(NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/CMT.com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.)
It will take years to
fully assess Andy Griffith’s legacy and the impact he has had on individual
lives and on the American cultural scene. Griffith won a Grammy for one of his gospel albums. It’s safe to say, though, that
he taught many more life lessons and changed countless lives with his comedy show about small-town America, The Andy Griffith
Show.
That show came along when small towns weren’t about pick-up trucks and babes and beer and bonfires but were
a birthplace of and safe haven for true bedrock values. That was back when “values” wasn’t just a political catchword and
“true value” wasn’t a hardware store. The Andy Griffith Show began and undoubtedly remains the most complete primer
in how to live a decent and good and honorable life.
With his little town of Mayberry
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