George 'Goober' Lindsey with his former Hazel Green manager and long-time friend Landon Jackson Sometimes, the young men who played for George "Goober" Lindsey weren't sure how to act, either.

While King George II granted the state its original charter and lent the state his name, Georgia’s nickname as “the Goober State” was earned, not borrowed from a faraway king.

Lindsey would forever be known to television viewers and the industry at large as “Goober,” and it was a name that he grew to love and loathe. Actors Andy Griffith, George Lindsey, ...

Today, everyone calls it a peanut. Southerners might also say 'goober.' But before the Civil War, there were a dozen names for that humble legume, and it wasn't at all clear which one would win out.

Eating goober peas! Goodness, how delicious! Eating goober peas!" A goober pea by any other name is a peanut, ground pea or ground nut. We in the South grow up eating them mostly boiled.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Hee Haw,” has died. He was 83. A press release from Mars… ...

For nearly 30 years, Lindsey was a staple on prime-time television, playing Goober Pyle, a loveable hillbilly hayseed whose name has since transcended the role, coming to mean a clueless but well ...

News4JAX was introduced to Goober by Emily, an animal care specialist at the Jax Zoo. Goober is an Aldabra tortoise, which is the second largest species of tortoise in the world and are typically ...

The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has welcomed the return of Goober, a 411-pound Aldabra tortoise, who was introduced on Saturday to his new exhibit at the beginning of the zoo's Africa boardwalk.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," has died. He was 83. The Marshall-Donnelly ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," has died. He was 83. The Marshall-Donnelly ...