Andy Griffith

On stage 2 productions, 4 years

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• Act One: “Bottleneck” (Patrons of the Last Chance Saloon); “Ladies” (Dolores Gray, Girls); “Hoop-de-Dingle” (Jack Prince, Patrons of the Last Chance Saloon); “Tomorrow Morning” (Andy Griffith); “Ballad of the Gun” (Andy Griffith, Jack Prince); “The Social” (Townspeople of Bottleneck); “Whip Dance” (Marc Breaux, Swen Swenson, George Reeder…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Two: “Are You Ready, Gyp Watson?” (Friends of Gyp Watson): “Not Guilty” (The Jury); “Only Time Will Tell” (Andy Griffith); “Respectability” (Elizabeth Watt, Girls); “That Ring on the Finger” (Dolores Gray, Girls); “Once Knew a Fella” (reprise) (Andy Griffith, Dolores Gray); “I Say Hello” (Dolores Gray)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Tony Awards and Nominations : Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Andy Griffith); Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Dolores Gray); Best Director of a Musical (Michael Kidd); Best Choreographer (Michael Kidd )ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• One day, as I was lip-syncing Andy Griffith’s 1953 comedy hit “What It Was, Was Football,” a monologue about a hillbilly preacher watching his first football game and trying to figure out what was happening on “the pretty little green cow pasture,” I looked up and saw Andy himself, watching me.ebooks/Dyke, Dick Van/My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business_ A Memoir - Dick Van Dyke.txt
• Instead, I made the rounds as a guest star on other series, starting with Andy Griffith’s show Matlock . For years, Andy had periodically checked in from his North Carolina home and said, “Let’s do something.” For this first and only time we actually did. I played the bad guy, the judge in a murder trial who turned out to be the murderer.ebooks/Dyke, Dick Van/My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business_ A Memoir - Dick Van Dyke.txt
• I added to the fun by inviting many friends and contemporaries on as guest stars, including Mike Connors, Andy Griffith, Dick Martin, Sally Kellerman, Robert Vaughn, Tim Conway, and even Jack Klugman when he was recovering from throat cancer. I took pride in the easygoing, comfortable atmosphere. In fact, the only argument I ever had duri…ebooks/Dyke, Dick Van/My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business_ A Memoir - Dick Van Dyke.txt

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