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Bye Now, Andy. Y’All Take Care, Y’Hear?

Posted on 07/3/2012 by | Movies & TV | Comments

LegacyJim “Gomer Pyle” Nabors, who owed his entire career to Andy Griffith, once told me about the first time the two ever met,  after Andy had seen his nightclub act in the early 1960s. “I don’t know what you do,” Andy told the young singer-comedian. “But you do it very well.” For Andy Griffith, who died July 3 at age 86, there may have a level of self-recognition in that observation. Ten years earlier, Andy himself had exploded into the …

Sit Down With Dad for These Great Fathers Day Movies

Posted on 06/15/2012 by | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentFather’s Day cards always show dads fishing, or boating, or hunting ducks. But really, wouldn’t your dad rather sit down with you for a great movie? Here are my choices:                   Field of Dreams (1989) “Hey dad, ya wanna have a catch?” The day those words don’t reduce any American male to a state of blubbering crybabyhood is the day

Get To Know Ron Howard

Posted on 05/28/2009 by | Archived Contributor | Comments

EntertainmentRon Howard is on the cover of the latest issue of AARP The Magazine