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7/4/2012 12:51:16 PM EST
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My Tribute To Andy Griffith
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There are people who make a lasting mark in our life. During my teen years, Andy Griffith was my idol as his easygoing and happy demeanor was very appealing to me. To certain extent, I considered him as my “American” Dad.
Andy Griffith, aka Sheriff Andy of Mayberry, passed away on July 3, 2012. Andy Griffith, an icon of television show, represented small town in USA and a way of life that is so uniquely American.
To me he came across (through his character as Sheriff Andy) as a remarkable human being. He was no perfect by any means. He made impression on me as I watched him on our old black and white TV during my teenage years. Sheriff Andy and other characters- Opie, Aunt Bee, Floyd the Barber, Barney- were my weekly exposure to American small town family.
Each of these delightful, less than perfect characters represented a part of the American landscape. Andy acted as father, boss, teacher, friend and law enforcer. But Andy brought all characters together to entertain on weekly basis (not counting reruns). Entertain he did by providing laughter. But to me he provided glimpses of love and set of values.
And just what were those values?
They were values like understanding, compassion, forgiveness and a positive outlook on life, all which have never left me. His show’s characters did things regular Americans did in the 1960s: went to church, got leisurely haircuts, and chatted with the gas station attendant.
Andy Griffith was the entertainment-world emblem of the 20th-century values Americans often like to say they prize most. He spread the notion the very best of us was contained in the rural life — in this case, the fictional tales of Mayberry that "The Andy Griffith Show" delivered for almost a decade.
Looking back to those years, I can truly say the reality of those times was somewhat different. Griffith's show, in a way, defied its times rather than captured them. The show debuted in 1960s, just when John F. Kennedy was elected and ended in 1968, just when the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot.
Those were turbulent times. But Andy’s Mayberry quietly endured. And perhaps that was the essence of Sheriff Andy and his show. It provided love, laughter and set of values. The world that Sheriff Andy shaped in the image of Mayberry is in the distant past. But it still lingers in my mind. The sad truth is that it is not coming back either on television or anywhere else.
© 2012 Prakash Kunjeer
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 | | Hey, great Post. Thanks for sharing. @yumiospublishing |
| | |  | | A wonderful story about an iconic figure. He will be missed. Too bad things had to change but, I think they call that progress. |
| | |  | | Very good blog Prakesh. The loss of the family unit and the consequent loss of values is something that saddens me. |
| | |  | | What a wonderful tribute to an iconic actor and a less turbulent time in Mayberry town. Hopefully, the true values of family, honesty and forgiveness will never pass away. Thank you for sharing these memories....me, too. |
| | |  | | Andy was great and one of a kind, thanks for sharing Prakash! |
| | |  | | Andy will be missed. Creating not one but two iconic characters in Sheriff Andy Taylor and Matlock. Thanks for the tribute. |
| | |  | | Truly an inspirational actor. Interesting side note is that it's been on TV in reruns constantly since it went off the air. Thanks for the memories. |
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