As Barney leaves to teach a safety class at school, they encounter Ernest T. Andy mentions that Barney's old girlfriend Thelma Lou, now divorced, is back in Mayberry. When Andy learns that his old deputy Barney Fife ( Don Knotts), now back in Mayberry himself serving as acting sheriff, has announced his own candidacy, Andy tells Opie that he won't run against Barney.īarney tells Andy that he decided to run for sheriff because nobody else would. He also intends to run in the soon-to-be held sheriff's election. to see his son Opie ( Ron Howard) become a first-time father. Having retired from a position as a postal inspector in Cleveland, Ohio, Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) returns to his native Mayberry N.C. ![]() 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. Otis Campbell ( Hal Smith), the former town drunk, has become sober and now drives an ice cream truck. Bass and Briscoe Darling, respectively, along with Maggie Peterson and The Dillards as the rest of the Darling family. Howard Morris and Denver Pyle reprise the hillbilly roles of Ernest T. Gomer Pyle ( Jim Nabors), having returned to civilian life following his stint in the Marines, operates a local service station along 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). The slightly milquetoast Howard Sprague ( Jack Dodson), in an attempt to look younger, is seen in various hues of hair color. Most of the characters from the old series are revisited. 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. The film premiered on April 13, 1986, on NBC, and was the highest- rated television film of 1986. The special was supposed to be the beginning of a periodic series of Andy Griffith Show TV movies, but the surprise success of Matlock made that impossible.Return to Mayberry is a 1986 American made-for-television romantic comedy film based on the 1960s sitcoms The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. ![]()
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