Carolina QuotesAndy Griffith
North Carolina · born or raised1926–2012
American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer (1926–2012)
- Born in Mount Airy
- Died in Manteo
- Studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Studied at Mount Airy High School
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What was really the backbone of the show — we never talked about it — but the backbone of the show and the thrust of the show was love
Instead of being hurt, I just started to wonder what I could do with the rest of my life. And I went home and wrote a few jokes
People walked away from a simple life we had in the '20s and '30s, and I am glad that I am able to touch that period in our lives with the shows that I do and with the music that I do.
I knew by that episode that Don should be the comic and I should play straight for him. That made all the difference. Then Mayberry became a living town.
At first, producer Sheldon Leonard didn't want it to be in North Carolina. He just wanted it to be somewhere in the south. And I hate these made up names. So we did have Mt. Pilot which there is a place called Pilot Mountain up near Mt. Airy, but I gradually started slipping in real towns in North Carolina like Asheville and Raleigh and Silver City. And so it became during that first year, it became a town in North Carolina.