"The Andy Griffith Show" is a spinoff of "The Danny Thomas Show". Danny Thomas appeared in the first episode. Frances Bavier is in the episode but not as Aunt Bee.
There were a total of 249 episodes shown in the eight years the show was on television.
The first 'The New Housekeeper', October 3, 1960
The last 'Mayberry R.F.D.', April 1, 1968 The pilot for series...
After The Andy Griffith Show had run it's course Griffith changed gears. He played attorney Ben Matlock, kind of a bumbler with a bad suit. But of course he always solved the murder and his clients...