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Mish mash => Open Forum => Topic started by: Miss Silvera on July 03, 2012, 08:23:25 AM
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Andy Griffith Died this morning at his home in Manteo, NC
A true icon in radio, film and TV
RIP Andy....you will be missed
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Just heard, he was 86. Probably the best loved TV show ever made, I watched it growing up and have seen it many times over the years in reruns and have grown to really appreciate it more now.
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Sorry, I posted the same thing 20 seconds after you did! I tried to remove the thread but it wouldn't let me.
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Ditto.... :'(
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Andy was one of the good ones.
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Makes me sad every time someone of that generation passes on. Feels like another piece of what made America great has passed on as well:'(. Not saying that we were a perfectly moral people back then, but compared to where we are and seem to be heading; it is truly.......well.......sad.
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I went through Mt. Airy NC just the other week and thought about him. I hear Jim Nabors isn't doing very well either.
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Sorry, I posted the same thing 20 seconds after you did! I tried to remove the thread but it wouldn't let me.
Taken care of...
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Thanks V-Jim. Every show had a lesson, you learned while you watched and didn't even know it, well us kids didn't, it appealed to kids and adults alike though. A slower time, a simpler time, a better time, at least for me.
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WOW truly sad. Yes all of the icons of yesteryear are going away
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Thanks V-Jim. Every show had a lesson, you learned while you watched and didn't even know it, well us kids didn't, it appealed to kids and adults alike though. A slower time, a simpler time, a better time, at least for me.
+100
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Very sad, but these old fellows are all on borrowed time. Sheriff Andy was one of my electronic "foster fathers", along with Ward Cleaver, Lucas McCain, Gomer Pyle, "Mathews - Highway Patrol", etc. These shows, even while being the mainstream of the "boob tube", always left us with some sort of lesson learned and a good moral statement at the end. Entertainment and education. Not like today.
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Very sad, but these old fellows are all on borrowed time. Sheriff Andy was one of my electronic "foster fathers", along with Ward Cleaver, Lucas McCain, Gomer Pyle, "Mathews - Highway Patrol", etc. These shows, even while being the mainstream of the "boob tube", always left us with some sort of lesson learned and a good moral statement at the end. Entertainment and education. Not like today.
Nosmo, I couldn't have explained it any better.
RIP Sheriff Andy.
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Very sad, but these old fellows are all on borrowed time. Sheriff Andy was one of my electronic "foster fathers", along with Ward Cleaver, Lucas McCain, Gomer Pyle, "Mathews - Highway Patrol", etc. These shows, even while being the mainstream of the "boob tube", always left us with some sort of lesson learned and a good moral statement at the end. Entertainment and education. Not like today.
+1!
Grew up without a physical dad, but I do believe some of these shows and an aunt who made sure I was in church, made all the difference...
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+1!
Grew up without a physical dad, but I do believe some of these shows and an aunt who made sure I was in church, made all the difference...
Church never did much for me. I attribute how I turned out to my father-in-law for the most part. My dad died very early. I was 12. We both liked gin and it went on from there. He was a good man. I miss him and my dad.
I miss the old shows like Andy Griffith starred in. They had comedy that was universal and didn't have to shock anyone to make it funny.
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Not to start a religious thread, but I probably should give God the credit as the Church hasn't always had the best reputation... ;)
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Agreed.
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R.I.P.