Return to Mayberry
July 10, 2014
The Andy Griffith Show was a formative text for me, in ways that I only begin to touch on in yesterday’s piece for The A.V. Club – my tenth for that publication in just over a year, not counting some capsules.
After an exhausting (if welcome) run of paid assignments, I’ve finally carved out a bit of a hiatus for the next couple of months, so hopefully some long-planned or half-finished pieces will at last emerge here during that window. Stay tuned….
The Classic TV History Blog 
July 10, 2014 at 9:24 pm
I really hope you expound more on a theme of the show you mentioned on twitter, namely the sense of loss that underlies the show (death of Opie’s mother, Barney’s sad returns, etc.).