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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.
Andy Griffith Carolinian
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Interview with Michael Rosen, Archive of American Television (Television Academy Foundation), Manteo, North Carolina, May 5, 1998
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“I knew by that episode that Don should be the comic and I sh…” Andy Griffith. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-5B0C645053. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/5b0c645053
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