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Eagle6Man
02-25-2006, 05:47 PM
What a shame...funny guy.

LOS ANGELES - Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died. He was 81.

Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, said Paul Ward, a spokesman for the cable network TV Land, which airs “The Andy Griffith Show,” and another Knotts hit, “Three’s Company.”

Unspecified health problems had forced him to cancel an appearance in his native Morgantown, W.Va., in August 2005.
TheDOCTORdre
02-25-2006, 05:47 PM
whats an acrot?
Maroon87
02-25-2006, 05:55 PM
Barney Fife and Ralph Furley..two classic TV characters. Sad to hear...:(
formermbcouns
02-25-2006, 05:56 PM
just heard...barney fife was one of the funniest characters on tv...imo
Eagle6Man
02-25-2006, 05:56 PM
An acrot is a new word to describe an actor that had a very successful acting career.
gobbler grad
02-25-2006, 05:57 PM
Originally posted by Eagle6Man
An acrot is a new word to describe an actor that had a very successful acting career.


glad you cleared that up...:thinking:
xlr8
02-25-2006, 06:01 PM
Really sad news. He made a lot of people happy with his humor. Wish there were more like him.

Just think, now John Ritter, Don Knotts and both the Ropers are dead now!
Maroon87
02-25-2006, 06:53 PM
Originally posted by xlr8
Really sad news. He made a lot of people happy with his humor. Wish there were more like him.

Just think, now John Ritter, Don Knotts and both the Ropers are dead now!

Chrissy, Janet, and Larry better watch out...they might soon find themselves at that big Reagle Beagle in the sky...:eek: :p
SWMustang
02-25-2006, 07:03 PM
Originally posted by Maroon87
Chrissy, Janet, and Larry better watch out...they might soon find themselves at that big Reagle Beagle in the sky...:eek: :p


Wow! A reagle beagle reference. You are the king dude on all things "three's company" related.
lostaussie
02-25-2006, 07:06 PM
Originally posted by xlr8
Really sad news. He made a lot of people happy with his humor. Wish there were more like him.

Just think, now John Ritter, Don Knotts and both the Ropers are dead now! he will still make lots of people happy. andy griffith is without a doubt my favorite all time show. God bless you Don Knotts.
espn1
02-25-2006, 07:09 PM
A sad day indeed! I'm beside myself. A true American Icon.:weeping: :weeping: :weeping:
Phil C
02-25-2006, 07:10 PM
Sad News. RIP Don.
SWMustang
02-25-2006, 07:12 PM
what was the name of a movie he was in where he played a dolphin. I think he fell off a ship and was the voice of an animated dolphin. Was I drunk or was this a real movie?
espn1
02-25-2006, 07:15 PM
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058230/)
Maroon87
02-25-2006, 07:18 PM
Originally posted by SWMustang
Wow! A reagle beagle reference. You are the king dude on all things "three's company" related.

Thanks...I'll use that on my tombstone...;) Actually I used to watch it all the time when I was younger, in it's heyday.:cool:
Phantom Stang
02-25-2006, 07:26 PM
This is like hearing that a relative, or close friend passed away.:(
GetRDoneStangs
02-25-2006, 07:33 PM
I hope they bury him with his gun and "1 Bullet"

He was a good one, may he rest in peace.
lostaussie
02-25-2006, 07:37 PM
when i was a kid i thought "the ghost and mr. chicken" was a horror movie. what a classic.
Eagle6Man
02-25-2006, 07:38 PM
Originally posted by SWMustang
what was the name of a movie he was in where he played a dolphin. I think he fell off a ship and was the voice of an animated dolphin. Was I drunk or was this a real movie?

Man, I'm depressed now...

but then, I was just needing a good excuse to get juiced.
lostaussie
02-25-2006, 07:41 PM
eagle6man, where were you at when i made my big move? you thought you could bring it on home but it just didn't happen until yesterday.
Eagle6Man
02-25-2006, 07:44 PM
Originally posted by lostaussie
eagle6man, where were you at when i made my big move? you thought you could bring it on home but it just didn't happen until yesterday.

Aussie,
To tell you the truth, I stayed up for two nights trying to catch your illustrious (sp) 1500, and I finally fell out of my chair at your supreme moment of posting.

It's just like me to fall asleep like that at crucial moments....

Congrats...and Gig 'em.
espn1
02-25-2006, 07:46 PM
Originally posted by lostaussie
when i was a kid i thought "the ghost and mr. chicken" was a horror movie. what a classic. I love that movie. "Attaboy, Luther!"
lostaussie
02-25-2006, 07:59 PM
Originally posted by espn1
I love that movie. "Attaboy, Luther!" i think for old times sake, i'm gonna try to rent it tomorrow and make my kid watch it.
Phil C
02-25-2006, 10:38 PM
andHe was great in lots of tv shows as a guest star and in many movies. He only left the Andy Griffith because he had an opportunity and he thought Andy was going to stop the series after 5 years but Andy did three more years and Knotts allways said he would have stayed if he had known it was going to be on for three more years.

Some great movies were (and some have already been mentioned)

The Incredible Mr. Limpet 1964
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966
The Reluctant Astronaught 1967
The Shakiest Gun in the West 1968

A couple of very funny movies that he appeared in for only about five minutes but he was the funniest one in them were

No Time For Sergents 1958 Movie with Andy Griffith and Nick Adams. This movie mainly was to introduce Griffith as a very funny actor which it did but Don Knotts stole the show with his five minute part and this movie is great and worth seeing anyway but even if it weren't it would be worth watching to see Knotts' very funny five minute part.

Move over Darling 1963 One of the funny movies that Doris Day and James Garner which also had Thelma Ritter. Knotts is great in the five minute part as the shoe clerk.
Necked
02-26-2006, 12:25 AM
Also passing this week is Darren McGavin, who was in many movies, but is most recognized as Ralpies grouchy dad in the holiday classic "A Christmas Story". He was 83....
Maroon87
02-26-2006, 09:51 AM
Originally posted by Necked
Also passing this week is Darren McGavin, who was in many movies, but is most recognized as Ralpies grouchy dad in the holiday classic "A Christmas Story". He was 83....

He was Kolchak in "The Night Stalker." I loved that series...I even watched the remake for the 8 episodes that it was on last fall...:)
AggieJohn
02-26-2006, 11:40 AM
this is a big loss
kaorder1999
02-26-2006, 02:08 PM
i hate that. a very funny man
sinton66
02-26-2006, 02:21 PM
"Give me the bullet, Barney".

"Awww, Anj".
Ranger Mom
02-26-2006, 02:24 PM
Originally posted by Eagle6Man


It's just like me to fall asleep like that at crucial moments....



I bet that stinks for your "significant other"!!:eek:
pantherpop
02-26-2006, 02:33 PM
We still talk about him every once in a while at work. A true legend.
Phantom Stang
02-26-2006, 09:24 PM
Originally posted by Eagle6Man[i]
It's just like me to fall asleep like that at crucial moments....


[i]Originally posted by Ranger Mom
I bet that stinks for your "significant other"!!:eek:
Good One RM!!:D :clap: :clap:
setex
02-26-2006, 09:29 PM
CNN's Larry King has some great clips of Andy Griffith show with Barney right now.
Eagle6Man
02-26-2006, 09:31 PM
Originally posted by Ranger Mom
I bet that stinks for your "significant other"!!:eek:

LOL actually, I lost interest some time ago....that was sort of my way of signaling that fact. :D

Of course I jest by making that staement too. Now I have to figure out which part was I joking about, and which part was the truth..LOL I crack myself up.