{"id":3486,"date":"2012-07-03T15:08:26","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T22:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/07\/andy-griffith-villain-gone\/"},"modified":"2012-07-11T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T22:11:54","slug":"andy-griffith-villain-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/03\/andy-griffith-villain-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Griffith, Villain – Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The Atlantic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Why People Still Watch ‘The Andy Griffith Show’<\/h1>\n

Now as when it first aired, the series is a refuge from modern life, not a reflection of it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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AP Images<\/p>\n

Andy Griffith was a great villain. Anyone who has seen Griffith’s film d\u00e9but can attest to that. In 1957’s\u00a0A Face in the Crowd<\/em>, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg, Griffith\u2014who died today at age 86\u2014plays a backwoods drifter who becomes a TV host and uses the show to gain political power. It’s a dark, brooding, quietly scary performance. It’s also\u00a0stunning to watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That’s because Griffith’s public persona was anything but dark. The actor began on stage as a comic storyteller\u2014jovial, self-effacing, and filled with folksy wisdom. That image would define him, despite the occasional foray into playing against type.<\/p>\n

He first found fame with\u00a0What it Was, Was Football<\/em>. In it he portrayed a country bumpkin who stumbles upon a college football game and tries to figure out what he’s seeing. The routine, released as a single in 1953, became a novelty hit. Griffith jumped to TV, debuting in\u00a0No Time for Sergeants<\/em>. (A few years later, reprising the role on film, he would meet a short, gangly, bugged-eyed budding comic genius named Don Knotts.) More TV followed. In 1960, Griffith guest-starred on an episode of\u00a0Make Room for Daddy<\/em>, playing a country sheriff who catches city slicker Danny Thomas speeding in his fancy car.<\/p>\n

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