start the a great future began at the boys and girls club in his hometown of mt. vernon, new york. his mentors challenged him to pursue an education is and to live a life of excellence. their advice and his hard work paying off, making him a very successful story of how the boys and girls club helps kids become champions. the club is not the be all, end all solution to everything. you still have to leave the safety of the doors in the night or afternoon. you have to still deal with the real world. but at least, as i recall, we were taught right from wrong. principles and values that you can live by. denzel is passing those same life elements that he learned as a club kid on to the mill lessenal generation. he enjoys the experience of working with other notable alumni of the boys and girls club.
why are we stopping at ms. kelsey s? she had to go to going to check the locks, huh? no, we are going to take in her laundry. reporter: the real mayberry many believe was griffith s hometown of mt. airy in north carolina. the movie theater is a monument to his career. griffith started out as a high school music teacher and got his first break with the funny radio monologue about football. it was that both bunches full of them men wanted this funny looking little pumpkin to play with. reporter: soon griffith was appearing on broadway and in movies like in no time for sergeants. sergeant, i am plo. what? permanent latrine orderly. reporter: he had a good boy brand and was funny. hollywood took note and gave him the andy griffith show. when it went off the air it was the number-one-rated program. 20 years later, griffith made a come back as yet another southerner, this time a guitar
griffith with his wise words and laconic southern drawl was the straight man in the comedy about small-town america. why are we stopping at ms. kelsey s? she had to go to going to check the locks, huh? no, we are going to take in her laundry. reporter: the real mayberry many believe was griffith s hometown of mt. airy in north carolina. the movie theater is a monument to his career. griffith started out as a high school music teacher and got his first break with the funny radio monologue about football. it was that both bunches full of them men wanted this funny looking little pumpkin to play with. reporter: soon griffith was appearing on broadway and in movies like in no time for sergeants. sergeant, i am plo. what? permanent latrine orderly. reporter: he had a good boy brand and was funny. hollywood took note and gave him the andy griffith show.