The Andy Griffith Show

Specials

1960 · 8 episodes · 5h 32m in all

Episodes

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   1. Danny Meets Andy Griffith

   15 Feb 1960 · 25 min · 10.0/10

   The "unofficial" pilot, first broadcast in season 7, episode 20 of "Make Room for Daddy". Danny runs a stop sign at a "future crossroad" traveling through the small town of Mayberry. Danny being a big star, Andy sees this as an opportunity to raise extra money to build the crossroad. Danny is furious and would rather go to jail.

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   2. Return to Mayberry

   13 Apr 1986 · 95 min · 8.5/10

   After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for sheriff.

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   3. A Mayberry Reunion

   19 Nov 1990 · 25 min

   TBS celebrates The Andy Griffith Show's thirtieth anniversary with a reunion show featuring stories and anecdotes from the cast and crew.

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   4. The Andy Griffith Show Reunion: Back to Mayberry

   11 Nov 2003 · 45 min

   "The Andy Griffith Show Reunion: Back to Mayberry" is a retrospective TV special about The Andy Griffith Show that originally aired November 11, 2003 on CBS and was directed by Eamon Harrington and John Watkin. Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors and Rodney Dillard sit in a court room set and talk about the show and how the show affected their lives and how others react to them when they see them now. Archive footage is shown of their favorite moments and of those who have died that were part of the show. Ron Howard walks with Andy Griffith on the road that opened the show. Ron, at age 49 whistles the theme song and throws the rock just as he did as a little boy, and comparative footage is shown. After they finish talking they all hug. Andy Griffith turns the lights out and the show ends.

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   5. The Andy Griffith Show Reunion

   10 Feb 1993 · 45 min

   In this 1993 CBS retrospective, cast members from "The Andy Griffith Show" gather to reminisce about the classic 1960s TV series.

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   6. The Andy Griffith Show Christmas Special

   25 Dec 2015 · 45 min

   This is a presentation of two cherished episodes,"Christmas Story" and "The Pickle Story", as broadcast on CBS in 2015. Both episodes have been colorized for this broadcast.

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   7. The Howards' On-Set Movies

   Date TBA · 25 min

   Ron Howards personal home movies while on the set of The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1961).

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   8. Christmas Story (Colorized)

   18 Mar 1966 · 27 min

   Local 'Scrooge' Ben Weaver manages to have harmless bootlegger Sam Muggins thrown into jail on Christmas, but the good folk of Mayberry have a unique plan of their own.