Happy 49th Anniversarry to The Andy Griffith Show

The real reason why Don Knotts wasn't in the pilot episode of The Andy Griffith Show (https://www.metv.com/stories/heres-why-don-knotts-wasnt-in-the-pilot-episode-of-the-andy-griffith-show)

Simply put, there wasn't a Barney, yet (https://www.metv.com/lists/10-ways-the-andy-griffith-show-pilot-was-radically-different-from-the-show).