In the early years of the show Andy employs many colloquialisms and slang used in the Appalachian South. For example, The Andy Griffith Show: The Beauty Contest (1961) has him saying, "So I says to myself I says . . ." Also, when Andy is frustrated with his role as Judge, he exclaims "Lawwwww," a condensed form of "Lorrrrd!" As his character, Andy Taylor, morphs into the straight man to play off Don Knotts' Barney Fife, he drops many of these colorful adages and phrases. Yet, they never fall out of use, because he's a genuine son of the South in real life, and in the television character. Even in his later hit show Matlock (1986), now and then you can hear the language of his roots in the Appalachian South.
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