Andy Griffith Show Book From Miracle Salve to Kerosene Cucumbers The Complete Guide to One of Television's Best-Loved Shows

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Some shows just get better with age.As The Andy Griffith Show turns forty, the authors of the complete fan guide to the show have updated the book with new information gained from access to the complete shooting scripts of the original episodes.The Andy Griffith Show remains one of America's most-watched programs, gaining new fans through its widespread syndication (including a major promotional campaign accompanying its joining TV Land's prime-time line-up in 2000), conventions, and upcoming "behind-the-scenes" television specials.America has embraced the characters of Mayberry---Aunt Bee, Barney Fife, Goober, Opie, and Andy himself---as family members.From Miracle Salves to Kerosene Cucumbers, The Andy Griffith Show has left a lasting impression on our culture, a sweet nostalgic taste for a time gone by.AUTHORBIO: KEN BECK and JIM CLARK have been leaders of the Andy Griffith Show ReRun Watchers Club for more than twenty years, since they first published a mimeographed fanzine.The fan organization now boasts more than a thousand chapters nationwide and a Website.Both authors live near Nashville, Tennessee.