{"product_id":"andy-and-don-the-making-of-a-friendship-and-a-classic-american-tv-show-9781476747743","title":"Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show","description":"\u003cb\u003eA lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, this \"humorous, informative, and poignant book\" celebrates the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America's most iconic television programs and \"shows how the magic was created\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndy Griffith and Don Knotts first met on Broadway in the 1950s. When Andy moved to Hollywood to film a TV pilot for a comedy about a small-town sheriff, Don called to ask if Andy's sheriff could use a deputy. The friendship and comedy partnership between Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife ignited \u003ci\u003eThe Andy Griffith Show, \u003c\/i\u003eelevating the folksy television sitcom into a timeless study of human friendship. Together, they created a program with a uniquely small-town dynamic that captured the hearts of Americans across the country who watched these two men rocking on the front porch, meditating about the pleasure of a bottle of pop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut behind this sleepy charm, de Visé's exclusive reporting\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"captures the complexity of both men and the intimacy of their friendship with extreme detail and sensitivity\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), from unspoken rivalries, passionate affairs, unrequited loves, struggles with the temptations of fame, and friendships lost and regained. Although Andy and Don ended their Mayberry partnership in 1965, they remained best friends for the next half-century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by Don Knotts's brother-in-law, \u003ci\u003eAndy and Don\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a rewarding dual biography that is also a lively look inside the entertainment industry in the latter half of the twentieth century\" (\u003ci\u003eNews \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e). Entertaining and provocative, it \"captures a golden moment in modern Americana. You'll not only return again to Mayberry, you'll feel as though you've never left\" (Tom Shales, Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Visé, Daniel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Daniel de Visé is an author and journalist who has worked at \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald, \u003c\/i\u003e and three other newspapers in a twenty-four-year career. His investigative reporting has twice led to the release of wrongly convicted men from life imprisonment; he shared a 2001 Pulitzer Prize. A graduate of Wesleyan and Northwestern universities, de Visé lives with his wife and children in Maryland. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eI Forgot to Remember \u003c\/i\u003e(with Su Meck) and \u003ci\u003eAndy and Don\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630023479570,"sku":"9781476747743","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ada72d53-aeee-46fa-baf3-cb7e381960a4.jpg?v=1732740971","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/andy-and-don-the-making-of-a-friendship-and-a-classic-american-tv-show-9781476747743","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}