Posted on 02/25/2006 2:32:14 PM PST by Puppage
Just heard on Fox News. Don Knotts dead at 81
He was something else, wasn't he?
Rest in peace...
He was a great comic. Mr. Limpet, Barney Fife and then finally Mr. Furly from Three's Company, my favorite TV show growing up.
"Atta boy Luther!"
Well done, and rest easy Mr. Knotts.
Thanks for the laughs.
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I'm sure by now he's cracking up St. Peter with Barney Fife routines. RIP Don, you were an original.
God Speed.
thanks raccoonradio , I remember him fondly with Steve Allen [I was a kid]
... rest his soul , thoughts and prayers
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.
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!
"But mom, I'm thirty-five years old."
oops, pasted wrong URL! Here it is
http://www.simpleprop.com/images/wade/welovebarneyfife.mp3
One funny man, he will be missed!
I first remember him as the nervous guy on the Steve Allen Show in the fifties.
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.
My wife couldn't stand him, but I always liked his comedy, esp. on Andy Griffith, bug eyes and all.
LOL. I had forgotten that.
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