Week of July 13: Griffth and Borgnine: Beyond Mayberry, Matlock, McHale and Airwolf

By Sylvia Gurinsky

Television viewers embraced Andy Griffith on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Matlock", and Ernest Borgnine on "McHale's Navy" and "Airwolf." But they also won fans when they pushed the boundaries they would have found on their own shows.

Borgnine had numerous guest-starring roles in television movies and series other than his own. One came in one of the most memorable episodes of "Little House On the Prairie" - "The Lord Is My Shepherd," from 1974:

The Lord Is My Shepherd


Griffith worked in a number of mini-series and specials, including 1976's unusual "Six Characters In Search of An Author" with John Houseman, done for PBS:

Six Characters

Those and many other works of Borgnine and Griffth - including, of course, their beloved series - are available on DVD.

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This week, Sony Electronics and Nielsen released a survey of top memorable news moments on television. The problem with that survey is that it's not accurate, simply because there are now more people alive who remember events of the 1990s and 21st century than such events as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy or the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Next week, day by day, YesterTube will feature a look at the most memorable moments, divided by decade and summed up with the Top 5 all-time memorable moments. Also, the decade moments will be divided into three categories: News, Culture and Sports.

So see you next week. Until then, Happy Viewing!