Franklin Canyon Park is a public municipal park located between Benedict Canyon and Coldwater Canyon, at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains, in Los Angeles, California. The park comprises 6
Franklin Lake
Characters played by Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable try to hitchhike in It Happened One Night.
Hastain Trail sign in Franklin Canyon Park
Hastain Trail in Franklin Canyon Park
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and
Franklin Canyon Park
…for numerous television and film productions, including the hitchhiking scene in the 1934 film It Happened One Night and for the opening credits of The Andy Griffith Show. The park traces its beginnings to 1914 when William Mulholland and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power built a reservoir in upper Franklin…
Knotts and Griffith as their characters in a still taken from the October 7, 1965, one-hour variety special The Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, and Jim Nabors Show
In the 1961 episode "Andy Saves Barney's Morale", Andy leaves Barney in charge while he is away and returns to find Barney has jailed many of Mayberry's citizens for petty reasons.
Sam Jones (Ken Berry) and his son Mike (Buddy Foster) were recurring characters in the final season of The Andy Griffith Show, setting up the sequel series Mayberry R.F.D.