Andy Griffith dies at 86

[KE4EST]

Amen. If you haven't seen him in the movie A Face in the Crowd, you really should. He was a versatile actor.

I've got to see that one. RIP

 

[Pismire]

We just watched "Play the Game" a week ago, what a hoot. RIP Andy.

 

[GreatFTA]

Make you wish we live in the Mayberry way of living. Loved the show.

 

[Tron]

Rest in peace, Andy Griffith, you will be missed ...

 

[TimLones111]

Here is an interview of Andy Griffith that might be of interest. In 1972 WEWS-TV 5 Cleveland began the Morning Exchange. which became the model for what became Good Morning America on ABC...

From the Fall of that year, host Fred Griffith (no relation) talks in an over 13 minute interview with Andy about the Football story that launched him nationally, the 1971 de-ruralization of CBS Primetime, The Andy Griffith Show (Which WEWS was airing in Syndication), Don, Knotts, where the Griffith cast was at this time , A Face In The Crowd and a couple other subjects. I like the relatvely slow pace of the interview, compared to most today on TV which are no more than short sound bites or project plugs..

 

[dfergie]

A Face in the Crowd airs tonight early am (depending on where you live) on TCM 1:30 am

 

[televisionarchives]

A Face in the Crowd airs tonight early am (depending on where you live) on TCM 1:30 am

His best Movie I think.

 

[dfergie]

I loved No Time for Sergeants, don't remember A Face, but have a timer set so I can put on my classics drive... this TV series just came to mind I liked also. Salvage 1 (TV Series 1979) - IMDb

 

[Peter Parker]

I loved No Time for Sergeants, don't remember A Face, but have a timer set so I can put on my classics drive... this TV series just came to mind I liked also. Salvage 1 (TV Series 1979) - IMDb

He plays a country TV Host with an amage fro wholesomeness who is reallya power hungry monster. It is definitely casting against type but he iis very good in it.

 

[riffjim4069]

I loved Andy Griffith's early stand-up comedy..."What it Was, Was Football" is a classic! It doesn't get much funnier than this...Andy Griffith: What It Was, Was Football (1953) - YouTube

 

[Bobby]

He plays a country TV Host with an amage fro wholesomeness who is reallya power hungry monster. It is definitely casting against type but he iis very good in it.

Actually he did Face in 1957. He really didn't have a "type" yet. He had only done one thing in front of that on one episode as a comedian on The Steve Allen Plymouth Show, doing stand-up. When he did the film No Time for Sergeants in 1958 he was then pretty well typecast in comedy. Of course he did Matlock later in life and returned to drama....

 

[televisionarchives]

Some stuff I was told about from someone who worked on the show. One day while they were on the set Andy Griffith got so mad that he punched a whole into a wall. He had to have it treated and heavily bandaged. They had to add it to the script for the next show. You can almost tell that it was added in. This was also written about in a book.

About 16 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show are public domain. You will find them at discount store and the opening theme song isn't the same . I don't know why.

In one of the Episodes called "A Black Day For Mayberry" Barney is shown looking at a phone book . It's a real phone book from Mount Airy , North Carolina.

Ron Howard's Father appeared in a few shows. And his brother Clint did as well . I think his mother did as well.

Howard Morris (Ernest T. Bass) directed a few shows. He also directed a few McDonald/s Commercials and provided the voice for the Hamburgler .

 

[Bobby]

I note that Rance, Ron's papa, did several Mayberrys, as did, Clint.... I don't see mama doing any at all, but she was in a Matlock....

 

[televisionarchives]

I note that Rance, Ron's papa, did several Mayberrys, as did, Clint.... I don't see mama doing any at all, but she was in a Matlock....

I can't find her but according to a book she was in one at least. I've seen her in Ron Howard Movies.

 

[cyberham]

This video reminds me how as a kid I used to watch Andy Griffith and the characters in his show, some with their "funny" accents, and they sounded pretty foreign to my Canadian ears. Yet, maybe part of the reason I liked the show a lot was because the characters were like people I could have known, or did know, so I could relate to them. I could imagine them being neighbours living on my street.

 

[Ramy]

R.I.P.