Wit & Wisdom of Andy Griffith [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Andy Griffith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Special Products
• ASIN: B000002T6S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,833 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #18 in Music > Miscellaneous > Radio Shows
  • #18 in Music > Miscellaneous > Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews
  • #45 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > General AAS

Track Listings

1. What It Was, Was Football, Pts. 1 & 2

2. Conversation with a Mule

3. The Preacher and the Bear

4. Andy and Cleopatra

5. Romeo & Juliet, Pts. 1 & 2

6. The Discovery of America

7. Love Poems: "To the Lovely Juanita Beasley"

8. Swan Lake

9. Opera Carmen

10. Silhouettes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A SHEER HOOT!, June 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Wit & Wisdom of Andy Griffith (Audio CD)

I remember first hearing portions of this back in 9th grade (1977). Our English teacher, an old gal even back then, thought we'd enjoy it.

We sure did. Andy is an absolute riot, playing the bewildered, curious country bumpkin trying to make sense of unfamiliar things such as American Football and Shakespeare. No wonder why he went on to have such a huge role in the early days of TV.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Drove me off the road, December 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Wit & Wisdom of Andy Griffith (Audio CD)

I hadn't heard this since I was but a youth and I wasn't ready to hear it when a local station played What It Was, Was Football on the radio while I tried to drive across Seattle in a rental car. If the essential element of comedy is truth, then Andy Griffith made one for the ages when he wrote this sketch. The Simple Soul trying to understand a game such as football and unashamedly relaying his thoughts is as pure and funny a story as I have ever heard... I wish he was still doing this kind of comedy today... I did actually manage to stay on the road...Barely.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of the funniest CD's I have ever listened to., June 15, 2000

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Brad Willoughby (Oxford, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wit & Wisdom of Andy Griffith (Audio CD)

Andy Griffith is my favorite comedian of all time. If you love to hear funny stories. Listen to the very first one where he talks about going to a football game he thinks everybody is out there kicking a pumpkin. And playing this funny game out on a cow pasture instead of a football field. Then at the end he says "the only way to win this game is to get from one end of the cow pasture to the other with that pumpkin without getting knocked down or stepping in something."