This just in…
George Lindsey, famous as Gomer’s cousin Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, dead at 83.
Well, baby boomers, we’ve lost another one. Another childhood icon, gone.
While I like(d) the Andy Griffith Show, Goober was never a favorite character with me. Just like Gomer, he was just too stupid. I did admire George Lindsey’s pre-Mayberry work, though.
Being an Alfred Hitchcock Hour fan, he stood out in three episodes as a fine character actor:
The Return of Verge Likens (with Peter Fonda), Bed of Roses (where he played a blackmailing taxi driver), and The Jar – a Ray Bradbury horror treatment.
Always type-cast as a county bumpkin, but obviously not that in real life. I love character actors. He will be missed. – Guffaw
h/t WAPO
I remember The Jar, that one was a beautiful example of dark humor, especially the last scene before they fade to black.
Posted by BobG | May 6, 2012, 12:00 pmGlad I’m not the only one! I own the AHH DVDs and get to watch them whenever I like.
Posted by guffaw1952 | May 6, 2012, 12:05 pmMy age may have been betrayed by the fact that my sister sent me a text as soon as she heard….
Posted by ProudHillbilly | May 7, 2012, 5:29 amThe fact is was via text offers some hope! :- P
Posted by guffaw1952 | May 7, 2012, 6:39 amI’m just wondering when some goof is going to decide that they need to do a re-make of the Andy Williams Show, complete with 3-d and politically correct people.
Posted by BobG | May 7, 2012, 6:55 am