His list of credits is pretty impressive.
No, he wasn’t Catholic, but he was very American, and who hasn’t used Mayberry as a metaphor? Either way, may he rest in peace.
Andy Griffith 1926-2012
- Foxfier
Foxfier
Former sailor, trained calibration tech, current mother, current geek; has a former sailor current geek computer tech husband, a pack of kids and cats, one dog, all spoiled.
Has been "Foxfier" since before Mozilla existed, let alone renamed their browser "Firefox." It's a purposeful misspelling of the photo-luminescent effect-- for something that might look scary but is harmless.
“He was one from our country’s last best generation.” I heard that yesterday in a eulogy.
If there were a top ten TV shows for the Fourth of July list, I’d hope to see ‘Matlock’ on it. And watching the episodes about life in Mayberry would be great formation for our country’s children.
Griffith was a Yellow Dog Democrat who recently shilled for ObamaCare along with “Dopey”, Ron Howard. I do have fond memories of the Don Knotts Show, sometimes mislabeled the Andy Griffith Show. Griffith’s finest work was at the beginning of his career in this film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noiPNDxZKk0&feature=fvwrel