A draft bill in the NC House calls the Mayberry TV classic a “must-see” for its positive character values and awareness of North Carolina.

Actor bio: Betty Lynn began her career in Hollywood films before becoming beloved as Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show.

In its TV-land immortality, “The Andy Griffith Show” has already inspired a pair of statues, a museum, an annual festival, a rerun-watchers club and a souvenir collection so it vast it ...