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Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show Audiobook, by Daniel de Visé Play Audiobook Sample

Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show Audiobook

Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show Audiobook, by Daniel de Visé Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: George Newbern Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: November 2015 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781442397422

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

19

Longest Chapter Length:

56:36 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

32 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

29:57 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

4

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Publisher Description

A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, celebrating the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America’s most iconic television programs.

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. Andy and Don—fellow Southerners born into poverty and raised among scofflaws, bullies, and drunks—captured the hearts of Americans across the country as they rocked lazily on the front porch, meditating about the simple pleasure of a bottle of pop.

But behind this sleepy, small-town charm, de Visé’s exclusive reporting reveals explosions of violent temper, bouts of crippling neurosis, and all-too-human struggles with the temptations of fame. Andy and Don chronicles unspoken rivalries, passionate affairs, unrequited loves, and friendships lost and regained. Although Andy and Don ended their Mayberry partnership in 1965, they remained best friends for the next half-century, with Andy visiting Don at his death bed.

Written by Don Knotts’s brother-in-law and featuring extensive unpublished interviews with those closest to both men, Andy and Don is the definitive literary work on the legacy of The Andy Griffith Show and a provocative and an entertaining read about two of America’s most enduring stars.

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“An intimate look into the lives of two thoroughly unique human beings who became not only household names but icons. What a thrill to take a peak down the alleys of Mayberry and beyond.”

— Billy Bob Thornton

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  • “A well written, respectful, and informative look at a classic TV show and the two friends who made it great. Delicious comfort food for boomers and, really, anyone with cable.”

    — Booklist (starred review)
  • “[De Visé] captures the complexity of both men and the intimacy of their friendship with extreme detail and sensitivity.”

    — Publishers Weekly

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About Daniel de Visé

Daniel de Visé is the author of several nonfiction books and biographies, including King of the Blues, The Comback, and Andy and Don. He shared a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his journalism and has worked at the Washington Post and Miami Herald, among other newspapers.

About George Newbern

George Newbern is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a television and film actor best known for his roles as Brian MacKenzie in Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II, as well as Danny in Friends. As a voice actor, he is notable for his role as Superman on the Cartoon Newtork series Static Shock, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. He has guest starred on many television series, including Scandal, The Mentalist, Private Practice, CSI: Miami, and Numb3rs. He holds a BA in theater arts from Northwestern University.