Love, love, love the idea of a Mayberry forum!
Being from the south, Andy Griffith's been a part of my life since the time I could walk, he's almost never been off television down here: where the TBSs and the TV Lands may neglect him and the rest of the Mayberry residents after a while, he's always been on local stations. When we lost Andy a couple of years ago, it really affected me, because I honestly felt like I lost one of the family (and so eerie that he and George Lindsey died the same year at the same age too).
Looking forward to being a part of this forum.
This is Snowth Woogle from ECC, BTW