Here’s Why Andy Griffith Wanted To Get Rid of Otis Campbell From the Reunion Movie
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When Andy Griffith got The Andy Griffith Show cast back together for a TV reunion movie in 1986 titled Return to Mayberry, things had changed an awful lot in America. So, when that movie aired on NBC in April of that year, viewers noticed a huge change.
Good old Otis Campbell, played by Hal Smith, was not the town drunk anymore. Why? Well, let’s just say it was exactly what Griffith wanted.
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