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Don Knotts Dead
me | 2/25/2006 | Puppage

Posted on 02/25/2006 2:32:14 PM PST by Puppage

Just heard on Fox News. Don Knotts dead at 81


TOPICS: Announcements; Culture/Society; US: Connecticut; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: barneyfife; donknotts; lescalhoun; mayberry; mrferley; mrlimpett; nipitinthebud; obituary; theghostandmrchicken; threescompany
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To: Puppage

He was something else, wasn't he?

Rest in peace...


21 posted on 02/25/2006 2:36:53 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma
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To: SALChamps03

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


22 posted on 02/25/2006 2:37:00 PM PST by rambo316 (Social engineering does not work and never will.)
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To: Puppage
I loved 'The Ghost And Mr. Chicken'.

"Atta boy Luther!"

Well done, and rest easy Mr. Knotts.

Thanks for the laughs.

L

23 posted on 02/25/2006 2:37:11 PM PST by Lurker (In God I trust. Everybody else shows me their hands.)
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To: Puppage

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


24 posted on 02/25/2006 2:37:23 PM PST by joebuck
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To: Puppage
"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.

25 posted on 02/25/2006 2:37:27 PM PST by Cagey ("Soldiers, keep by your officers. For God's sake, keep by your officers!")
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To: raccoonradio

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

... rest his soul , thoughts and prayers


26 posted on 02/25/2006 2:37:30 PM PST by Dad yer funny
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To: Puppage

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.


27 posted on 02/25/2006 2:37:37 PM PST by jonsie
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To: Puppage

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!


28 posted on 02/25/2006 2:37:43 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: Puppage

29 posted on 02/25/2006 2:37:50 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Lurker

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


30 posted on 02/25/2006 2:38:01 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?")
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To: Puppage
Hello,

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

MOgirl
31 posted on 02/25/2006 2:38:05 PM PST by MOgirl (Hillary. She's a totalitarian freak. And you know what I'm talkin' about.)
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To: Puppage
Bummer


32 posted on 02/25/2006 2:38:17 PM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: raccoonradio

oops, pasted wrong URL! Here it is

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


33 posted on 02/25/2006 2:38:17 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: Puppage

One funny man, he will be missed!


34 posted on 02/25/2006 2:38:34 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775 (I)
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To: Mike Bates
I heard Billy Bob Thornton say that "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" is his favotite movie of all time.
35 posted on 02/25/2006 2:38:49 PM PST by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing. Become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: Puppage

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




36 posted on 02/25/2006 2:38:50 PM PST by Mears (The Killer Queen-caviar and cigarettes.)
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To: rambo316

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.


37 posted on 02/25/2006 2:39:03 PM PST by nina0113
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To: Puppage

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


38 posted on 02/25/2006 2:39:05 PM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news)
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To: Puppage
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.
39 posted on 02/25/2006 2:39:10 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: Cagey
...First sign of youngsters going wrong, you've got to nip it in the bud. "

LOL. I had forgotten that.

40 posted on 02/25/2006 2:39:20 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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