RIP Goober, Mayberry, Culture – America at a “Right or Wrong” Crossroads

By: jamesmpratt (Diary)  |  May 7th at 06:56 PM  | 

Our friend George Lindsey, aka Goober Pyle, died May 6, 2012. Goober, the jovial, simple-minded character from Mayberry, lived and made us laugh at a time America needed a welcome dose of weekly relief from bad news. Coming out of the simpler and comparatively innocent days of 1950’s entertainment, traditional Americana was not something easy to find in those years when unspoken societal mores gave way to | Read More »