MEDICARE! Guaranteed not to be available for thirty-somethings paying into it today. Guaranteed to saddle your grandchildren with soul-crushing debt. MEDICARE! Get it while you can!!
I guess StateOfTheYOUnion, what ever the YO is in there doesn't know that 2.9 billion dollars in medicare fraud has already been found. And Medicare Advantage is the Private Insurance you also have to have. So Private Insurance is taking benefits away. Sounds typical to me.
Give me a break. For all Griffith's Obama-loving, how many black actors did he hire for 'The Andy Griffith Show'? I can't remember one. Same goes for Ron Howard. How many black actors were featured on 'Happy Days'? Blacks are even a rare sight in Howard's movies.
@SirFakeName Liar. Typical liberal rhetoric drivel and scare tactics. If you actually read the Ryan plan you would know that it doesn't even effect seniors who are currently under Medicare. The law doesn't even make any changes for anyone currently over the age of 55. Then it still doesn't just take Medicare away, it allows people to receive federal vouchers to help subsidize private insurance. Quit trying to scare everyone with your lies.
@swstryker perhaps you should read the law itself and not what Ryan wrote. It has lowered the cost of my 81 yo mother's rx and she no longer has to pay a premium!! You must be under 30
I love Andy Griffith and where he says I believe because he is a sweet and lovable person and we should take care of our senior citizens because without them we wouldn't be here. I love my Mom and Dad for the sacrifices they made for me and now it's my turn to pay them back. The Republican Party and go straight to hell.
I love Andy Taylor and where he says I believe because he is a sweet and lovable person and we should take care of our senior citizens because without them we wouldn't be here. I love my Mom and Dad for the sacrifices they made for me and now it's my turn to pay them back. The Republican Party and go straight to hell.
@drjlo2 How can you attack Andy Griffith for using his God Given right as an American Citizen. You sit and call people names, but in truth....You are the moron! What about your beloved President Bush and his fake war that has cost this country trillions? Yea....defend G.W. Bush and his dumb redneck Illuminati ass.
@donnygoat Yea, and yet you will defend Bush and his fake ass war but bitch and moan about a 3.2 million dollar TV ad. I say kudos to Andy Griffith and Obama. Nobody is loving this far right bullshit anymore.
Will you redo this add to correct the mistakes regarding ObamaCare and its actual impact on Medicare or are you planning on waiting until Andy passes away for lack of medical attention since he can't find a qualified doctor in the U.S.?
Documents obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services reveal that the Obama administration spent $3,184,000 in taxpayer funds to produce and air national television ads
$700K is a little much, but no one would care it seems if it was spent on weapons!
So lets do some thinking for a change!
700K, did it disapear, get burned, dropped in the ocean, lost at the casino, used to buy bullets? NOPE!
It was spent with a production company, who spent it on wages, travel, materials, then the employee's spent their wages on food, mortgage, kids education, fuel.
As did the owner of the shop and the fuel station!
Medicare will be strengthened by eliminating the wasteful republican sponsored Medicare Advantage plans that subsidize private insurers to take on Medicare patients, and costs the government 14% more per patient than regular medicare. Andy is telling the truth, the clowns that are griping are the useful idiots of the GOP.
Black, White, Brown, Man, Woman, Young or Old, American presidents will always shill their crap down your throat. Exactly like geookbear said. Why spend 3mil to advertise what you are going to cram down my throat regardless? Amazing.
I'm disappointed as well. But I don't know what Andy's going through. I'm not sure if he knows everything in the bill and he's truly happy with it, he's desperate for money, if he's losing his mind, or if someone is trying to take advantage of a man in his 80s. I'm not sure. I guess in the long run the explanation doesn't even matter. I'm still disappointed in the long run. And no, I'm not one of these twits that can't separate Andy Taylor/Ben Matlock/Andy Griffith.
@acaniseous what don't you understand about the money behind this ad? $3 million in October alone to nat'l TV, just before the election. TAXPAYER money, goofball
it's the blatant Corruption that's "laughing stock" mat'l, thanks to the current jerks in power. hope the House investigates the Crap out of this & it's JAIL TIME for these folks, and Andy should be ashamed, odds on choice for the Jane Fonda award imo
You turned into a stupid sonofabitch. you want be here in the next five years to watch the rest of us and our kids suffer, so keep your mouth shut you stupid bastard.
Andy Griffith is an old phart that has gotten senile to an extent. Not that he ever was a genius to begin with. He is actor...Mayberry never actually existed. The libs are trying to imply that Obamacare is gooood like back in 1965......like back when darkeys had to eat in the back room and had their own water fountain. Yep, 1965 was pretty darn good after all wasn't it ?
Andy Griffith is an old fart that has gotten senile to an extent. Not that he ever was a genius to begin with. He is actor...Mayberry never actually existed. The libs are trying to imply that Obamacare is gooood like back in 1965......like back when darkeys had to eat in the back room and had their own water fountain. Yep, 1965 was pretty darn good after all wasn't it ?
Andy Griffith is an old fart that has gotten senile to an extent. Not that he ever was a genius to begin with. He is actor...Mayberry never actually existed. The libs are trying to imply that Obamacare is gooood like back in 1965......like back when darkeys had to eat in the back room and had their own water fountain. Yep, 1965 was pretty darn good after all wasn't it?
Andy Griffith is an old fart that has gotten senile to an extent. Not that he ever was a genius to begin with. He is actor...Mayberry never actually existed. The libs are trying to imply that Obamacare is gooood like back in 1965......like back when darkeys had to eat in the back room and had their own water fountain. Yep, 1965 was pretty darn good after wll wasn't it?
"I'll say it again, we already have death panels with insurance companies. I like how you conveniently don't address that basic truth"
I'll address it. Insurance coverage is one thing. Paying for something is another. Under many government run health care systems, it gets to the point -- and if you listen to proponents rhetoric this is where they're headed -- that it will be illegal for you to pay for things they won't. Because that would favor "the rich". And the govt has the final say.
Our rights as American citizens are the rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness, ("We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness") period.
There's no "free lunch", you have to buy New Health Insurance to get Preventative Services. This does NOTapply to people with existing Health Insurance. So I guess Obama LIED when he said you could keep your existing insurance and get the benefits of the new law. Yup, this new law is "all honey and no bees"...if you can believe that! In any case, it's nice to see Andy have so much specific information on the benefits and costs of government healthcare......
It's a shame to see the Democrats taking advantage of this senile old man for pure propaganda purposes. Andy's a multimillionaire who doesn't have a clue about the very real impact ObamaCare will have on seniors or it's far reaching destruction on the entire health care industry. All Ol' Andy knows is that his 'Depends' are paid for and that he has enough independent wealth to pay someone to wipe his ass. So what impact will this health care disaster have on him? Nothing. Nada. Zip.
@BigSteve187 Griffith was in the communist propaganda film "A Face in the Crowd" back in the 50s.
Everyone in America should see that film because it has been the model used by the media to discredit anyone who disagrees with them for many years.
Watch it and see if you can remove Larry and replace him with the media image of Rush Limbaugh, Ronald Reagan ,Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Fox news as a whole, or any other figure on the right.
@TheGreekMan1981 Whatever dude. So I disagree with Obama's health care program. So what. It's called a difference of opinion. GET USE TO IT. Not everyone believes the same as everyone else, which is great in my opinion because I wouldn't want to be the same as everybody.
What I put was me joking around. You taking it too seriously and going out of your way to insult me here trying to make yourself look tough is pathetic. GROW UP.
@TheGreekMan1981 This is why I hate politics because it makes people hate one another saying harsh words towards someone online or otherwise or taking it a step further and committing violent acts simply because they don't believe what they believe. All sides of the political fence are guilty of this no matter how much they will deny it.
@jamferris Catch up..the entire death panels debate was settled during the election. It's a Sarah Palin fantasy world. Besides, we already have death panels -- they're called insurance companies.
@jdpainter "Catch up..the entire death panels debate was settled during the election. It's a Sarah Palin fantasy world"
How irnoic for you to lecture others to "catch up".
"Peter Orszag, President Obama’s budget director, basically admitted that under Obamacare, access to doctors and medicine will be rationed. And the people on the “powerful rationing panel” making life-or-death decisions will be government bureaucrats, not medical professionals"
@ghostrepublic65 So you're quoting a quote from some anonymous person (probably a Fox News 'analyst') that still includes no empirical evidence whatsoever and claims that one of the Obama Staffers 'basically admitted' something. Wow, great evidence.
I'll say it again, we already have death panels with insurance companies. I like how you conveniently don't address that basic truth. I'm no fan of Obamacare, but I'm not fan of the insurance companies either.
Andy, you are marring your reputation. Socialism never, never works in the end. It may seem to work for a long while and that's how people get fooled, but eventually the ponzi scheme falls apart. Vladamir Lenin said that socialism opens the door for communism to enter. He should know. Socialism and communism are never the means to a country's long term security. Nothing is free, Mr. Griffith. You worked hard for what you got; you should know that.
By protecting against "fraud", I assume Andy means there won't be any government involvement, since that's where most of the fraud exists. Poor Andy. They gave him the Kool-Aid and he drank it.
What a terrible disappointment that Andy even in old age would do something this stupid. Does anyone need money this badly to promote this? All that built up goodwill now gone.
This is an abomination. Nothing unconstitutional is good. I want my money back. I could use it to buy food. Or to buy something for my mother who is very sick with breast cancer. Someone tell this Andy douche bag to stop stealing my money, Im sure he has plenty. Hey douche bag, your not entitled to shit, your generation screwed my generation. Its called generational theft, and this commercial rubs it in all of our faces. Thumbs up if you want to keep more of your hard earned money!
Do you think Andy really knows anything about Medicare? For example, did he do his research before agreeing to do this commercial? I doubt it. In other words, he was given a script, he read it, then he got PAID!
Can people stop insulting Andy Griffith with such derogatory comments. If you don't like the medicare system and you think it's a sham, then good for you. Don't drag Andy into it. He's just a spokesperson for a lame commercial. Most people who have worked with or met Andy in person say he is one of the greatest individuals you will ever meet. Why target him just because he believes in the medicare system? How is that an accurate representation of the kind of person he is? You people are bullies!
"Obamacare" is receving the same response Lyndon Johnson's Medicare received 40 years ago. And the same clowns today who are mindlessly railing about the healthcare legislation WHICH HASN'T EVEN GONE INTO AFFECT YET (so the "disasterous results" are pure Limbaugh-esque/FOX-generated bullshit) will be screaming at the government in a few years to "Keep Their Hands of My Government Health Care!!" (aka Obamacare).
If rightwingers were any stupider they'd forget to breathe.
But after they used my money to fund government advertisements that lie to me to try to persuade me to like something they're going to force me to buy anyhow?
@gekkobear Yea, this ad cost 700k to air. That is soooo much compared to the trillions your dumbass President Bush cost us on a fake war. You want to know who the real freakin' con artist is....Look back to Bush.
Sept 04 2010 Current Obama supporters are some of the most stupid people I have seen yet. Most are a taco short of a combo plate, They scream racism while being a racist themself and heaven forbid if you question his policies and agenda. They only have a voice due to misguided political correctness. To vote for Obama in 2008 is understood but to support him in 2010 is insane!!
Andy Griffith is obviously very addled. He either did this for the money, or he thinks the Democrats are the same today as they were 50 years ago. Poor old fool. Obamacrats still pushing the health care "reform" act are more like the Nazis of 65 years ago - of whom I'm sure Griffith didn't approve - than they are like JFK. It's a shame to have an old person make a fool out of himself and a joke out of his reputation like this.
yeah, he's in good health, Free check ups, i like that one. Any one tell the Sherriff of Mayberry that nothing is free? He's going to be dead before the shit hits the fan anyway, so why should he care?
@resotar yeah real health care not socialized health care. most people dont want government run health care. why do you think they made this add in a ploy to get people to vote for them. the liberals are getting the boot and they know it.
Shill is a shill is a shill. The big problem here is the libs are still trying to sell a program the MAJORITY of the country did not want. Why is that so hard to understand. So they have to pass a bill so we can find out what's in it? Kind of like buying a piece of shit car to find out you hate it more now than when you were just looking at it.
@Dfendr Andy Griffith believes what he says. He believes the new healthcare bill will help prevent Medicare fraud... so Andy is a liberal... big freakin deal!
Anyway, Andy Griffith is the perfect person for that commercial because older people can relate with him. In person Andy has good character.
One more thing... when I hear the word "Obamacare, " I think "retarded, uneducated, Michelle Bachman worshipping, tea partying neocon that graduated from Glenn Beck U!"
@Valagnar Andy is an actor - and well paid for this. The fraud is the healthcare bill: increases deficits, increases cost, decreases coverage while claiming the opposite. It's point, it claimed was to insure the uninsured, which could have done for a fraction of the money and without taking over what "insurance" is allowed with all the bureaucrats. And it's unconstitutional for the fed to do.
@Dfendr You haven't backed up ANY of your claims. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or in stupid terms... Obamacare) will provide tax credits for up to 35% of healthcare costs for about 4 million small businesses.
That information is in the bill. You don't even know the name of the damn bill. How could you know what's in it. You get your news from FOX Noise. They lie and twist fiction into fact all the time.
@Valagnar 35% credit while requiring them to provide the other 65% or pay a fine. Some deal ! A huge number of small businesses don't provide health insurance because they can't afford the rates because they cannot join a pool - something that would be good legislation, but, of course isn't in Obamacare.
The result of Obamacare will be either: increased cost per employee (resulting in fewer hires or lower salaries) or paying the new fine.
The purpose of the bill is to kill private insurers.
@Valagnar Here's a glimpse of the future under Obamacare:
Right now, the effect of what's been implemented is: Insuring those under 18 in nigh impossible. Obamacare requires insurer's policies cover everything with no pre-existing riders. An impossible policy. No private insurer will touch it.
Second: my carrier, BCBS, took 3 months to study the bill and their first act was to freeze reductions. IOW, no one can do anything to reduce their premium. Mine just went up 22%.
Andy dosent look well here, but if you think he decided to cash in, then you should take a walk in downtown MT.Airy NC, the town andy is from, they whore out the Andy Griffith show to get every penny they can, They try to make tourist think they are in Mayberry, every shop on main street has Andy t shirts, dvds, posters, flags, action figures, books, they even play the Andy griffith theme on a p.a system so shoppers can hear it all over the streets Andy is their cash cow.
@LiberalsAreWeak Amen!!! I think the revelation of his views on this is the most disappointing, and surprising, thing to have discovered about a Hollywood star. I respect your acting, Andy, and I love your show, but your view on Obama (anti) care is totally backwards!
This is exactly why I try to stay out of politics whenever I can. Maybe I'm just a little naive, but I don't really judge a person just because he is a spokesperson for some lame ad. Maybe Andy is getting senile in his old age or maybe he is being played like a puppet, but I'm not going to lose my respect for him due to politics. I've never been to believe that a person's political values make a person. I still have fond memories of Andy being a brilliant, kind and down to earth entertainer.
How sad. I will never view him in the same way. Shame on you Andy Griffith. You'll have enough money that this scheme won't affect you like regular old "Mayberry" people.... you know the rest of middle class America??? :((((
In the immortal words of Ross Perot who said, " ...NOW THATS JUST SAD.."
Love Andy Yes But they must have had to pay HIM half a million (500,000 ) just to pitch that curveball , 10,000 for the film and music and 300,000 for lunch and the Democratic till and 180, 000 for the plane ride for Pelosi and Reid to meet Andy Griffith .....(.Opie probably wrote this commercial )
In the immortal words of Ross Perot who said, " ...NOW THATS JUST SAD.."
Love Andy Yes But they must have had to pay HIM half a million (500,000just to pitch that curveball , 10,000 for the film and music and 300,000 for lunch and the Democratic till and 180, 000 for the plane ride for Pelosi and Reid to meet Andy Griffith ......Nice Try Boys and Girls
oh well! Just an actor that at one time I admired but, he is just another dumbass liberal. Guess I won't be watching anymore Matlock episodes. Never did like his Andy Griffith show.
Who is he trying to kid? I am not impressed, and it doesn't change my mind by Obumercare. I'm not buying your Big Brother cares pitch Andy! Couldn't if I wanted to...Obumer has stolen all of our money!
Who is he trying to kid? I am not impressed, and it doesn't change my mind about Obumercare. I'm not buying your lame pitch Andy. Couldn't if I wanted to...Obumer has stolen all of our money!
@BestVideoResponse Hahahaha dude, I seriously laughed out loud to your comment. I've never done that to a comment before in my life. Freakin hilarious.
@brynb2 Я очень большой медведь, который пьет водку, и я ничего не знаю о том, как порадовать вас гомосексуалистов. Я не люблю чай, но я люблю свободу.
@BestVideoResponse Dude, get your facts straight. Andy didn't die from choking on mashed potatoes. It was Ritz Crackers! Mmmm. Good cracker! (Cough, cough, choke, choke...)
MEDICARE! Guaranteed not to be available for thirty-somethings paying into it today. Guaranteed to saddle your grandchildren with soul-crushing debt. MEDICARE! Get it while you can!!
cdevidal 1 month ago
keep it up obama.
You'll restore us. :>
spacer125 1 month ago
I guess StateOfTheYOUnion, what ever the YO is in there doesn't know that 2.9 billion dollars in medicare fraud has already been found. And Medicare Advantage is the Private Insurance you also have to have. So Private Insurance is taking benefits away. Sounds typical to me.
kidcat24 1 month ago
Finally someone who isn't afraid to stand up for what is right.
occupyyourlocalmedia 1 month ago 3
Andy Andy, nip it, nip it in the bud. Shame shame shame. Your going to hell for that one, Everyone knows that andy voted for Goldwater back in 64.
frogshair2 2 months ago
Wasn't that Nixon signing something, wasn' he impeached? Can Obama be next?
electrodes1300 7 months ago
fuck andy griffith and that liberal fuck opie too..i'm watching hogans heroes
wogdoggy 8 months ago
Well so much for me being a AG fan. I guess he's like the rest of them. I'll just toss that small part of my life in my "mental garbage can".
RON PAUL 2012!!!!!!
mrsparex 8 months ago
Give me a break. For all Griffith's Obama-loving, how many black actors did he hire for 'The Andy Griffith Show'? I can't remember one. Same goes for Ron Howard. How many black actors were featured on 'Happy Days'? Blacks are even a rare sight in Howard's movies.
jksonny 8 months ago
@jksonny because being Black has absolutely nothing to do with Medicare and Affordable Healthcare! smh
phdreed 1 month ago
they bribed him with prune juice
zenerat 8 months ago
Andy clearly is not in his right mind
JawsJaws 8 months ago
Hey Andy, your precious GOP wants to take medicare away, what do you say to that?
SirFakeName 9 months ago
@SirFakeName Liar. Typical liberal rhetoric drivel and scare tactics. If you actually read the Ryan plan you would know that it doesn't even effect seniors who are currently under Medicare. The law doesn't even make any changes for anyone currently over the age of 55. Then it still doesn't just take Medicare away, it allows people to receive federal vouchers to help subsidize private insurance. Quit trying to scare everyone with your lies.
swstryker 9 months ago
@swstryker perhaps you should read the law itself and not what Ryan wrote. It has lowered the cost of my 81 yo mother's rx and she no longer has to pay a premium!! You must be under 30
phdreed 1 month ago 4
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I love Andy Griffith and where he says I believe because he is a sweet and lovable person and we should take care of our senior citizens because without them we wouldn't be here. I love my Mom and Dad for the sacrifices they made for me and now it's my turn to pay them back. The Republican Party and go straight to hell.
sonofatiger 9 months ago
I love Andy Taylor and where he says I believe because he is a sweet and lovable person and we should take care of our senior citizens because without them we wouldn't be here. I love my Mom and Dad for the sacrifices they made for me and now it's my turn to pay them back. The Republican Party and go straight to hell.
sonofatiger 9 months ago
Andy...your FUCKED!!!
worldwide390 9 months ago
Andy was ALWAYS a commie. Watch a movie called "A Face in the Crowd" and you'll see what I mean.
CollaborativeFilms 10 months ago
@CollaborativeFilms Cool story, bro.
BallBearingTurboFC3S 3 months ago
The sheriff is nuttier than a squirrel turd.................
golight 11 months ago
That Andy...even with death panels looming overhead....still with the JOKES
hritzi 11 months ago
And my dad always used to watch Matlock....never realized Andy Griffith was such a RAT.
drjlo2 1 year ago
@drjlo2 How can you attack Andy Griffith for using his God Given right as an American Citizen. You sit and call people names, but in truth....You are the moron! What about your beloved President Bush and his fake war that has cost this country trillions? Yea....defend G.W. Bush and his dumb redneck Illuminati ass.
TheGreekMan1981 1 year ago
Retard!!!
ObamaWartFaceNigger 1 year ago
@ObamaWartFaceNigger Has anyone ever told you to get a life? hmmmm?
TheGreekMan1981 1 year ago
Barney ties me to the chair
I can't see I'm really scared
Floyd breathes hard I hear a zip
Pee pee pressed against my lips
I sense others in the room
Opey, Aunt Bee, I presume
They take turns and cut me up
I died smothered in Andy's butt.
/watch?v=eLHlzSeuJ50
dualisticnature 1 year ago
@dualisticnature Nirvana...
nickrusso1212 1 year ago
Just read that The Department of Health and Human Services spent $3.2 MILLION of our tax dollars on this ad campaign... Propaganda.
donnygoat 1 year ago
@donnygoat Yea, and yet you will defend Bush and his fake ass war but bitch and moan about a 3.2 million dollar TV ad. I say kudos to Andy Griffith and Obama. Nobody is loving this far right bullshit anymore.
TheGreekMan1981 1 year ago
@TheGreekMan1981
Nice one. Don't look now, but your idiots are in charge now.
donnygoat 1 year ago
@donnygoat Yea, and they were handed the worst economy since the great depression. Yep....G.W. Bush and his illuminati chums.
TheGreekMan1981 1 year ago
it almost looks like he is in the oval office
blackcherry1212 1 year ago
Will you redo this add to correct the mistakes regarding ObamaCare and its actual impact on Medicare or are you planning on waiting until Andy passes away for lack of medical attention since he can't find a qualified doctor in the U.S.?
adagencyonline 1 year ago
@adagencyonline
Take responsibility for your own health, NOW
MisterMatthewRoberts 1 year ago
FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!! WE WON'T LIKE IT.
jbl8199 1 year ago
Documents obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services reveal that the Obama administration spent $3,184,000 in taxpayer funds to produce and air national television ads
BarryDead 1 year ago
Short, sweet, to the point, me likes!
$700K is a little much, but no one would care it seems if it was spent on weapons!
So lets do some thinking for a change!
700K, did it disapear, get burned, dropped in the ocean, lost at the casino, used to buy bullets? NOPE!
It was spent with a production company, who spent it on wages, travel, materials, then the employee's spent their wages on food, mortgage, kids education, fuel.
As did the owner of the shop and the fuel station!
Shared !
1BustedMyth 1 year ago
Medicare will be strengthened by eliminating the wasteful republican sponsored Medicare Advantage plans that subsidize private insurers to take on Medicare patients, and costs the government 14% more per patient than regular medicare. Andy is telling the truth, the clowns that are griping are the useful idiots of the GOP.
bofusmofo 1 year ago
Andy should report to the Soylent Plant for recycling into a tasty green cracker.
STPMech 1 year ago 2
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donnygoat 1 year ago
@STPMech ROFLMAO!
Andy and Edward G... or as Heston said "They're PEOPLE"!
donnygoat 1 year ago
@donnygoat Edward G Robinson, one of the greats..he was dying during the film and Hestons tears at the end were real.
STPMech 1 year ago
See what new taxes are in store!
I think yer gonna like it...
bloodrunsclear 1 year ago
@bloodrunsclear What, not liking your middle class tax CUT. lol
kidcat24 1 month ago
I wonder if he even knows what the hell he's talking about. Say isn't that oatmeal dribbling down his chin?
Rattler45cal 1 year ago
Black, White, Brown, Man, Woman, Young or Old, American presidents will always shill their crap down your throat. Exactly like geookbear said. Why spend 3mil to advertise what you are going to cram down my throat regardless? Amazing.
TobiasJDK 1 year ago
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Sorry Andy, you're totally off base on this one, you should know better. There's no fool like an old fool.
bajohn1us 1 year ago
Sorry Andy, you're totally of base on this one, you should know better. There's no fool like an old fool.
bajohn1us 1 year ago
so many idiot fox watchers, keep proving that your low intelligence makes you immune to facts.
none of you are real Americans, fox has transformed you into their cash cow.
your views and actions are what makes America a laughing stock around the world.
acaniseous 1 year ago
@diseasedasshole, AARP just hiked its health insurance premiums 18%, thanks andy, you should be dragged behind a tractor until you are dead.
OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE 1 year ago
@OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE
I'm disappointed as well. But I don't know what Andy's going through. I'm not sure if he knows everything in the bill and he's truly happy with it, he's desperate for money, if he's losing his mind, or if someone is trying to take advantage of a man in his 80s. I'm not sure. I guess in the long run the explanation doesn't even matter. I'm still disappointed in the long run. And no, I'm not one of these twits that can't separate Andy Taylor/Ben Matlock/Andy Griffith.
blackroses84 1 year ago
I realize AT/BM are fictional characters. I just thought AG had more sense irl.
And TobiasJDK: I totally agree. They're all crooked at the end of the day. Politicians as a whole are all crooked as hell.
blackroses84 1 year ago
@blackroses84
I just think Andy Griffith is a big government liberal. Not some old man unaware of what he's selling to the public.
bertmustin 1 year ago
@acaniseous what don't you understand about the money behind this ad? $3 million in October alone to nat'l TV, just before the election. TAXPAYER money, goofball
it's the blatant Corruption that's "laughing stock" mat'l, thanks to the current jerks in power. hope the House investigates the Crap out of this & it's JAIL TIME for these folks, and Andy should be ashamed, odds on choice for the Jane Fonda award imo
cloudshe 1 year ago
What a STUPID DUMB old Man!!
StupidObamaNigger 1 year ago 2
@StupidObamaNigger nice username
OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE 1 year ago
Wasn't 1965 the year Don Knotts left your TV show, which resulted in all the humor being sapped from it completely?
Hardly a good year!
cdbutler1204 1 year ago
@cdbutler1204 i bet Barney just got fed up with working with this A-hole, and Opie's parents Forced him to stay, for the Money of course
cloudshe 1 year ago
You turned into a stupid sonofabitch. you want be here in the next five years to watch the rest of us and our kids suffer, so keep your mouth shut you stupid bastard.
papajoe2200 1 year ago
Andy Griffith Mmmm Mmm GOOD CRACKER!!!
raddratt53 1 year ago
Testing Testing
Gameplayer77 1 year ago
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Andy Griffith is an old phart that has gotten senile to an extent. Not that he ever was a genius to begin with. He is actor...Mayberry never actually existed. The libs are trying to imply that Obamacare is gooood like back in 1965......like back when darkeys had to eat in the back room and had their own water fountain. Yep, 1965 was pretty darn good after all wasn't it ?
myworldyourtube 1 year ago
Andy Griffith is an old fart that has gotten senile to an extent. Not that he ever was a genius to begin with. He is actor...Mayberry never actually existed. The libs are trying to imply that Obamacare is gooood like back in 1965......like back when darkeys had to eat in the back room and had their own water fountain. Yep, 1965 was pretty darn good after all wasn't it ?
myworldyourtube 1 year ago
Andy Griffith is an old fart that has gotten senile to an extent. Not that he ever was a genius to begin with. He is actor...Mayberry never actually existed. The libs are trying to imply that Obamacare is gooood like back in 1965......like back when darkeys had to eat in the back room and had their own water fountain. Yep, 1965 was pretty darn good after all wasn't it?
myworldyourtube 1 year ago
Andy Griffith is an old fart that has gotten senile to an extent. Not that he ever was a genius to begin with. He is actor...Mayberry never actually existed. The libs are trying to imply that Obamacare is gooood like back in 1965......like back when darkeys had to eat in the back room and had their own water fountain. Yep, 1965 was pretty darn good after wll wasn't it?
myworldyourtube 1 year ago
I think they will hate it. Shilling for Obama? I never thought I'd see the day.
ToxicOdiousOne 1 year ago
"I'll say it again, we already have death panels with insurance companies. I like how you conveniently don't address that basic truth"
I'll address it. Insurance coverage is one thing. Paying for something is another. Under many government run health care systems, it gets to the point -- and if you listen to proponents rhetoric this is where they're headed -- that it will be illegal for you to pay for things they won't. Because that would favor "the rich". And the govt has the final say.
cluebattingcage 1 year ago
LMAO,,,,,,Andy's been sniffing Barneys Ass Fumes again !!!!
RickinFLA07 1 year ago
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Our rights as American citizens are the rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness, ("We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness") period.
ScarlettKnights 1 year ago
Republicans would rather us die at the hands of insurance companies =)
deshy88umkc 1 year ago
Noooooo Andy!!!! :(
lacylei 1 year ago
There's no "free lunch", you have to buy New Health Insurance to get Preventative Services. This does NOTapply to people with existing Health Insurance. So I guess Obama LIED when he said you could keep your existing insurance and get the benefits of the new law. Yup, this new law is "all honey and no bees"...if you can believe that! In any case, it's nice to see Andy have so much specific information on the benefits and costs of government healthcare......
wizacre 1 year ago
1965....when Andy still had his faculties and his scripts weren't propaganda government BS. Never thought I'd be nostalgic for Mayberry RFD.
DontCancelThisAcctYT 1 year ago
Obama just killed andy griffith
hinderfreak22 1 year ago
It's a shame to see the Democrats taking advantage of this senile old man for pure propaganda purposes. Andy's a multimillionaire who doesn't have a clue about the very real impact ObamaCare will have on seniors or it's far reaching destruction on the entire health care industry. All Ol' Andy knows is that his 'Depends' are paid for and that he has enough independent wealth to pay someone to wipe his ass. So what impact will this health care disaster have on him? Nothing. Nada. Zip.
66shortpants 1 year ago
Wow, Andy's looking feeble in this video.
jdpainter 1 year ago
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Socialism at its finest. ALL HAIL OBAMA!!!
lcromy 1 year ago
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Socialism at its finest. ALL HAIL OBAMA!!!
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Grace1dad 1 year ago
Here check it out!!
This Andy griffith shows a local farmer getting his vaccination in the county jail.
its called the county nurse:
simonfoxnews11 1 year ago
Andy has successfully turned himself into Benedict Arnold overnight :(
BigSteve187 1 year ago 16
@BigSteve187 Griffith was in the communist propaganda film "A Face in the Crowd" back in the 50s.
Everyone in America should see that film because it has been the model used by the media to discredit anyone who disagrees with them for many years.
Watch it and see if you can remove Larry and replace him with the media image of Rush Limbaugh, Ronald Reagan ,Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Fox news as a whole, or any other figure on the right.
sirhcskoorb 1 year ago
@BigSteve187 I seriously doubt that. I do think you are a total moron for attacking him for using his freedom of speech.
TheGreekMan1981 1 year ago
@TheGreekMan1981 Whatever dude. So I disagree with Obama's health care program. So what. It's called a difference of opinion. GET USE TO IT. Not everyone believes the same as everyone else, which is great in my opinion because I wouldn't want to be the same as everybody.
What I put was me joking around. You taking it too seriously and going out of your way to insult me here trying to make yourself look tough is pathetic. GROW UP.
BigSteve187 1 year ago
@TheGreekMan1981 This is why I hate politics because it makes people hate one another saying harsh words towards someone online or otherwise or taking it a step further and committing violent acts simply because they don't believe what they believe. All sides of the political fence are guilty of this no matter how much they will deny it.
BigSteve187 1 year ago
Seeing Andy Griffith in this ad makes me sad.
whothewu 1 year ago 3
Anyone else gets cracked up at his face at the ending.
DRAGONCLAN1000 1 year ago
Anyone who doesn't like Andy Griffith has got to be nuts !
vetwife 1 year ago
That old coot is out of his frigging mind! I vote for Andy G. to be the 1st to go before the Obama Death Panels.
jamferris 1 year ago 2
@jamferris : Dude, lol'ing my rearend off!
ToBeKlaw 1 year ago
@jamferris Catch up..the entire death panels debate was settled during the election. It's a Sarah Palin fantasy world. Besides, we already have death panels -- they're called insurance companies.
jdpainter 1 year ago
@jdpainter "Catch up..the entire death panels debate was settled during the election. It's a Sarah Palin fantasy world"
How irnoic for you to lecture others to "catch up".
"Peter Orszag, President Obama’s budget director, basically admitted that under Obamacare, access to doctors and medicine will be rationed. And the people on the “powerful rationing panel” making life-or-death decisions will be government bureaucrats, not medical professionals"
Yep. Death panels will exist.
ghostrepublic65 1 year ago
@ghostrepublic65 So you're quoting a quote from some anonymous person (probably a Fox News 'analyst') that still includes no empirical evidence whatsoever and claims that one of the Obama Staffers 'basically admitted' something. Wow, great evidence.
I'll say it again, we already have death panels with insurance companies. I like how you conveniently don't address that basic truth. I'm no fan of Obamacare, but I'm not fan of the insurance companies either.
jdpainter 1 year ago
@jdpainter "So you're quoting a quote from some anonymous person (probably a Fox News 'analyst') that still includes no empirical evidence whatsoever"
Sigh. No, I dont watch Fox News. Its Peter Orszag. And yes, theres video of him saying it.
"I'll say it again, we already have death panels with insurance companies. I like how you conveniently don't address that basic truth"
I dont address it because 1) you already mentioned it, and 2) it isnt the truth and 3) comment space is limited
ghostrepublic65 1 year ago
I believe I'll trust Andy Griffith over Sarah Palin anyday.
HalogenKarmaLovesYou 1 year ago
Andy, you are marring your reputation. Socialism never, never works in the end. It may seem to work for a long while and that's how people get fooled, but eventually the ponzi scheme falls apart. Vladamir Lenin said that socialism opens the door for communism to enter. He should know. Socialism and communism are never the means to a country's long term security. Nothing is free, Mr. Griffith. You worked hard for what you got; you should know that.
swiiila 1 year ago
Just like much Republican LIES and misinformation; Andy Griffith is still alive!
BibleBasics 1 year ago
@BibleBasics Republicans are very mean hateful.
hermitcrab8518 1 year ago
What a crusty, clueless, kool-aid drinker... LOL... I wonder if he still has a license?
B12G 1 year ago
Great, informative video! Awesome! Thanks Obama team and Mr. Griffith!
amtaylor44 1 year ago
By protecting against "fraud", I assume Andy means there won't be any government involvement, since that's where most of the fraud exists. Poor Andy. They gave him the Kool-Aid and he drank it.
thespotteddog 1 year ago
I'm going to ASSUME Andy's being completely sarcastic....
RushLimborg 1 year ago
What a terrible disappointment that Andy even in old age would do something this stupid. Does anyone need money this badly to promote this? All that built up goodwill now gone.
gratetennfan 1 year ago 3
This is an abomination. Nothing unconstitutional is good. I want my money back. I could use it to buy food. Or to buy something for my mother who is very sick with breast cancer. Someone tell this Andy douche bag to stop stealing my money, Im sure he has plenty. Hey douche bag, your not entitled to shit, your generation screwed my generation. Its called generational theft, and this commercial rubs it in all of our faces. Thumbs up if you want to keep more of your hard earned money!
thevoiceoftruth55 1 year ago
Do you think Andy really knows anything about Medicare? For example, did he do his research before agreeing to do this commercial? I doubt it. In other words, he was given a script, he read it, then he got PAID!
suarezserg 1 year ago
Can people stop insulting Andy Griffith with such derogatory comments. If you don't like the medicare system and you think it's a sham, then good for you. Don't drag Andy into it. He's just a spokesperson for a lame commercial. Most people who have worked with or met Andy in person say he is one of the greatest individuals you will ever meet. Why target him just because he believes in the medicare system? How is that an accurate representation of the kind of person he is? You people are bullies!
rrhev 1 year ago
"Obamacare" is receving the same response Lyndon Johnson's Medicare received 40 years ago. And the same clowns today who are mindlessly railing about the healthcare legislation WHICH HASN'T EVEN GONE INTO AFFECT YET (so the "disasterous results" are pure Limbaugh-esque/FOX-generated bullshit) will be screaming at the government in a few years to "Keep Their Hands of My Government Health Care!!" (aka Obamacare).
If rightwingers were any stupider they'd forget to breathe.
HNK222 1 year ago
@HNK222 Stupider? Point proven.
jordan19862000 1 year ago
@HNK222 Leftist are stupid and lazy, spare me your BS.
B12G 1 year ago
You know, I was opposed to the plan initially.
But after they used my money to fund government advertisements that lie to me to try to persuade me to like something they're going to force me to buy anyhow?
Yeah... still opposed. Weird how that works.
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sadiehadow1 1 year ago
@gekkobear Yea, this ad cost 700k to air. That is soooo much compared to the trillions your dumbass President Bush cost us on a fake war. You want to know who the real freakin' con artist is....Look back to Bush.
TheGreekMan1981 1 year ago
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I now have zero Respect for Andy Griffith
Sept 04 2010 Current Obama supporters are some of the most stupid people I have seen yet. Most are a taco short of a combo plate, They scream racism while being a racist themself and heaven forbid if you question his policies and agenda. They only have a voice due to misguided political correctness. To vote for Obama in 2008 is understood but to support him in 2010 is insane!!
lv2surf 1 year ago 2
Andy Griffith is obviously very addled. He either did this for the money, or he thinks the Democrats are the same today as they were 50 years ago. Poor old fool. Obamacrats still pushing the health care "reform" act are more like the Nazis of 65 years ago - of whom I'm sure Griffith didn't approve - than they are like JFK. It's a shame to have an old person make a fool out of himself and a joke out of his reputation like this.
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margaretcanton 1 year ago
Y'all are only saying bad things about Andy Griffith because he's black. See - works every time!
tttar 1 year ago 2
yeah, he's in good health, Free check ups, i like that one. Any one tell the Sherriff of Mayberry that nothing is free? He's going to be dead before the shit hits the fan anyway, so why should he care?
2008HLB 1 year ago
wrong pal...the majority of people in this country DO want healthcare...
resotar 1 year ago
@resotar yeah real health care not socialized health care. most people dont want government run health care. why do you think they made this add in a ploy to get people to vote for them. the liberals are getting the boot and they know it.
gibblets17 1 year ago 3
@resotar Of course they want healthcare .. who in their right mind wouldn't? What most want though is NOT government healthcare!
lonewulf44 1 year ago
Shill is a shill is a shill. The big problem here is the libs are still trying to sell a program the MAJORITY of the country did not want. Why is that so hard to understand. So they have to pass a bill so we can find out what's in it? Kind of like buying a piece of shit car to find out you hate it more now than when you were just looking at it.
Jim83686 1 year ago 2
Why do they need Matlock to try and convince people?
Bllasae 1 year ago
Pelosi: We're going to have to pass this bill before you can see what's in it.
Andy Taylor: Give me half a mil and I'll say whatever you want, so I never have to use Obamacare.
Dfendr 1 year ago
@Dfendr Andy Griffith believes what he says. He believes the new healthcare bill will help prevent Medicare fraud... so Andy is a liberal... big freakin deal!
Anyway, Andy Griffith is the perfect person for that commercial because older people can relate with him. In person Andy has good character.
One more thing... when I hear the word "Obamacare, " I think "retarded, uneducated, Michelle Bachman worshipping, tea partying neocon that graduated from Glenn Beck U!"
Valagnar 1 year ago
@Valagnar I'm betting Andy ain't restricted by Medicare requirements on his healthcare- not until Obamacare kicks in anyway.
One more thing, when I see someone using "retarded," I think: "Another caring liberal in their own minds."
Dfendr 1 year ago
@Valagnar Andy is an actor - and well paid for this. The fraud is the healthcare bill: increases deficits, increases cost, decreases coverage while claiming the opposite. It's point, it claimed was to insure the uninsured, which could have done for a fraction of the money and without taking over what "insurance" is allowed with all the bureaucrats. And it's unconstitutional for the fed to do.
That's why so many, wiser than Andy, oppose it.
Dfendr 1 year ago
@Dfendr "Another uncaring, selfish conservative asshole controlled by other minds."
Everything you know has been spoonfed to you by FOX News. That's all I have to say. You're brain is mush.
Valagnar 1 year ago
@Valagnar Then you really have no argument and no substance, just the same tired bugaboos.
Dfendr 1 year ago 2
@Dfendr You haven't backed up ANY of your claims. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or in stupid terms... Obamacare) will provide tax credits for up to 35% of healthcare costs for about 4 million small businesses.
That information is in the bill. You don't even know the name of the damn bill. How could you know what's in it. You get your news from FOX Noise. They lie and twist fiction into fact all the time.
Valagnar 1 year ago
@Valagnar 35% credit while requiring them to provide the other 65% or pay a fine. Some deal ! A huge number of small businesses don't provide health insurance because they can't afford the rates because they cannot join a pool - something that would be good legislation, but, of course isn't in Obamacare.
The result of Obamacare will be either: increased cost per employee (resulting in fewer hires or lower salaries) or paying the new fine.
The purpose of the bill is to kill private insurers.
Dfendr 1 year ago
@Valagnar Here's a glimpse of the future under Obamacare:
Right now, the effect of what's been implemented is: Insuring those under 18 in nigh impossible. Obamacare requires insurer's policies cover everything with no pre-existing riders. An impossible policy. No private insurer will touch it.
Second: my carrier, BCBS, took 3 months to study the bill and their first act was to freeze reductions. IOW, no one can do anything to reduce their premium. Mine just went up 22%.
Welcome to Obamacare.
Dfendr 1 year ago 2
Andy dosent look well here, but if you think he decided to cash in, then you should take a walk in downtown MT.Airy NC, the town andy is from, they whore out the Andy Griffith show to get every penny they can, They try to make tourist think they are in Mayberry, every shop on main street has Andy t shirts, dvds, posters, flags, action figures, books, they even play the Andy griffith theme on a p.a system so shoppers can hear it all over the streets Andy is their cash cow.
ClassicRockfan79 1 year ago
ok if this cost $700k the white hous got fucking jiped
BraceForSilence 1 year ago
Damn Andy I can't even watch the The Andy Griffith Show anymore knowing you like this DUMB ASS called Obama..WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU???
LiberalsAreWeak 1 year ago
@LiberalsAreWeak Get some education you brainwashed Glenn Beck graduate.
Valagnar 1 year ago
@Valagnar education,brainwashed...you truly are a dumb ass fool.. you Obama graduate, Now that's a laugh...
LiberalsAreWeak 1 year ago
@LiberalsAreWeak Amen!!! I think the revelation of his views on this is the most disappointing, and surprising, thing to have discovered about a Hollywood star. I respect your acting, Andy, and I love your show, but your view on Obama (anti) care is totally backwards!
allergymonk 1 year ago
u mad
WARRIORofHARDCORE 1 year ago
This took $700k?
romeosevendelta 1 year ago
If you didn't already know, Andy has alway's been a flaming liberal.I use to like him as an actor.
babyblue125 1 year ago
i truly feel compassion for this person and i forgive him if those words are not from the heart i know mine are peace to all
mytints 1 year ago
the man has spoken...and all you neo-cons/former coke heads can suck it!
jsberger 1 year ago 2
This is exactly why I try to stay out of politics whenever I can. Maybe I'm just a little naive, but I don't really judge a person just because he is a spokesperson for some lame ad. Maybe Andy is getting senile in his old age or maybe he is being played like a puppet, but I'm not going to lose my respect for him due to politics. I've never been to believe that a person's political values make a person. I still have fond memories of Andy being a brilliant, kind and down to earth entertainer.
rrhev 1 year ago
Andy was never the same after eating Gummy Bears with Floyd the Barber.
BestVideoResponse 1 year ago
Give him a break--he's old and senile.
AnnieOswald03 1 year ago
How sad. I will never view him in the same way. Shame on you Andy Griffith. You'll have enough money that this scheme won't affect you like regular old "Mayberry" people.... you know the rest of middle class America??? :((((
MsRedOnTheHead 1 year ago
Also, does this mean you ARE a jerkoff? sorter sound lahk wun!
tedbohne 1 year ago
so you picked Mr. Griffith as a fight YOU can fight? pretty lame. you should probably suck a dick.
tedbohne 1 year ago
Dumb.
poopstreek 1 year ago
1965 lot of good things came out that year. VIETNAM
Emil246 1 year ago
what else is obama going to spend money on. paying for ads on tv is not the right way to go.stop spending money on useless things.
whatisnewful 1 year ago 2
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In the immortal words of Ross Perot who said, " ...NOW THATS JUST SAD.."
Love Andy Yes But they must have had to pay HIM half a million (500,000 ) just to pitch that curveball , 10,000 for the film and music and 300,000 for lunch and the Democratic till and 180, 000 for the plane ride for Pelosi and Reid to meet Andy Griffith .....(.Opie probably wrote this commercial )
SoulCat59 1 year ago
In the immortal words of Ross Perot who said, " ...NOW THATS JUST SAD.."
Love Andy Yes But they must have had to pay HIM half a million (500,000just to pitch that curveball , 10,000 for the film and music and 300,000 for lunch and the Democratic till and 180, 000 for the plane ride for Pelosi and Reid to meet Andy Griffith ......Nice Try Boys and Girls
SoulCat59 1 year ago
another one bites the dust, why oh why andy. I dont think I can watch mayberry anymore, what a drag.
blumackfm 1 year ago
What ever happened to Wilford Brimley?
anastunya 1 year ago
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He choked on a bowl full of bad oatmeal.
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katanakeith 1 year ago
oh well! Just an actor that at one time I admired but, he is just another dumbass liberal. Guess I won't be watching anymore Matlock episodes. Never did like his Andy Griffith show.
katanakeith 1 year ago
Ok three things.
A. Why the hell did this commercial cost 700,000 dollars?
B. If you look closely you can see the strings moving Andy's dead body.
C. Commercial = FAIL.
rmr355 1 year ago
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Who is he trying to kid? I am not impressed, and it doesn't change my mind by Obumercare. I'm not buying your Big Brother cares pitch Andy! Couldn't if I wanted to...Obumer has stolen all of our money!
shanonvg 1 year ago
Who is he trying to kid? I am not impressed, and it doesn't change my mind about Obumercare. I'm not buying your lame pitch Andy. Couldn't if I wanted to...Obumer has stolen all of our money!
shanonvg 1 year ago
It's amazing what they can do with computer graphics these days.
Unfortunately, Andy passed away years ago after choking on some mashed potatoes.
BestVideoResponse 1 year ago 8
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More like his dignity
z2ato 1 year ago
@BestVideoResponse Hahahaha dude, I seriously laughed out loud to your comment. I've never done that to a comment before in my life. Freakin hilarious.
rmr355 1 year ago
@BestVideoResponse It's amazing the length that a teabagger will go to in order to lie about Democrats.
brynb2 1 year ago
@brynb2 Я очень большой медведь, который пьет водку, и я ничего не знаю о том, как порадовать вас гомосексуалистов. Я не люблю чай, но я люблю свободу.
BestVideoResponse 1 year ago
@BestVideoResponse Dude, get your facts straight. Andy didn't die from choking on mashed potatoes. It was Ritz Crackers! Mmmm. Good cracker! (Cough, cough, choke, choke...)
StumptownBoy 1 year ago