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Sheriff Confirms Andy Griffith Has Died, Say Actor Has Been "Laid To Rest"
WITN ^ | July 3, 2012

Posted on 07/03/2012 7:10:28 AM PDT by Semper911

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To: Semper911

What his political leanings were in life didn’t shape what I loved about the show as a child.The realities of grown up life did not erase those memories of a more innocent time.My condolences go out to his family and friends.RIP.


61 posted on 07/03/2012 7:38:04 AM PDT by tapatio (In memory of my Dad 5-27-26 2-4-2010)
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To: YourAdHere

I never really found the AG show all that funny either.


62 posted on 07/03/2012 7:38:19 AM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: al baby
yup looks like he died before he could vote for obama again

Oh he'll be voting for 0bama again, no question.


63 posted on 07/03/2012 7:38:53 AM PDT by mkjessup (RIP Andy Griffith - 'Titz on a Ritz' ...mmmm good cracker!)
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To: Semper911

It didn’t matter to me much that he was a both a big lib and a miserable creep in real life. That’s often the case, and “The Andy Griffith Show” was an absolute gem of a series, which has more than stood the test of time.

However, when Griffith actually went out and started promoting Obamacare in those commercials, that was a bridge too far. He made himself an enemy of American liberty and freedom right then and there. I haven’t been able to stand seeing his face on television ever since, without abject disgust.


64 posted on 07/03/2012 7:40:21 AM PDT by greene66
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To: oh8eleven

My favorite Andy Griffith movie. The scene with the “saluting” toilets in the latrine still cracks me up!

RIP and prayers to his family.


65 posted on 07/03/2012 7:41:49 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: YourAdHere

Agreed...more cringing than laughing.


66 posted on 07/03/2012 7:42:33 AM PDT by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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To: big'ol_freeper
[after Will has spent all night cleaning the latrine, Sgt. King is amazed at how beautiful it is]

Sergeant King: Wait 'til the Captain sees this. Why he inspects this place like it was an operating room where somebody was gonna cut out his heart. Never in your life have you seen such a guy for stickin' his head right down into things.
[looks at the commodes]
Will Stockdale: You figure he'll like what I done?
Sergeant King: He'll be a new man. Will, uh, how would you like to be Permanent Latrine Orderly?
Will Stockdale: Permanent Latrine Orderly?
Sergeant King: P.L.O.
Will Stockdale: Gol-lee!
-No Time For Sergeants (1955[tv], 1958[film])



67 posted on 07/03/2012 7:43:36 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Sam's Army
I seem to remember an episode where a black family walked into town looking for help when their car broke down on the way to Mount Pilot.
Unfortunately their arrival coincided with Otis The Drunk going missing. Sheriff Taylor proceeded to whip the populace into a frenzy with unsubstantiated claims that the family had murdered Otis despite the calls for calm by Deputy Fife. In the ensuing pandemonium, the innocent family was lynched.
It was later discovered that Otis had simply passed out on the fishing dock.
68 posted on 07/03/2012 7:49:20 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: al baby

just cause he is dead doesn’t mean he won’t vote.


69 posted on 07/03/2012 7:49:27 AM PDT by ronniesgal ( I miss George Bush. Hell, I miss Bill Clinton!!)
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To: trailhkr1

I had heard noises about that too (how he treated fans), but I am not sure if that it true or not. I don’t run into celebrities in my “normal” life :)


70 posted on 07/03/2012 7:50:34 AM PDT by midnightcat
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To: Semper911

Im sure its just a coincidence that Obamacare has passed and an old man died.

Pretty sure anyway.


71 posted on 07/03/2012 7:51:04 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: el_texicano

The role that fits his real persona was the lead in ‘A Face in the Crowd’.


72 posted on 07/03/2012 7:54:32 AM PDT by BelegStrongbow (St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
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Sheriff Andy Taylor On The American Revolution

Andy Griffith - Romeo & Juliet lol....one of my favorites.


73 posted on 07/03/2012 7:56:18 AM PDT by Girlene (Chief AHat Roberts - should resign in disgrace.)
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To: Liberty Valance

I loved that show. RIP Andy!!


74 posted on 07/03/2012 7:58:00 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: ronniesgal

you beat me to it! if the dead can be elected, why cant they vote?


75 posted on 07/03/2012 7:58:27 AM PDT by nonsporting
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To: trailhkr1

RIP Lonesome Rhodes.


76 posted on 07/03/2012 8:00:45 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Semper911

RIP Andy Griffth.


77 posted on 07/03/2012 8:00:45 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Semper911; All

Let’s not drag politics in this.


78 posted on 07/03/2012 8:04:34 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: yarddog
He was one heck of an actor and I mean serious actor, not just a comedian.

Yeah, he was downright evil as John Wallace in Murder in Coweta County.


79 posted on 07/03/2012 8:05:57 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Semper911

Andy was a Democrat. Some Democrats are wicked, some are naive, and some are stupid. I know Andy was not stupid, nor do I believe he was wicked. That leaves naive and easily led.

In the end, we must not sit in judgement of another soul and the contributions, virtues and failings of its entire life. God will do that.

What we do know is, the best of Andy Griffith was his extraordinary talent. Few portrayals of insanity can match his as the malignant narcissist turned monstrous demagogue, “Larry ‘Lonesome Rhodes’”, in a “Face in the Crowd”. It was a good movie, and his character was seductive and truly horrifying.

Andy then turned it around 180 degrees in “No Time for Sergeants”, and “The Andy Griffith Show”. No matter how unlike the character of “Andy Taylor” he was, he passed down to generations of children (and adults) worldwide, the calm and loving wisdom of the traditional, conservative American father. After 50 years, the show is still popular, and for some children, Andy will remain the only exemplary male model they’ll ever “know”.

God bless you, Andy Griffith, and may you rest in peace.


80 posted on 07/03/2012 8:08:17 AM PDT by floralamiss
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