Andy Griffith Football Story from 1953

Andy Griffith's famous 1953 stand-up monologue about college football. It has become one of the most beloved comedy recordings of all time.

The illustrations used in this video were drawn by George Woodbridge, a Mad Magazine artist. The comic illustration appear in Mad Magazine in 1958. You can view the illustration at http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversit...

We edited the illustrations to match the story line. We then used this clip for illustrative purposes during one of our church services here at Cornerstone City Church. http://www.CornerstoneIndy.com

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  Comedy

[Tracy Clough]

why must people of today hate people that are like this or were raised in the south?

[deanofdiscipline]

How in the world did this man never even get nominated for an Emmy? What a travesty. Star of the best show ever made!!

[iwpoe]

The entire joke of the monologue is that a person who speaks like this is ignorant and simple. Surely you don't think that Griffith said things like "a-sittin" and "a-blowin" in his normal speech. He's mocking this image. His entire early career centered around making comedy out of one version or another of this character. It's clearly a friendly mockery, but it's mockery all the same.

[andyboy990]

somebody left caps on. lol

[Dave DuBose]

Nominated once but not for the Andy Griffith Show.  Problem was he was a straight man in a comedy.

[Robbie Simpson]

I AGREE WITH YOU, IT IS A TRAVESTY HE WAS NEVER NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY, AND AUNT BEA WAS, WE LOST A WONDERFUL MAN, IT WAS THE BEST T.V. SHOW IN AMERICA, TOO BAD WE CAN'T HAVE MORE LIKE THEM, INSTEAD OF NUDITY AND CURSING,

[Brooklyn Bennett]

Uhm.... yeah he did. Because of regional dialect differences, everyone has an accent.

[eragon brisinger]

and i seen what they were odd maning for it was that both bunches wanted this funny looking punkin to play with...

Andy Griffith was A BAD ASS I first watched this the day he died...

[J Nash]

personnally I think this is pure genius - the comedy of today is crass and mostly vulgar - happy to listen to clean humor, about something that we all can identify with - sorry, but this is my opinion and it comes from a '66 year old male born and raised in the South - so yes, this is Southern humor, but it is beloved by a large cross-section of the population

[chem100]

What accent? Andy didn't have an accent!

[Jugglingtedchannel]

This is a great story of explaining what football is all about. We miss you Andy Griffith!