He won’t be remembered for the libtard dementia of his later years....
Stuff like “What it wuz wuz football”...among other bits were hilarious. But...
He will always be Sheriff Taylor.
RIP, Andy
Bill Friday is still alive?
R.I.P., Sheriff Taylor.
Apparently he stopped taking Vitajex.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ4nqphP21k
RIP Lonesome Rhodes.
Flags in North Carolina will go to half mast - I can gar-on-tee that.
Tremendous talent.
He could do it all.
A natural.
An all- American on the screen.
A total mushhead leftist in real life.
RIP Sheriff Andy.
Where have you gone, Mayberry USA?
He was a fine actor. He was completely believable playing Sheriff Taylor...
Not disrespecting his accomplishments, but to this day I fail to understand why people found that show funny.
RIP Andy Griffith
and RIP Mayberry USA.
What his political leanings were in life didn’t shape what I loved about the show as a child.The realities of grown up life did not erase those memories of a more innocent time.My condolences go out to his family and friends.RIP.
It didn’t matter to me much that he was a both a big lib and a miserable creep in real life. That’s often the case, and “The Andy Griffith Show” was an absolute gem of a series, which has more than stood the test of time.
However, when Griffith actually went out and started promoting Obamacare in those commercials, that was a bridge too far. He made himself an enemy of American liberty and freedom right then and there. I haven’t been able to stand seeing his face on television ever since, without abject disgust.
Im sure its just a coincidence that Obamacare has passed and an old man died.
Pretty sure anyway.
RIP Andy Griffth.
Let’s not drag politics in this.
Andy was a Democrat. Some Democrats are wicked, some are naive, and some are stupid. I know Andy was not stupid, nor do I believe he was wicked. That leaves naive and easily led.
In the end, we must not sit in judgement of another soul and the contributions, virtues and failings of its entire life. God will do that.
What we do know is, the best of Andy Griffith was his extraordinary talent. Few portrayals of insanity can match his as the malignant narcissist turned monstrous demagogue, “Larry ‘Lonesome Rhodes’”, in a “Face in the Crowd”. It was a good movie, and his character was seductive and truly horrifying.
Andy then turned it around 180 degrees in “No Time for Sergeants”, and “The Andy Griffith Show”. No matter how unlike the character of “Andy Taylor” he was, he passed down to generations of children (and adults) worldwide, the calm and loving wisdom of the traditional, conservative American father. After 50 years, the show is still popular, and for some children, Andy will remain the only exemplary male model they’ll ever “know”.
God bless you, Andy Griffith, and may you rest in peace.
I’m sorry he was a liberal....
However, his long-suffering Andy Taylor to the inept Barney Fife will always be a classic.
Another one gone from an era when TV shows had values.
How ironic that just the other day was basking in how wonderful my 11 year old son turned out to be and my thoughts turned to the AGS episode, “Opie the Birdman.” I know it’s just TV, but just that episode taught me and showed me what fatherhood is and can be.
He might have been a liberal, but The AGS show certainly wasn’t. It was true family values, true American values, and it was a reflection of Andy Griffith’s values.