In a video posted Thursday on Funnyordie.com, actor-turned-director Ron Howard begrudgingly dresses up as his famous TV characters Opie Taylor and Richie Cunningham in an attempt to rally support for Barack Obama.

While speaking into the camera, Howard shaves his beard, slaps on a red wig and dons the kind of outfit he would have only worn as Opie in the `60s.

“I’ve never done this before and I hope never to do it again, but I guess you could say I’m feeling pretty desperate these days,” explains Howard. “So as a demonstration of my sincerity, this is for you America.”  

Then, in black-and-white, Howard grabs his fishing pole and hits the woods to join Andy Griffith, his dad on “The Andy Griffth Show,” who tells his TV son that he’ll be able to vote someday, so long as he eludes the butterfly ballot.

Another wardrobe change prepares him for arrival into “Happy Days,” the sitcom that ran from 1974-1984 in which Howard played Richie. Standing in front of a vintage car and clad in a leather jacket is Henry Winkler, who steps back into his cool demeanor as The Fonz. Still having some trouble with his pronunciation, he tells Howard this election is everyone’s chance to right a wr-wr-wrong.

Stepping back out of character, Howard says he, Griffith and Winkler returned to their television roots to urge support for Obama and “really think through this important election.