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The Andy Griffith Show is coming to DVD--Finally! (Review)
IGN.com ^ | 11012-2004 | Steve Butts

Posted on 11/14/2004 2:21:13 PM PST by silent_jonny

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November 12, 2004 - You can't grow up in North Carolina without being subjected to endless reruns of The Andy Griffith Show. Though the show was a bit harder to find once I moved to San Francisco, I still made a point of seeking out the reruns wherever I could find them. The nostalgic show, produced by Sheldon Leonard and Danny Thomas, looks back to an idealized time and place that never really existed. The popularity of the show lasted a full eight seasons and it was, along with I Love Lucy and Seinfeld, one of the few shows to ever end its run while still at the top of the Nielsen ratings. Though the show has thrived in syndication ever since it went off the air (or morphed into the decidedly unfunny Mayberry R.F.D.), fans have long been waiting for a comprehensive DVD version of the show. Thankfully, Paramount has finally consented to release the entire first season in a remastered DVD format, available November 16.

(Excerpt) Read more at dvd.ign.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: aboutfriggintime; andygriffith; besttvshowever; mayberry; tv
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To: silent_jonny

That stinks. I love DVD extras. It would be great if Andy and Don Knotts provided commentaries.


41 posted on 11/14/2004 3:06:14 PM PST by Callahan
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To: Austin Willard Wright

Thanks for the link. I've never seen Mayberry like that before.


42 posted on 11/14/2004 3:07:50 PM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: Right Angler

Andy played a couple villanous roles in his career, and you can tell he has a mean streak somewhere.


43 posted on 11/14/2004 3:10:11 PM PST by Callahan
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To: Callahan
That stinks. I love DVD extras. It would be great if Andy and Don Knotts provided commentaries.

I agree. If nothing else, they could've included the reunion special that first aired last November on CBS--cried like a baby when Andy hugged Ron Howard at the end and said "I love you." Plus there are plenty of cable specials that have been done on the show--The E! True Hollywood Story, TV Land, The Learning Channel ...

44 posted on 11/14/2004 3:12:30 PM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: silent_jonny
You might enjoy this too.


45 posted on 11/14/2004 3:13:44 PM PST by Austin Willard Wright
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To: Callahan
Andy played a couple villanous roles in his career, and you can tell he has a mean streak somewhere.

More than a couple. After T.A.G.S. went off the air, he couldn't find any comedic roles so he had to switch to playing villains in TV movies. A lot of these movies were pretty good--especially "Murder In Coweta County". Excellent!

46 posted on 11/14/2004 3:16:05 PM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: silent_jonny; atomicpossum
There is a Time - The Darlings featuring Charlene
47 posted on 11/14/2004 3:16:35 PM PST by uncleshag (Send the light !)
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To: silent_jonny

The best collection of comedic character actors ever assembled.


48 posted on 11/14/2004 3:17:44 PM PST by Elvis van Foster
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To: uncleshag

One of--if not the best--Darling song. Thanks.


49 posted on 11/14/2004 3:19:13 PM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: silent_jonny

Hellooooooo, doll!


50 posted on 11/14/2004 3:20:06 PM PST by wimpycat ("I'm mean, but I make up for it by bein' real healthy.")
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To: Austin Willard Wright

I don't see your pic.


51 posted on 11/14/2004 3:20:39 PM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: silent_jonny

It comes up my screen just fine....hmmm....


52 posted on 11/14/2004 3:21:22 PM PST by Austin Willard Wright
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To: wimpycat
Hellooooooo, doll!

LOL! Let's go to Mount Pilot and see the Fun Girls!

53 posted on 11/14/2004 3:22:36 PM PST by silent_jonny (Victory is sooooo sweet!)
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To: StockAyatollah
But I still can't figure Ernest T. Bass.

Ernest t. Bass was a rock throwing anarchist with a fake diploma.

54 posted on 11/14/2004 3:22:49 PM PST by Casloy
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To: silent_jonny

If anyone has seen "A Face in the Crowd" you will know what a good serious actor Griffith was.


55 posted on 11/14/2004 3:24:55 PM PST by yarddog
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To: JaguarXKE

"Is he one of our'n'?"

"More power to ye!"


56 posted on 11/14/2004 3:24:59 PM PST by wimpycat ("I'm mean, but I make up for it by bein' real healthy.")
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To: silent_jonny

Heee heee heeee! Oh, BERNIE!


57 posted on 11/14/2004 3:25:54 PM PST by wimpycat ("I'm mean, but I make up for it by bein' real healthy.")
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To: silent_jonny

Just my way of saying thank you for the "heads up"!

Got any pickles?


58 posted on 11/14/2004 3:26:08 PM PST by uncleshag (Send the light !)
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To: RightWhale

"There were some odd shows in the mix, especially early on when I had the pain medication running in the IV."

That had to be a surreal experience blending andy griffith with commemorative coin and tampon commercials within a narcotized haze. Was it hard picking out Aunt Bea from the blond complaining about nicked tanning lines or Bob Vilas's blathering about his latest Craftsman gadget(jest 19.95 please!)?
(LOL LOL LOL)



59 posted on 11/14/2004 3:26:11 PM PST by mdmathis6
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To: silent_jonny
One of the great prophetic movies of all time was his "Face in the Crowd." It was about this fellow from Arkansas who was seeking the presidency and he was real mega-sleezeball . . .

Andy played the sleezeball.

60 posted on 11/14/2004 3:26:19 PM PST by Tribune7
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