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Andy Griffith Endorses Obama. Opie, Richie Cunningham, and Fonzie also Endorse Obama (See Ron Howard Video)



Mark C. Eades
http://www.mceades.com
October 24, 2008, 12:52AM

Actor/director Ron Howard has released a video with former TV co-stars Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler endorsing Barack Obama for President of the United States [ http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cc65ed650d ]. The video features Howard in his present role as Hollywood director, Howard as Opie from the Andy Griffith Show in black-and-white with Griffith himself, and Howard as Richie Cunningham from Happy Days with Henry Winkler as Arthur Fonzarelli, Jr., aka Fonzie. All are explicitly endorsing Obama through their performances in the video, as Howard explains at its conclusion.

While endorsements from such youngish Hollywood regulars as Ron Howard and Henry Winkler may come as no surprise and therefore no great shakes, Andy Griffith's appearance in the video endorsing Obama comes as a call for change from that very "real America" the McCain/Palin campaign has attempted to claim for itself. After all, if Andy Griffith isn't a "real American," then who is?

McCain and Palin may hold Wasilla, but Barack Obama and Joe Biden have won by a landslide in Mayberry.

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