andy went to school in mayberry and graduated from mayberry union high. one 3rd-season episode #19 "class reunion" had andy and barney finding their old high school yearbook—the pictures are the actual high school photographs of andy griffith and don knotts. in the yearbook, andy's middle name is listed as jackson. barney's middle name is listed as milton. in a later episode, andy's middle name is samuel. over the length of the series, barney had three different middle names. andy's first job was working in the movie theater.