# Don Knotts: Stud! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949 "2003-05-28T04:22:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/1 "2003-05-28T04:22:24Z")
A&E is currently running a [Biography](http://www.biography.com/tv/listings/knotts_d.html) on Don Knotts, and _everyone_ keeps saying that Don was a real ladies man! Judging by the photos of his ex-wife and girlfriends, I’d have to say that they were right. (His daughter, whom they inviewed, is _hot_!) Hard to believe old “Shakes” had it in him! ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/2 "2003-05-28T04:58:46Z")
Hm… Well, I’ve always found a good sense of humor to be sexually appealing, but… Don Knotts? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![raizok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raizok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raizok)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/3 "2003-05-28T05:54:53Z")
Mr. Furnie ??? Gotta admit it would be cool to have a father-in-law that’s just like Don Knotts though. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/4 "2003-05-28T09:37:33Z")
hey- as Vonnegut said- ya never know who’s gonna get one! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/5 "2003-05-28T11:29:03Z")
Maybe it’s just a bunch of Ghost World fans imitating Enid’s admiration for him. I mean, how much trendier can you get than appearing in the coolest film of the past few years? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/6 "2003-05-28T11:51:31Z")
Don’t forget **Pleasantville**. He _made_ that movie. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/7 "2003-05-28T12:14:29Z")
Atta boy, Luther! (Extra credit to anyone who can identify that reference.) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/8 "2003-05-28T12:48:45Z")
The train of thought that this thread has begun and the metal images I have dancing around my brain are WRONG! So in the interest of public godd we must nip it! Nip it in the bud, nip it nip it right in the bud! nip it! Nip it! NIP IT! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/9 "2003-05-28T12:59:39Z")
The train of thought that this thread has begun and the metal images I have dancing around my brain are WRONG! So in the interest of public godd we must nip it! Nip it in the bud, nip it nip it right in the bud! nip it! Nip it! NIP IT! ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/10 "2003-05-28T13:01:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*Atta boy, Luther! > > (Extra credit to anyone who can identify that reference.) \*\* I should probably be ashamed to admit this, but I do believe this is from **The Ghost & Mr. Chicken** ; Knotts character, Luther, agreed to stay in a supposedly haunted house–he really was a chicken, too, mind you (:D). Naturally, the media was following this story of the haunted house, and there was some drunken fellow out in the crowd that would hollar out, “Atta boy, Luther!” whenever there was any sort of press conference… Now what’s my extra credit involve? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/11 "2003-05-28T13:10:17Z")
To quote Phil Hartman, doing an impersonation of Ed McMahon, “You are correct, sir (or madam)!” Your extra credit will depend entirely upon your gender and proclivities. “…And they even tried Bon Ami.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/12 "2003-05-28T13:50:36Z")
You find “ladies’ men” in the strangest places. I’ve heard that Stan Laurel was quite a stud. Ex-Clinton-babe Gennifer Flowers toured with Roy Clark for a while. She said that he had babes in every town. Charley Weaver from “Hollywood Squares” was an avid swinger! ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/13 "2003-05-28T14:41:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*To quote Phil Hartman, doing an impersonation of Ed McMahon, “You are correct, sir (or madam)!” > > Your extra credit will depend entirely upon your gender and proclivities. > > “…And they even tried Bon Ami.” \*\* LOL!!! I tell you, I really should be ashamed to admit that I know that movie so well. And Don Knotts is definitely not what I would consider to be “stud” material. No offense to Don; he’s just not my particular “cup of tea” 🙂 He’s a great comedian, though. And I have seen **Ghost and Mister Chicken** more times than I want to admit. 😉 the female tarragon 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/14 "2003-05-28T15:05:13Z")
I guess he’s not really a LIMPet. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/15 "2003-05-28T15:43:48Z")
Go to any of the swinger-oriented websites and you will find that swinging involves a lot more “appearance-challenged” folks than you might think. Swingers, as a group, don’t seem to be as fixated on weight or looks as the population-at-large appears to be. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/16 "2003-05-28T15:48:12Z")
So, tarragon, as to your proclivities… (and I love the movie, too) ---
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/17 "2003-05-28T15:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tarragon918 \* > \*\*I should probably be ashamed to admit this, but I do believe this is from **The Ghost & Mr. Chicken** ; Knotts character, Luther, agreed to stay in a supposedly haunted house–he really was a chicken, too, mind you (:D). Naturally, the media was following this story of the haunted house, and there was some drunken fellow out in the crowd that would hollar out, “Atta boy, Luther!” whenever there was any sort of press conference… > > Now what’s my extra credit involve? 😉 \*\* Interesting Tidbit from IMDB According to Don Knotts’ autobiography, the off-screen voice yelling, “Attaboy, Luther!” belongs to screenwriter Everett Greenbaum. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/18 "2003-05-28T17:02:21Z")
Well, Don Knotts _did_ play the lead in **[The Love God?](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0064606)**, so maybe there’s something to it… (I was flipping past A&E while they aired the Knotts biography and caught a snippet of **The Love God?**. It was surreal. Don Knotts as Hugh Hefner?) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/19 "2003-05-28T17:23:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Torque \* > \*\*Well, Don Knotts _did_ play the lead in **[The Love God?](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0064606)**, so maybe there’s something to it… > > (I was flipping past A&E while they aired the Knotts biography and caught a snippet of **The Love God?**. It was surreal. Don Knotts as Hugh Hefner?) \*\* Also _The last of the Red Hot Lovers_, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949/20 "2003-05-28T17:52:09Z")
This is really funny, considering this recently republished exchange: > [@](#): > > P.S.: I love your column. Better than the World Book. > > Cecil replies: > > Better than the World Book? That’s like telling me I’m better in bed than Don Knotts. I’ll thank you to come up with a slightly more pungent comparison, if you don’t mind. from [What’s the difference between Diet Coke and Tab?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_193.html) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-knotts-stud/177949.md?page=2)