Mayberry endures

Mayberry endures

Louis Post-Dispatch: For people of a certain age, and with reruns, even for their children and grandchildren, Andy Griffith was like a second dad. Thus, Mr. Griffith’s death Tuesday at 86 brought with it a sense of personal loss.

We were warmed by his sweet homespun style and sage advice.

We frequently seem to imbue earlier times with innocence, but history tells us that times of innocence never really existed, except perhaps in Mayberry.

There, Barney forever will have his bullet in his pocket and Andy and Opie always will be whistling their way to the fishin’ hole.

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