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frustratedpilotToday I had, as part of my rounds, a visit with my buddy Paul Francis. His television was tuned in to TVLand and at the time The Andy Griffith Show was on. He was enjoying it, but I don't care for it. He asked me why and I didn't have much good of an answer. The fact that the show had already ended and all the cast had moved on to other shows by the time I was watching TV meant little to him, as he's younger than me...
But really, it's a cultural thing. Mayberry is a romantization of what life was really like in the small towns in this part of the South. Bits and pieces of Mayberry still exist, tho' not anywhere near the same concentration as what you'd see on the show. Mayberry is a state of mind, a "merry old America" that haunts the present, and curses its very real problems.
Meanwhile, I see that the man hired to replace Lane Kiffin as the Head Coach of the University of Tennessee football team...looks and sounds like Gomer Pyle warmed over.
You Vols love Mayberry too much for your own good. But just because I don't love it, doesn't give you license to think I hate it. I had other things to love in my time.
But really, it's a cultural thing. Mayberry is a romantization of what life was really like in the small towns in this part of the South. Bits and pieces of Mayberry still exist, tho' not anywhere near the same concentration as what you'd see on the show. Mayberry is a state of mind, a "merry old America" that haunts the present, and curses its very real problems.
Meanwhile, I see that the man hired to replace Lane Kiffin as the Head Coach of the University of Tennessee football team...looks and sounds like Gomer Pyle warmed over.
You Vols love Mayberry too much for your own good. But just because I don't love it, doesn't give you license to think I hate it. I had other things to love in my time.
