The Mayberry Guru - Ken Anderson

One of my favorite things to do is giving my Mayberry Power Point Presentation,  My presentation is approximately 45 minutes long.  I take my audiences on a journey.  I take people back to a much simpler and slower place called Mayberry.  Using old photos from my childhood growing up in the very small village of Dorchester, Wisconsin in the 1950's and '60's, I show how my early years were similar to life in Mayberry in many ways.  My audiences learn how and why I have such a passion for the classic TV show "The Andy Griffith Show".  I share my experiences as "The Mayberry Guru" and I try to help them forget all the problems and challenges of our modern hectic society by taking them back to Mayberry.

I reintroduce people to all those wonderful people who are so much a part of life in Mayberry.  I use video and audio clips to demonstrate some of the hilarity and love that is found in that make believe quintessential place called Mayberry.

I have given my presentation close to 90 times  all over the state of Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota.  I have spoken at churches,schools, nursing homes, conference, conventions, seminars, and all types of gatherings.

The one thing I always hear is this, "I wish we could live like they did in Mayberry."  Mayberry may not be a real place, but the values and lessons each episode of The Andy Griffith Show portrays, is very much real.

Welcome to my website.  My name is Ken Anderson and I live in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  I created this website because I have a passion for the classic television show "The Andy Griffith Show".  I am the author of the book Mayberry Reflections the Early Years.  I spend much of my time traveling to Classic Car Shows and parades.  I also spend time speaking to groups through the use of a 45 minute power point presentation that I have developed.  I own a 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Replica Mayberry Squad Car and I dress in an almost exact replica Deputy Barney Fife uniform.  I am a retired teacher of 35 years.