Andy Griffith at 100

It was 100 years ago on this date that Andy Griffith was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina. The Andy Griffith Show is one of the first shows I can ever remember watching as a child, and it has remained one of my favourite shows ever since. As a kid, I can remember hearing Andy Griffith's monologue "What It Was, Was Football" on oldies radio stations. As I grew a little older I saw his movies, including Angel in My Pocket (1969), Onionhead (1958), No Time for Sergeants (1958), and A Face in the Crowd (1958) As I grew older I also learned how versatile Andy Griffith was. He could play the kind-hearted Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, but he could also play the malevolent Lonesome Rhodes in A Face in the Crowd (1957).Of course, as impressive as Andy Griffith's film debut in A Face in the Crowd (1957) was, it has always been The Andy Griffith Show that resonated with me the most. I remember for many years during my childhood, CBS would air repeats of The Beverly Hillbillies…