A collection of essays by children of the cast, guest stars, and historians celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Andy Griffith Show's debut.

Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of The Andy Griffith Show with hundreds of recipes in this special keepsake edition of Aunt Bee’s Mayberry Cookbook. Aunt Bee and her friends have stirred up a cookbook that brings home all the flavor of "The Andy Griffith Show's" Mayberry. Dive in and discover 300 recipes from your favorite characters and their favorite local eateries. From good old-fashioned, down-home cooking to some of Mayberry's more unusual meals, you'll find favorite Mayberry-style dishes for all occasions, inspired by Aunt Bee's talents in the kitchen and love for her family and friends. You’ll learn how to make delicious meals including: Betty’s Breakfast Grits Casserole Crooner’s Shrimp Creole Barney’s Hot Plate Chili Helen’s Honor Rolls Aunt Bee’s Fried Chicken Opie’s Carrot-Top Cake Thelma Lou’s Very Chocolate Cheesecake, and so much more! This 60th Anniversary Edition of Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook includes curated menus for every occasion, from Morelli’s Pounded Steak Dinner to Aunt Bee’s Southern Family Dinner to a Fourth of July Backyard Barbeque. Most recipes can be made with simple pantry staples, and there are plenty of options for any home cook, whether you need a quick weeknight dinner or a show-stopping brunch. Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook is also full of wonderful, rare photographs from "The Andy Griffith Show" and offers entertaining glimpses into "the friendly town." This book makes a perfect gift for fans of the show and anyone who enjoys cooking for family and friends.

A collection of short-form essays about various aspects of the history behind The Andy Griffith Show.

On the February 2, 1960, episode of The Danny Thomas Show, entertainer Danny Williams (Danny Thomas) is arrested for a traffic violation by a small-town sheriff named Andy Taylor, played by a good-natured Southern actor named Andy Griffith. Thus was born one of the most popular television shows of the 1960s--The Andy Griffith Show. From the time it officially debuted in October 1960, The Andy Griffith Show was a perennial favorite on CBS, finishing its eight-year run as the top-rated show on television. It also produced some of the most remembered characters (Andy, Opie, Aunt Bee, and Barney Fife) of the era. Each of the show's 249 episodes is fully detailed here, including air dates, cast and production personnel, guest stars, and a bevy of facts about that particular episode. The 1986 television movie Return to Mayberry is covered in detail. Brief biographies of the show's major stars, producers, directors and writers are also provided.

"The world loves Sheriff Andy Taylor. Yet the actor who played him was intensely private. Here, for the first time, is the real Andy Griffith, his career and life defined by the island that made him in the years soon after World War II. He achieved his artistic breakthrough while acting in The Lost Colony drama on Roanoke Island, then spent the rest of his life repaying the island for giving him that start. Here, in unique closeup, is Andy of Manteo, reveling in wild, watery and loving ways with his fellow islanders." --Amazon.com

Presents photographs of the cast, crew, and set of the popular television program.

Contains a complete fan guide to the popular television series that ran from 1960 to 1968, and profiles all of the major and minor characters that appeared on the show over its history.