Did you know that Andy Griffith once had an affair with one of his co-stars and that everyone in the show's cast and crew knew all about it? There are probably a lot of things that you don't know about The Andy Griffith Show – especially if you have ever assumed that behind-the-scenes of the show had to be just as wholesome as what audiences saw on TV.
▬Contents of this video▬ 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Griffith Got Uncomfortable 02:43 - Aneta Corsaut Didn't Mind Andy's Decision To 'Take It Slow" 04:14 - How Helen Crump Got Her "Ugly Name" 05:12 - Andy And Aneta Had A Real Off-Set Romance 06:54 - Outro
Actress Aneta Corsaut was first introduced as the character Helen Crump on The Andy Griffith Show in the show's third season episode, Andy Discovers America. It's been suggested that Cosaut's character was given the name Helen Crump specifically because she was only ever supposed to be a one-off character who wasn't going to stick around long enough for viewers to begin to wonder why such an attractive woman had such an off-putting name. In fact, it's known that the name was chosen because of its resemblance to the sound a glob of mud would make when hitting the pavement.
Corsaut and Griffith had such phenomenal chemistry that the show's writers ended up keeping Ms. Crump around. And as most fans of the series likely remember, she ended up becoming the girl who taught the widower sheriff how to love again. Eventually, the two would even get married in the first episode of the spin-off series Mayberry R.F.D.
The sparks that flew in the sleepy little town known as Mayberry weren't exactly electric from the get-go. In fact, shortly after Helen Crump was introduced, Andy took it upon himself to step in and make sure that their romance didn't move too fast. Griffith wanted Andy and Opie's schoolteacher's romance to develop nice and slow.
More than that, he felt a little uneasy about the romantic turn that the wholesome sitcom had taken. While courtship had been presented on the program before, Griffith never intended his show to be overly focused on the subject. Because of this, he went out of his way to ensure that Andy and Helen's love life was never the primary focus of the series. Watch this video to learn how Aneta Corsaut and Andy Griffith only ever made love with their eyes while on the set of The Andy Griffith Show.
Aneta Corsaut and Andy Griffith Only Made Love With Their Eyes
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