{"id":7492,"date":"2012-07-03T08:41:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T15:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7492"},"modified":"2012-07-03T08:41:55","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T15:41:55","slug":"r-i-p-andy-griffith-not-just-a-face-in-the-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=7492","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Andy Griffith. Not Just A Face In The Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Lonesome Rhodes:<\/strong> Rednecks, crackers, hillbillies, hausfraus, shut-ins, pea-pickers &#8211; everybody that&#8217;s got to jump when somebody else blows the whistle. [&#8230;] They&#8217;re mine! I own &#8217;em! They think like I do. Only they&#8217;re even more stupid than I am, so I gotta think for &#8217;em.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4740dqLktqE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen this movie, now would be good time. An amazingly prescient take on the then-new medium of television, and one of the best screen performances of all time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lonesome Rhodes: Rednecks, crackers, hillbillies, hausfraus, shut-ins, pea-pickers &#8211; everybody that&#8217;s got to jump when somebody else blows the whistle. [&#8230;] They&#8217;re mine! I own &#8217;em! They think like I do. Only they&#8217;re even more stupid than I am, so I gotta think for &#8217;em. 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