RIP Andy Griffith

[RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees]

I figure this one deserves a thread.

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/entert...161204445.html

Andy Griffith, a television legend who starred in two iconic series that debuted a quarter-century apart, has died. He was 86.

Bill Friday, former UNC president and a close friend of Andy Griffith confirmed to North Carolina NBC affiliate WITN-TV that he died this morning. The death has not been independently confirmed by NBC News.

[Big_E]

I was just going to post the same thing...definitely an American icon.

RIP, "Sheriff Taylor"...

[wexy]

RIP Andy.

[montrealer]

Can Barney get his bullet back?.......RIP

[jcarey]

This is a bummer.

RIP.

[35Knucklecurve]

Another part of my childhood slips away. I still watch the black and white reruns. He was a very talented man. If you want a good laugh, listen to his "What It Was, Was Football" routine. It's a description given by someone who's never seen the sport before. Great stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxLxTZHKM8

[jlw1980]

RIP, Andy.

[Yankee Tripper]

Another part of my childhood slips away. I still watch the black and white reruns. He was a very talented man. If you want a good laugh, listen to his "What It Was, Was Football" routine. It's a description given by someone who's never seen the sport before. Great stuff.

It was back last October...

good stuff may have to break that out later today in memorandum.



RIP

[fredgmuggs]

I posted in the catch-all obit yesterday about the death of Doug Dillard last May, whose group "the Dillards" appeared on the Andy Griffith Show as "the Darlings", and I thought of Andy Griffin and said to myself he seems like he is going on forever. I guess not. We all have a death to pay in this life.

Anyway, a nice obit piece written about the successes and failings of an American icon - http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/07/...-griffith.html

[xenadanielle]

Sad news.

[JL25and3]

I would have guessed he was older than that. In any case, I was never a fan of the show.

[fredgmuggs]

I would have guessed he was older than that. In any case, I was never a fan of the show.

It's one of my favorite sitcoms but there are 28 flavors, as I like to say. What do you think of A Face in the Crowd?

edit: well, one of my favorites only with the B&W Don Knotts episodes. The rest of the series, not so much

[JL25and3]

It's one of my favorite sitcoms but there are 28 flavors, as I like to say. What do you think of A Face in the Crowd?

edit: well, one of my favorites only with the B&W Don Knotts episodes. The rest of the series, not so much

I've never seen A Face in the Crowd.

[theDurk]

I would have guessed he was older than that. In any case, I was never a fan of the show.

+1. Matlock was even worse.

[JDPNYY]

+1. Matlock was even worse.

Could Matlock beat up Barnaby Jones?

[fredgmuggs]

Could Matlock beat up Barnaby Jones?

My money is on Angela Lansbury.

[JL25and3]

Could Matlock beat up Barnaby Jones?

Hi, John. Good to see you again.

[krystl]

Rest in Peace Andy Griffith. A staple on tv over the years.

[JDPNYY]

Hi, John. Good to see you again.

Thank you John

[theDurk]

Could Matlock beat up Barnaby Jones?

Well, look who's back! Good to see you.

Never saw Barnaby, but I think anyone except Ironside could take Matlock.

[JDPNYY]

Well, look who's back! Good to see you.

Never saw Barnaby, but I think anyone except Ironside could take Matlock.

Weel doggies... You never saw Barnaby?

[theDurk]

Weel doggies... You never saw Barnaby?

IMDB says 1973-1980. That was boarding school, college, first job, and B-school. I did not own a TV or see it regularly during all those years. Then I moved to Brazil and came back in '94. So no US TV from 1969 to 1994. I'm making up for lost time.

[fredgmuggs]

IMDB says 1973-1980. That was boarding school, college, first job, and B-school. I did not own a TV or see it regularly during all those years. Then I moved to Brazil and came back in '94. So no US TV from 1969 to 1994. I'm making up for lost time.

I had a tv and made it a point not to watch those shows. Now The Love Boat was a different story.

[Jersey Yankee]

I've always considered that show a classic. Mayberry RFD was a very idealized version of home-town goodness in Smalltown USA. RIP, Andy Taylor, you were a very good man, along with Goober, Aunt B, that nutty Deputy Barney Fife, and his son, Opie.

R-I-P

Who better to give a sendoff than Opie?

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1107552