6 Facts About Andy Griffith Show

1. Andy Griffith Show consistently placed in the top ten during its run.

2. Andy Griffith Show's was living in Siler City, North Carolina, in ill health, and declined to participate.

3. Andy Griffith Show appears in all 249 episodes with Howard appearing in 209.

4. Andy Griffith Show's friends and neighbors include, at various times, barber Floyd Lawson, service station attendants and cousins Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) and Goober Pyle (George Lindsey), and local drunkard Otis Campbell (Hal Smith).

5. Andy Griffith Show gradually abandoned the "rustic Taylor" and developed a serious and thoughtful characterization.

6. On October 3, 1960, at 9:30 pm, The Andy Griffith Show made its debut.