Living like Andy and Opie

Sure, lots of folks long for the "good old days" when the worst thing to happen on TV was Opie Taylor killing a mama bird.

But Marsha Scheuermann REALLY likes the "good old days." And she especially likes "The Andy Griffith Show." (And why shouldn't she?)

Scheuermann, according to the Associated Press, likes the 1960s show, set in Mayberry, N.C., so much that she "retrofitted" her Clear Lake, Wisconsin, living room to look just like Sheriff Andy Taylor's living room.

Seriously.

"Scheuermann met her husband Dave in an Internet chat room where they shared their passion for the 1960s TV sitcom 'The Andy Griffith Show.' Eventually they fell in love and married.
Today, they live in a replica of Sheriff Taylor's home, and they run a bed-and-breakfast there called the Taylor Home Inn." ...

"Guests at the inn are greeted by a 'Welcome to Mayberry' sign on the front door as the show's theme song -- 'The Fishing Hole' with its distinctive whistling -- plays in the background.

"The door opens and there's Andy's front room just like it looked on TV -- the couch and chairs, Look magazines on the coffee table, an RCA Victor black-and-white television, and a bottle of Col. Harvey's Indian Elixir herb formula medicine. (Remember when Aunt Bee bought the tonic for strength and vigor, and got a little tipsy?)

" 'It's all vintage,' Scheuermann said. 'But it's comfy.'"

"Comfy" is a good way of describing "The Andy Griffith Show." It's like an old, worn blanket, or a favorite sweater. It's like home.

For the rest of the article, as well as a photo of the "Andy"-inspired living room, click here.