Good Ol’ Mayberry: Behind The Scenes Info, Shocking Scandals, And More

The Red Channel

One of the directors of the show, Cody Ruskin, was a victim in 1950. He was a victim of the 1950s Red Channel which was a pamphlet that outed Hollywood stars as Communist sympathizers. Communist supporters were not tolerated in the States so this was a big deal.

There are political reasons why Americans hate Communism such as communism being one of the main threats to interests of American corporations. Overall, Communism threatened how America operated and America did not want the people to fall into that line of thinking. This was for sure not a good look for the director.