RIP Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith)

[Ldawg]

End of an Era ! Andy will be missed .... show was small town America as we would LIKE to remember along with the Cleavers ! Shout out to Dobie Gillis as well .... Bwahahahaha

CNN excerpt ....

Wait. This was TV's No. 1 series -- in 1968?

Hasn't the Vietnam era-1968 gone down in history as the year synonymous with social upheaval? Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated. The "generation gap" widened. Hippies turned on and dropped out. Fists were raised at the Olympic Games. War protests raged.

And folksy Andy Griffith drew viewers in staggering numbers.

Perhaps it's really not so strange at all.

Who wouldn't rather live in the serene Mayberry of "TV land" than in Realtown USA, beset by crime, corruption, war, taxes and societal chaos? No wonder "The Andy Griffith Show" endures, far beyond the nostalgia for more "pivotal" TV landmarks such as "All in the Family" and "Roseanne."

There's even a "real" Mayberry, and it continues to draw vacationers. Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina, to this day operates the seven-days-a-week Andy Griffith Museum, filled with the actor's memorabilia, props, video and other attractions. Come sit a spell, take your shoes off....

"The Andy Griffith Show" has turned out to be in a class by itself. Did citizens ever really live in idyllic small towns like Mayberry? Maybe we wish we did. Maybe we still want to. Everybody knew everybody, and got along, and meant well, and everybody was witty and sophisticated. [Kinda like BCville]

But Americans still seem to crave the more primitive version of Americana, as evidenced by the fact that everybody's favorite episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" are the ones in black-and-white. The show was filmed monochrome its first five seasons, the ones with Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

[tech fan]

CNN excerpt ....

Wait. This was TV's No. 1 series -- in 1968?

Hasn't the Vietnam era-1968 gone down in history as the year synonymous with social upheaval? Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated. The "generation gap" widened. Hippies turned on and dropped out. Fists were raised at the Olympic Games. War protests raged.

And folksy Andy Griffith drew viewers in staggering numbers.

Perhaps it's really not so strange at all.
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Who wouldn't rather live in the serene Mayberry of "TV land" than in Realtown USA, beset by crime, corruption, war, taxes and societal chaos? No wonder "The Andy Griffith Show" endures, far beyond the nostalgia for more "pivotal" TV landmarks such as "All in the Family" and "Roseanne."

There's even a "real" Mayberry, and it continues to draw vacationers. Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina, to this day operates the seven-days-a-week Andy Griffith Museum, filled with the actor's memorabilia, props, video and other attractions. Come sit a spell, take your shoes off....

"The Andy Griffith Show" has turned out to be in a class by itself. Did citizens ever really live in idyllic small towns like Mayberry? Maybe we wish we did. Maybe we still want to. Everybody knew everybody, and got along, and meant well, and everybody was witty and sophisticated. [Kinda like BCville]

But Americans still seem to crave the more primitive version of Americana, as evidenced by the fact that everybody's favorite episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" are the ones in black-and-white. The show was filmed monochrome its first five seasons, the ones with Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

My And Vols Fans parents went to Mount AIRY EARLIER THIS YEAR.THEY HAVE A DINER THERE AND EVEN HAVE FLOYDS BARBERSHOP SO U CAN GET A $5 HAIRCUT.

[tech fan]

What I remember most about Andy was that the show came on Tbs for so many years.It came on right before the Braves game every night.I still to. This day when I hear the song reminds me of sitting around the tv wIring for the Braves game.It got to the point during rain delays that they would show Andy. I remember skip CarAy one time coming back from a rain delay and he said can we wIt 10 more min so we can finish the show.This show will go down as the best show ever.Not sure who it was in this thread that said it but this show has gone through 3 generations of families easily.

[flarendep1]

Loved the show and my favorites were Barney Fife and Ernest T Bass.

Classic

[ToDaClub]

Loved the show and my favorites were Barney Fife and Ernest T Bass.

Classic

I don't know why, but Otis Cambell is my favorite!!

Signed,

Kbsooner21

[Letswinalot]

When I was in middle school I used to go to a bible study and we would watch an episode of Andy Griffith and talk about what good moral things they did. I liked that bible study.

[Letswinalot]

and yeah its sad about Andy. He was a great person. I didnt really like Matlock though haha.

[Ldawg]

When I was in middle school I used to go to a bible study and we would watch an episode of Andy Griffith and talk about what good moral things they did. I liked that bible study.

The Gospel according to Sheriff Taylor !