slacker said:
Dang, you want to pick on Gomer, too?
So somewhere in the early 1950's, Andy Griffin came up with the perfect comedy bit to launch his career. 'It's Called Football.' First time this character has ever been to a football game. Don't have it memorized, but it would go along like 'So as far as I could tell, what was gong on was the one team had this odd shaped ball. . .And that seemed to make the other team reeeeeeeal maaaaaaaad. So they'd just start wailing away. . . .' Starts off commenting on the behavior of others and by the end he's the one getting thrown out.
All this seemed to get the attention of the producers of an hour long TV version of a novel called 'No Time for Sergeants.' Next thing you know Griffin is the star, telling the audience about how his father was trying to explain to the draft board about how they didn't REAAAAAALY want this in in their military but they were determined so he was off to boot camp. From TV to Broadway to a feature film, Andy Griffin was a budding star.
So one of televisions biggest stars at the time was also one of the top producers. Danny Thomas was becoming a big fan, and when he met Andy Griffin, he said 'Comon'a my house.' And on that guest appearance on 'Make Room for Daddy' was born not just Andy Taylor but Mayberry North Carolina. Next thing Thomas is telling Griffin that the network loved the show so much they wanted to give him his OWN show as Andy Taylor in Mayberry, still playing much the same character as he played in 'No Time for Sergeants.'
So Griffin would quickly come up with the idea that maybe the sheriff should be a little smarter than the rest of the goofs around town, just so he could get out of the way and let the horses run. And when he saw another comic he liked, one Jim Nabors, he decided to do what Danny Thomas had done for him: Just give a guy a chance.
The result was that Nabors essentially took over the 'No Time for Sergeants' character, this time by the name of Gomer Pyle. Thus came a spinoff of a spinoff. Whether it's 'No Time for Sergeants' or 'Gomer Pyle USMC' there's just people who are looking for their chance to mock someone, these guys sure look like good targets to that type. Notice whose side the audience is on.
But what a tiresome thing to be stuck listening to people who are determined that THEY get to decide good or bad, respectful or disrespectful, their way or the highway. Such is life at Endless Sphere or anywhere else.
So this guy is a successful voice over artist who works a lot with English voices for the anime as it comes to America. Tough role for him, he considers himself this christian and the wacko extreme has a way of targeting him for being involved in anime at all. But he also refuses to be connected with things with gay themes, etc., which gets another wacko extreme targeting him. Dude, I know how you feel. Some people are just looking for the chance to use their CAUSE as an excuse for hating. Obviously we see that here. I've had my chance to stare down evil, not just in a parking lot at night when someone is sneaking up on me and I meet them face to face and convince them I'm not going to be their victim, but also when the woman in my neighborhood goes targeting people for her odd retributions. They're all around, taking all forms, they're all doing evil. But they sure are self assured about it, aren't they?
So this Vic Mignogna is also Captain Kirk in a fan series 'Star Trek Continues' which includes the son of James Doohan playing Scotty. Just a nonprofit production with mostly amateur actors. When this guy gets his chance to speak to the multitudes, you gotta love the guy. Oh, wait, maybe YOU don't, but that's just you. To the good guys, he's an inspiration to us all.
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