Teaming Up Once More.
The Andy Griffith Show wasn’t the last time that Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Aneta Corsaut, Jack Dodson, and Betty Lynn would work together. In fact, all of the mentioned appeared on Griffith’s later show Matlock.
Character Development.
Initially, Andy Griffith played his character Taylor as some heavy-handed country bumpkin, who grinned ear to ear and spoke in a rather hesitant, frantic manner. However, he gradually abandoned the whole ‘rustic Taylor’ and instead developed a more serious and thoughtful characterization – good choice. Taylor then became the show’s problem solver, mediator, disciplinarian, and counselor, setting him apart from other shows running at the time.