The actress who played Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show” was robbed this week.
According to The Associated Press, Betty Lynn was robbed in Mount Airy, the North Carolina city that is the birthplace of Mr. Griffith and was the inspiration for the show’s setting, the fictional town of Mayberry.
Ironically, Ms. Lynn, whose character was the girlfriend of Deputy Barney Fife, had moved to Mount Airy because she’d been robbed several times in Los Angeles.
This is indeed disquieting news for those of us who grew up watching TV in the 1950s and 1960s and enjoyed the comedies that were set in a pleasant, much more innocent world – such as “The Real McCoys,” "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" and “The Lucy Show.”
But if reality continues to intrude on our fond memories, we baby boomers should perhaps steel ourselves for headlines like these:
THIEVES FROM METH LAB TARGET McCOYS' FARM
NELSONS LOSE HOME OVER SUBPRIME MORTGAGE
Fed Official 'Can't Believe Bank Approved Application
From Guy Who Apparently Hasn't Held a Job in Years!'
MR. MOONEY ACCUSED OF MASTERMINDING PONZI SCHEME;
SECRETARY, IN AFFIDAVIT, SAYS 'WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!'
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