R.I.P. Andy Griffith

[ehrnst]

http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/03/andy-griffith-dies-dead/

86 years old.

[warrior1]

1. NO

God damn it. NO.

[malaise]

2. Oh no

Thanks for the memories!

[Stargazer09]

3. :(

I grew up with the Andy Griffith Show. He will be missed.

[Sedona]

4. America's Favorite Sheriff

R.I.P.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Oh no, not Andy! RIP

[ananda]

6. Andy Griffith!

I loved him and his shows. Such a marvelous personality.

RIP

[lame54]

7. Griffith...

a great talent

still one of the best sit-coms ever

[PatSeg]

17. I've watched the episodes

over and over again. They never get old - great writing and unforgettable characters.

[Are_grits_groceries]

8. Awwwwww!

RIP Andy.
Rest yourself now. You fought the good fight!

I went outside and I could faintly hear this in the sky:

[PatSeg]

18. I had that as my cell phone ringer

for a long time. People loved it.

[cbdo2007]

9. Lots of icons dead this year. RIP Andy!

[SfromCanada]

10. RIP

Just saw "A Face in the Crowd" this weekend. Very underrated actor.

[hunter]

49. It seems Rush Limbaugh modeled himself after that character...

... must've seen Griffith's Larry Rhodes as some kind of hero.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050371

[Marooned]

11. Thank you Andy for the years of entertainment

http://www.wbtv.com/story/18941257/reports-andy-griffith-died-at-86-years-old

[Control-Z]

12. Oh, no!!!

[permatex]

13. Sad news

I remember when I was a kid, the whole family would gather in front of the TV, my late dad would pop a shitload of popcorn and we would watch the Andy Griffith show every week.
He will be greatly missed.
R.I.P. Andy, you lived a long and good life.

[a kennedy]

14. You should post his name correctly....it's Griffith, not Griffin.

and it is very sad....RIP AnDY, the way Aunt Bea would say it.....

[ehrnst]

16. done. Thanks.

[deutsey]

15. His show is among my all-time favorites

RIP, Sheriff Taylor

[ehrnst]

19. And he lived in NC, too. (nt)

[no_hypocrisy]

20. I consider "A Face In The Crowd" to be his masterpiece performance.

We were warned about Lonesome Rhodes a long time ago.

[KansDem]

34. "Face in the Crowd" is one of the best in American cinema.

Why it never got on the AFI's "100 Best" is a mystery...

[DevonRex]

63. It stunned me when I saw it. Masterful

performance. Still stuns me just thinking about it.

[Le Taz Hot]

21. So sorry to hear this.

NetFlix has the Andy Griffith Show. I just watched several with The Darlings and "It's me, it's me, it's Earnest T!" He was not only a good actor he was a good guitarist and singer.


R.I.P., Sheriff Taylor.

[WI_DEM]

22. Wow! This one really hurts.

[rhett o rick]

23. RIP Andy. nm

[BumRushDaShow]

24. NO!!!!

Oh geez. He always seemed to be very active out there too. So sorry to see this.

R.I.P. and condolences to the family.

[TBF]

25. A little before my time but I know who he is -

safe passage Mr. Griffith.

[Tsiyu]

26. RIP, Andy

Good soul

[Glorfindel]

27. A truly great talent...my first memory of him is from 1953

listening to him on the radio, talking about "What It Was, Was Football"

[Fawke Em]

43. My Dad played that for me when I was little and I laughed

myself silly.

Being a good Southern girl, SEC football was lifestyle in our home - not just games - so this was hilarious!

R.I.P. Sheriff Andy

[liberalhistorian]

28. A good man who gave a lot of good

tv memories, in my childhood and beyond. R.I.P.

[hedgehog]

30. You said it!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=22b_1224802621

[patrice]

29. I'm depressed. Can't make anything positive out of that. Mayberry is gone too.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. At least Opie is still here

I never got to meet Andy but had the pleasure of meeting Don Knotts back in 1976. He was gracious enough to give the then-teen-aged me an autograph.

So sad to see these folks pass...

[patrice]

39. And he has never changed.

Love you, Opie.

[antigone382]

47. None of us is here forever, and 86 years, spent as Andy spent them, is a good run.

Nice that in his last days he got to see his support of ACA vindicated by the Supreme Court.

Here's to a life well-lived, and an example to us all.

[patrice]

58. He REALLY did leave the mark of a GOOD life. Everyone is better because of his effect upon them.

Thanks for reminding me that I KNOW this.

[TuxedoKat]

31. Sorry to hear this

RIP Mr. Griffith and thanks for the memories.

[DoBotherMe]

32. Sad

He was so great! Dana ; )

[KansDem]

33. "A Face in the Crowd" (1957)

Andy's first movie and one of the best in American cinema (my opinion). Why it never got on the AFI's "100 Best" is beyond me.

An Arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?

Sound familiar? Still relevant in today's political culture...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050371/

[whathehell]

59. Great film...Thanks for this, KansDem.

Rest in peace, Andy.

[magical thyme]

35. this one has me crying

major father figure to me, right next to Atticus Finch in my heart.

RIP and thank you, Andy.

[rateyes]

37. RIP Andy

You were one of the good guys.

[joeybee12]

38. Shit! RIP Andy...

I thought he was older, though...he'd been around for forever.

[NightWatcher]

40. What it was was football (great standup from 1953)

[pamela]

41. Ever hear his Julius Ceasar bit?

"And Julius said 'Et tu, Brutae?' and Brutus said, 'Yeah, me too.'"

God, I loved Andy Griffith.

[raouldukelives]

42. What a talent and unique voice he was. RIP Andy.

So many great memories and great roles but I'll always have a special fondness for No Time for Sergeants.

[Fawke Em]

44. Who can forget his, Ron Howard's and Henry Winkler's Obama endorsement:

http://www.gotchamediablog.com/2012/07/andy-griffith-and-ron-howards-2008.html

[madokie]

45. Damn, damn, old men like me aren't supposed to cry

but I can't help it.

[MineralMan]

46. In 1991, I was hospitalized with viral encephalitis.

Toward the end of that hospitalization, I was doing better, but was still sleeping a lot, in short spurts. The television set in my hospital room was set to a channel that mainly played reruns of television programs. It seemed like reruns of the Andy Griffith Show and Matlock ran a lot of the time on the channel, and I hadn't mastered how to use the remote control for the TV, in my foggy state. I'd fall asleep watching one and then wake up and the other one would be on. Since my brain was still somewhat fuzzy, it was confusing and I kept wondering how the show I had been watching had morphed to the other, and couldn't keep track of the plot. It was an interesting mental exercise for my brain, I think.

That's my favorite memory of Andy Griffith.

[patrice]

64. "... interesting mental exercise for (your) brain..." and may have actually helped to get it started

knitting itself back together again.

[Beringia]

48. I have just been watching his reruns

and they are so good. Barney died a while back. I looked up Andy and saw he was alive. Glad he lived a long life. A wonderful show. They said in the beginning he was supposed to be the comic and Barney the straight man, but after doing a couple shows, it became obvious Barney should be the comic and Andy the straight man. Aunt Bee was really good too and of course Oppie.

[pamela]

55. If you watch the show from the beginning, you can see that.

The first episode has a very different Andy. He acts kind of goofy. By about the third or fourth episode he has changed considerably.

[Taverner]

50. RIP Andy, lifelong Democrat and came out of retirement to endorse Obama

RIP Good Sheriff

[bigwillq]

51. RIP

[morningfog]

52. A sad day. RIP Ange.

[Warpy]

53. A good man and a good Democrat, he'll be missed

He was no slouch as an actor, either. Hard to believe Lonesome Rhodes and Sheriff Andy were played by the same man.

[Bake]

54. Andy always reminded me of my own Dad.

They were the same age, and my father is still living and in reasonably good shape for 86.

Godspeed, Andy. We'll miss you.

Bake

[wendylaroux]

56. I am sad, RIP Andy

He was an awesome actor, seemed to be a good and genuine person.

[Rosco T.]

57. If you can't help but think of the music, here's the lyrics you probably never heard....

THE FISHIN' HOLE

Well now, take down your fishing pole and meet me at the fishing hole
We may not get a bite all day, but don’t you rush away
What a great place to rest your bones and mighty fine for skipping stones
You’ll feel fresh as a lemonade a-setting in the shade

Whether it’s hot, whether it’s cool
Oh, what a spot for whistling like a fool

What a fine day to take a stroll and wind up at the fishing hole
I can’t think of a better way to pass the time of day

We’ll have no need to call the roll when we get to the fishing hole
They’ll be you, me, and old dog, trey to do the time away
If we don’t hook a perch or bass we’ll cool our toes in dewy grass
Or else pull up a weed to chaw and maybe sit and jaw

Hanging around, taking our ease
Watching that hound a scratching at his fleas

I’m gonna take down my fishing pole and meet you at the fishing hole
I can’t think of a better way to pass the time of day

[patrice]

61. And remember the absolutely awesome Blue Grass played by Ernest T. Bass &

his mountain kin? I wish I could remember what they called themselves.

We were also beautifully introduced to the light classics by Jim Nabors on the Andy Griffith Show.

[texanwitch]

68. That was the Darling family, a hillybilly family.

There was a father, one daughter and about 6 boys.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

72. That band was The Dillards

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dillards

[Beringia]

73. They were called the Darlings and were the Dillards

You can hear them played often on this bluegrass station

http://www.bostonpete.com/station004.html

[patrice]

74. THANK you! Will share with my neices husband who is in the middle of an

Old Tyme music revival in Lawrence, KS.

[patrice]

66. Thanks! for these. I will share them.

[texanwitch]

69. He was also in a Coast Guard movie called Onion Head.

Just saw it not long ago.

[bluecoat_fan]

60. I just got the TV series on DVD a couple of weeks ago to show my kids.

They included some commercials, which was kind of cool

[aquart]

62. RIP, you old pleasure.

[DevonRex]

65. Have fun floating around the cosmos Andy!

Visit us often.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

67. "No Time for Sargeants"

He was nominated for a Tony award for it and then starred in the movie version.
A very funny movie.

[pinboy3niner]

70. R.I.P., Andy

Great actor, great man.

[myrna minx]

71. Rest in Peace.