Mayberry

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Our suggestion comes from one of my colleagues here at the radio station who suggested Mayberry, Mount Airy, North Carolina.

Fans of The Andy Griffith Show can step back to a simpler time, it says, when they visit Mount Airy.

Actor Andy Griffith grew up here.

And it's no coincidence that a stroll down Main Street in the friendly city reminds people of the town of Mayberry on the endearing popular television hit of the 60s, The Andy Griffith Show.

Fans of the show can visit Floyd's City Barbershop, the old Mayberry Jail, Snappy Lunch, and even Andy's childhood home.

You'll be sure to relish the generous spirit of the Andy Griffith Show as you encounter it wherever you go.

You've got the Andy Griffith Museum.

Very unusual that they would be critical.

Well, they're wondering why the Mayberry team is not part of the roadblock, and Andy tries to come up with reasons, but it's bothering him, right?

Yeah.

He's not happy about it at that point because they're sitting in the squad car listening on the radio because that's their only option.

And I can five minutes walk to my theater.

And no, I've got an Andy Mayberry kind of wonderland here.

But it doesn't happen without some people doing a little more than their share because they got a little more than their share.

See, that is a high quality of life, I think, being able to walk to the theater that you bought and that the rest of your community gets to enjoy as well.

But here's the thing, though.

You don't remember in Mayberry, Sheriff Andy and Barney Fife running stings on hookers in that town.

It's about the same size as Mayberry.

So this is a big problem in East Palestine.

This must be the prostitution center of East Ohio.

So let's jump into Helen and Andy.

So we got Andy Taylor here from Mayberry, and we got Helen Crump, his longtime girlfriend, on the show.

Let's assume that they've gotten married for this scenario.

So we've got Andy and Helen.

We're ju- I just want you to see that.

So that might be something we talk about.

Is this concerning to you? Is this something that we need to adjust? Should we make more in our part-time job? Should we work a little bit more? I, I don't know, but I'm just saying this is what we're looking at because remember the scenario is what happens if Andy passes away, right? He's no longer in Mayberry anymore.

He's gone to Heaven, and so Helen's left alone in Mayberry, and we gotta make sure she's gonna be able to stay retired in Mayberry.