I was very touched that someone in the staff of the Emmy telecast remembered
"The Andy Griffith Show" more than once. The "In Memoriam" tribute took the
unusual step of opening with a montage of the "Andy Griffith Show," featuring
Andy and Opie, then Ron Howard walks out to pay a verbal tribute and introduce
the rest of the "In Memoriam" segment. Since ABC carried the telecast this
year, I would've expected them to do something like this to Dick Clark.
On the other hand, I was surprised and disappointed they actually managed to
leave out George "Goober" Lindsey from the tribute, ditto Frank Cady ("Green
Acres," "Petticoat Junction"), Don Grady ("My Three Sons"), Jonathan Frid
("Dark Shadows"), Peter Breck ("The Big Valley"), and Gore Vidal (various live
TV plays).
And early in the show, two actors from one of my favorite current shows,
"Breaking Bad" (which couldn't possibly be less like Mayberry), Bryan Cranston
and Aaron Paul, did a TAGS spoof in black and white in which they're walking to
the fishing hole and shoot Barney on the way. It ends with a dark spoof of the
Post Cereals sponsor billboard that appeared in the series' original run.
Might be a bit edgy for some of the folks around here but personally I LOL'ed.
Dixon
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