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...
Not being a fan of the show, one can only look at the facts. Andy Griffith was classed as a comedy. there is nothing funny about corporal punishment and it is controversial besides. It would be...
Not his tv wife, His real life wife was on the show. She appeared several times as a background player as when the choir was rehearsing. She is standing behind and to the side of Aunt Bee.