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Andy Griffith and Don Knotts met on Broadway in the 1950s. When Andy went to Hollywood to film a TV pilot about a small-town sheriff, Don called to ask if the sheriff could use a deputy. The comedic synergy between Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife ignited "The Andy Griffith Show," elevating a folksy sitcom into a timeless study of human friendship, as potent off the screen as on.