Waitress Redux

[billroper]

The thing I forgot to mention in last night's post is just how much Andy Griffith reminds me of my father. The accent is a bit different, my dad being from Southern Illinois, but there's just enough physical resemblance coupled with the kind of characters he's been playing for the last fifteen years that it's just a little bit scary.

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[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Where in southern Illinois? My folks were from Crawford County, on the Wabash river (straight east of St. Louis on the other side of the state).

My dad LOVED The Andy Griffith Show. He developed something of an Oklahoma accent over the years, I think from talking on the phone to his co-workers there (he worked for an oil pipeline company).

[billroper]

On Illinois 13 right at the border between Williamson and Saline counties.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

My dad's mom was born in Williamson County.