When Andy Griffith determined to step again from taking part in Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Present, that wasn’t the top of the American viewing public’s romance with the oldsters in Mayberry. Somewhat, within the remaining season of Andy Griffith, consideration was shifted away from Andy and Opie to a brand new father-son combo, widower Sam Jones (performed by Ken Berry), and his younger son, Mike (Buddy Foster). That pair would go on to anchor the brand new spin-off collection, Mayberry R.F.D., which ran from 1968 to 1971, following most of the similar beloved Mayberry residents viewers had come to like — together with some season one appearances by the newly-married Andy and his new bride, Helen Crump.