{"id":1687,"date":"2012-05-06T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2012-05-06T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T22:18:00","slug":"goodbye-goober-you-were-pyle-of-laughs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/05\/goodbye-goober-you-were-pyle-of-laughs.html","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Goober, You Were ‘Pyle’ Of Laughs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The passing of George Lindsey<\/strong> over the weekend made for sad news.<\/p>\n

The actor, who passed at 83 after a short illness, portrayed “Goober” Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show <\/em>and Mayberry RFD.<\/em><\/p>\n

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George 'Goober' Lindsey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lindsey wasn’t a spectacular actor, mind you, but the simplicity he brought to the role of “Goober” was special in its own way.<\/p>\n

It was especially good when Goober had his cousin “Gomer” (Jim Nabors<\/strong>) to play off of. Now those two together … were something special.<\/p>\n

I still think The Andy Griffith Show, the black and white versions with Don Knotts<\/strong>\/Barney Fife in them, was among the finest shows on television.<\/p>\n

Clean yet fun and always with a good message and Goober was a part of all that.<\/p>\n

Loveable dunce that he was, how could he ever run that gas station?<\/p>\n

Answer: it was a different time, different place.<\/p>\n

And Goober was a small but good part of that …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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