Posted on 11/14/2004 2:21:13 PM PST by silent_jonny
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.
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You do realize that Andy Griffith was a Marxist dont you?
Explain.
Goober says hey
Hey to Goober! And lots of luck to you and yours!
Didnt the republicans ask him to run for senate from NC a few years back?
Sang gospel hymns..I doubt he is a marxist
Yeah and Barney Fife was a fascist. I am pretty sure Aunt Bea was a crypto-feminist metaphor for male oppression. But I still can't figure Ernest T. Bass.
There once was a deputy called Fife
Who carried a gun and a knife
The gun was all dusty the knife was all rusty
Cause he never caught a crook in his life
Ironically, as wholesome as the show is, the PC police would never allow such a sitcom to air today. Case in point is the drunk who is a regular on the show. They would never allow that today. Yet they allow the same tasteless off-colour double-entendres that pass as jokes today.
Andy Grittith is a proud Democrat--that's his only flaw. I don't think he's a liberal though. More of a Zell Miller type.
Now I can sleep at night......
Well maybe im mistaken and it was them who asked him to run...but anyone who sings gospel that beautifully aint all bad
Yes.. Otis the drunk. One of my favorites. Ernest T was a trip.
Any truth to the rumors that Floyd the Barber was an Islamic militant?
Oh my Barney
Oh my darling Barney Fife
Had a jail and couldn't lock it
Had a bullet for his pistol
Had to keep it in his pocket
"Yeah and Barney Fife was a fascist. I am pretty sure Aunt Bea was a crypto-feminist metaphor for male oppression."
What about Brisco Darling? Is he a symbol for a typical Red State voter? {:^D
Howard Morris was a fine comedy writer and mimic. His heyday was in the 50's.
Denver Pyle was a conservative.
Outstandin'!
Absolutely right. They wouldn't get the comedy, either.
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