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Danny Meets Andy Griffith: Directed by Sheldon Leonard. With Danny Thomas, Marjorie Lord, Rusty Hamer, Angela Cartwright. Danny is arrested by Sheriff Andy Taylor for going through an unnoticed stop sign in the town of Mayberry.
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- Comedy, Family
- Sheldon Leonard
- 1960-02-15
Mar 29, 2023 · Danny is arrested by Sheriff Andy Taylor for going through a stop sign in the town of Mayberry. This episode was the pilot for "The Andy Griffith Show."Origi...
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The sitcom set in the fictional town of Mayberry premiered in 1960. Featuring Andy Griffith, who was also the star of the 1957 film A Face in the Crowd, the series about a single father who also serves as sheriff of a quaint, small town won viewers’ hearts. Author Richard Kelly had this to say about the series in his 1981 book, The Andy Griffith Sh...
Andy Griffith’s show was given a pilot episode on The Danny Thomas Show, starring singer, actor, and producer Danny Thomas. Clearly, Griffith’s performance was an impressive one because, before long, his own show was given the green light by CBS. Griffith told Kelly about the jitters he experienced working with Danny Thomas.
One of the show’s characters by Griffith’s side from the start was 5-year-old Ron Howard. Now a celebrated director, Howard recalled shooting the pilot in a 2006 conversation with the Archive of American Television. “I don’t remember anything like an audition for The Andy Griffith Show,” Howard said. “I just remember doing the first pilot on The Da...
May 8, 2021 · In 1960, television viewers met Sheriff Andy Taylor and the town of Mayberry for the first time.. The classic comedy’s pilot aired on The Danny Thomas Show that year. The pilot went so well ...
Sep 8, 2014 · Sheldon Leonard, producer of The Danny Thomas Show, and Danny Thomas, hired veteran comedy writer Arthur Stander (who had written many of the "Danny Thomas" ...
May 2, 2021 · Andy Griffith’s show was given a pilot episode on The Danny Thomas Show, starring singer, actor, and producer Danny Thomas. Clearly, Griffith’s performance was an impressive one because ...
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1960 · 27 min. TV-PG. Comedy · Kids & Family. Danny is arrested by Sheriff Andy Taylor for going through a stop sign in the town of Mayberry. This episode was the pilot for "The Andy Griffith Show." Subtitles: English. Starring: Danny Thomas Marjorie Lord Sherry Jackson. Directed by: Sheldon Leonard.
