Andy and Don : the making of a friendship and a classic American TV show /
When Andy Griffith went to Hollywood in 1960 to film a television pilot about a small-town sheriff, his friend Don Knotts called to ask if his sheriff could use a deputy. Together, Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife elevated The Andy Griffith Show from a folksy sitcom into a timeless study o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: | When Andy Griffith went to Hollywood in 1960 to film a television pilot about a small-town sheriff, his friend Don Knotts called to ask if his sheriff could use a deputy. Together, Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife elevated The Andy Griffith Show from a folksy sitcom into a timeless study of human friendship. The program was fiction, but the friendship was powerful and real. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476747736 1476747733 9781476747743 1476747741 |