| Andy Taylor | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "Danny Meets Andy Griffith" |
| Last appearance | Return to Mayberry |
| Cause/reason | End of the series |
| Created by | Sheldon Leonard |
| Portrayed by | Andy Griffith |
| Episode count | 249 (The Andy Griffith Show) 1 (The Danny Thomas Show) 5 (Mayberry R.F.D.) 1 (Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.) 1 (Return to Mayberry) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 45 (in 1965) |
| Date of birth | 1920 |
| Date of death | Unknown (still alive as of 1986) |
| Occupation | Sheriff (1952-1968) Postal Inspector (1968-1986) |
| Family | Barney Fife (cousin) Aunt Bee Uncle Ollie (uncle) Aunt Nora (aunt) |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Crump |
| Children | Opie Taylor (son) Andy Taylor Jr. Return to Mayberry was a Television movie made in 1986 on NBC. Sheldon Leonard ( February 22 1907 – January 10, 1997) was a pioneering American Film and Television producer Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American Actor, producer, Writer, director The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1 The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first four seasons is a Sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 Mayberry RFD Mayberry RFD (RFD is a postal abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery was a Spin-off, or perhaps more accurately a direct continuation of Gomer Pyle USMC is an American Situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25 1964 to May 2 1969 Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) SHERIFF is a telecom fraud detection and management system originally developed by BT and MCI. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Postal Inspection Service (or USPIS) is the law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service. Helen Crump was a fictional dramatic character on the American Television program The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968 (son) |
Sheriff Andrew Jackson Taylor is the main character in The Andy Griffith Show, an American sitcom which aired on CBS, (1960-1968). The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The character made a few appearances in the show's spinoff Mayberry R.F.D. (1968-1971) and appeared in a reunion telemovie Return to Mayberry (1986). Mayberry RFD Mayberry RFD (RFD is a postal abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery was a Spin-off, or perhaps more accurately a direct continuation of The character made his first appearance in an episode of The Danny Thomas Show (February 1960). The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first four seasons is a Sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 Andy Taylor appeared in all 249 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show and was played by comedian and actor Andy Griffith. Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American Actor, producer, Writer, director
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Home life
Andy Taylor lives in the fictional, sleepy community of Mayberry, North Carolina. Mayberry is the name of a Fictional town in North Carolina which was the setting for two American Television sitcoms The Andy Griffith Andy is a single father with one young son, Opie. Opie Taylor is a fictional character in the American Television program, The Andy Griffith Show which was televised on CBS In the backdoor pilot episode from The Danny Thomas Show, viewers learn Andy lost Opie's mother when the boy was "the least little speck of a baby. The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first four seasons is a Sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 " Andy's Aunt Bee acts as his live-in housekeeper and as surrogate mother/grandmother to Opie. Beatrice Taylor (commonly known as Aunt Bee) is a Fictional character from the 1960s American Television sitcom The Andy goes fishing with his son and often spends evenings on the front porch strumming his guitar. He sometimes entertains (with reluctance) overnight guests like his Aunt Nora and Uncle Ollie and often has friends in for Aunt Bee's fried chicken dinners. Andy goes to the movies occasionally, to dinner at Morelli's with friends, and enjoys picnicking at Myers Lake.
Work life
In the working world, Andy is Mayberry's sheriff and justice of the peace. SHERIFF is a telecom fraud detection and management system originally developed by BT and MCI. A Justice of the Peace ( JP) is a Puisne Judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace Andy has a bumbling deputy named Barney Fife and, in the color seasons, another bumbling deputy named Warren Ferguson. Bernard "Barney" P Fife is a fictional dramatic character in the American Television program The Andy Griffith Show, portrayed When business is slow at the courthouse, Andy can be found playing checkers with Barney, sitting in front of the barber shop chewing the fat with idlers, playing pranks, or conducting personal errands. He occasionally leaves Mayberry to attend work related conferences or functions in Mt. Pilot or Raleigh. As sheriff, Andy is the chief law enforcement officer in the county, yet most of his activity is in and around the town of Mayberry, and there is no evidence of a separate city police force. Since sheriff is a county office/appointment rather than a civic position, and since the badge on the squad car is simply labeled "Sheriff - Mayberry", presumably the county and the town share the same name. These working conditions, plus his reliance on a single deputy (and no clerk or jailer) indicate that the county is very small in both size and population.
In a four-part color saga, film producers plan a feature film around Andy's sheriffing life and the Taylors travel to Hollywood to witness the proceedings. A 1963 episode "High Noon in Mayberry" mentions that Andy has been a sheriff at least since 1952 -- an occasion when he had to use a gun to wound a robber.
Community life
Andy is mildly active in the community. He serves on the town council, sings in the civic choir, judges a beauty contest, and acts in a Founders Day pageant. One error here in Andy's community service is his being both the elected sheriff and a town councilmember; under North Carolina law he could not do both. He often serves on social committees, attends community functions like dances, plays with the town band, and participates in organizing high school reunions. He attends church, helps select the church's new organ, and serves on the church's finance committee.
Overview
The premiere episode of the Andy Griffith Show begins with Andy telling Opie he was raised by Aunt Bee, who is about to return to Mayberry after a five year sojourn in Morgantown, West Virginia (the real-life hometown of Don Knotts, the actor who portrayed Barney Fife). Morgantown is a city in and the County seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, on the banks of the Monongahela River Being raised by Aunt Bee suggests that Andy was orphaned at an early age, though there is very little evidence offered on the show about Andy's childhood or his family. In one or two instances, old timers remember Andy as boy. He seems to have no close relatives in Mayberry other than his aunt and his son.
Very early in the first season, Barney Fife is mentioned as Andy's cousin but the suggestion is dropped after the seventh episode -- perhaps because the producers realized the relationship smacked of nepotism in the management of the sheriff's department.
Andy went to school in Mayberry and graduated from Mayberry Union High. One episode had Andy and Barney finding their old high school yearbook —the pictures are that of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts actual high school portraits. Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American Actor, producer, Writer, director Jesse Donald Knotts ( July 21, 1924 &ndash February 24, 2006) was an American comedic Actor best known His first job was working in the movie theater.
In the first season episode, "A Feud is a Feud", Andy mentions being in France during WWII. This statement is ambiguous however. At the moment it is uttered, Andy is trying to outwit two mountain men intent on murdering each other. It is possible Andy is simply telling a "white lie" to befuddle the two feuders. However, if Andy did indeed see France, he couldn't have seen action on a battlefield because he graduated Mayberry Union High in 1945 (probably June) and the war in Europe was over in May, 1945. He also later mentions being in Africa and that he was a First Sergeant.
When the show begins in 1960, Opie is six years old and thus his birth occurred in 1954. Andy may have married (it is never conclusively established that Andy was married at all) in 1952, the same year he apparently became sheriff.
Andy was depicted as a country-smart sheriff and a caring, nurturing father. His laid-back approach to law enforcement made him an ideal sheriff for the sleepy town. Andy had his finger on the pulse of the community and Mayberry saw little native crime, with the exception of moonshining. Production Uses Usually large scale distillation is practiced for the purpose of making ethanol for drinking, yet it may also practiced for creating Biofuel Out-of-town bank robbers, scam artists, thieving vagrants and other crooks frequently passed through the area to practice their evil deeds but were no match for the wily sheriff.
Andy regularly used reverse psychology on people making them see the "error of their ways". Reverse psychology is a persuasion technique that involves the false advocacy of a belief or behavior contrary to the belief or behavior that is actually being advocated He would reproof transgressors by enabling them to draw their own moral conclusions. Andy had a keen eye for booby traps, and often shielded Barney from both career and social landmines.
The mystery of Opie's "Maw"
Opie's "Maw" is mentioned only once, briefly, during the show. In the second season episode, "Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee", Opie asks his father if he had the kind of love for his "Maw" that leads to marriage. Andy answers that he did have that kind of love.
When the series opens, several years have passed since Andy lost Opie's "Maw". Andy mentions in the backdoor pilot from The Danny Thomas Show, that he lost Opie's "Maw" when Opie was "the least little speck of a baby". A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first four seasons is a Sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 Opie is 6 years old when the show opens (born in 1954), and it is more than likely (based on Andy's testimony) that Opie's "Maw" died at Opie's birth or shortly thereafter. Andy would have been 27 or 28 when Opie was born in 1954. It is also mentioned numerous times during the series that Andy is a widower implying that he was indeed married to Opie's mother since the term is usually only used for men whose wife has died. WIDOW is a full-length Album recorded by British rock band Ritual released in 1983
Interestingly, there are no souvenirs or mementos of a wife around Andy's house. Opie's "Maw" apparently has no family in Mayberry – no parents, siblings, aunts or uncles that would be related to Opie. All of Opie's relatives seen on the show (Aunt Bee, Aunt Nora, Bradford Taylor) are paternal relatives.
Andy's romances
Andy had several love interests through the show's run, but his first romantic relationship on the series is Ellie Walker (Elinor Donahue), a newcomer to town who works in her uncle's drug store. Elinor Donahue (born April 19, 1937, as Mary Eleanor Donahue in Tacoma, Washington, USA, North America) Ellie made 12 appearances in the first season and then disappeared without explanation to the viewer. (Donahue once stated in an interview that she left because she felt she had no chemistry with series star Andy Griffith. Griffith later admitted that it was his fault because he had a hard time showing affection on screen, and as a result, the relationship did not appear to be real or believable. ) 1 In Season 2, Andy dated a few ladies including 2 nurses: Mary Simpson and Peggy McMillan. Peggy chalked up 4 appearances on the show.
The producers created a long-term love interest in school teacher, Helen Crump. Helen Crump was a fictional dramatic character on the American Television program The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968 Helen made her first appearance in the third season and remained Andy's love interest throughout the rest of the series. The two were eventually married in the first Mayberry RFD episode in 1968. Mayberry RFD Mayberry RFD (RFD is a postal abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery was a Spin-off, or perhaps more accurately a direct continuation of The newlywed Taylors remained in Mayberry to be featured on several episodes of the spinoff series. Their departure (and Opie's) is explained during the second season, when Howard Sprague reads a letter about the family's relocation. Andy and Helen returned to "Mayberry RFD" for their son Andrew Samuel Taylor, Jr. 's christening in 1969, and in 1986 returned for the made-for-TV reunion movie Return to Mayberry. Return to Mayberry was a Television movie made in 1986 on NBC. The movie explained that Andy has retired as Postal Inspector in Cleveland, Ohio and returned home to seek the office of sheriff again. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state
Continuity slip-ups and Trivia
Some continuity slip-ups can be expected, as the series ran eight years and had several writers. One oversight revolves around the Andy-Barney cousin relationship. Early in season one, the two were cousins, but after the seventh episode, the connection is never mentioned again. Perhaps producers realized a cousin relationship in the sheriff's department smacked of nepotism. Nepotism is the showing of favoritism toward relatives and friends based upon that relationship rather than on an objective evaluation of ability Meritocracy or suitability But, on the other hand, once the cousin relationship was established early in the series' run, there seems no reason to mention the connection again and again in succeeding episodes. Many viewers accept the fact that Andy and Barney were cousins. A man can pick his friends. It is difficult to believe that a savvy man like Andy would pick a screw-up like Barney for a friend. It is more likely they are forced into a "friendship" based on their family connections.
Another illustration of discontinuity is the various middle names given for both Andy and Barney. Andy's middle name was given as Jackson on his own show (when his high school yearbook photo was shown). Andy's second-born son's name, however, is given as "Andrew Samuel Taylor Jr. " at his "Mayberry RFD" christening. Barney had three different middle names during the course of the series' run – Milton, Oliver, and "P". When Barney traced his genealogy, Andy mentions "Tibbs" as Barney's middle name.
One plot hole is an episode when Andy and Barney have to deal with a goat who ate dynamite-if the goat "explodes" the blast will go straight up the second story-into the Mayor's office. A plot hole is a gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of Logic established by the story's plot. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government However the series episodes never showed a flight of stairs nor even any second story floors or windows at the Mayberry Jail.
- The police officer assisting Mulder and Scully in the X-Files episode "Home" is named Sheriff Andy Taylor. His Deputy is called Barney Parsons.
- In 2006, a William Harold Fenrick, who had legally changed his name to Andrew Jackson Griffith, ran for Grant County sheriff in southwestern Wisconsin. He came in a distant third, but Andy Griffith sued him because during campaigning, the candidate played up the connection of his new name to the TV character. The suit was dismissed by U. S. District Judge John Shabaz on May 4, 2007. Judge: Sheriff Andy no harm to actor
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