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Fife. >> the thing about the andy griffith show, while not auto buy biographical, it was a show of sensibility. >> reporter: common sense ruled and the distinction between right and wrong was clear. >> i still got duties to protect the folks here in mayberry. >> reporter: as griffith said 16 years ago, mayberry had to be invented. >> it had a feeling of the '30s. it was when we were doing it of a time gone by. >> reporter: the show ended its run in 1968, still on top. and griffith had one more hit years later, playing matlock, a southern law with home spun wisdom. he started his career playing...

Face in the crowd." >> i could murder like this. >> reporter: but his subsequent run as sheriff andy might have been too successful. >> it was hard for him to break out of that pigeon hole, the show never went away, constantly rerun, of course. and much loved. >> reporter: the fans visiting the griffith museum never needed him to break away from mayberry. >> wholesome more than anything else. it was a different time period. he seemed to embody that better than anybody. >> reporter: an unforgettable character whose lesson was that insisting on the rules with compassion and caring can always win...

Mi >> he had a long career, more than a half century. he recorded a couple of cds of hymn songs. he was a great songer, monologuist. but it was as the sheriff of fictional mayberry that won mechanic's hearts. mayberry, a fictional place that never maybe existed anywhere but that 35 million viewers tuned in to visit each week. ♪ he planned to be a preacher or opera singer but as anyone who ever heard that opening theme knows it was as andy of mayberry that andy griffith made his undellible mark. >> aunt bea is a sportsman. she's trying to give that fish every chance. >> reporter: everyone res...