In 1953 a relative unknown by the name of Andy Griffith
created a funny little story called What it Was Was Football.
This comedy sketch sold 800,000 copies and helped launch
the career of a man who would soon be known as Sheriff
Andy Taylor, chief constable of the fictional town of
Mayberry, North Carolina.
This is a recording of that piece with illustrations from
George Woodbridge, a Mad Magazine artist…this actually
was the art used in the issue of Mad from 1958 that put
the story into print.

A neat little piece of comedy history!