Kelly Green
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Andy Griffith passed this morning in North Carolina at age 86. He was an upstanding fella. God Bless him.
RIP Andy Griffith
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Retired LTC USAR
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Enjoyed all his shows.
Really liked his monologue on his first "football" game!!!!
Really liked his monologue on his first "football" game!!!!
Glitch
Member
Well, that's a shame. My wife and I and our girls have gotten so much enjoyment out of the Andy Griffith Show -- we've got all of them on DVD. We'll be watching them in his memory over the next few days.
I believe he was a good guy who didn't embrace the Hollywood thing. A friend was an ER doc out at the NC coast several years ago when Andy came in after cutting his hand doing yard work. He was completely down to earth and invited my friend and his wife to dinner at his house.
I believe he was a good guy who didn't embrace the Hollywood thing. A friend was an ER doc out at the NC coast several years ago when Andy came in after cutting his hand doing yard work. He was completely down to earth and invited my friend and his wife to dinner at his house.
nicky4968
Member
No Time for Sergeants - with the shrink.
It sure seems like there aren't many good guys on television today like Andy Griffith. All of my favorite actors from when I was a kid are passing. Sure makes me feel old.
R.I.P., Andy.
R.I.P., Andy.
Mayberry is almost reunited now....Rest in Peace Andy......
"What it was was football"
RIP
RIP
sipowicz
Member
I'm sure him and Don are up there with Aunt Bea having a peach tea togther....
Sebago Son
Member
Otis and Goober too... Thanks for all the years Andy.
Martimus
US Veteran
Truly, truly sad news!
The actor and the show by his name were wonderful.
Marshall 357
Member
Wow that is so sad, Man does time go by fast..
palmetto99
Member
Growing up with the first name Andy and a last name that starts with the letter G, I was called Andy Griffith alot and never liked it. Only as I got much older did I come to appreciate the man and his talent. R.I.P.
I was very lucky in that I grew up in Mayberry, but it had a different name. I knew a guy just like Andy and he was a wonderful man.
IndianaDave
Member
He was a great guy. I always wished I lived in Mayberry.
StatesRightist
Member
He was as good or better a man than he played on TV and that can't be said about many. Everybody he met was a friend and he I can't recall one incident or tale for that matter where he was anything but a Christian gentleman. R.I.P Andy, the Nation and the Hill in particular are saddened by your loss. I think about you every time I walk by where the Rat used to be. God Bless you and your family.
One of the last of the truly nice guys. He will be missed.
Biginge
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Andy Passed this morning
Boys,
We lost a goodun today. I grew up with Andy and Barney and Goob, etc. There was a message in every single episode of Andys show. Most all of it was based on the way "I would like to see us go back to once again." It was corny, funny, stupid, slapstick, etc. But it made you feel good to just be alive. I think each of us, in our own way, wished we could have lived in Mayberry with Andy and the crew. Maybe, just maybe, we did.
Rest in Peace Andy, you are a goodun.
Regards
Bill
Boys,
We lost a goodun today. I grew up with Andy and Barney and Goob, etc. There was a message in every single episode of Andys show. Most all of it was based on the way "I would like to see us go back to once again." It was corny, funny, stupid, slapstick, etc. But it made you feel good to just be alive. I think each of us, in our own way, wished we could have lived in Mayberry with Andy and the crew. Maybe, just maybe, we did.
Rest in Peace Andy, you are a goodun.
Regards
Bill
No one didn't like Andy Griffith. I'm saddened to hear of this. God bless his immortal soul and may his family bear their grief by knowing he was almost certain to have made the list for getting into heaven. He was a treasure.
John
John
45Wheelgun
Member
I spend the last day helping a friend prepare a car for the 4th of July parade. The car is a copy of the Mayberry patrol car. My job was to create the CD with sound bites from the show in between repeated opening song "The Fishing Hole" otherwise know as the Whistle Song. I must have listened to the Whistle song 100 times in the last couple of days. It will be bitter sweet to see the car in the parade tomorrow.
RIP Andy Griffith.
RIP Andy Griffith.
LouisianaJoe
Member
I think that the end of this video says it all.
Brad Paisley With Andy Griffith - Waitin' On A Woman - YouTube
Brad Paisley With Andy Griffith - Waitin' On A Woman - YouTube
to9
Member
Yup feelin old . The best ones are gone or goin .
BigBill
Absent Comrade
What a smart country boy he was. Always down to earth.
45Wheelgun
Member
Since I have this running through my head, I thought you all might enjoy:
http://www.smith-wessonforum.com/downloads/whistlesong.mp3
http://www.smith-wessonforum.com/downloads/whistlesong.mp3
to9
Member
Louisiana
I took a look at that video . Brought a tear to my eyes. Thats Andy .
I took a look at that video . Brought a tear to my eyes. Thats Andy .
Andy Griffith
Member
I always thought my father was a lot like the Sheriff of Mayberry...always enjoyed the show...when I got to watch "such foolishness on the television" as my dear mother would say. I can only imagine what she would think of TV today. 
Even though he wasn't "Andy Taylor," and he also put on his pants every morning like all the rest of us (except those of us who don't wear pants) and he made mistakes and I didn't always agree with his views, he will always live on as the likeable, humorous and witty Sheriff of Mayberry.
Just to mention as a possible coincidence, the pastor of my chruch gave a sermon this past Sunday entitled "Mayberry Isn't Mayberry Anymore."
Even though he wasn't "Andy Taylor," and he also put on his pants every morning like all the rest of us (except those of us who don't wear pants) and he made mistakes and I didn't always agree with his views, he will always live on as the likeable, humorous and witty Sheriff of Mayberry.
Just to mention as a possible coincidence, the pastor of my chruch gave a sermon this past Sunday entitled "Mayberry Isn't Mayberry Anymore."
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