# Nipped in the bud - Don Knotts died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114 "2006-02-25T23:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/1 "2006-02-25T23:08:36Z")
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11566794/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11566794/) One of the great supporting comic characters of all time! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/2 "2006-02-25T23:10:32Z")
Bummer. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/3 "2006-02-25T23:12:28Z")
I wonder what he will say when he meets John Ritter. RIP, Don. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/4 "2006-02-25T23:13:04Z")
Huh. I was just wondering if he was still alive only a couple days ago. Creepy. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/5 "2006-02-25T23:35:43Z")
Truly one of the iconic figures in sitcom history. Didn’t he win 4 Emmys playing Barney Fife? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/6 "2006-02-25T23:37:10Z")
One of a kind. RIP Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/7 "2006-02-25T23:38:49Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > Truly one of the iconic figures in sitcom history. > > Didn’t he win 4 Emmys playing Barney Fife? Five: [1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, & 1967](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461455/awards) ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/8 "2006-02-25T23:53:04Z")
I just recently bought the first five seasons of The Andy Griffith Show on DVD and have been enjoying an episode or two daily after work. Ah well… So long Barney… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/9 "2006-02-25T23:55:23Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Five: > > [1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, & 1967](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461455/awards) That’s right! Does anyone have that many emmys playing one character? Kelsey Grammer maybe? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/10 "2006-02-25T23:58:24Z")
And to think that on friday I went on a desperate search for Pleasantville…(never found it) I think the first thing I saw him in was one of the Herbie movies on the Wonderful World of Disney. I love that man, I’ll miss 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/11 "2006-02-26T00:10:33Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > That’s right! Does anyone have that many emmys playing one character? Kelsey Grammer maybe? Grammer has four as does John Larroquette (for playing the same character, that is. Larroquette has one as a guest star). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/12 "2006-02-26T00:13:32Z")
Do not forget _The Incredible Mr. Limpet_, which was quite an innovative film for the era. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/13 "2006-02-26T00:16:01Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > That’s right! Does anyone have that many emmys playing one character? Kelsey Grammer maybe? [Candice Bergen](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000298/awards) won five for playing Murphy Brown, in 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994 and 1995, and was nominated in 1991 and 1993. Eventually she withdrew herself from consideration for the role. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/14 "2006-02-26T01:09:23Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Huh. I was just wondering if he was still alive only a couple days ago. Creepy. Could you do us a favor and wonder if GW is still alive? What? Kidding! I’m a kidder! ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/15 "2006-02-26T01:15:37Z")
One of the great comic actors of all time. “ATTABOY, LUTHER!!” Goodbye, Don. You will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/16 "2006-02-26T01:15:41Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Do not forget _The Incredible Mr. Limpet_, which was quite an innovative film for the era. I’ve always liked that film. I still say, ‘I wish… I wish… I wish I were a fish!’ And let’s also not forget _The Reluctant Astronaut_. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/17 "2006-02-26T02:15:34Z")
I’ll always remember him as Luther Heggs (Ghost and Mr. Chicken). ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/18 "2006-02-26T02:21:05Z")
He made Barney into an amazing character. He had so many bad qualities, but I couldn’t help but root for him and like him. He was exaggerated, but real. Bye, Don. > [@](#): > > Nita, Juanita, > Ask thy soul if we should part! > Nita, Juanita, > Lean thou on my heart. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/19 "2006-02-26T02:41:54Z")
woah woah woah woah…i was at my folks’ house this evening and they had the tv on and were switching channels and no one was talking about how Don Knotts died. wtf is this world coming to? ☹ ☹ > [@The Choir](#): > > Welcome sweet springtime, > We greet thee in song, > Mummers of gladness, > Fall on the ear. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/20 "2006-02-26T03:50:27Z")
He made a few Movies - one not mentioned he Apple Dumpling Gang which I saw one rainy Sat afternoon & need to make the nod to Ladies Man & homophobe Mr. Furley … but he really will always be Barney to me. Neat Guy [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114.md?page=2)