Yet amidst all the fantastical storytelling, The Andy Griffith Show stood out for its simplicity. It wasn't about magic or mayhem but an idealized vision of small-town life and the innocence of ...

Without Knotts on board regularly, Griffith felt like he lost an oar to his boat, MeTV reports. Howard said, “I think, for Andy, the show was never the same after Don left. He didn’t have that ...