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RIP Andy Griffith, 86
« on: July 03, 2012, 08:30:54 AM »
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Re: RIP Andy Griffith, 86
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2012, 08:36:13 AM »
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Re: RIP Andy Griffith, 86
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2012, 08:52:21 AM »
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on July 03, 2012, 08:36:13 AM
Quote from: RGMike on July 03, 2012, 08:30:54 AM
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/07/andy-griffith-dies-at-age-86/1

RIP.  Seemed to be as nice a guy off screen as he was on.

I'm sure you're right, which is what made his role in Elia Kazan's A Face in The Crowd such a departure for him. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. Griffith plays a character whose public image seems pretty close to Andy's own, but his private persona is quite different.

A few years ago Sarah and I visited Mt. Airy, NC, where Andy grew up, and which was purportedly the inspiration for Mayberry. Talk about a town that has reinvented itself around a television show, this is it. Very charming and cute, but if The Andy Griffith Show had never existed I can't imagine what it would be like.

RIP Andy.
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Re: RIP Andy Griffith, 86
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2012, 09:35:52 AM »
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Re: RIP Andy Griffith, 86
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2012, 06:55:39 PM »
Quote from: urth on July 03, 2012, 08:52:21 AM
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on July 03, 2012, 08:36:13 AM
Quote from: RGMike on July 03, 2012, 08:30:54 AM
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/07/andy-griffith-dies-at-age-86/1

RIP.  Seemed to be as nice a guy off screen as he was on.

I'm sure you're right, which is what made his role in Elia Kazan's A Face in The Crowd such a departure for him. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. Griffith plays a character whose public image seems pretty close to Andy's own, but his private persona is quite different.

A few years ago Sarah and I visited Mt. Airy, NC, where Andy grew up, and which was purportedly the inspiration for Mayberry. Talk about a town that has reinvented itself around a television show, this is it. Very charming and cute, but if The Andy Griffith Show had never existed I can't imagine what it would be like.

RIP Andy.
I heard on the radio this afternoon that the reason Keith Olbermann always calls Glenn Beck "Lonesome Roads Beck" is because of the character Andy Griffith played in the movie.  I haven't seen it, perhaps it will be on a channel I get soon.
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Re: RIP Andy Griffith, 86
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2012, 08:24:32 PM »
Quote from: ggould on July 03, 2012, 06:55:39 PM
Quote from: urth on July 03, 2012, 08:52:21 AM
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on July 03, 2012, 08:36:13 AM
Quote from: RGMike on July 03, 2012, 08:30:54 AM
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/07/andy-griffith-dies-at-age-86/1

RIP.  Seemed to be as nice a guy off screen as he was on.

I'm sure you're right, which is what made his role in Elia Kazan's A Face in The Crowd such a departure for him. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. Griffith plays a character whose public image seems pretty close to Andy's own, but his private persona is quite different.

A few years ago Sarah and I visited Mt. Airy, NC, where Andy grew up, and which was purportedly the inspiration for Mayberry. Talk about a town that has reinvented itself around a television show, this is it. Very charming and cute, but if The Andy Griffith Show had never existed I can't imagine what it would be like.

RIP Andy.
I heard on the radio this afternoon that the reason Keith Olbermann always calls Glenn Beck "Lonesome Roads Beck" is because of the character Andy Griffith played in the movie.  I haven't seen it, perhaps it will be on a channel I get soon.

Yes, the movie is indeed a very prescient.
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Re: RIP Andy Griffith, 86
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2012, 11:00:13 PM »
Quote from: ggould on July 03, 2012, 06:55:39 PM
Quote from: urth on July 03, 2012, 08:52:21 AM
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on July 03, 2012, 08:36:13 AM
Quote from: RGMike on July 03, 2012, 08:30:54 AM
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/07/andy-griffith-dies-at-age-86/1

RIP.  Seemed to be as nice a guy off screen as he was on.

I'm sure you're right, which is what made his role in Elia Kazan's A Face in The Crowd such a departure for him. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. Griffith plays a character whose public image seems pretty close to Andy's own, but his private persona is quite different.

A few years ago Sarah and I visited Mt. Airy, NC, where Andy grew up, and which was purportedly the inspiration for Mayberry. Talk about a town that has reinvented itself around a television show, this is it. Very charming and cute, but if The Andy Griffith Show had never existed I can't imagine what it would be like.

RIP Andy.
I heard on the radio this afternoon that the reason Keith Olbermann always calls Glenn Beck "Lonesome Roads Beck" is because of the character Andy Griffith played in the movie.  I haven't seen it, perhaps it will be on a channel I get soon.

TCM shows it on occasion.  I hate it.  Andy is the Mayberry sherrif for me, for now and always. 
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Re: RIP Andy Griffith, 86
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2012, 12:36:46 AM »
Quote from: ggould on July 03, 2012, 06:55:39 PM
Quote from: urth on July 03, 2012, 08:52:21 AM
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on July 03, 2012, 08:36:13 AM
Quote from: RGMike on July 03, 2012, 08:30:54 AM
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/07/andy-griffith-dies-at-age-86/1

RIP.  Seemed to be as nice a guy off screen as he was on.

I'm sure you're right, which is what made his role in Elia Kazan's A Face in The Crowd such a departure for him. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. Griffith plays a character whose public image seems pretty close to Andy's own, but his private persona is quite different.

A few years ago Sarah and I visited Mt. Airy, NC, where Andy grew up, and which was purportedly the inspiration for Mayberry. Talk about a town that has reinvented itself around a television show, this is it. Very charming and cute, but if The Andy Griffith Show had never existed I can't imagine what it would be like.

RIP Andy.
I heard on the radio this afternoon that the reason Keith Olbermann always calls Glenn Beck "Lonesome Roads Beck" is because of the character Andy Griffith played in the movie.  I haven't seen it, perhaps it will be on a channel I get soon.

TCM is showing it on Friday at 1:45 in the am (although check the schedule--that might be eastern time).  And I'd bet that since Andy's death it gets shown a few more times in the near future.
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Re: RIP Andy Griffith, 86
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2012, 07:00:28 PM »
Quote from: urth on July 04, 2012, 12:36:46 AM
Quote from: ggould on July 03, 2012, 06:55:39 PM
I heard on the radio this afternoon that the reason Keith Olbermann always calls Glenn Beck "Lonesome Roads Beck" is because of the character Andy Griffith played in the movie.  I haven't seen it, perhaps it will be on a channel I get soon.
TCM is showing it on Friday at 1:45 in the am (although check the schedule--that might be eastern time).  And I'd bet that since Andy's death it gets shown a few more times in the near future.
Damn, I've gotta get a DVR
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Re: RIP Andy Griffith, 86
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2012, 10:58:37 AM »
Andy Griffith Show marathon on TVLand starts in 2 minutes.
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