Who Wasn't in the "Return to Mayberry" Movie and Why

I was not a huge fan of the reunion movie entitled "Return to Mayberry" as I thought that the writing was just terrible, but it really was cool seeing the cast back together so that our imaginations could be fed on what the characters were up to at that point.

But you might have noticed that several "Maberrians" were missing from the movie. Although Elinor Donahue (Ellie Walker) and Jack Burns (Warren Ferguson) were both still acting when the movie was made, neither were included.

None of the "Mayberry RFD" alumni (Ken Berry "Sam", Buddy Foster "Mike", or Arlene Golonka "Millie") were included as well, although Ken Berry was set to reprise his role as Sam Jones, but could not due to his commitment to "Mama's Family" which was on the air during the time of the movie.

Hope Summers (Clara), Howard McNear (Floyd), and Paul Hartman (Emmitt) had all passed away before the movie was made.

If you haven't seen the movie, even though like I said that I don't care for the writing, it's worth seeing just for the fact of the reunion of cast and characters.