R.I.P., Sheriff Taylor.
Regardless of his personal politics, he gave us all one of the most believable, likable characters in television history. Those shows (especially the first five years, in glorious black-and-white) are still funny and lovable, even after 50 years. I still watch them on a regular basis on DVD.””
I raised 3 kids watching all the episodes on our complete tape collection. Contrary to the filth and marketing of perversion we see today, every episode of Andy had a good message. I suspect Andy became corrupted after living in and around homowood for too many years.