Tag Archives: The Andy Griffith Show

Classic Movie Travels: Arlene Golonka

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Annette Bochenek

Classic Movie Travels: Arlene Golonka Arline Leanore Golonka was born on January 23, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois, to Elinor Wroblewski Golonka and Frank Golonka. Her father passed away when she was two years old and her mother later married Edward … Continue reading →

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Silver Screen Standards: The Blob (1958)

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Jennifer Garlen

Silver Screen Standards: The Blob (1958) I have a candy corn sweet tooth when it comes to classic science fiction movies. I love the wacky, B movie cult classics of 1950s sci-fi, with their low-budget monsters, stiff as cardboard authority … Continue reading →

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Emmy’s Greatest Sit-Com Sidekicks: The Legacy of Barney Fife (Exclusive Guest post by Author Daniel de Vise)

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Daniel de Visé

Emmy’s Greatest Sit-Com Sidekicks: The Legacy of Barney Fife In the five years that he portrayed Deputy Barney Fife, Don Knotts set the standard against which all future television sit-com sidekicks would be judged. Knotts won five Emmy awards for … Continue reading →

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Our Endless Numbered Mayberry Days

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Annmarie Gatti

The 27th ‘Mayberry Days’ Festival, September 21-25…  Twenty-six years ago, on the thirtieth anniversary of The Andy Griffith Show’s televised debut, the citizens of Mount Airy, North Carolina, gathered for the first Mayberry Day. A couple hundred people turned out at City … Continue reading →

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Christmas in Mayberry… in Color

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Daniel de Visé

“The Andy Griffith Show Christmas Special” Christmas Night on CBS! Television columns around the country lit up this month with news that CBS, the network that launched The Andy Griffith Show, will air two original episodes of the celebrated series on Christmas … Continue reading →

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Five Timeless Andy-Barney Skits from The Andy Griffith Show (Exclusive Guest Post by Author Daniel de Vise)

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Daniel de Visé

55 years ago today, on October 3, 1960, The Andy Griffith Show debuted on CBS! In celebration of this wonderful Classic TV Anniversary, CMH is happy to welcome a very special Guest Blogger today — Daniel de Visé — Don Knott’s … Continue reading →

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