Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show

by Daniel de Visé

Book Overview

A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, celebrating the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America's most iconic television programs. Andy Griffith and Don Knotts met on Broadway in the 1950s. When Andy went to Hollywood to film a TV pilot about a small-town sheriff, Don called to ask if the sheriff could use a deputy. The comedic synergy between Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife ignited The Andy Griffith...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476747733
• ISBN13: 9781476747736
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"