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TRIVIA NOTE: Matlock's white, 100-year old stone
and clapboard home with green trim is actually a
private residence located at 106 Lord Street
[off Moore Street] in Southport, North Carolina.
The series was filmed in and around the towns of
Southport, and Wilmington, NC.
ANDY GRIFFITH: Born June 1, 1926 in Mount Airy,
North Carolina, the 6 foot tall Andrew Samuel
Griffith grew up in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
He earned a degree in music from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and later
pursued a career in acting. He took a stab at
comedy and created a successful 1953 live
recording "What it was, was football" about a
country boy at his first football game.
His
early acting roles included the films A Face in
the Crowd (1957) and No Time for Sergeants (1958
- which he first performed on Broadway in 1954);
and Onionhead (1958).
Andy's fame as an actor
came with his role as folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor on
the rural sitcom THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW that was set in
the town of Mayberry, North Carolina.
Andy later
starred in the TV series THE HEADMASTER (1970);
THE NEW ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (1971); THE ADAMS OF
EAGLE LAKE (1975 - as a rural sheriff Sam
Adams); SALVAGE 1 (1979); THE YEAGERS (1981) and
MATLOCK (1986 - which Andy claims is his
favorite character).
Andy also appeared in the TV Movie reunion
Return to Mayberry (1986); Andy Griffith
Show Reunion (1993); The Andy Griffith
Show Reunion: Return to Mayberry (2003); and
the mini-series Roots the Next Generation
(1979); From Here to Eternity (1979);
Centennial (1978); Washington: Behind
Closed Doors (1977).
TV Guide magazine [June 20, 2004 issue] ranked
Griffith's Andy Taylor character on THE ANDY
GRIFFITH SHOW/CBS/1960-68 as their No. 8 pick as
the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time."
Perhaps, Andy's most disturbing portrayal was
his acclaimed role as a homicidal villain in the
TV film Murder In Coweta County (1983).
THE SIMPSONS: On the FOX animated sitcom THE
SIMPSONS, Grampa Abe Simpson (a retired
cranberry silo night watchman), loves Matlock
Why? because "He puts young people behind bars
(where they belong)" Grampa once said "I'm an
old man. I hate everything but 'Matlock'. Oooh!
It's on now." The Mayor of Springfield even
named a new roadway system the Matlock
Expressway in honor of the residents of the
local Springfield Retirement Castle where Grampa
Simpson lives.
Here are some Grampa
Simpson quotes on Matlock
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Abe: |
I say we call
Matlock. He'll find the culprit. It's
probably that evil Gavin MacLeod or George
"Goober" Lindsay. |
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Bart: |
[dismissively]
Grampa, Matlock's not real. |
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Abe: |
Neither are my
teeth, but I can still eat corn on the
cob, if someone cuts it off and smushes it
into a fine paste. Now that's good eatin'!
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--Episode
"Cape Feare" |
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Bob: |
So sorry, Mr.
Simpson. Your house is blocking
construction of our new Matlock Expressway
.[camera pulls back to show expressway
looming overhead] Now, I am a fair man.
You will have 72 hours to vacate. At that
time we will blow up your house and any
remaining Simpsons. |
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Marge: |
Homer, we've
got to stop them! |
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Homer:
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I know what
you're up to, Mayor Terwigiger. And no one
in my family's going to stand for it.
[Abe honks horn from atop expressway] |
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Abe: |
Move your
goldurn house, son! |
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--Episdode
"Sideshow Bob Roberts" |
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De. Hibbert: |
Er, welcome to
the new Springfield Center for Geriatric
Medicine. You know, health care for the
aging is an important priority in this -- |
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Abe: |
Get to
Matlock! Maaatlooock! |
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De. Hibbert: |
Well, uh,
ahem, without further ado, heh heh, I give
you the man who puts young people behind
bars -- where they belong. TV's Matlock!
[An old man with two canes walks slowly
onto the stage] |
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Crowd: |
[singing] We
love you Matlock, oh yes we do... |
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In their
excitement, the crowd turns violent and
rushes the stage, knocking poor Matlock
over and tugging cruelly at his collar,
tearing it. Someone even puts their cane
around his throat. On the way back to the
Springfield Retirement Castle, Abe seems
quiet. |
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Jasper: |
What's eatin'
you, Abe? For three weeks all you've been
talking about is meeting Matlock. Now
you've met him, swiped his pills -- [reads
label] "Take one every hour to prevent
spastic heart convulsions" -- [An
ambulance drives by with its siren
blaring; inside a doctor uses cardiac
stimulator, yelling "Clear!"] -- but you
ain't said a word. |
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Abe: |
Looking at
that tired old freak has made me realize
I'm no spring chicken myself. I can feel
death's clammy hand on my shoulder...wait,
that's my hand. |
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In the next
scene, the Simpson family is seated in
front of Grampa at their house. |
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--Episode
"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" |
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Quotes
courtesy of
The Simpsons Archives |
MATLOCK/NBC/1986-95
|
Andy Griffith |
as |
Benjamin 'Ben'
Matlock |
|
Linda Purl |
as |
Charlene
Matlock |
|
Kene Holliday |
as |
Tyler Hudson
|
|
Julie Sommars |
as |
A.D.A. Julie
March |
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Kari Lizer
|
as |
Cassie
Phillips |
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Nancy Stafford |
as |
Michelle
Thomas |
|
Clarence
Gilyard Jr. |
as |
Conrad
McMasters |
|
Brynn Thayer |
as |
Leanne
McIntyre |
|
Daniel Roebuck |
as |
Cliff Lewis
|
|
Carol Huston |
as |
Jerri Stone |
|
Tracey Cuesta |
as |
Attorney
|
|
Michael
Durrell |
as |
D.A. Lloyd
Burgess |
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David Froman |
as |
Lt. Bob Brooks
|
|
Andy Griffith |
as
|
Charlie
Matlock, Ben's father |
|
Billy Mumy |
as |
Irwin
Bruckner, Ben's nephew |
|
Christina
Pickles |
as |
Diana
Huntington, Ben's cousin |
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Anne Haney |
as |
Elsie, Ben's
aunt |
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Warren Frost |
as |
Billy Lewis
|
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Don Knotts |
as |
Les "Ace"
Calhoun |
|
Lucille
Meredith |
as |
Judge Irene
Sawyer |
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Richard Newton |
as |
Judge Richard
Cooksey |
|
Jason Wingreen |
as |
Judge Arthur
Beaumont |
|
Anne Francis |
as |
Janet Master,
Ben's Old Flame |
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