What It Was Was Football

USA
1997, 16mm, B&W, 7 min.
World Premiere

Director: Duncan Brantley
Producers: Duncan Brantley, Chris Gilmer
Cinematography: Mark Gilmer
Editor: Peter Fandetti, Duncan Brantley
Screenwriter: Monologue written and performed by Andy Griffith
Principal Cast: John Freund, Kelvin Anderson, David Curtis

Before he became America's favorite sheriff, 24-year-old Andy Griffith earned extra cash doing stand-up comedy. He recorded "What It Was Was Football" in 1953 and it led directly to Griffith's Hollywood discovery. In an update of this comedy classic about a country bumpkin who stumbles into a college football game, director Duncan Brantley has married Griffith's comedy recording with 1950s motion picture footage to create a delightful homage.