A wonderful story about the friendship and the careers of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts. Both men grew up in the South and both had difficult childhoods. The author will take you through each one. He then shows you how they got into acting and how they made their way to Broadway where they would eventual meet. Eventually in a paly and a movie that Andy Griffith would be known for titled “No time for Sergeants”, both the play and movie were successful. Andy would also have a few more top movies. Don Knotts would go from Broadway to doing radio shows and then moving into television when the shows were still being made in New York. When Andy was offered the idea about doing a T.V. show he came up with a sheriff in a small southern town he also thought of Don Knotts as the deputy. This made up one of the best shows but also one of the best characters in T.V. Barney Fife. He takes you through the rest of the show along with the different characters until 1965 when Don Knotts left the show and went into the movies and the author goes through those. You also get a look at the later show Matlock and of course a look at the marriages they had and Don’s death. Overall a very good book.