Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But The Andy Griffith Show wasn’t interested in any of that. Its opening didn’t even feature lyrics on the broadcast version—just ...

“Simmer down,” Sheriff Andy Taylor would say when someone got overly excited on “The Andy Griffith Show.” But judging from a recent lawsuit filed over the show's iconic whistled theme song, simmer is ...

If you showed a time traveler (or, let’s be honest, anyone who is 22 in 2025) the opening sequence of The Andy Griffith Show with the sound off, they’d be like, “Why are you showing me this? Also, ...

The heirs of the two men who created The Andy Griffith Show's theme song argue the network is relying on an 1978 agreement between Viacom and Mayberry Enterprises concerning rights to the series and… ...

Andy Griffith’s death Tuesday at the age of 86 left many whistling, whether deliberately or absent-mindedly, the cheerful ditty from”The Andy Griffith Show” in honor of an actor who personified a ...

The Andy Griffith Show stopped production over 50 years ago, but it’s back in the news thanks to a lawsuit over the rights to its catchy, whistled theme song. Heirs of the song’s two creators are ...

(CNN) — Earl Hagen spent a couple of months trying to come up with suitable music for “The Andy Griffith Show.” He awoke one morning, convinced the theme should be simple enough to whistle. In about ...

It took three years, a few strangers and the “Andy Griffith Show” theme song to help reunite a Lancaster County family with its missing pet. Lucky the cockatiel flew out the window of his home three ...

The Andy Griffith Show is a situation comedy series set in the fictional town of Mayberry. The beloved TV show has been off the air since 1968, but somehow it manages to grow more popular with each ...

The heirs of "The Andy Griffith Show Theme" creators claim CBS doesn't have a license to use the song in DVDs or on digital platforms. By Ashley Cullins The heirs of the two men who created The Andy ...