Don Knotts dead at 81

[JayC]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060225/ap_on_en_tv/obit_knotts

When I read that I couldn't believe it. One of my favorite movies he did was The Incredible Mr. Limpitt. I don't know why, I just like it. It will be hard to ever forget the "thrum."

 

[thcri]

Yeah I was just laying on the couch a bit ago and it was on TV. He had a lot of good shows but I still think Andi of Mayberry was his best.


murph

 

[BigAl]

Yep ! He was a funny actor . I grew up watching him . One thing I always admired about Mr. Knots was that he never needed to Curse to be funny ,as so many actors do these days . That just doesn't impress me . Too many of the "Good Ones" are gone now .

 

[buckle97]

I met the great Don Knotts in 1997 when I was working in a Dry Cleaners. There is a Dinner Theatre in Overland Park, Kansas that Don Knotts performed in most years, including last year. I was a 17 year old high school kid working in a dry cleaners when a car pulled up one day and my manager told me “That’s Don Knotts granddaughter in that car.” I didn’t really believe her but she went on to tell me that she had been coming in every few days dropping off clothes for Don. I just listened to her but still didn’t really believe her until I turned back to see the door opening and this little old man walk in. It was Don Knotts!! Now I was really excited. I told him what a huge fan I was of his and how I used to watch Andy Griffith as a kid. He said to me “You know, it’s still on TV.” I laughed and said that I did know. I asked him for his autograph and he signed the back of a dry cleaning sales slip. He truly is my favorite actor.

Lawrence

 

[humor_me]

Yep, we definitely lost a great one. Seems like a bunch of our 60's favs are dropping.
Also just recently lost Bob Denver.

Wonder who's next.

 

[bczoom]

Wonder who's next.

Apparently, it's Dennis Weaver.

 

[humor_me]

Apparently, it's Dennis Weaver.

And Darren McGavin