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''Return to Mayberry'' is a 1986 American
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romantic comedy film based on the 1960s
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s ''
The Andy Griffith Show ''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American situation comedy television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color. The ...
'' and ''
Mayberry R.F.D. ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' (abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery) is an American television series produced as a spin-off continuation of ''The Andy Griffith Show''. When star Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters ...
''. The film premiered on April 13, 1986, on
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, and was the highest- rated television film of 1986. Sixteen of the original cast members reunited and reprised their roles for the film and its success could have led to additional Mayberry programs, but Griffith was committed to '' Matlock'' (also airing on NBC at the time) for the 1986–87 season. Most of the characters from the old series are revisited. The slightly milquetoast
Howard Sprague Howard Sprague is a fictional character on the CBS television sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'', and its spin-off '' Mayberry R.F.D.''. He was played by Jack Dodson from 1966-71. He was characterized by his milquetoast demeanor, moustache, bow ti ...
(
Jack Dodson John Smeaton "Jack" Dodson (May 16, 1931 – September 16, 1994) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague on ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and its spin-off '' Mayberry R.F.D.'' From 1959 until ...
), in an attempt to look younger, is seen in various hues of hair color.
Gomer Pyle Gomer Pyle is a fictional character played by Jim Nabors and introduced in the middle of the third season of ''The Andy Griffith Show''. A naïve and gentle auto mechanic, he became a character in the January 1963 episode, ''Man in a Hurry''. ...
(
Jim Nabors James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle. Nabors was discovered by Andy Griffith while working at a Santa Monica nightclub, and ...
), having returned to civilian life following his stint in the Marines, shares filling-station duties with his cousin Goober ( George Lindsey), and the pair are seen together for only the third time in the history of the franchise (after having previously only been shown together in the episode " Fun Girls" and an episode of ''
Gomer Pyle, USMC ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.''The show (and CBS) renders the title as ''Gomer Pyle – USMC''. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spin-off of ''The Andy Griffith Show' ...
'').
Howard Morris Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American actor, comedian, and director. He was best known for his role in ''The Andy Griffith Show'' as Ernest T. Bass, and as "Uncle Goopy" in a celebrated comedy sketch on Sid Cae ...
and
Denver Pyle Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor and director. He was well known for a number of TV roles from the 1960s through the 1980s, including his portrayal of Briscoe Darling Jr. in s ...
reprise the
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roles of
Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass is a fictional character on the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show''. He was played by Howard Morris. As with many of the show's characters, Morris had worked previously with other members of the cast and crew. He had wor ...
and Briscoe Darling, respectively, along with
Maggie Peterson Margaret Ann Peterson (January 10, 1941 – May 15, 2022) was an American actress and singer. She was best known for playing Charlene Darling on ''The Andy Griffith Show''. She also played the character of Doris in the episode "A Girl for Goob ...
and
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as the rest of the Darling family.
Otis Campbell Otis Campbell is the fictional " town drunk" in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show.'' Otis was played by Hal Smith and made frequent appearances on the show from 1960 to 1967 but stopped appearing toward the end of the ...
( Hal Smith), the former town drunk, has become sober and now drives an ice cream truck. The film serves as the series finale to ''The Andy Griffith Show'', as no further episodes were made to continue from where it left off.


Plot

Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) returns to his native
Mayberry Mayberry, North Carolina, is a fictional community that was the setting for two popular American television sitcoms, ''The Andy Griffith Show'' (1960–1968) and '' Mayberry R.F.D.'' (1968–1971); Mayberry was also the setting for a 1986 reun ...
to see his son Opie (
Ron Howard Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of ''The Twilight Zone''. He ...
) become a first-time father. He also intends to run in the soon-to-be held sheriff's election. When Andy learns that his old deputy
Barney Fife Bernard "Barney" Fife is a fictional character in the American television program '' The Andy Griffith Show'', portrayed by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow-paced, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North C ...
(
Don Knotts Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924February 24, 2006) was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on ''The Andy Griffith Show'', a 1960s sitcom for which he earned five Emmy Awards. He also ...
), now back in Mayberry himself serving as acting sheriff, announced his own candidacy, Andy tells Opie that he won't run against Barney. Barney tells Andy that he decided to run for sheriff because nobody else would. Andy mentions that Barney's old girlfriend
Thelma Lou Thelma Lou, or Thel by boyfriend Barney Fife, is a character on the American television sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'' (1960-1968). The character appeared in 26 episodes, starting with the first-season episode, "Cyrano Andy". Thelma Lou was por ...
, now divorced, is back in Mayberry. As Barney leaves to teach a safety class at school, they encounter
Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass is a fictional character on the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show''. He was played by Howard Morris. As with many of the show's characters, Morris had worked previously with other members of the cast and crew. He had wor ...
who gives them a cryptic rhyme: "Your hair was brown but now it's gray; make that monster go away." The "monster" is an elaborate publicity stunt orchestrated by businessman Wally Butler ( Richard Lineback), who bought a restaurant outside of town and added a hotel. Andy goes to the cemetery to visit
Aunt Bee Aunt Bee is a fictional character from the 1960 American television sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Played by Frances Bavier, the character migrated to the spinoff '' Mayberry R.F.D.'' (1968–1971) when ''The Andy Griffith Show'' ended its ru ...
's grave, and finds Thelma Lou there visiting her uncle's gravesite. They go to the school where Barney is teaching. While Barney and Thelma Lou get reacquainted, Andy drives over to Opie and his wife Eunice's house just as she is about to go into labor. They are unable to get to the hospital in time, and Andy delivers his grandson in the back of the car. The next day, Gomer and Goober are out fishing at Myers Lake when Gomer sees a monster stick its head up out of the water. Andy and Barney arrive shortly afterward, but Barney doesn't believe Gomer's story until he sees what looks like monster tracks in the mud. When Gomer later shows Barney a picture he took of Goober with something unidentifiable in the background, Barney becomes convinced there is a monster in the lake. With Barney's opponent Woods now running an aggressive campaign to discredit Barney, Howard and Opie try to convince Andy to re-enter the race. Meanwhile, former town drunk Otis Campbell ( Hal Smith), now long sober and driving an ice cream truck, is serving customers near Myers Lake when he sees the "monster" pop out of the lake. Otis races to the courthouse to tell Barney. Despite Andy's pleading with Barney to end his quest because people were laughing at him, Otis' report convinces Barney to resume the hunt for the monster. At Butler's Inn, Andy notices a picture with a dragon's head in it and remembering Ernest T.'s rhyme, Andy drives up to the Darlings' homestead, where Ernest T. now hangs out. Briscoe Darling (
Denver Pyle Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor and director. He was well known for a number of TV roles from the 1960s through the 1980s, including his portrayal of Briscoe Darling Jr. in s ...
) and his daughter Charlene (
Maggie Peterson Margaret Ann Peterson (January 10, 1941 – May 15, 2022) was an American actress and singer. She was best known for playing Charlene Darling on ''The Andy Griffith Show''. She also played the character of Doris in the episode "A Girl for Goob ...
) are delighted to see Andy. Andy manipulates Ernest T. into telling him when the monster will show up in Myers Lake again. At the lake, while Barney baits a trap, Andy spots Ernest T. going into a nearby stone quarry shed. Butler arrives at the shed to futilely get Ernest T. to reel the monster back in, but Andy catches both of them in the act. Barney and Howard follow Andy to the shed, and Andy makes it look like Barney plotted to make Butler overconfident and force his hand. Butler had found some old dragon artifacts, presumably left by the restaurant's former owners, and hired Ernest T. to instigate a hoax at Myers Lake to attract customers. Howard takes pictures of Barney with the dragon's head for the newspaper, and Andy tells Butler about the legal consequences of his actions. Later, at a campaign rally for Acting Sheriff Fife, Barney learns that Andy opted out of the sheriff's race to give Barney a better chance to win, he humbly asks the crowd to vote for Andy as a write-in candidate because "That's exactly what I'm gonna do." Andy is eventually elected sheriff, Opie accepts a newspaper job in Binghamton, and Barney and Thelma Lou finally get married, with Ernest T. and the Darlings joining in the celebration. The final shot (seen behind the end credits) is of Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Fife folding up an American flag at the end of the day on Mayberry's Main Street.


Cast

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Andy Griffith Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, southern gospel singer and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern drawl, his character ...
as Andy Taylor *
Ron Howard Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of ''The Twilight Zone''. He ...
as
Opie Taylor Opie Taylor is a fictional character played by Ron Howard in the American television program ''The Andy Griffith Show'', which was televised on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968. Opie Taylor appeared in 209 of the 249 episodes of ''The ...
*
Don Knotts Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924February 24, 2006) was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on ''The Andy Griffith Show'', a 1960s sitcom for which he earned five Emmy Awards. He also ...
as
Barney Fife Bernard "Barney" Fife is a fictional character in the American television program '' The Andy Griffith Show'', portrayed by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow-paced, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North C ...
*
Howard Morris Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American actor, comedian, and director. He was best known for his role in ''The Andy Griffith Show'' as Ernest T. Bass, and as "Uncle Goopy" in a celebrated comedy sketch on Sid Cae ...
as
Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass is a fictional character on the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show''. He was played by Howard Morris. As with many of the show's characters, Morris had worked previously with other members of the cast and crew. He had wor ...
*
Jim Nabors James Thurston Nabors (June 12, 1930 – November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle. Nabors was discovered by Andy Griffith while working at a Santa Monica nightclub, and ...
as
Gomer Pyle Gomer Pyle is a fictional character played by Jim Nabors and introduced in the middle of the third season of ''The Andy Griffith Show''. A naïve and gentle auto mechanic, he became a character in the January 1963 episode, ''Man in a Hurry''. ...
* George Lindsey as Goober Pyle *
Aneta Corsaut Aneta Louise Corsaut (November 3, 1933November 6, 1995) was an American actress and writer. She is best known for playing Helen Crump on ''The Andy Griffith Show'' (1963–1968), Judge Cynthia Justin on '' Matlock'' (1991–1992), and Jane in ' ...
as Helen Crump Taylor *
Jack Dodson John Smeaton "Jack" Dodson (May 16, 1931 – September 16, 1994) was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague on ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and its spin-off '' Mayberry R.F.D.'' From 1959 until ...
as
Howard Sprague Howard Sprague is a fictional character on the CBS television sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'', and its spin-off '' Mayberry R.F.D.''. He was played by Jack Dodson from 1966-71. He was characterized by his milquetoast demeanor, moustache, bow ti ...
*
Betty Lynn Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn (August 29, 1926 – October 16, 2021) was an American actress. She played Thelma Lou, Deputy Barney Fife's girlfriend, on ''The Andy Griffith Show''. During the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in many films, including ...
as
Thelma Lou Thelma Lou, or Thel by boyfriend Barney Fife, is a character on the American television sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'' (1960-1968). The character appeared in 26 episodes, starting with the first-season episode, "Cyrano Andy". Thelma Lou was por ...
*
Maggie Peterson Margaret Ann Peterson (January 10, 1941 – May 15, 2022) was an American actress and singer. She was best known for playing Charlene Darling on ''The Andy Griffith Show''. She also played the character of Doris in the episode "A Girl for Goob ...
as Charlene Darling *
Denver Pyle Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor and director. He was well known for a number of TV roles from the 1960s through the 1980s, including his portrayal of Briscoe Darling Jr. in s ...
as Briscoe Darling * Hal Smith as
Otis Campbell Otis Campbell is the fictional " town drunk" in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show.'' Otis was played by Hal Smith and made frequent appearances on the show from 1960 to 1967 but stopped appearing toward the end of the ...
* Rodney Dillard as Rodney Darling *
Doug Dillard Douglas Flint Dillard (March 6, 1937 – May 16, 2012) was an American musician noted for his banjo proficiency and his pioneering participation in late-60s country rock. Biography Early life Dillard, who grew up on a farm near Salem, Missouri, ...
as Doug Darling * Mitch Jayne as Mitch Darling * Dean Webb as Dean Darling * Richard Lineback as Wally Butler * Karlene Crockett as Eunice Taylor * Allen Williams as Lloyd Fox * Paul Willson as Ben Woods *
Rance Howard Rance Howard (born Harold Engle Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and grandfather of act ...
as Preacher *
Robert Broyles Robert Houston Broyles (January 20, 1933 - February 12, 2011) was an American character actor, drama teacher, theatre director, and writer. He was sometimes billed as Bob Broyles or Bobby Broyles. Early life Broyles was born in Sparta, Tenness ...
as Wilson * Karen Knotts as Opie's Receptionist


Production

Most of the surviving cast members of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' reprised their roles in the reunion movie. One notable exception was
Frances Bavier Frances Elizabeth Bavier (December 14, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American stage and television actress. Originally from New York theatre, she worked in film and television from the 1950s until the 1970s. She is best known for her role o ...
, who played
Aunt Bee Aunt Bee is a fictional character from the 1960 American television sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Played by Frances Bavier, the character migrated to the spinoff '' Mayberry R.F.D.'' (1968–1971) when ''The Andy Griffith Show'' ended its ru ...
for all eight seasons as well as two seasons of ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' Bavier had retired shortly after leaving ''R.F.D.'' in 1970. Her absence was explained by a scene in which Andy visits the cemetery where Aunt Bee is buried, confirming that Aunt Bee is deceased. The official reason given for Bavier's absence was poor health (she died in 1989).
Ron Howard Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of ''The Twilight Zone''. He ...
, playing an adult Opie, had quit his acting career by this point to focus on being a film director, and had already directed the hit movies '' Night Shift'' (1982), and '' Splash'' (1984) (which even featured Griffith co-star
Howard Morris Howard Jerome Morris (September 4, 1919 – May 21, 2005) was an American actor, comedian, and director. He was best known for his role in ''The Andy Griffith Show'' as Ernest T. Bass, and as "Uncle Goopy" in a celebrated comedy sketch on Sid Cae ...
in a cameo role.) ''Return to Mayberry'' marks (as of 2022) the last significant acting role for Howard. The Forty Acres backlot in
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, where most of the Mayberry exteriors were filmed in the original series, had been razed in 1976. For this movie, the town of
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doubled for Mayberry, with a stretch of Grand Avenue being used for the town square. A reconstruction of the original courthouse set was built in a small park at the corner of Grand and Alamo Pintado Avenues. The mid-intersection flagpole seen repeatedly in the movie is a veterans memorial that was built in Los Olivos shortly after World War I.


Ratings and Reception

''Return to Mayberry'' premiered on April 13, 1986 at 9:00pm (ET/PT) as part of '' NBC Sunday Night at the Movies'', and earned a Nielsen rating of 33.0, meaning around one-third of the TV-viewing public had tuned in to the broadcast. It became the top-rated made-for-TV movie of the 1985-86 season, and the second most-watched program that week (behind ''
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''). Although ''Return to Mayberry'' was a ratings success, its critical reception was mixed. A review in ''
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'' opined that its "slow pace, extremely modest level of humor and straightforward and predictable plotting make ''Return to Mayberry'' a less appealing reunion for the audience than it may have been for its actors." ''
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'' discussed the film only when it was in its last days of production, saying, "Even on TV's crowded reunion calendar, ''Return to Mayberry'' is a special event", but offering no substantive comment on the merits of the finished product. More recent reviews have been kinder, calling it "marvelous blast from the past" and a reunion that "worked largely because the producers kept the original flavour of the series yet brought the show up to date".


2004 re-broadcast

''Mayberry'' was rebroadcast on
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in 2004 by some
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as a replacement for the network's unedited rebroadcast of the film ''
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''. ''Ryan'' included language which the
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(FCC) had ruled "indecent and profane" in March 2004, and ''Mayberry'' was seen as a safer alternative, despite the fact that ''Ryan'' had already aired on the network in 2001 and 2002. The chief executive of
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— the main affiliate owner to rebroadcast ''Mayberry'' — cited the recent 2004 US Presidential election as a justification. "We're just coming off an election where moral issues were cited as a reason by people voting one way or another", the executive said, "and, in my opinion, the commissioners are fearful of the new
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." In the end, however, no complaints were lodged against ABC affiliates which showed ''Ryan'', perhaps because even conservative
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s like the
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supported the unedited rebroadcast of the film.


Confusion with later reunion

In 2003, four surviving cast members (Griffith, Howard, Knotts, and Nabors) came together for a reunion special that featured the actors reminiscing about their time on the show. The production was interspersed with archival footage and short filmed interviews with some of the other surviving cast members. This special was called ''The Andy Griffith Show: Back to Mayberry''. Some media outlets have occasionally called this show, too, ''Return to Mayberry'', which led to some confusion between the two productions. The title, ''The Andy Griffith Show: Back to Mayberry'', distinguishes this production from a 1993 production titled ''The Andy Griffith Show Reunion''.


Home media

The film was originally released on VHS in 1989 by Forum Home Video under license from Viacom (). A budget release from Video Treasures followed. It was released again in 1994 by Regent Entertainment (). In 2007, the film was released on
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as a bonus feature included with ''The Andy Griffith Show'' box set (), in 2010 as a special feature on the DVD ''The Andy Griffith Show 50th Anniversary: The Best of Mayberry'', and on
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in 2014 as a special feature on ''The Andy Griffith Show: Season 1''. It was released individually on DVD on June 13, 2017.


References


External links

*
Official Ernest T. Bass Website
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