MANY PEOPLE have call Andy Griffith the most natural humorist since the immortal Will Rogers. And the material in this album - from a southern preacher´s initiation to football to comments on Shakespeare, opera and present-day jukebox favorites - offers a perfect vehicle for the amazing comedy talents of Andy Griffith.

Andy´s first recording, What It Was, Was Football, recorded at Greensboro, North Carolina, during an insurance convention in 1953, was the signal for his rise to national attention. Andy delivered this now-famous monologue on both the Ed Sullivan and Steve Allen TV shows.In 1955, he created the unforgettable role of Will Stockdale in "No Time For Sergeants" for both the Theatre Guild TV presentation and Broadway. He was then seen in the Elia Kazan film production, "A Face In The Crowd," and has recently completed starring roles in "Onionhead" amd tje motion picture version of "No Time For Sergeants."

The talent responsible for such success is always as hard to explain as it is to come by. But it is probaby not too far wrong to say that Andy Griffith has become the star that he is today mainly because of his natural sense of humor - a way of looking at the people and life around him with an eye and ear sharp to note the speech, the fancies and foibles of each one of us. Such observations form the basis for all great - and lasting - humor.

Of such is this album made.