Is this Bill Burr dropping an O&A reference or is "Opie" a generic term for weak man?

0  2014-10-25 by [deleted]

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Are you serious? If so..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opie_Taylor

its where that talent-less hack got the nickname (that he "hates" but decided to use it as his radio name for the past 40 years anyways.)

	
	

	

Opie Taylor:


Opie Taylor is a fictional character played by Ron Howard in the American television program, The Andy Griffith Show which was televised on CBS from October 3, 1960 to April 1, 1968. Opie Taylor appeared in 209 of the 249 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and appeared in 2 spin-off shows.

Opie is a 6-year-old when the series opens, who lives in the fictional and idealized small, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina with his widowed father, Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), the sheriff of Mayberry County, and his father's spinster aunt, Beatrice "Aunt Bee" Taylor (Frances Bavier). Opie appears once in The Andy Griffith Show spinoff Mayberry R.F.D. and also in the 1986 reunion telemovie Return to Mayberry. There are two explanations of the name's origin. One is that Opie was named after bandleader and radio actor Opie Cates; the other is that he was named for Opie Shelton (1915–1999), a childhood friend of Griffith, who went on to become president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

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Interesting: Ron Howard | The Andy Griffith Show | Andy Griffith | Aunt Bee

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