Andy Griffith
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Oprah Honors Freedom Riders
… That same year, the United States put its first man into space, and popular TV shows like Leave It to Beaver and The Andy Griffith Show depicted the all-American life. But those idyllic images were not reflective of life for many African-Americans …
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Why Oprah Decided to Start Her OWN Network
… You used to be able to watch shows and come away with something—like with my favorite program growing up, The Andy Griffith Show. SC: Or Wild Kingdom! I loved that. OW: Or Wild Kingdom. You would watch it, and even if you didn't learn …
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The Oprah Winfrey Show Finale
… revelation to all of us how much dysfunction there was in people's lives. I grew up with Leave It to Beaver and Andy Griffith . I thought everybody's family life was like that, even though I knew mine was not. Well this show, and our guests …
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What I Know For Sure
… to talk to your kids about divorce . I'm still thinking about the little boy who looked like Opie Taylor from The Andy Griffith Show, 7-year-old Kris, and his 11-year-old sister, Daisy. Four years ago, their mother walked out on them …
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The Story of My Life
… The Red Skelton Show, moving with it from radio to television, and wrote episodes of My Favorite Martian and The Andy Griffith Show. He and Nancy collaborated on writing eight books. They still spend hours a day working side by side, Benedict …
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Icy Sparks
… Mac Hyman, the author of No Time For Sergeants, the best-selling novel which was later made into a film starring Andy Griffith . She has had short fiction published in literary journals and anthologies, and her writing has been awarded grants …
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Oprah's Words to Live By
Some people might find it ironic that I've never been much of a TV watcher. Aside from old reruns of The Andy Griffith Show, I stopped regularly tuning in to sitcoms the night Mary Tyler Moore went off the air. At home, I skip the …
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Bonnie Hunt: The Stories of Us
… My dad also worked very hard; he was a self-taught electrician. On the porch in the summer and every night The Andy Griffith Show was on, both of them got to forget their problems—they laughed so much with that family in Mayberry. They …
