Griffith was a prankster.
Offset, Andy Griffith had a reputation for pulling stunts. Don Knott’s was his main target because (as we all know) Frances Bavier couldn’t take it. Griffith and Knott’s were also off-screen pals, but not as close as Griffith and Corsaut. Once, “someone” stole one of Knott’s shoes, forcing him to go home with a shoe from the set. By the end of the season, he had his shoe back, bronzed for all time.