When you watch reruns of The Andy Griffith Show—most notably its first five seasons—you can't help but get taken in by the easy-going chemistry between Griffith's role as Mayberry's Sheriff ...

Andy Griffith and Don Knotts were close while filming 'The Andy Griffith Show.' But were they friends after the show came to an end?

Much like Sheriff Andy Taylor, Andy Griffith found a way to convince a dying Don Knotts to let him visit despite Knotts' embarrassment over his oxygen tank. Here's how.

In the following exclusive interview, we look at the decades-spanning friendship between Andy Griffith and Don Knotts through the reflections of the author himself.

Andy Griffith, Don Knotts and Ron Howard. realronhoward/Instagram The sitcom, which ran for eight seasons, followed the sheriff of Mayberry, Andy Taylor (Griffith).

Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series “The Andy Griffith Show” and the ...

Ron Howard, who played Opie on "The Andy Griffith Show" as a child, said he recently found out that he and former co-star Don Knotts are distant cousins.

"Andy Griffith Show" and "Three's Company" star Don Knotts was quite the ladies man, according to the comedic actor's daughter.

In real life, Andy Griffith and Don Knotts continued their friendship long after the end of the series.

Andy Griffith and Don Knotts: A Friendship That Defined TV Comedy Certain pairings on television shows are just magic-when the chemistry between a pair of performers surpass anything the writers ...

In the following exclusive interview, we look at the decades-spanning friendship between Andy Griffith and Don Knotts through the reflections of the author himself.

Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series “The Andy Griffith Show” and the ...