Comments on: Don Knotts, 1294-2006

Don Knotts, 1294-2006

Smart Dalek — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:46:11 -0800

Call him Mr. Limpet, Mr. Furley, Wormie, Les Calhoun, or Barney Fife. Actor Don Knotts has passed away at 81.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:51:01 -0800

By: PenDevil

PenDevil — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:54:22 -0800

. damn.

By: Gator

Gator — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:55:08 -0800

Awww. .

By: wolftrouble

wolftrouble — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:55:20 -0800

Comic genius. He'll be missed.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:55:36 -0800

By: kalimac

kalimac — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:58:22 -0800

By: Dareos

Dareos — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:59:52 -0800

The "Nervous Man on the Street" from Sid Caesar's 1950's "Show of Shows" Unforgetable.

By: funkbrain

funkbrain — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:00:29 -0800

By: Dareos

Dareos — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:00:37 -0800

The "Nervous Man on the Street" from Sid Caesar's 1950's "Show of Shows" Unforgetable.

By: enrevanche

enrevanche — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:01:25 -0800

. The lights have been dimmed in the corner room of the YMCA in Raleigh.

By: bjgeiger

bjgeiger — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:04:06 -0800

. Mayberry is closed today.

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:07:20 -0800

By: 235w103

235w103 — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:08:09 -0800

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:08:11 -0800

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:09:37 -0800

By: jenovus

jenovus — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:09:53 -0800

By: lobstah

lobstah — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:10:07 -0800

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:10:29 -0800

By: jenovus

jenovus — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:10:35 -0800

Don Knotts, 1294-2006 They always go so young.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:10:43 -0800

May bury, R.I.P.

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:10:46 -0800

Oh shit. :(

By: drezdn

drezdn — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:11:21 -0800

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:11:52 -0800

I'm glad there are comments here that make me laugh. Speaks highly of what he meant to us.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:12:42 -0800

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:13:16 -0800

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:14:51 -0800

(laughing guiltily at jenovus's post)

By: MonkNoiz

MonkNoiz — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:20:32 -0800

By: fatbobsmith

fatbobsmith — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:21:00 -0800

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:22:13 -0800

By: Mijo Bijo

Mijo Bijo — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:22:33 -0800

By: willpie

willpie — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:23:19 -0800

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:25:00 -0800

No need to be so sad, the bugger was 81, I'd say that's a win for him. Good on ya, Don.

By: Protocols of the Elders of Awesome

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:29:35 -0800

"Are you a nice Don? Like, Don DeLuis?"

By: jann

jann — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:31:53 -0800

meep.

By: Otis

Otis — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:34:53 -0800

By: Tablecrumbs

Tablecrumbs — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:39:10 -0800

I hope when they bury him they put a bullit in his pocket. One of the greatest characters (Barney) ever in television IMHO.

By: deCadmus

deCadmus — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:44:17 -0800

By: cybercoitus interruptus

cybercoitus interruptus — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:44:38 -0800

By: armage

armage — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:44:51 -0800

By: jawbreaker

jawbreaker — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:47:14 -0800

By: gurple

gurple — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:49:28 -0800

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:52:22 -0800

Barney made a generation of introverted, skinny kids that grew up in the 50's feel a bit better about ourselves.... A great actor, Don will be missed.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:55:48 -0800

Don Knotts was one of the finest comic actors of his generation. Last night, Comedy Central was replaying Richard Pryor's "Not Dead Yet." One interviewer commented that one of Pryor's strengths was that he was willing to put his own fears on stage. While I am not trying to draw a comparison between Pryor (who was a one of a kind, "touched by the gods of comedy" performer) and Knotts, I think that statement applies to Knotts as well. Knotts' characters tended to suffer endless, uncomfortable humiliations. Yes, in the end, he frequently got the girl or won the race, but the gauntlet of small indignities he had to run to succeed were always filled with small, cringe inducing missteps. Part of what made him so funny was the fact that he was able to depict the small scale horror we all feel when we realize we've returned from the bathroom with toilet paper hanging off of our shoe, or the moment when we realize the beautiful person that we thought was flirting with us was only winking because something got in their eye. Knott's comic acting was honest, deeply felt and allowed us to laugh at things that we were secretly terrified might happen to us. That he was active in his craft right up to the end speaks to the love he bore his art. While it sad that he has passed away, 81 years of active life doing the thing that you love to do is, I think, everyone's dream. Congratulations, Mr. Knotts, on a life very well lived.

By: SteelyDuran

SteelyDuran — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:58:51 -0800

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:58:56 -0800

Call him Mr. Limpet, Mr. Furley, Wormie, Les Calhoun, or Barney Fife. Or Dubya.

By: terrapin

terrapin — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:05:03 -0800

By: fungible

fungible — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:05:44 -0800

By: punkrockrat

punkrockrat — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:07:18 -0800

By: WhipSmart

WhipSmart — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:07:42 -0800

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:08:22 -0800

Don Knotts was a great character actor; between 1961 and 1967, he won the supporting actor Emmy five times. Just amazing.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:10:26 -0800

This is sad, indeed. (Is it terrible I thought he was already dead?)

By: jlkr

jlkr — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:11:34 -0800

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:11:43 -0800

If there's anything that upsets me, it's having people say I'm sensitive. -Don Knotts as Barney Fife

By: VulcanMike

VulcanMike — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:22:20 -0800

By: AstroGuy

AstroGuy — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:24:52 -0800

Oh my Barney, Oh my Barney, Had a jail but couldn't lock it, Had one bullet for his pistol, Had to keep it in his pocket. RIP deputy Fife...

By: teirnon

teirnon — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:26:11 -0800

The "Nervous Man on the Street" from Sid Caesar's 1950's "Show of Shows" Unforgetable Actually, he was the "Nervous Man on the Street" from Steve Allen's show during the 1950s. Along with Louis Nye ("Hi Ho, Steverino") who passed away last October.

By: fleetmouse

fleetmouse — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:27:32 -0800

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:29:19 -0800

By: AspectRatio

AspectRatio — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:31:42 -0800

By: wendell

wendell — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:33:45 -0800

There's a Shrine to Don Knotts at worldofcheese.com (they haven't gotten the bad news yet, as of 4:30PM PST) that includes clips from his comedy album "An Evening With Me".

By: cenoxo

cenoxo — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:38:50 -0800

Good work, Deputy!

By: scottst

scottst — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:39:12 -0800

Nipped in the bud. (mp3)

By: josephtate

josephtate — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:47:39 -0800

A moment of silence... I grew up on Andy Griffith show reruns. And the The Private Eyes? Let's don't forget that movie--at the tender age of 8, I considered it comedy gold. p.s. That's a great sound soundclip scottst.

By: Gamblor

Gamblor — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:51:09 -0800

We Love Barney Fife (mp3)

By: mazola

mazola — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:53:27 -0800

Don't forget The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. Nuts.

By: wendell

wendell — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:55:30 -0800

"The most beloved person in all of show business." (from a very reliable source)

By: educatedslacker

educatedslacker — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:56:09 -0800

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:57:35 -0800

By: jrossi4r

jrossi4r — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:59:36 -0800

Dana Gould used to do a great bit about how Don Knotts could never make obscene phone calls because his voice was so recognizable. RIP

By: brandz

brandz — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:02:43 -0800

nobody like 'em. an original. a great loss.

By: furtive

furtive — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:07:57 -0800

Archive of American Television Interview, (seven parts, google video)

By: briank

briank — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:10:16 -0800

By: stenseng

stenseng — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:12:48 -0800

"ATTA BOY, LUTHER!!!" Man. What a great great guy. There isn't a . big enough.

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:16:16 -0800

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:22:59 -0800

. Aw, geez, Barn.

By: damnthesehumanhands

damnthesehumanhands — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:32:57 -0800

By: Balisong

Balisong — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:35:08 -0800

Time to re-rent "The Apple Dumplin' Gang"

By: If I Had An Anus

If I Had An Anus — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:38:49 -0800

Does the Hash Knife Outfit throw in its hand? Or do we go out in a blaze of glory? Go get 'em, Don.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:55:41 -0800

"Alright, nip it Ange, NIP IT! There'll be no cryin' on MY watch tonight! By the way, tell Thelma Lou I won't forget." Tips deputy hat, places bullet and badge on Andy's desk, exits stage left with purpose and head held high. .

By: unrepentanthippie

unrepentanthippie — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:58:01 -0800

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:03:33 -0800

Mayor Turkey Lurkey is dead?

By: schmedeman

schmedeman — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:06:32 -0800

By: googlebombed

googlebombed — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:14:00 -0800

By: jeversol

jeversol — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:17:18 -0800

By: djeo

djeo — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:20:59 -0800

By: pmbuko

pmbuko — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:34:23 -0800

No... not Mayor Turkey from Chicken Little!!! .

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:57:59 -0800

By: zarah

zarah — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:07:40 -0800

Oh! This really chokes me up. He was such a loveable personality, such a great comedian. Rest in peace Mr. Knotts.

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:12:24 -0800

For those of you unfamiliar with DK, if you're reading this far down, let me offer this: Everytime a comic actor is playing a self-conciously pompous ass, he'll turn down the corners of his mouth and sniffle a bit. That's Don Knotts, and you'll see this specific move in sitcoms about twice a week. Zach Braff, in particular, should be writing weekly checks to the Knott estate, bless him. RIP Officer Fife.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:17:06 -0800

I was hoping that I misheard this and jumped to the wrong conclusion.

By: Demogorgon

Demogorgon — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:19:46 -0800

By: jennababy

jennababy — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:20:19 -0800

Watching the The Incredible Mr. Limpet on television with my grandfather is one of my earliest memories. Thank you Don, RIP.

By: DragonBoy

DragonBoy — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:29:25 -0800

By: Hot Like Your 12V Wire

Hot Like Your 12V Wire — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:35:42 -0800

By: ed

ed — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:36:07 -0800

By: peewee

peewee — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:51:12 -0800

By: puddles

puddles — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:31:25 -0800

By: kyleg

kyleg — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:35:27 -0800

Don Knotts always makes me think of my childhood, and the simple happy pleasures of life. I'm sure I'll be sharing his work with my children. .

By: fungible

fungible — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:46:14 -0800

I remember seeing (hearing) him recently in Chicken Little and thinking, holy shit, he's still going? Then last night, I watched "The Aristocrats" which ends with a Tim Conway bit. Again, I thought, holy shit, he's still going? Uh oh. Maybe he's next.

By: chaz

chaz — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:47:34 -0800

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:07:59 -0800

Thanks, fungible. I couldn't think of the name Tim Conway. For some reason, DK and Tim Conway always get tangled in my memory. Similiar roles, for sure. I'd just been reading about Mayberry, researching the career of Ron Howard (having recognized him in a Twilight Zone episode from season 1). Andy couldn't have been Andy without Barney. .

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:29:03 -0800

Knotts' character of Ralph "RF" Furley on 3s Company was amazing: a mass of blustering insecurities swathed in the hippest ugly wardrobe ever seen. Pure gold. RIP>

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:36:34 -0800

a mass of blustering insecurities swathed in the hippest ugly wardrobe ever seen. Pure gold. Nicely said davidmsc. aww, always loved him as Barney Fife and Mr. Limpet. There're also sound clips of the Andy Griffith Show whistling theme tune and His Final Message to Humanity.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:51:22 -0800

By: wrapper

wrapper — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:02:42 -0800

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:41:55 -0800

A squeeky voice from my childhood as Dep. Barney. Got to admire anyone who can survive and thrive in that business for so long.

By: dbiedny

dbiedny — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:56:25 -0800

>RIP< Sad loss, he was a mensch.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:58:44 -0800

By: Akiko Stehrenberger

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:59:52 -0800

Damn, I suck.

By: darksasami

darksasami — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:28:37 -0800

By: pracowity

pracowity — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 01:12:56 -0800

He was in awful stuff, but "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" and "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" were just right for Sunday afternoon television.

By: sighmoan

sighmoan — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 01:28:09 -0800

Frank Sinatra's inner child.

By: Dreamghost

Dreamghost — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:30:49 -0800

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By: cookie-k

cookie-k — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:18:30 -0800

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 05:33:30 -0800

By: Ber

Ber — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 07:04:43 -0800

In Mayberry, the sherrif's office is empty, the chairs in Floyd's barbershop are vacant, but the choir, oh the choir is singing with joy in their hearts.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 08:10:27 -0800

dgaicun, wow, Akiko's art is amazing, including the excellent portrait of DK.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:22:21 -0800

By the way, I just don't think there has ever been a better match between screen actor and film composer than that of Don Knotts and Vic Mizzy, who also scored The Addam's Family, and wrote the music for The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Shakiest Gun in the West, The Love God?, and How to Frame a Figg. Mizzy just got Knott's manic, nervous high energy and weird bravado, and translated it into some extraordinary musical themes. Seriously, I've though about this a lot, and I think it is one of the great if unnoticed artistic collaborations of the 20th century. Having Darren McGavin and Don Knott's die within a day of each other is proving as traumetizing to me as when Jimmy Stewart and Robert Mitchum died in the same 24 hours. I think I shall spend today very drunk and watch the half-dozen Knotts films I own as well as the Night Stalker/Night Strangler double pack.

By: UseyurBrain

UseyurBrain — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:37:28 -0800

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:14:25 -0800

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:15:53 -0800

By: kyrademon

kyrademon — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:19:53 -0800

I worked with him a few years ago on a stage production of Last Of The Red Hot Lovers. Offstage, he was vague, sometimes a little unfocused, had some trouble finding things. He was clearly showing his age. Onstage, he never missed a line, never missed a cue, never missed a beat, never stepped on a laugh, never fudged the timing. In front of an audience, he was young and quick and nimble. A consummate performer. Standing O for a life on stage and screen. .

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:43:09 -0800

Damn. .

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:56:14 -0800

By: evilcolonel

evilcolonel — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:19:01 -0800

The cast of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World grows a bit smaller. .

By: evilcolonel

evilcolonel — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:19:29 -0800

"grows a bit smaller"??? Me no spicka de Inglish.

By: coldon

coldon — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 18:49:05 -0800

By: cass

cass — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:00:27 -0800

By: Duncan

Duncan — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:03:22 -0800