Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show (37 page)

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“this strange-looking man”:
Griffith, interview by King, November 27, 2003.

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“He read for me”:
Ruben, interview by Gelman.

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“Is this really”:
Jim Nabors, interview by author, December 27, 2012.

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Heck, a lot of the boys”:
Andy Griffith Show Reunion.

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“the typical well-fed”:
Neal Brower,
Mayberry 101: Behind the Scenes of a TV Classic
(Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 1998), 91.

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“She had more dates”:
Leslie Raddatz, “Aneta Corsaut,”
TV Guide
, May 20, 1967.

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“[Jim] and Ev both”:
Spignesi,
Mayberry, My Hometown
, 201.

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“I think he respected”:
Harrison and Habeeb,
Inside Mayberry
, 90.

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“that feminism that comes”:
Jennifer Scarlott, interview by author, October 24, 2013.

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“I know that our house”:
“Frances Bavier at Home,”
TV Guide
.

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“And I remember we”:
Rance Howard, interview by author, October 8, 2013.

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“Absolutely not”:
Jim Nabors, interview by author, June 28, 2013.

9. A Date for Gomer

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“Three things made Andy”:
Linke, interview by author, November 17, 2014.

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“You play golf”:
Freeman, “I Think I'm Gaining on Myself.”

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“Jim, has anybody”:
Nabors, interview by author, December 27, 2012.

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“I've always been out”:
Nabors, interview by author, June 28, 2013.

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“We kept quiet”:
Linke, interview by author, November 17, 2014.

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“You're shittin' me”:
Nabors, interview by author, December 27, 2012.

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“Well, Jim”:
Harrison and Habeeb,
Inside Mayberry
, 81.

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“You need some experience”:
Nabors, interview by author, December 27, 2012.

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“When one episode”:
Donahue, interview by author.

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“Warner Bros. released”:
Knotts,
Barney Fife
audio.

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“Jim and I”:
George Lindsey,
Goober in a Nutshell
(New York: Avon, 1995), 4.

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“He was paralyzed”:
Kelly,
Andy Griffith Show
, 49.

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“Andy Griffith had a big”:
Kit McNear, interview by author, September 25, 2013.

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“Gomer'll be back”:
Leslie Raddatz, “Dear Frayands,”
TV Guide
, November 21, 1964.

10. Andy and Barney, Phfftt

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“was coming over”:
Jesse Corsaut, interview by author, January 17–18, 2013.

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“They were trying to”:
Sweeney, interview by author.

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“was always a horrible”:
Corsaut, interview by author.

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“That was true love”:
Ronnie Schell, interview by author, January 18, 2014.

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“I have an idea how”:
Linke, interview by author, November 17, 2014.

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“some pretty attractive”:
Knotts with Metz,
Barney Fife
, 139.

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“We've got a new deal”:
Kelly,
Andy Griffith Show
, 58.

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“When it got down”:
Bash, interview by author, October 9, 2013.

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“Andy, if you'll be”:
Griffith, interview by King, June 1, 1996.

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“If they'd been”:
Ron Howard, interview by author.

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“I was really stunned”:
Lynn, interview by author.

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“There was no rancor”:
Ron Howard, interview by author.

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“Andy would get”:
Peter Baldwin, interview by author, November 8, 2013.

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“Karen heard them having”:
Tom Knotts, interview by author, February 20, 2014.

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“They're gone”:
Collins,
Andy Griffith Story
, 80.

11. The Color Years

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“It worried Andy”:
Brower,
Mayberry 101
, 456.

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“This is the last time”:
Collins,
Andy Griffith Story
, 81.

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“cluttered with old”:
Raddatz, “Aneta Corsaut.”

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“I think
The Andy Griffith
”:
Sam Bobrick, interview by author, September 25, 2013.

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“But there was also”:
Baldwin, interview by author.

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“I thought to myself”:
Knotts with Metz,
Barney Fife
, 141.

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“No, that's not”:
Griffith, interview by Rosen.

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“He was a master”:
Joan Staley, interview by author, February 4, 2013.

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“would come to work”:
Cox and Marhanka,
Incredible Mr. Don Knotts
, 76.

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“Have they told him”:
Schell, interview by author.

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“The three of us”:
Knotts with Metz,
Barney Fife
, 149–50.

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“I made up this”:
Lynn, interview by author.

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When he came home:
John Pyles, interview by author, January 6, 2015.

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“We talked about it
”:
Kay Knotts, interview by author.

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“He would take us”:
Tom Knotts, interview by author, February 20, 2014.

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“Don and I would just”:
Griffith, remarks at the Don Knotts memorial.

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“I think, for Andy”:
Ron Howard, interview by author.

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“Most of us were”:
Lindsey,
Goober in a Nutshell
, 9.

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They brought only:
Collins,
Andy Griffith Story
, 83.

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“just raved about it”:
Harrison and Habeeb,
Inside Mayberry
, 100-101.

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“People kept coming up”:
Cox and Marhanka,
Incredible Mr. Don Knotts
, 85.

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“Are you still going”:
Nabors, interview by author, December 27, 2012.

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“to some nonsense”:
“Griffith Determined to Leave ‘Matlock,' ”
Chicago Sun-Times
, November 12, 1990.

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“come to work without”:
Bob Longino, “Griffith: Mayberry Set Was No Bed of Roses,”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, November 26, 1996.

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“They were well into”:
Mike King, interview by author, April 25, 2013.

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“We did the
Joey
”:
Schell, interview by author.

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“He had two personalities”:
Linke, interview by author, November 17, 2014.

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“I felt strange”:
Don Page, “Sheriff Dies in Boots,”
Los Angeles Times
, March 14, 1968.

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That night, 251 guests
: Richard Warren Lewis, “The Wheels Keep Turning,”
TV Guide
, July 20, 1968.

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“When we got”:
Ron Howard, interview by author.

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“Well, it's been”:
Lewis, “Wheels Keep Turning.”

12. The Death of Andy Taylor

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“wrote an entirely”:
Knotts with Metz,
Barney Fife
, 165.

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“The first night he”:
Barbara Rhoades, interview by author, January 25, 2013.

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“Frank and I
”:
Dorothy Manners, “Don Knotts a ‘Womanizer!,' ”
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, May 26, 1970.

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“I came out of”:
Maggie Mancuso Peterson, interview by author, February 5, 2013.

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“Who wants to”:
Barthel, “How to Merchandise an Actor.”

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“I remember him crying”:
Schell, interview by author.

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“He was parked”:
Lee Meriwether, interview by author, December 19, 2013.

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“I talked to [Letícia”:
Ken Berry, interview by author, December 5, 2013.

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“We saw a lot of”:
Tom Knotts, interview by author, February 20, 2014.

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“Each of us had”:
Lindsey,
Goober in a Nutshell
, 109–10.

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“We'd go out to”:
Ken Berry, interview by author, December 6, 2012.

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“Here's the gal”:
Kerry L. Black, “Don Knotts Credits Mother with Launching TV Career,”
Dominion-News
(Morgantown, WV), January 23, 1969.

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Even though the sexual”:
Knotts with Metz,
Barney Fife
, 178.

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“I went to the theater”:
Tom Knotts, interview by author, February 20, 2014.

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“I just had this scene”:
Elaine Joyce, interview by author, January 27, 2014.

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“picked his male friends”:
Loralee Knotts, interview by author, April 14, 2014.

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“I spent six months”:
Knotts with Metz,
Barney Fife
, 182.

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“Nobody knows
Andy
”:
Barthel, “How to Merchandise an Actor.”

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“were so enthralled”:
Bill Davidson, “Andy Griffith's $3,500,000 Misunderstanding,”
TV Guide
, January 9, 1971.

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Dick conveyed the offer
: Carol Kramer, “Film Hopes Dashed, Andy Griffith Set for New TV Series,”
Chicago Tribune
, February 9, 1970.

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“Andy was interested”:
Claudette Nevins, interview by author, January 8, 2014.

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“Griffith seems none too”:
Clarence Petersen, “Andy, CBS at Odds on Comic Line?,”
Chicago Tribune
, July 7, 1970.

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“Print it”:
Davidson, “Andy Griffith's $3,500,000 Misunderstanding,”

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“The truth, plain and simple”:
Ibid.

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Andy was furious:
Collins,
Andy Griffith Story
, 98.

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“For the first time”:
Knotts with Metz,
Barney Fife
, 182.

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“That's the hardest”:
Tom Knotts, interview by author, February 20, 2014.

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“He suffered so much”:
Joyce, interview by author.

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“CBS cancelled all three
”:
Kelly,
Andy Griffith Show
, 69.

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“you could have shot”:
Barbara Holsopple, “ ‘I Need This Series,' Desperate Andy Griffith Says,”
Pittsburgh Press
, January 30, 1979.

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“Say, didn't you”:
Vernon Scott, “Andy Griffith Misses His Show,”
The Palm Beach Post
, May 13, 1972.

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“had put my name”:
Knotts with Metz,
Barney Fife
, 184–85.

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“Barbara wasn't thick-skinned”:
Mal Vincent, “The Real Andy Griffith Lives among Us, Quietly,”
The Virginian-Pilot
, February 17, 2008.

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“and that's when she dried”:
Mike King, interview by author, November 5, 2014.

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“It was an idyllic”:
Craig Fincannon, interview by author, February 26, 2014.

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“had a big pontoon”:
Quentin Bell, interview by author, February 23, 2014.

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“I don't think anybody”:
Griffith, interview by Griffith.

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“Andy and I are making”:
Genie Campbell, “He's a Red Hot Lover,”
Elk Grove Herald
, June 23, 1972.

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“was a big deal”:
Jamie Smith-Jackson, interview by author, January 20, 2014.

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“I dreamed I hit”:
Bill King, “Andy Griffith Changes His Image,”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, February 13, 1983.

13. Second Chances, Second Wives

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“I had always thought”:
Knotts with Metz,
Barney Fife
, 195.

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“If I'm in the business”:
Tim Conway, interview by Karen Herman, April 20, 2004.

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“His career had just gone”:
Loralee Knotts, interview by author.

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“And it's up in”:
Tim Conway, interview by author, February 6, 2013.

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“Don would get in”:
Tim Conway, remarks at the Don Knotts memorial, May 4, 2006.

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“He was real close”:
Bell, interview by author.

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“She was funny”:
Berry, interview by author, December 5, 2013.

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“It was beautiful”:
Loralee Knotts, interview by author.

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“But it was all
”:
Sharon Spelman, interview by author via e-mail, February 2014.

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“I need this series”:
Holsopple, “ ‘I Need This Series.' ”

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“I did five pilots”:
Kent Demaret, “What It Is, Is the Tough Game of TV Ratings That Veteran Andy Griffith Is Playing Again,”
People
, February 19, 1979.