A Perfect Day in Andy Griffith's Mayberry - Mount Airy, North Carolina

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A Perfect Day in Andy Griffith's Mayberry - Mount Airy/Mt. Airy, North Carolina. Melody and Shane explore this wonderful gem of a city in Appalachia. Snappy Lunch, the Andy Griffith Museum, squad car tour, a stop at Andy Griffith's homeplace, and much more in this video.
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@majinish 10 ай бұрын

Hello. I came across this video and enjoyed it. I’m from the town in the video, Mount Airy, NC and still live here. I was actually the tribute artist for the character of Opie Taylor from the time I was 6 years old until the 8th grade for Mayberry Days. I’ve had the honor of meeting so many wonderful people from all over the nation, people who visit here for their love of The Andy Griffith Show. It truly is a wonderful place to live and I’m glad you guys seemed to enjoy it.

@Perfectly-Imperfect 3 жыл бұрын

What a nice little town. I long for the days when little towns were thriving and life seemed so much simpler.

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

Me too, you nailed it

@maryjanelemon2531 2 жыл бұрын

This was fabulous. One of my favorite show from the 60's. Watched it as a small child. I still watch the reruns today. A place I could certainly live in. Thank you for this beautiful trip back in time !!!

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Mary Jane

@oldguyBMX 2 жыл бұрын

The alarm went off because Melody was down there! I love her voice and her smile is amazing!

@johnsmith-ug5tp 2 жыл бұрын

Dont forget her beautiful eyes too. 🙂

@brittbrittingham9871 11 ай бұрын

I was at Andy museum years ago . And its much better today. I just LOVE the town. I walked the whole place.

@hikerx9366 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing better than small town living, loved the Andy Griffin show as a kid, thanks for the tour will probably never get down that way. Cheers...👍

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much!

@ugandaobatay1244 Жыл бұрын

The worst day in Mayberry....is still the GREATEST day in MayBerry. You're in MayBerry!!!!!

@deanna6483 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I live in a small town in Texas. The news papers joked about us being Mayberry. When we had a new sheriff elected!

@crystalthechurchmousestitc1888 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Shane and Melody. I loved going along with you to Mayberry (MT. Airy). I have always been a big fan of the show. Don Knotts, my favorite character, was from the great city of Morgantown, WV, which is about 40 minutes north of where I live. My husband is retiring this Wednesday and we are thinking of places we would like to visit and this will definitely be on my list. I am excited to have my husband watch this video. Another place based on one of my all-time favorite TV shows is the Waltons museum in VA and that is high on my bucket list too. Have either one of you ever been there. Thanks again for taking us on the tour.

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. We think y'all will really enjoy a trip to Mount Airy if you get the opportunity, great place to visit. Unfortunately, neither one of us has been to the town the Waltons was based on yet but hope to someday.

@davevan8864 2 жыл бұрын

'Train Girl'?!?!?!?!?! I knew you all were good folks!!!! I am just starting putting videos up....all are about my model trains!!! All my years in NC I never made it to Mt Airy.......Thanks

@BFTEgodswarrio5939 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite part 🤔☝seeing how the two of you get along.

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@marywegrzyn506 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh !! I have always been just dying to go there !! I want to live near there. I can't thank you enough for going n filming there n taking me along for a quick tour. This is my absolute favorite place of all. I am a huge Andy of Mayberry fan. This is too exciting !! I plan on watching this Video several times !!! Thank you n God Bless you for going there for me (us).

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

so glad you enjoyed it, it is an amazing little place in the world

@kesmarn 2 жыл бұрын

Love this video. Small correction: there was indeed a water cooler between the two cells in the jail. Otis spiked it with moonshine once in an attempt to hide the "evidence." Needless to say, Barney indulged in a few cups of it and ended up "gassed."

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@mikestacy3224 3 жыл бұрын

Wife and I will be near Orchard Gap in September and planning a visit to Mount Airy. Looks like a fun destination. I've always been a big fan if The Andy Griffith Show.

@michaelstrong3634 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man what a awesome trip. We use to visit years ago when the cast would show up and do meet and greets. I personally have a signed photo of almost everyone on the show. Thanks for the memory trip

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

that is fantastic, wish I had been able to do that. I love the show so much.

@debbieepperly3821 3 жыл бұрын

Been thru Mt. Airy many times & been thru the downtown area but never knew what places were connected to Andy. I always wanted to take the tour but just never took time to do it. I just have to see it thru yours & Melody's eyes. You gotta great partner in crime there! Loved this! Thanks Shane & Melody! Y'all stay safe & God bless ya both!

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, we're so glad you enjoyed it, Debbie

@mehmedthestranger762 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing town😍 looks like my dream town to live.

@atlantic_love 2 жыл бұрын

These little towns are everywhere. But I know it's easier to talk.

@buzsalmon 2 жыл бұрын

Melody and Shane: I always enjoy your show but this one is special and one of my favorites. I want to visit the area. Ya'll take care!

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

It was one of our first together but still one of our favorites too. Glad you enjoyed it.

@alh5524 3 жыл бұрын

I live in CA now, but have been homesick-Thank you for the video! It's great to see these places thriving

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

glad you enjoyed it, hope things are going well out west

@samwilliamson1697 2 жыл бұрын

You'll thanks for slowing down so we can see the sites, I you to drive truck through va and wv I sure enjoy your videos.

@steveludwig4200 8 ай бұрын

Very nice video and you folks are very likable as well! Thank you.....

@beachbum9869 3 жыл бұрын

Loved it guys. Keep up the whistling. I always enjoy your videos. Thank you for the enjoyment.

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it

@greatmusicfan57 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely awesome 💕 Y'all should go over to the Ava Gardner museum in Smithfield, NC. Not quite Appalachia, but in Eastern North Carolina. Johnston county. I am going when I go see my brother in Columbia, SC. I will make him drive up.😅 Florida cracker gal here. Love y'all. My church here in North Central Florida has lots of folks from up your way. I love them.💕🙏🙏🙏👍

@YouSUBSCRIBE739 Жыл бұрын

I luv this video! Gud ol andy!!!! I luv barney! Matlock w Andy was jus on my tv..💃💃💃

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

I watch some Andy every chance I get.

@heatherfulmore3412 11 ай бұрын

It's nice to see the real Mayberry town.

@robinhaupt9119 2 жыл бұрын

What a great video! Thank you Shane and Melody. I really enjoy how much you show and your opinions on everything. Very cool.

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! We appreciate the feedback, Robin

@wmryan9646 Жыл бұрын

I’m definitely going to visit. What a great town.

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

You won’t regret it, I guarantee you that

@bowtieguy6870 3 жыл бұрын

Great video guys!

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

@brianb5791 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. As a truck driver, I never get to see the town.

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, stay safe out there

@karencaddle7288 3 жыл бұрын

I visited that town on a road trip through the South once. I think the show had a ceramic water cooler between the jail cells that Barney drank from and got drunk when Otis poured his moonshine into it on an episode.

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

you're exactly right, I totally forgot that - now I am kicking myself in the pants lol

@BFTEgodswarrio5939 3 жыл бұрын

Yep loved that episode

@brerrabbit77 2 жыл бұрын

You mean Barney couldn't tell the difference between the taste of water and moonshine?

@Shermaxphil 2 жыл бұрын

I love all your videos, but, this one is by far my favourite one, I absolutely love the Andy Griffith show ♥

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! We are partial to it too because it is an amazing town plus it was our first town visit together on the channel :)

@jamese3169 3 жыл бұрын

Never been to that museum before as many times that I've ben there. Great video. Little bit of trivia is that Pilot Mountain us a dormant volcano. And yes Barney's is a great place to eat.

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

Did not know that about Pilot Mountain, how cool. I met Thelma Lou down there a couple years ago, a real sweetheart

@steveelliott7293 Жыл бұрын

Go back to Mount Airy for Mayberry days

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

We hope to do that

@billkitchin4123 2 жыл бұрын

Don knotts was from morgantown,west Va.

@stevenbradford6824 2 жыл бұрын

Been there done that! They have a nice festival in the spring/summer.

@pattivanderhart2221 2 жыл бұрын

"Where there'smoke, there's firewater." -B. Fife.

@dogmom2023 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah ya'll. Thank you for the road trip. 😀

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for riding along with us :)

@tracychaffin4410 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video . Tour guide sounded very informative.

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

he was sharp as a whip, very impressive man

@MillerMeteor74 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. That town reminds me of a lot of towns here in NJ. Our nearest town, which is about a mile or two from here, is only about half the size of Mt. Airy. The population is around 5000. It also has about 12 churches though.

@paulws58 2 жыл бұрын

Mayberry is much larger than I expected.

@wizzardofpaws2420 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to go there. My best friend got to meet Betty Lou there

@kittylawson3399 3 жыл бұрын

Love this ...it was great !!

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

@bertram46 2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys great video I have been there on 2 occasions I brought my daughter there when she was about 8 years old and she grew up just like myself watching Andy Griffith it was emotional. I should have looked there for a wife at the time lol as I've commented in a method in other videos I wanna find a good country woman simple common sense. 35 to 45 with good morals. I think I could easily retire around there and real estate is reasonable.

@walterlangston7866 3 жыл бұрын

plan on going there one day

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

you won't regret it, Walter, well worth the trip

@rrrobeltnest7295 2 жыл бұрын

I like the whole thing this was great that straw hat you touched I think was Otis’s the only married guy on the show and drunk. Excellent filming and editing thanks.

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and the kind words

@thomastommy1192 2 жыл бұрын

Great video guys. Thanks for sharing. Sadly none of those shows was neve made in NC. They all were filmed in CA on a backlot of a studio. Andy and Barney were truly great actors. Sadly they never got the credit they deserved.

@johnsmith-ug5tp 2 жыл бұрын

Great job guys! 👏👏👏👍

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@pvjohnson52 3 жыл бұрын

This was amazing. Sure would love to have one of those pork chops sandwiches. Lol

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

They're very good and very messy lol.

@johnsmith-ug5tp 2 жыл бұрын

I had pork chops last night so a pork chop sandwich isnt very appealing to me right now,. 😂

@kimmieskitchenandmore 3 жыл бұрын

Hi y’all!! I’ve been wanting to go there!!

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

it is well worth the effort, you really should go

@zxtenn 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, i live in Archdale NC and pass MT. Airy on the way to Beckley, i need to stop in there sometime

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

It is so worth it, trust me you’ll be glad you did

@timgriffith2094 Жыл бұрын

Mayberry Days, the last weekend every September.

@dianap5159 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Gotta love Aunt Bea's pickles in the courthouse! One of my all time favorite episodes. My grandma made homemade sweet pickles. Oh how I miss her and her canning. ❤

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Melody and I both hate pickles so that episode hits home with us too

@ramonparson7695 2 жыл бұрын

A good one like always my two friends keep them coming

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

@lesterwatson8519 10 ай бұрын

There was a water cooler but maybe not in that location except in the episode where Otis spiked the water and Barney and the Mayor got drunk just before the Governor was to visit

@lifewithjosef 3 жыл бұрын

Don Knotts was a ventriloquist at first, and answered the Call of our Nation in WW2.

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen a picture of him holding a dummy. He must have led a very interesting life beyond the Andy Griffith Show

@benandcis Жыл бұрын

Wow

@pattivanderhart2221 2 жыл бұрын

There was a water container between the cells but I think it may have been stone crock and dipper and then may to either a stone or metal container with a spigot. I believe there was an episode where Otis poured some shine into it, Barney drank alot of it unknowingly and was drunk while the governor was arriving to check out thd sheriff's dept.

@BFTEgodswarrio5939 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry I don't seem to be able to catch up on my videos 😪. I watched the first 10 minutes and something made me stop. Any who I noticed Melody is wear a FloydFest t-shirt that's about 1 hour away for me. I did security for the festival a couple of times but I gave it up. Got tired of slapping drunks around. If you 2 decide to attend it this year if they have it . We should meet. ✌

@samcook1545 3 жыл бұрын

That Hillsville exhibit might be better than the one they actually have in Hillsville! Speaking of which, if you’re ever in the Hillsville or Galax area you MUST go to Harmons trading post… They have a huge museum in the back with, well, everything.

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the heads up, we had no idea they had that. Definitely sounds like a place we will be checking out.

@samcook1545 3 жыл бұрын

@@realappalachia The old courthouse in Hillsville is a museum now. Cool thing is there still bullet holes in various places

@bigdog2618 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and interaction. Somebody has been Losing weight and getting fit.

@BFTEgodswarrio5939 3 жыл бұрын

If you ask me hunt brothers pizza is excellent as long as whoever is fixing it doesn't f it up. The crust is good

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

I love the crust too

@dlmullins9054 3 жыл бұрын

'we don't sell sugar to moonshiners' My great uncle Eli 'Sugarman' Mullins would get all his folks to sell him their sugar rations to make his Moonshine. Wherever there's a will.... i reckon.

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

With a nickname like Sugarman, he sure didn't mess around lol

@rickedwards6953 3 жыл бұрын

When did Melody start joining you, ?

@rylyeharding13 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are awesome if you all are in Morristown or Jefferson City TN I would love to meet you guys

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

we hope to get down that way someday but our schedules are so crazy we usually don't know til the last minute. Thanks so much!

@rylyeharding13 2 жыл бұрын

@@realappalachia 😁😁😁😁

@SuSchindlervegantrucker 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely plan to visit there but I certainly won't be eating at that restaurant.

@somersetdc 2 жыл бұрын

Why not...it looked good?

@ryansnyder4997 3 жыл бұрын

I just to live in Mt airy 4 years

@realappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

I bet that is great

@brianjones7660 Жыл бұрын

here is the Real Mayberry.... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8hne9ebls7ZgWg.html....... you'll be surprised in 9 minutes! For my birthday 2020 wife&sons took me there. Squad car ride and all. Driven by an ex sheriff's deputy from there in Surry county. He knew EVERYTHING around town, and how! Ethan the cook in the window in Snappy Lunch was the guy at AppState who taught my son ,also Ethan, his jobs at the Daniel Boone Inn up here in Boone. as we walked in the door we hear "hey Ethan!" from behind the grill. He recognized him after 5 years. GOTTA love a small town...🙃

@georgesawtooth2214 2 жыл бұрын

Did Melody get thrown in jail for 3 days to straighten her out? Cool downtown and pretty busy and am glad to see people are enjoying life and not hiding in the basement like a certain person.

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

It would have took 4 or 5 days in the clink for her lol

@michaelkoon8371 2 жыл бұрын

Malody what happen to your finger you poor dear bet that has to hurt blessings for you

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It’s better now! I was moving furniture and dropped some on my finger haha - Melody

@knature5992 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know the significance behind the porkchop sandwich but anyone that lives here the majority of the conversation about the porkchop sandwich is the fact that porkchop itself is like 70% breading and the porkchop and the breading on the porkchop itself is like three times the size of the bun. I've lived here all my life and I've only ate it once. Wasn'treally a fan of it. But I use to eat at Barnys quite often. They use to have a great Philly cheese steak. Snappy lunch restaurant itself doesn't even serve fries unless they've changed it. One thing I've noticed is down town MT Airy is slowly becoming less old fashioned and more like other cities downtown areas with a night life and ect. Living here your entire life you kinda get tired of the town dwelling on the past so much and you need change and advancement.

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Funny you should mention it, after we ate at Snappy Lunch several local people recommended Barneys to us so we are anxious to get back there to try it