wgnoyes Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Aww! Andy Griffith died! The flags are surely flying at half staff in Mayberry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3quartertime Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 A valiant symbol of a by gone generation. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motochris Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Godspeed Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old506 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Is Barney the new Sheriff now? What a shame, best show ever. Makes me want to be a better Dad and person everytime I have ever watched that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Just told my wife when I read this and she said it best. "They don't make them like him anymore". Ain't that the truth! Here's to you Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 A valiant symbol of a by gone generation. RIP +100 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Is Barney the new Sheriff now? What a shame, best show ever. Makes me want to be a better Dad and person everytime I have ever watched that show. Barney left us a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Sheriff without a gun... Kind of ironic here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EkuJustice Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 RIP Andy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DU5oEgJKgY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Ron Howard has often commented that Andy was like a second father to him. Ron's real father (actor Rance Howard) said in an interview that in some ways he was a little jealous of Andy because he got to spend more time with Ron than he did. But that he knew that Ron could not have a better role model for what an actor should be. He credited Andy in no small part for helping keep his son from falling prey to the kind of ego problems so many child actors fall into. High praise indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Andy created a timeless reflection of society based not on what was fashionable, but on what was basic. The values displayed - kindness, honesty, accountability and consideration - were and are relevant to all generations. That's why the show has survived and flourished for some 60 years. I can't think of another show with that record. Can you? I saw an interview once where Andy admitted that off-camera, he and Don Knotts were complete and exact opposites of their on-camera personas. Andy would be the bounce-around-like-a-pinball type while 'Barney' would be slouched down in a chair, at most giving a grin for all the activity going on around him. If I'd have heard it from anyone else I wouldn't have believed it. If you never got a chance to experience Andy's comic side, please click here: When you're done with that, I invite you to see what I consider the single funniest bit ever filmed for television: The Story Of Romeo and Juliet Ron Howard's enthusiasm for the story mirrors my own. Check it out. Hark!, and RIP, Andy. ("...they said "Hark" a whooooole lot back then...") Andy, you did what no real estate agent could ever do -- you made me want to move to Mayberry, North Carolina. I was in love of your world. (nuthin against North Carolina....I just wouldn't have ever thought of it otherwise) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braxton1 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) I was raised in North Carolina. Believe it or not, for all of his reputation as a comedic and home-spun actor, he got his first taste of stardom playing Sir Walter Raleigh in the outdoor drama "The Lost Colony" on Manteo Island. (That is a big deal, for those who don't know. It tells the story of the first English colonists in the Carolinas). God Speed, Andy! Edited July 5, 2012 by Braxton1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgnoyes Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 ... ... The Story Of Romeo and Juliet Ron Howard's enthusiasm for the story mirrors my own. Check it out. ... Thanks for those. Bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 RIP Andy. You made after school rereuns the best in the 70s. I used to watch you with my Dad in the early afternoons when I got home from school. Good times. JZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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