Don Knotts Dead

me | 2/25/2006 | Puppage

[Puppage]

Just heard on Fox News. Don Knotts dead at 81

[Brad’s Gramma]

He was something else, wasn't he?

Rest in peace...

[rambo316]

He was a great comic. Mr. Limpet, Barney Fife and then finally Mr. Furly from Three's Company, my favorite TV show growing up.

[Lurker]

I loved 'The Ghost And Mr. Chicken'.

"Atta boy Luther!"

Well done, and rest easy Mr. Knotts.

Thanks for the laughs.

L

[joebuck]

I'm sure by now he's cracking up St. Peter with Barney Fife routines. RIP Don, you were an original.

[Cagey]

"Well, today's eight-year-olds are tomorrow's teenagers. I say this calls for action and now! Nip it in the bud! First sign of youngsters going wrong, you've got to nip it in the bud. "

God Speed.

[Dad yer funny]

thanks raccoonradio , I remember him fondly with Steve Allen [I was a kid]

... rest his soul , thoughts and prayers

[jonsie]

I am from NC and all I can say is that he finally "niped in the bud". God bless you for all the laughter you brought to my life.

[raccoonradio]

http://imdb.com/name/nm0461455/

a Dr. Demento classic:

"We Love Barney Fife" by Gums 'n Roses (1990) -- Approx. 2.2 MB
[Sung to the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire"]

Andy Griffith on TV, Sheriff Taylor Mayberry, Mount Pilot, North Carolina, Raleigh

Fishin' hole, Earnest T., Courthouse, Opie, Goober Pyle, Gomer Pyle, (Golllllly!)

Aunt Bea in the kitchen, lousy pickles, good friend chicken, Helen Crump, Otis drunk, Emmett's Fixit Shop

Criminals would come to town, fearless Fife tracks 'em down, his eye would pop, his gun would drop, he's a favorite TV cop

We love Barney Fife... He's the Deputy of Mayberry. We love Barney Fife.. He upholds the law with Opie's pa

Floyd the barber cuttin' hair, Howard Sprague, barber chair, barney's job is never done, law and order's in his blood, he shaky gun is at your service, catchin crooks makes him nervous, thelma lou's offical stud, nip it nip it in the bud
(This is Deputy Fife speakin' and I'm armed!!!)

Andy plays the guitar, Barney's in the squad car, driving Mayberry nuts, he's law enforcement klutz

Ticket writing everyone, he's got one bullet for his gun, bad guys are on the run, book 'em Barney murder one!

We love Barney Fife... He's the Deputy of Mayberry... Andy Griffith is our life (yeah yeah yeah), when the show is done we'll watch another one (re-run, re-run, re-run...) WE LOVE BARNEY FIFE!

[Puppage]

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"But mom, I'm thirty-five years old."

[MOgirl]

Hello,

I just heard this and cried. What a talented man, he will be missed.

MOgirl

[darkwing104]

Bummer

[raccoonradio]

oops, pasted wrong URL! Here it is

http://www.simpleprop.com/images/wade/welovebarneyfife.mp3

[lexington minuteman 1775]

One funny man, he will be missed!

[don-o]

I heard Billy Bob Thornton say that "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" is his favotite movie of all time.

[Mears]

I first remember him as the nervous guy on the Steve Allen Show in the fifties.

[nina0113]

Don't forget the Apple Dumpling Gang movies with Tim Conway - they were hysterical. I can't think of anything he was in that wasn't. RIP, Don.

[LS]

My wife couldn't stand him, but I always liked his comedy, esp. on Andy Griffith, bug eyes and all.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I'll miss him. Whatever role he did, even walk on cameos in inane sitcoms, he definitely got me to watch. That's an entertainer. So few like him left and I don't think we'll see his kind again.

[Puppage]

...First sign of youngsters going wrong, you've got to nip it in the bud. "

LOL. I had forgotten that.