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Viewers Upset with WFMY For Replacing ‘Andy Griffith Show’ with News

For the first time in thirty years, viewers of WFMY won’t be able to watch “The Andy Griffith Show” at the usual time of 5:30 p.m. and they’re not happy about it. The Greensboro, NC, CBS affiliate recently replaced the residents of Mayberry...Show More Summary

Jim Nabors Marries Long-Time Partner

Jim Nabors has come out of the closet, in the most celebratory way possible: he just got married! The veteran actor - best known for portraying Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show - tied the knot with his partner of 38 years on January...Show More Summary

Jim Nabors marries partner of 38 years

Jim Nabors, 82, of "The Andy Griffith Show" and “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” fame announced his marriage on Tuesday. He and his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, 64, were wed earlier this month, but did not announce their marriage until Jan. Show More Summary

Report Says Jim Nabors Marries Partner in Seattle

4 months agoArts : ArtsBeat

The actor, 82, who played the hapless if loveable Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.", was said to have married Stan Cadwallader, 64, his partner of 38 years, in a private ceremony in a Seattle hotel room on Jan. 15.

Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) Marries Partner After 38-Years

Actor Jim Nabors, best known for playing Private Gomer Pyle in the 1960s sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show, has married his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, after 38-years together as a gay couple. The couple traveled from their Honolulu home to Seattle, WA, where gay marriage was recently made legal, and were married on January 15, 2013....

Congrats to Jim Nabors and His Husband! To Celebrate, Let's Pick the Greatest "Gomer Pyle" Episode

4 months agoLGBT / Gay : After Elton

Jim Nabors is a TV icon thanks to his role as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., but he just renewed his legend in a cool and heartwarming way -- by marrying his male partner of 38 years, Stan Cadwallader....Show More Summary

Begin the Thawing Coming Out of Jim Nabors

In Seattle, good for the state’s voters: Jim Nabors, best known as Gomer Pyle from “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” has just wed his partner of 38 years, Stan Cadwallader, in Seattle, according to Hawaii News Now. The couple traveled from their Honolulu home to Washington, where same-sex marriage became legal last [...]

“Gomer Pyle” Actor Jim Nabors Marries Longtime Boyfriend

4 months agoLGBT / Gay : Queerty

Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL Depending on how old you are, you’re either stunned by the news Jim Nabors has come out, or you’re asking who Jim Nabors is. Well, back in the 1960s he appeared on The Andy Griffith Show, and then his own sitcom, Gomer Pyle, USMC. In an exclusive with [...]

11 TV Show Theme Songs That Secretly Have Lyrics

Chances are, you’ve been humming the theme songs for the "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Bewitched" for years. Turns out these songs weren't just tunes, but actually had lyrics that went along with them. Our friends at mental_floss have uncovered the lyrics to 11 popular TV show songs. Show More Summary

Obama Ads Aired During 'Racist' Sitcom

Yahoo News’ Chris Wilson reports that the show whose political advertising skews most Republican is The Andy Griffith Show. For Democrats, it’s a show a smidgen less wholesome: “2 Broke Girls” swung the most heavily to the Democrats—surprising,...Show More Summary

Parakeet Whistles the Theme Song to The Andy Griffith Show

10 months agoOdd : Neatorama

(Video Link)“The Fishin’ Hole” was whistled for the opening of The Andy Griffith Show, but it does have lyrics. Still, Tookie the parakeet prefers the whistled version. -via Althouse

WATCH: How To Recreate 'The Andy Griffith Show' Opening Credits

10 months agoPop Culture / Celebrity : PopEater

Even though Mayberry, N.C. is a fictional town, fans looking to pay homage to Andy Griffith and his eponymous show can still visit the next...

Take a walk to Andy Griffith's Mayberry in Franklin Canyon

You don’t have to visit Mayberry to pay homage to the late Andy Griffith. Much of “The Andy Griffith Show” was shot in Los Angeles, with the opening credit sequence filmed at a man-made reservoir in L.A.’s Franklin Canyon.

Andy Griffith Suffered Heart Attack Before Death

Mayberry lost one of its very best, when TV legend Andy Griffith passed away on Tuesday. As we previously reported, The Andy Griffith Show star died in his home in Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Now, we know just how the 86-year-old passed — his death certificate revealed that he suffered a heart attack 24 hours before his [...]

TCM to honor Andy Griffith, Sarah McLachlan spotted!

Most of us will forever remember actor Andy Griffith as the kindly TV sheriff in the sleepy Southern town of Mayberry on "The Andy Griffith Show." Or your grandma's favorite TV attorney, "Matlock." Or perhaps the really creepy way that...Show More Summary

Was 'The Andy Griffith Show' Postracial?

Was the absence of black people in Andy Griffith's Mayberry, set in North Carolina and broadcast as the civil rights movement intensified during the 1960s, a problem? Not really, according to African American columnists with ties to the state who weighed in on Tuesday's death of the beloved Griffith at age 86. Show More Summary

Actor Andy Griffith’s death caused by heart attack

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Actor Andy Griffith, beloved as a small-town sheriff on the popular television program "The Andy Griffith Show," died of a heart attack, according to his death certificate.

Keck's Exclusives: Co-Stars Remember Andy Griffith

There aren't many adult cast members of The Andy Griffith Show still alive, so it's nice to know that the remaining few remained in touch with Andy Griffith until his death on July 3. Three years ago, Griffith and his wife, Cindi, visited... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com The Andy Griffith Show Andy Griffith Betty Lynn Jim Nabors

Andy Griffith's two faces, both of them America's

The Mayberry version of America was already beginning to fade into history when Andy Griffith, who died this week, began starring in "The Andy Griffith Show," as a small-town sheriff like no other.

The Throwback: Sheriff Andy Taylor's many women

Without much crime to solve in North Carolina’s fictional Mayberry, Sheriff Andy Taylor had plenty of time to woo the ladies on “The Andy Griffith Show.” From the widowed father’s first girlfriend, Ellie Walker, to his eventual wife, Helen Crump, here’s a look back at Andy’s on-screen love life: (In real life, Griffith, who died [...]

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