The good news is that Andy Taylor has no shortage of adoring fans. Who wouldn't love Andy Taylor? He's a fair and just Sheriff of Mayberry, a dedicated father to his son, and an all-around great guy. Andy Taylor is nearly everyone's favorite character on The Andy Griffith Show...except, of course, when you ask Andy Griffith himself.

During an interview with The Charlotte Observer, Griffith revealed that his favorite character on The Andy Griffith Show was in fact, not the man that he shared a name with and spent years portraying. So, if it wasn't Sheriff Taylor, then who was Andy Griffith's favorite character?

"Of course, Barney is my favorite character," said Griffith. Then he went one step further. "And Don was my favorite actor. Don and I have been friends since 1955 when we were in No Time for Sergeants together. And I think Don's a genius."

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Knotts and Griffith hadn't worked together for quite some time, but Griffith still held him in high regard, both as an actor and as a friend. This was the case for many of his fellow costars of The Andy Griffith Show.

"We're friends," Griffith said of the cast. "Oh my God, yes. We will always remain friends. You know, you do a show and you like somebody and you say, 'Let's get together,' and you mean it. And you never do. But all of us guys spent all day long together for years. And years and years. And we know an enormous amount about one another. And so we feel a closeness because of that." 

While Griffith certainly can't say that Andy Taylor is his favorite character, we're sure that with all of the love and memories attached to the series, The Andy Griffith Show is certainly his favorite television program.

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