thanks to places like tvland i could still hear that song and whistle. ♪ >> that whistle calls viewersayberry for eight years beginning in 1960 he started as sheriff andy taylor. opie's pa. >> you know you have been taught the golden rule do on to others as you would have them do on to you? >> you think you have been following that rule? >> sure tommy did on to me now i'm doing on to them. >> wise words and southern drawl was the straight man. >> she had to go to mount pilot. we are going to take in her laundry. >> the real mayberry many believe was griffith's hometown of mount airy, north carolina the movie theater there is a monument to his career. he got his first break with a monologue about football. >> both bunches full of them men wanted this funny looking little pumpkin to play with. >> reporter: soon he was appearing on broadway and starring in movies like "no time for sergeants." >> i'm plo? >> what? >> permanently latrine orderly. >> they said he had a good grin and funny. hollywood took note and gave him the andy griffith show. when it went off air it was number one. 20 yea

thanks to places like tvland i could still hear that song and whistle. ♪ >> that whistle calls viewersberry for eight years beginning in 1960 he started as sheriff andy taylor. opie's pa. >> you know you have been taught the golden rule do on to others as you would have them do on to you? >> you think you have been following that rule? >> sure tommy did on to me now i'm doing on to them. >> wise words and southern drawl was the straight man. >> she had to go to mount pilot. we are going to take in her laundry. >> the real mayberry many believe was griffith's hometown of mount airy, north carolina the movie theater there is a monument to his career. he got his first break with a monologue about football. >> both bunches full of them men wanted this funny looking little pumpkin to play with. >> reporter: soon he was appearingn broadway and starring in movies like "no time for sergeants." >> i'm plo? >> what? >> permanently latrine orderly. >> they said he had a good grin and funny. hollywood took note and gave him the andy griffith show. when it went off air it was number one. 20 years l

now in its second season on tvland. she's written a memoir called "guts.". >> all my fans came today. >> i know. i'm so happy to meet you. >> isn't he cute? i was flirting with him earlier. >> you are one of those spirits that everyone pulls for. >> really? i thought everyone hated me. >> no, not at all. did you hear the collective "aw." >> once you leave for awhile, that's the key, disappear. people are like, oh, thank god. they're like, finally, someone who works and is famous. no, i didn't. >> you did not go away. you were working broadway. >> in america -- no one hears of you. they think, what happened to her? no one covers broadway press wise. >> everyone goes back to "3rd rock." which was fabulous. >> which was fabulous but a very long time ago. >> and you have a new ensemble cast, "the exes." explain the concept. >> oh, god, the concept. it's a new york city-based show. we shoot in l.a. unfortunately. it's about a divorced lawyer and these three guys that she has sort of -- she was their divorce attorney. it's too early for me, robin. >> you're tryin