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Carve out some time today, and let Evan Smith Rakoff show you how a wonderful essay about Andy Griffith can also be about Robert Burns, William Shakespeare, John Keats, ambition, nostalgia, the Hollywood blacklist, class, and grief. Related...Show More Summary

Viewers Upset with WFMY For Replacing ‘Andy Griffith Show’ with News

For the first time in thirty years, viewers of WFMY won’t be able to watch “The Andy Griffith Show” at the usual time of 5:30 p.m. and they’re not happy about it. The Greensboro, NC, CBS affiliate recently replaced the residents of Mayberry...Show More Summary

Jim Nabors Marries Long-Time Partner

Jim Nabors has come out of the closet, in the most celebratory way possible: he just got married! The veteran actor - best known for portraying Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show - tied the knot with his partner of 38 years on January...Show More Summary

Jim Nabors marries partner of 38 years

Jim Nabors, 82, of "The Andy Griffith Show" and “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” fame announced his marriage on Tuesday. He and his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, 64, were wed earlier this month, but did not announce their marriage until Jan. Show More Summary

Report Says Jim Nabors Marries Partner in Seattle

4 months agoArts : ArtsBeat

The actor, 82, who played the hapless if loveable Gomer Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.", was said to have married Stan Cadwallader, 64, his partner of 38 years, in a private ceremony in a Seattle hotel room on Jan. 15.

Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) Marries Partner After 38-Years

Actor Jim Nabors, best known for playing Private Gomer Pyle in the 1960s sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show, has married his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, after 38-years together as a gay couple. The couple traveled from their Honolulu home to Seattle, WA, where gay marriage was recently made legal, and were married on January 15, 2013....

Congrats to Jim Nabors and His Husband! To Celebrate, Let's Pick the Greatest "Gomer Pyle" Episode

4 months agoLGBT / Gay : After Elton

Jim Nabors is a TV icon thanks to his role as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., but he just renewed his legend in a cool and heartwarming way -- by marrying his male partner of 38 years, Stan Cadwallader....Show More Summary

Begin the Thawing Coming Out of Jim Nabors

In Seattle, good for the state’s voters: Jim Nabors, best known as Gomer Pyle from “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” has just wed his partner of 38 years, Stan Cadwallader, in Seattle, according to Hawaii News Now. The couple traveled from their Honolulu home to Washington, where same-sex marriage became legal last [...]

Actor Jim Nabors marries male partner in Seattle

Actor Jim Nabors marries male partner in Seattle via Rickey.org Actor Jim Nabors, Gomer Pyle on 'Andy Griffith Show,' marries partner of 38 years in Seattle. Congratulations! The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

“Gomer Pyle” Actor Jim Nabors Marries Longtime Boyfriend

4 months agoLGBT / Gay : Queerty

Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL Depending on how old you are, you’re either stunned by the news Jim Nabors has come out, or you’re asking who Jim Nabors is. Well, back in the 1960s he appeared on The Andy Griffith Show, and then his own sitcom, Gomer Pyle, USMC. In an exclusive with [...]

Who Will Be TV’s Next Lucille Ball or Andy Griffith?

During a conversation about television icons, a buddy of mine said that Matthew Perry is on track to achieve legendary status (and she wasn’t talking about his legendary knack for starring on shows that get canceled). Lucille Ball, Andy Griffith, Carol Burnett, Matthew Perry–one of these things is not like the others. Show More Summary

11 TV Show Theme Songs That Secretly Have Lyrics

Chances are, you’ve been humming the theme songs for the "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Bewitched" for years. Turns out these songs weren't just tunes, but actually had lyrics that went along with them. Our friends at mental_floss have uncovered the lyrics to 11 popular TV show songs. Show More Summary

Haunted Mansion, the Little Long-Playing Record

7 months agoOdd : Boing Boing

Here's the audio from Disney's classic "Story and Song from the Haunted Mansion," narrated by Thurl Ravenscroft, starring a young -- Andy Griffith show era -- Ronnie Howard. I had this in the original Disneyland Little Long Playing Record edition, and played it to death, as you might expect. Metafilter's Hippybear has included links to [...]

Obama Ads Aired During 'Racist' Sitcom

Yahoo News’ Chris Wilson reports that the show whose political advertising skews most Republican is The Andy Griffith Show. For Democrats, it’s a show a smidgen less wholesome: “2 Broke Girls” swung the most heavily to the Democrats—surprising,...Show More Summary

Ron Howard Celebrates Andy Griffith

RALEIGH, N.C. — Andy Griffith led by example on the set of his television show, teaching a 6-year-old boy that true leadership requires not only...

Ron Howard's remarks played at Mayberry Days

8 months agoNews : The Newsroom

Andy Griffith led by example on the set of his television show, teaching a 6-year-old boy that true leadership requires not only confidence and hard work but also humility, Academy Award-winning film director Ron Howard said in recorded remarks Sunday.

Aaron Paul And Bryan Cranston Kick Arse In This Breaking Bad Spoof

We don't believe it!! If wishes were fishes, the seas would be FILLED with our burning desires to see an Andy Griffith Show/Breaking Bad crossover!! And, guess what, all of our wishes came true!! Ch-ch-check out Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston paying the oddest homage you will ever see to the late great Andy Griffith (above)! If this sketch [...]

Star Trek Went To Mayberry

8 months agoLGBT / Gay : Joe. My. God.

Tech/sci-fi site IO9 has posted an item titled 10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Star Trek. Here's my favorite: Star Trek visited Mayberry... twice. The show was so broke, it reused tons of outdoor sets from The Andy GriffithShow More Summary

Parakeet Whistles the Theme Song to The Andy Griffith Show

10 months agoOdd : Neatorama

(Video Link)“The Fishin’ Hole” was whistled for the opening of The Andy Griffith Show, but it does have lyrics. Still, Tookie the parakeet prefers the whistled version. -via Althouse

WATCH: How To Recreate 'The Andy Griffith Show' Opening Credits

10 months agoPop Culture / Celebrity : PopEater

Even though Mayberry, N.C. is a fictional town, fans looking to pay homage to Andy Griffith and his eponymous show can still visit the next...

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