This Week in Television History: February 2012 PART II

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As always, the further we go back in Hollywood history, the morethat fact and legend become intertwined. It's hard to say where the truthreally lies.

February 15, 1960

"Danny Meets Andy Griffith"was telecast on The Danny Thomas Show.

In the episode, Griffith playedfictional Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry, North Carolina, who arrests Thomas for running a stop sign. Future players in The Andy GriffithShow, Frances Bavier and Ron Howard, appeared in the episode as townspeople,Henrietta Perkins, and Sheriff Taylor's son, Opie.

To quote the BicentennialMinute, "And that's the way it was".

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Tony Figueroa