[C. Edmund Wright]

Too bad we know what we now do about Andy Griffith and Ron Howard.

Not to put too fine of a point on it, but the values of Andy Griffith and Ron Howard are NOT the values of Andy and Opie Taylor. Griffith has ridden the Sheriff Taylor personna his whole life and yet politically he is as anti-Mayberry as you can get.

[skeeter]

I know that, but personally speaking knowing an artist’s politics, or future politics, is a big reminder that at least in that context its make believe.

[Cboldt]

Just watch A Face in the Crowd, 1957 movie staring Andy Griffith, for a great counterpoint to the character of Sheriff Andy Taylor.