America has lost a legend. Andy Griffith epitomized the values and
decency that once prevailed in this country. RIP Andy.
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TV legend Andy Griffith, 86, died this morning at his home in North
Carolina.
Griffith is best remembered for his starring role as Mayberry, North
Carolina's Sheriff Andy Taylor in the 1960s series The Andy Griffith
Show. Dan Gainor, a Hollywood critic with the Media Research Center
(MRC), says the big credit to Griffith's career is the wholesome
entertainment he gave to America, which is so hard to find now.
"You look at Andy Griffith, and he was very much in that show a father
figure, and a lot of the lessons he taught reflect the values of America
at that time," Gainor asserts. "They're straight out of the Bible:
You've got to be honest, you can't lie, you're to respect your parents
-- just working the way down the Ten Commandments."
The MRC spokesman points out that in the enduring TV favorite The Andy
Griffith Show, even when bad people came into Mayberry they were always
stopped by good people.
He notes the famous quote that says, "All it takes for evil to triumph
is for good men to do nothing" -- and suggests that "Andy Griffith was
that good man, and not just in Mayberry. But when you watch programs
like that, just as corrupt programs can corrupt you, good programs can
influence you as well."
Griffith also starred in Matlock in the 1980s and '90s. Before taking on
television, he won wide praise in the 1950s in the Broadway comedy No
Time for Sergeants. His film debut was in the 1957 movie A Face in the
Crowd.
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J Young
jdyo...@ymail.com