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Correct you are. Andy was the weakest major character on that show. Had it not been for Barney, Floyd, Gomer, and Otis; TAGS would not have been the classic it is today. Even the secondary characters were better; the Darlin's, Ernest T Bass, etc.

I would rate Andy right alongside Raif Hollister and Miss Clara on the scale of importance. All 3 were better than Howard Sprague, though.

GH2001 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 09, 2012, 09:05:48 AM »

Quote from: Pell City Tiger on May 08, 2012, 06:53:14 PM

Correct you are. Andy was the weakest major character on that show. Had it not been for Barney, Floyd, Gomer, and Otis; TAGS would not have been the classic it is today. Even the secondary characters were better; the Darlin's, Ernest T Bass, etc.

I would rate Andy right alongside Raif Hollister and Miss Clara on the scale of importance. All 3 were better than Howard Sprague, though.

Don't get me wrong, I love the role of Sheriff Taylor. He was the perfect friend and father on that show. He did all the right things and was just the right amount of imperfect, but Andy Griffith as a person has disappointed me lately, i.e. the 2008 Election and a couple of recent movies he has done where he plays a crass pervert. It's just not what I want to see from him after knowing him as Andy Taylor growing up. Maybe I got too much into the nostalgia with that show, but Andy Taylor was what I think everyone should be, and Andy Griffith nowadays is just the opposite.

Kaos · « **Reply #14 on:** May 09, 2012, 10:24:06 AM »

Love Andy Griffith. Or should I say loved?

One of my all time favorite series. But now my youngest has discovered it and she's watching all the episodes in order on Netflix.

Andy was just a little bit creepy weird on those shows and he, more than any other character, really hammed it up. I'd never noticed that before.

You almost get the feeling that something not quite right was just beneath the surface of that shark-wide grin. Sinister even.

Or maybe something's wrong with me.

Godfather · « **Reply #15 on:** May 09, 2012, 10:38:36 AM »

Quote from: Kaos on May 09, 2012, 10:24:06 AM

Love Andy Griffith. Or should I say loved?

One of my all time favorite series. But now my youngest has discovered it and she's watching all the episodes in order on Netflix.

Andy was just a little bit creepy weird on those shows and he, more than any other character, really hammed it up. I'd never noticed that before.

You almost get the feeling that something not quite right was just beneath the surface of that shark-wide grin. Sinister even.

Or maybe something's wrong with me.

Nah you seem alright to me.

Shug Dye · « **Reply #16 on:** May 09, 2012, 10:50:22 AM »

Quote from: GH2001 on May 09, 2012, 09:05:48 AM

Andy Griffith as a person has disappointed me lately, i.e. the 2008 Election and a couple of recent movies he has done where he plays a crass pervert.

He's old. That's what you become when you get old. We got a few prime specimens right here.

GH2001 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 09, 2012, 11:03:58 AM »

Quote from: Shug Dye on May 09, 2012, 10:50:22 AM

He's old. That's what you become when you get old. We got a few prime specimens right here.

I caught a movie he did a couple of years ago on Netflix last week. He lives in a retirement home with nothing but women. Constant talks of rough sex with the residents and popping viagra. After popping Viagra he complains of not being able to get it back down and lasting all night long. That in itself isn't so weird, but hearing Andy say it? Was just plain weird. I didn't want to see Sheriff Taylor in that role. I'll never see Andy Griffith Show the same way again after seeing that.

Shug Dye · « **Reply #18 on:** May 09, 2012, 11:24:34 AM »

Quote from: GH2001 on May 09, 2012, 11:03:58 AM

Constant talks of rough sex with the residents and popping viagra. After popping Viagra he complains of not being able to get it back down and lasting all night long.

SSDD around here. And isn't any kind of sex with old people, rough sex?

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #19 on:** May 09, 2012, 11:35:16 AM »

Quote from: Shug Dye on May 09, 2012, 11:24:34 AM

SSDD around here. And isn't any kind of sex with old people, rough sex?

Joints popping all over the place...