We didn't have reruns back then, so when the show ended we thought it was over. I'm overwhelmed by how long the show has been popular and by how many people still love it today. I still watch the reruns… — Betty Lynn Copy Share Image
I still stay in touch with Elinor Donahue. I've known Elinor since she was 14-years-old. — Betty Lynn Copy Share
In 1986, when they made the TV movie, Return to Mayberry, Barney and Thelma Lou did get married! — Betty Lynn Copy Share
On the third Friday of each month, I go to the Andy Griffith Museum. I get to meet hundreds of fans who stand in… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
I love to meet people for lunch at my favorite restaurant, the Loaded Goat. It is named after the Andy Griffith Show episode where… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
Andy [Griffith] and I spoke on the phone not too long before he died. I told him I loved him and he told me… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
They were all wonderful [on Andy Griffith Show], but I enjoyed Andy and Don and Ron the most. Ron played little Opie so well.… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
I love Mayberry! The people here are wonderful! When I'm at the grocery store people come up and hug me. Friends pick me up… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
George Lindsay who played Goober thought Andy Griffith Show limited his career. — Betty Lynn Copy Share
I was under contract with Walt Disney at the time. I was co-starring in my second season of a show called, Texas John Slaughter.… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
I'd been visiting Mount Airy every year for Mayberry Days. Twice when I was doing personal appearances, one in Alabama and once for Mayberry… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
We actually grew closer as friends years later when we started doing personal appearances together. I stayed in touch with Andy [Griffith] and Don… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
Twenty years after the Andy Griffith Show when Andy did Matlock, he hired me for four episodes. I told him I wanted to develop… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
Once when I was cooking I burned my arm with scalding water. I went to the Emergency Room of the Hospital. When the doctor… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
Don Knotts won five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series [in Andy Griffith… — Betty Lynn Copy Share
Don Knotts left [Andy Griffith Show] to pursue a movie career, so once he was gone I left too. — Betty Lynn Copy Share
