POLES APART

“I used to think, ‘Oh, boy, in two years [I’ll] finish the series and then we retire to Manteo,’” said Andy Griffith, who in 1963 took a break from his titular sitcom to visit the Carolina hamlet with wife Barbara. “Well, that’s not the way it works. I still love North Carolina with all I’ve got, but the truth is, I know now that Los Angeles is my home. A man has to live where he competes.” Still, Andy kept a home in Manteo until his death in 2012.