Ron Howard's Call to Action (2008 Video) User Reviews

Don't believe everything you read

[Nos1164 · 8/10 · 12 December 2010]

I knew exactly what this was before I read the review "Highly recommended! not to go watch this movie!". I began to doubt myself. I thought maybe I had gone to the wrong page. So I looked up the video on youtube and guess what, I was right, the review I referenced was way off. Let me explain: Ron Howard made a less than 4 minute video as an endorsement of Barack Obama. He also has Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler along for the ride. Howard goes back in time as Opie and Richie Cunningham.

The review I saw is clearly afraid of people watching the video. They don't want people to watch it. I say BS. Myself, I was able to look past the political stuff and just got a chuckle seeing these actors trying to look like they did when they were SOOOOOO much younger.

The election is over, doesn't matter what we think at this point. Just watch for enjoyment, not for any political reason!

Fonz and Andy almost meet

[lee_eisenberg · 30 October 2011]

"Ron Howard's Call to Action" was a short that Ron Howard made leading up to the 2008 election. He gets into his Opie Taylor and Richie Cunningham personae to meet with Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and the Fonz (Henry Winkler) and encourage them to vote for Barack Obama.

OK, so it's a little hokey. Especially since our national elation after that election has given way to a feeling that Obama hasn't done what most people hoped for. At least Howard was encouraging people to vote. I personally would have liked to see the Fonz meet Andy (or would Andy have arrested Fonzie?).

Whatever. It's not a bad short, just sort of silly.