RIP Andy Griffith

[moe]

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=740602

[Zeke]

sweet dreams Andy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZi9UdTs_A

[cindylu]

Just now saw this on CNN. What a talent!!

[LFE]

RIP....




1:57
Andy Griffith sings TV Show Theme Song.

[cleveland rocks]

Faithwalk and I stopped in Mt Airy on our honeymoon. RIP Andy.

[ministerswife]

One of the greatest multiple and timeless talents-- and thank God he will live on in our memories and on multiple screen media; so we can get from one end of our world to one end his *“without getting knocked down or stepping in something” to visit him. That will make him smile.

*In memory of his famous football tale

[Tony]

Always damn creepy how Opie's mom was never mentioned in that show. I mean, not just verbally - though you would normally expect a kid to ask about her all the time - but not a single photograph of her anywhere in the house!

[Kensey]

Always damn creepy how Opie's mom was never mentioned in that show. I mean, not just verbally - though you would normally expect a kid to ask about her all the time - but not a single photograph of her anywhere in the house!

I don't know that they ever showed any of the places you would expect to see such photos -- places like Andy's bedroom or a formal sitting room. Back then many people had the idea that after a decent period of mourning, it was time to move on and go live your life if you were a widower, especially a widower with a child and most especially a widower with a child and a position of responsibility (and remember Andy was not only Sheriff, but Justice of the Peace as well). It also would not have been the done thing in a TV show of that era to mention a dead character a lot. They did mention her a handful of times, so it is known that she and Andy had a close relationship, that she died when Opie was still in infancy, and that when Andy married her Barney was best man (and was later godfather to Opie).

As for Opie, he never knew her, so it's not terribly unusual that he doesn't talk or ask about her a lot. She's no more a part of his life than a great-grandparent who died back before he could remember anything.