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Title: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: TechMan on July 03, 2012, 10:49:50 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/03/legendary-television-actor-andy-griffith-dead-at-86-report-says/ (http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/03/legendary-television-actor-andy-griffith-dead-at-86-report-says/)
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away yesterday
Post by: TommyGunn on July 03, 2012, 10:53:43 AM
I liked him better before he went over to the dark side and endorsed Obamacare.
Or perhaps he WAS the darkside, after all .......  [popcorn]
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Monkeyleg on July 03, 2012, 10:59:33 AM
Obamacare aside, he seemed like a decent man.

I've noticed that Andy Griffith has been much more of a celebrity here in the south than in the north. Not surprising to have a home town boy be popular, but his national popularity peaked decades ago. He's still been a big thing down here.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: TommyGunn on July 03, 2012, 11:04:51 AM
He had that image I guess.
It was said he had a horribly short temper and strove much of his professional life to control it.  He wasn't always the friendly, fatherly county sheriff type.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: RoadKingLarry on July 03, 2012, 11:15:23 AM
Obamacare aside, he seemed like a decent man.

I've noticed that Andy Griffith has been much more of a celebrity here in the south than in the north. Not surprising to have a home town boy be popular, but his national popularity peaked decades ago. He's still been a big thing down here.

The man was way up in his 80s when he endorsed Obamacare, I'll chalk that up to senile dementia/Alzheimer's and let it pass.

Yup, definitely a southern icon. He could have been governor of his home sate anytime he wanted to run, hell, he probably could have made a decent showing running for president. I don't know if he would have made a good president but he'd have been better than what we got now.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away yesterday
Post by: lee n. field on July 03, 2012, 11:18:42 AM
I liked him better before he went over to the dark side and endorsed Obamacare.
Or perhaps he WAS the darkside, after all .......  [popcorn]

"Always there are two, a master and an apprentice."  Andy was older, after all.

Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: zxcvbob on July 03, 2012, 11:25:27 AM
Now maybe "Angel in my Pocket" will be released on home video.  It's one of my favorite movies, but Andy hated it (or hated having starred in it) and I think that's why it was never released.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: TommyGunn on July 03, 2012, 11:49:02 AM
The man was way up in his 80s when he endorsed Obamacare, I'll chalk that up to senile dementia/Alzheimer's and let it pass.     ...........     

He was a life-long super-lib and an ardent supporter of Obama.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: geronimotwo on July 03, 2012, 11:52:34 AM
funny, i suddenly hear whistling.  rip.
Title: What it was was football
Post by: zxcvbob on July 03, 2012, 11:58:08 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxLxTZHKM8
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: SADShooter on July 03, 2012, 12:39:22 PM
Eternal chats with Floyd and the boys at the shop, and Aunt Bea's pie.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Monkeyleg on July 03, 2012, 02:42:27 PM
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He was a life-long super-lib and an ardent supporter of Obama.

Well, he's gone now, so he can't vote (unless he's buried in Chicago).
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: zxcvbob on July 03, 2012, 02:57:51 PM
He was cast against type as the bad guy in the made-for-TV movie "Murder in Coweta County" back in the 80's.  Kind of an evil Colonel Sanders from what I remember. 
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Harold Tuttle on July 03, 2012, 04:42:39 PM
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgooglepixel.com%2Fimages%2Fandy.jpg&hash=6983d1aaf094c5dd963123bad1f97b6b3b549d11)
Title: Re: What it was was football
Post by: Doggy Daddy on July 03, 2012, 04:50:03 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxLxTZHKM8

I usta have that on 45.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: seeker_two on July 03, 2012, 05:13:09 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-mR-gz9EFO8

One of his best, yet often overlooked, works.....


 :'(
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: zxcvbob on July 03, 2012, 05:33:32 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-mR-gz9EFO8

One of his best, yet often overlooked, works.....

 :'(


I had never heard of this.  It was on the air while I was a sophomore in college, and I didn't watch much (any) TV that year.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Hutch on July 03, 2012, 06:11:40 PM
He was a gay, power mad cattle baron in Rustler's Rhapsody, a spoof at least as good as Blazing Saddles.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Lee on July 03, 2012, 08:38:10 PM
He'll always be Sherriff Andy Taylor to me. I don't care what he was like in real life. See ya Andy!!
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Brad Johnson on July 03, 2012, 09:53:35 PM
He was a gay, power mad cattle baron in Rustler's Rhapsody, a spoof at least as good as Blazing Saddles.

Computer was down for a couple days.  Just found out about his passing.  Have Rustler's Rhapsody on DVD and will be watching it shortly.  RIP Andy. 

Brad
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Unisaw on July 04, 2012, 12:05:45 AM
No Time for Sergeants was a good movie.  If you haven't seen it, the "testing" scenes are really funny.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: zxcvbob on July 04, 2012, 12:20:37 AM
No Time for Sergeants was a good movie.  If you haven't seen it, the "testing" scenes are really funny.

That's the movie with the latrine salute, right?   I wonder if this movie was the inspiration for Gomer Pyle.  Go-o-o-lly!  (about 4 syllables worth)
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Unisaw on July 04, 2012, 12:32:44 AM
Yes it is!
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Sergeant Bob on July 04, 2012, 10:10:38 AM
Say hi to Barney for me Andy! RIP Sheriff Taylor.
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Hutch on July 04, 2012, 12:00:50 PM
"The best danged sergeant in the whole danged Ahr Force!"
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: 280plus on July 04, 2012, 01:22:04 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpKhWePGNPc
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: 280plus on July 04, 2012, 01:32:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8m4zM9kfY4&feature=fvwrel
Title: Re: Andy Griffith passed away today
Post by: Tuco on July 04, 2012, 11:13:18 PM
Andy....
Say "Hey" to Goober.