Donahue - "Andy Griffith & Friends" (Part 4, 1986)

Here's Part 4, the final part, of an installment of Donahue that aired on WBBM Channel 2, hosted by Phil Donahue, with Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors and George Lindsey reminiscing about their days on The Andy Griffith Show and promoting their upcoming reunion TV-movie, Return to Mayberry, which would air on the NBC Network on April 13th 1986; this was also a few months before Griffith began a nine-year run on TV as crafty defense lawyer Ben Matlock. (By this time, Donahue had moved its base of operations to New York City, where the show aired on WNBC Channel 4 from 1971 to 1972 and, more successfully, from 1977 to 1995.) Includes:

Donahue bumper with still from The Andy Griffith Show opening sequence (Andy and Opie out going fishing) as seen in its final three seasons on the air (1965-68) and backing music consisting of show theme "The Fishing Hole" (written by Earle Hagen)

Phil standing in front of an RCA TK-44A/B class camera, taking a question from a lady who asks Jim how he went from being a U.N. typist to an actor.

A male audience member asks the actors if there was any part they'd wanted to play but hadn't.

Phil then introduces a clip from the upcoming Return to Mayberry.

A balding man wearing a suit with a red vest poses two questions, one about "Ronny" (as Andy and the rest of the cast and crew still refer to him by force of habit) and the "magic" between him and Andy, and the other about Andy's hair and how he stays so young.

A lady in a blue dress speaks of loving Goober and Gomer, but can't remember how Goober came in.

Another lady asks if the four are personal friends.

Another member of the audience asks where the reunion film was filmed, and Andy mentioned it was shot on location, in Los Olivos, CA.

In response to a question about Opie from another female member of the audience, Andy mentions that in the script he's married with a child - and then brings up that Ronny, in real life, is married with three children.

A question is posed to Jim about whether he's still singing in nightclubs, to which he responds he has no such gigs until later in May when he plays Harrah's.

Phil then takes a question from a lady in the back who asks whose idea it was to make the reunion film, and how long it took to make it, and whether anyone had difficulty getting into their roles again.

As the Donahue theme is struck, Don is asked whether he's married, to which he replies "Yes and no"; with that, Phil signals for the next commercial break.

Donahue "Be Right Back" bumper

Bumper slide advising where to send for transcripts of Donahue transcripts (to a P.O. box in Cincinnati, OH)

Phil, in the middle of the studio audience, advising of Return to Mayberry's air date, then taking other audience members' questions.

Executive Producer - Patricia McMillen
Senior Producer - Gail Steinberg
Directed By David L. McGrail
Producers - Lorri Antosz Benson, Janet Harrell, Marlaine Selip, Susan Sprecher
Researchers - Claudette Roper, Lillian Smith
Office Manager - Lorraine Landelius
Promotion Managers - Kathleen Gold, Joycelyn Marnul, Penny Rotheiser
Promotion Asstistant [sic] - Lillian Bryant
Audience Services - Sharon Campbell
Executive Secretary - Joanna Belessis
Production Secretaries - Lynn Carlson, Nora Guzewicz, Laura Lynn Roth
Production Manager - Pat O'Keefe
Technical Manager - Scott Davis
Technical Director - Bryan Russo
Lighting Director - Gregory Williams
Audio - Julie Anna Perez
Video - Ronald G. Adams
Associate Director - Joyce Hurley
Stage Manager - Bob Van Ry
Scenic Designer - Frank Lopez
Cameras - R. Jordan-Blondi, George Ciliberto, William Goetz, Steve Jambeck
Audio Assistant - Jan Switkes
Electronic Graphics - Debra J. Morrishow
Electronic Still Storage - Carol Collings
Videotape - Nellie Kemp, Robert Rizzo, Richard Nemetz, Leonard Fuchs, Tim Gorry, Roger Russell
Electronic Technician - Jorge Velez
Make-Up - Michael Laudati
Donahue

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This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, March 28th 1986 during the 9am to 10am timeframe.

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