Don "Barney Fife" Knotts Dead

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May God give him one blessing for every person he made laugh. Thanks for all the laughs!
 
Don Knotts is (sadly, now was) :( one of my favorite comedy actors. I cannot think of anyone else that could have played Bumblin' Barney Fife nearly so well.

Also remember his movies...(May not have titles exactly right) As The Incredible Mr. Limpett, he falls into the harbor and becomes a fish

Ghost & Mr. Chicken...there was at least 1 more, but I can't think of it right now.

Andy Griffith got his start in a Broadway Production of "No Time For Sargeants", and that role was carried over into the movie. IIRC, Don knotts was also in that movie.\

My 2 favorite episodes of Andy Griffith Show had Barney as the lead character...The motorcycle "...We'll set up our own Checkpoint Chicky..." and the one with 'Gomer' Citizen's Arrest...
 
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I'm gonna go to my room & cry now.:( Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Walter Mathauw* & now Don Knotts.:( All the good actors are dead or dying & we're stuck watching actors who are just "pretty boys":rolleyes: & can't act worth a bar of soap. At least we still have James Gardner, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Caine & Sam Elliot though.

Barney, we'll miss you greatly. Rest now. No more problems.:(


*I think it's mis-spelled.
 
Favorite Episode

Don Knotts was certainly a heck of a guy and a great actor. Five Emmy awards. That has to be a record.

My favorite episode of The Andy Griffith Show was the one where Barney gets a motorcycle with a sidecar. The man was hysterically funny.

RIP
 
He gave me many laughs over the years and will go down as one of the best and we can still watch him thanks to shows like TV Land
 
Texshooter said:
MUSTANGER98

Thanks for your research on the actors in the show who have passed on, but did I read correctly that "Otis" and "Aunt Bee" passed away on the same day?

I just don't recall that.
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mustanger98 said:
Texshooter, I didn't notice about Otis's and Aunt Bea's date of death being the same until you brought it up and I had to look back. I also notice that their date of birth was the same as well.
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I'm not trying to be difficult or step on anyone's toes, but my research turned up the following:

Hal Smith
Born: 24 Aug 1916 - Potesky, MI_______|--- As posted
Died: 28 Jan 1994 - Woodland Hills, CA__|--- above

Frances Bavier
Born: 14 Dec 1902 - New York, NY
Died: 6 Dec 1989 - Siler City, NC

RIP, Don Knotts. Thanks for all the laughter. My 2 favorite characters: Barney Fife and Luther Heggs.
 
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he got me in a lot of trouble

I watched (I think) mr twig as a kid in the sixties then I was supposed to go to bed, I couldn't stop laughing. every ten minutes I would remember a scene and start laughing again, my dad said one more laugh and you're getting a spanking...I got one.
 
fiVe, I just checked back and saw what happened. Matter of me getting my info off imdb.com, but then getting confused on what I'd cut and pasted. You posted this info correctly. And they did not die of quite the same problem either- heart attack vs congestive heart failure due to heart attack.
 
I've lived too long- Don Knotts and all the great ones are leaving us and we are the poorer for it- On the same day Darrin McGavin passed away also- I am a cult member of the "Kolchak Night Stalker" series- It was pretty campy but good entertainment- Not many in the entertainment business now are worthy of of their abilities- I will miss them both :(
 
Thanks for the humor Don, and for for making clear - the value of at least one live bullet in the next chamber, or for some, in the pocket.
 
Ya know, they are remaking alot of movies and shows these days,.... But Don Knotts as Barney, and like Ed O'neill as Al Bundy will never be able to be duplicated... It was like they were put here for it.
 
AND NOW,

Chester from "Gunsmoke."

Dennis Weaver gone. It does seem like bad news can sometime come in units of 3.

R.I.P. to Don, Dennis and Daren.
 
I remember...

...that he did stay pretty true to his hilarious ways, even on Matlock..... Personally, I didn't like that show... (Wasn't very interesting, solving the murder yourself wasn't very do-able in the later seasons, ) ..but whenever Mr. Knotts showed up, it was usually worth a laugh, the way he'd annoy 'ol Ben.
 
Oh my God the wookalar! Sucks your brains right out of your nose, just schhhhhuuuuckkk!

It's a well known fact, that just like stakes for vampires, you need a time gun to kill a wookalar. Knowledge gained due to mr. knott's and connaway's fine work.

I watched that movie ad infinitum growing up and it still makes me laugh.

"Hilda is dead, and here's something to note. You can't bury her at sea, 'cause her bosoms will float."

"To dig your own grave, is quite a sight. But to bury yourself, is not very bright. There are more to kill, and the job'll be done. Now there are five, soon there'll be a lot less."
 
I've recently checked AGShow compilations from the library...when Barney became frantic and exctited that had to be some of funniest stuff you've ever seen...timeless...
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I keep on getting reminded of stuff Mr. Knotts did. Thinking of him getting frantic and excited... I saw this documentary about him and they showed a character he invented called "the nervous man". They showed some clips and that was hilarious just watching Mr. Knotts twitch and fidget and carry on... and act like he was going through all that nervous stuff while trying also to act like there's nothing wrong. I couldn't watch without laughing.

And this just reminded me of what they told once about when Howard McNear signed on to play Floyd... the said he was so funny Mr. Knotts couldn't look at him without bustin' out laughin' and it took 20+ takes to shoot that one scene.

I remember when he came on Matlock too... it was good to see them working together again... just like old times, looked like to me... the way he'd show Barney-esqe stress dealing with Ben just like he had Andy years before.:D A line that stood out to me (because both of my grandfather's are/were WW2 vets) was between Mr. Knotts and Mr. Griffith, who are in my grandparents' age group and I'm not saying it as funny, but as a matter of some truth: Mr. Knotts said "at our age, whenever we say 'the war' nobody asks which one'.

Oh my God the wookalar! Sucks your brains right out of your nose, just schhhhhuuuuckkk!
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I didn't see that movie, but the tone of this line reminds me of another of his famous lines:

"It's terrible, Andy. It's just terrible! I'll never live it down as long as I live
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As to all the crap their passing off on us as comedy these days, seems to me we're long overdue to "NIP iiIIT in thE BUD!!!" It's as bad as some of these kids... "first their breakin' glass, then the next thing you know they'll be wearin' leather jackets and zoomin' around on motorcycles". But of course, in Mayberry, the only one ever zoomin' around on a motorcycle was Barney, who said each piece of clothing had a purpose, from helmet to jacket... (and Mr. Griffith had to ask) "and what are those heavy leather gauntlets for? in case a dog thinks you look silly and tries to bite you?" The sidecar scenes are a riot and Mr. Knotts knew how to carry it off.:D
 
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