mayberry R.F.D., and Return to Mayberry

SERIES GUIDE
Episode Summaries

T he compilation of this book has been a collaborative effort by more than a hundred people who share a particular devotion to The Andy GriffithShow. The comments from more than five dozen members of the cast and production crew and from writers for the show are cited throughout the book and represent one of its two main components. We give our heartfelt thanks to all who took time to share their thoughts and feelings for this book.

The books other dominant component is its photographs, most of which have never been published in a book and many of which have been published only once or not at all in any form. Many of the photographs have been shared by the actors, crew, and writers for the show. Their contributions are credited with each photograph.

We give special thanks to several photographic archives, collectors, and fans whose enthusiasm, knowledge, and generosity have allowed this book to present a truly remarkable collection of photographs. We are grateful to Jason Gilmore and Jim Schwenke of the Gilmore-Schwenke Archives for permitting this book to be the first published appearance of several of the spectacular photographs from their exceptional collection. We also thank David Lombard of the CBS Photo Archive for his unsurpassed professionalism and assistance with our use of several exquisite photographs (again, most never before published) from the CBS collection.

Other collectors who have shared some extraordinary photographs from their extensive collections are Phil Bowling (who also helped tremendously with key research), Bart Boatwright, Joel Rasmussen, Steve Cox, and Joshua Kessler at TV Guide.

Further assistance with photographs was offered by Beverly Sweeney, Bridget Sweeney, Earle Hagen, Aaron Ruben, Richard O. Linke, Ronald Jacobs, Mary Dodson, Maydale McQuain, Art Baer, Bill Idelson, Harvey Bullock, LeRoy Mack McNees, Roland White, Jeffrey Hayden, Jean Carson, George Lindsey, Ronnie Schell, Rene Aubry, Joy Ellison, Margaret Kerry-Willcox, Arlene Golonka, Kit McNear, Barbara Stuart, Donald M. Lant, John OQuinn, Bill Jarnigan and Celia Reynolds at the University of North Alabama, Darrell Perry, Jack Hilliard, Nancy Clark, Blake Clark, Emmett Forrest, and Paul Gilkes.

We also received invaluable assistance with our research and gathering of information from David Fernandes, Dale Robinson, Donny Whitehead, Judy Murata, Sherwin Bash, Randy Bash, Dorothy Best, Mike Cramer at Pacific Trading Cards, Bill and Barbara Hartman, Paul T. Mulik, Neal Brower, Greg Kelley, Lloyd Wells, Peggy Myres, Steve Weatherby, and Drew White.

This book also never would have come to be without the licensing provided by Mayberry Enterprises and Viacom, licenser for The Andy Griffith Show. We are especially grateful for the support of Ressa Kessler and Phyllis Ungerleider throughout the process of compiling the book.

We also thank Larry Stone at Rutledge Hill Press for his continuing belief in Mayberry and his faith in our exuberance for the show. Were also grateful for the talents and superb efforts made by editor Geoff Stone and designer Harriette Bateman. Others at Rutledge Hill assisting with this book have been Bryan Curtis, Tracey Menges, Anne Gillem, Nicki Pendleton, Denver Sherry, and Bob Pardue.

Ken wishes to express his thanks to wife Wendy, daughter Kylie, and son Cole for their patience and support. Jim thanks his wife, Mary, for her steadfast understanding and help with all aspects of the book.

And, as someone once said, They call it The AndyGriffith Show for a reason. Without the Man Himself, Mayberry would never have existed at all and there certainly would be nothing to write about forty years after nothing in particular had happened.

As much as anything, this book is a loving tribute to Andy Griffith by all of the people listed above and by all of the people who speak, are written about, and are pictured in the book.

We thank each of you for your part in making this book possible and special.

T his book has been compiled on the occasion of the Fortieth Anniversary of the first broadcast of The AndyGriffith Show, the television series that many people regard as simply the best television show ever produced. We hope that the comments and images within this book will be more than just a nostalgic look at a great television series. Rather, we have tried to capture glimpses of the timeless storytelling and production of the show itself.

To accomplish that effect, we have done several things in our approach to this book. First, the photographs in the book are arranged largely in the order that the show itself was originally broadcast. Whenever possible and in order to provide the best possible sense of historical perspective, we have indicated the dates that many of the photographs were taken.

Second, whenever possible, we have used photographs depicting either recognizable scenes from within episodes or rare, behind-the-scenes moments from the production of those episodes. We have made an effort to keep familiar, posed publicity shots to a minimum, except in cases where they are especially striking or show characters or expressions that are not otherwise available.

Though the vast majority of the comments in the book were made expressly for this book by the actors, crew, and writers, we have worked to carefully place those comments throughout the book in a way that, combined with the photographs, will provide the reader with a sense of