RIP Andy Griffith

biittner77 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:08 pm

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/03/tv ... dead-at-86

For those old enough to remember when WGN showed Cubs games on TV, the other days were filled with reruns of the Andy Griffith Show. Some genuinely brilliant comedy there.

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Mariner's Revenge · **Joined:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:04 am **Posts:** 14332

I had a pretty strong dislike for that show as a kid bc when I turned on wgn and it was on, it meant the cubs weren't.

I've overcome my irrational hatred of it since.

Lo_Pan_Fan · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:52 pm

i grew up watching matlock reruns at my grandma's house.

biittner77 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:07 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHt3TwzP ... ure=relmfu

Start at ~3:07

Nuts&Gum · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:11 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X1apt6zOa8

Nuts&Gum · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:12 pm

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

I had a pretty strong dislike for that show as a kid bc when I turned on wgn and it was on, it meant the cubs weren't.

Yes, this. Or, alternately, that damn whistling meant cartoons/Batman/Addams Family/etc. were over.

Mariner's Revenge · **Joined:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:04 am **Posts:** 14332

Lo_Pan_Fan wrote:

i grew up watching matlock reruns at my grandma's house.

No wonder you love lawyers.

rocket · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:37 pm

i watched some combination of seinfeld, simpsons, and andy griffith reruns every day after school for a really long time. it's a great show that still holds up today.

Mariner's Revenge · **Joined:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:04 am **Posts:** 14332

Seinfeld reruns as a kid? What are you, 18?

rocket · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:40 pm

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

Seinfeld reruns as a kid? What are you, 18?

it probably started in syndication when i was 13, so suck it

Irrelevant Dude · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:50 pm

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

I had a pretty strong dislike for that show as a kid bc when I turned on wgn and it was on, it meant the cubs weren't.

It is completely the opposite for me. I have good memories of the Andy Griffith Show, mostly because I associate it with the Cubs. When I was a kid, I'm pretty sure it was on WGN at 12:30, followed by Lead-Off Man at 1:00.

Nuts&Gum · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:53 pm

Jody, Jody Davis wrote:

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

I had a pretty strong dislike for that show as a kid bc when I turned on wgn and it was on, it meant the cubs weren't.

It is completely the opposite for me. I have good memories of the Andy Griffith Show, mostly because I associate it with the Cubs. When I was a kid, I'm pretty sure it was on WGN at 12:30, followed by Lead-Off Man at 1:00.

I think that's exactly what this is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sbb8D87gIM

Mariner's Revenge · **Joined:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:04 am **Posts:** 14332

Jody, Jody Davis wrote:

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

I had a pretty strong dislike for that show as a kid bc when I turned on wgn and it was on, it meant the cubs weren't.

It is completely the opposite for me. I have good memories of the Andy Griffith Show, mostly because I associate it with the Cubs. When I was a kid, I'm pretty sure it was on WGN at 12:30, followed by Lead-Off Man at 1:00.

I wouldn't have been watching it at 1. I would have been turning it on at 3.

bcl412 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:02 pm

Nuts&Gum wrote:

Jody, Jody Davis wrote:

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

I had a pretty strong dislike for that show as a kid bc when I turned on wgn and it was on, it meant the cubs weren't.

It is completely the opposite for me. I have good memories of the Andy Griffith Show, mostly because I associate it with the Cubs. When I was a kid, I'm pretty sure it was on WGN at 12:30, followed by Lead-Off Man at 1:00.

I think that's exactly what this is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sbb8D87gIM

Oh my, all the mediocre ball players I remember from my youth, the artificial turf, the Marlins teal hats, pre-roided Sosa. So many memories.

Irrelevant Dude · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:20 pm

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

Jody, Jody Davis wrote:

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

I had a pretty strong dislike for that show as a kid bc when I turned on wgn and it was on, it meant the cubs weren't.

It is completely the opposite for me. I have good memories of the Andy Griffith Show, mostly because I associate it with the Cubs. When I was a kid, I'm pretty sure it was on WGN at 12:30, followed by Lead-Off Man at 1:00.

I wouldn't have been watching it at 1. I would have been turning it on at 3.

During the summer?

Soul · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:51 pm

Nuts&Gum wrote:

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

I had a pretty strong dislike for that show as a kid bc when I turned on wgn and it was on, it meant the cubs weren't.

Yes, this. Or, alternately, that damn whistling meant cartoons/Batman/Addams Family/etc. were over.

Agreed.

The whistle meant Tom & Jerry or Scooby Doo was over. Or the technicolor cheesy Batman show. The whistle meant black & white, no more gratuitous violence. No more fun.

Channel changer please.

fibro · **Joined:** Tue May 10, 2005 1:14 pm **Posts:** 431

No one was making fun of Andy Griffith. I can’t emphasize that enough.

Mariner's Revenge · **Joined:** Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:04 am **Posts:** 14332

Jody, Jody Davis wrote:

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

Jody, Jody Davis wrote:

Mariner's Revenge wrote:

I had a pretty strong dislike for that show as a kid bc when I turned on wgn and it was on, it meant the cubs weren't.

It is completely the opposite for me. I have good memories of the Andy Griffith Show, mostly because I associate it with the Cubs. When I was a kid, I'm pretty sure it was on WGN at 12:30, followed by Lead-Off Man at 1:00.

I wouldn't have been watching it at 1. I would have been turning it on at 3.

During the summer?

Except mid-june to mid-august, yes.

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