# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/21 "2006-02-26T04:08:26Z")
“Here at the rock, we have two rules. Rule number one: obey all rules.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/22 "2006-02-26T04:46:51Z")
I vaguely remember hearing John Waters say that he and Steve Buscemi both dreamed of starring in a Don Knotts biopic one day. I’m sure they’re both sorry to hear about his passing. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/23 "2006-02-26T05:01:52Z")
Wow. Just–wow. Not since Princess Di was killed has the death of a celeb actually made me cry. My sister and I were just talking this afternoon about how funny he was and how he was really the one who made _The Andy Griffith Show_ what it was–and how it was never the same when he left it. I loved him in _No Time For Sergeants_ and _Private Eyes_ as well as some of the stuff already mentioned here. So long, Barney. There’s no joy in Mayberry tonight. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/24 "2006-02-26T05:14:26Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > I’ll always remember him as Luther Heggs (Ghost and Mr. Chicken). Atta boy, Luther! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/25 "2006-02-26T05:17:49Z")
Thank you Mr. Chicken and Theodore Ogilvie for teaching me true funny. ---
**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 26, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/26 "2006-02-26T05:40:10Z")
You don’t suppose it was one of Aunt Bee’s kerosene cucumbers that got him in the end do you? ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/27 "2006-02-26T06:18:14Z")
I guess his [coca-murdering](http://www.sirblah.com/misc/realname113.gif) days _are_ over. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/28 "2006-02-26T07:57:17Z")
Loved his acting, and grew up watching him. Sorry t’ see you leave us, Mr. Knotts. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/29 "2006-02-26T08:35:35Z")
> [@jimmmy](#): > > He made a few Movies Well, if 25 is considered a few, that is. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/30 "2006-02-26T08:40:54Z")
Darrin McGavin, who played the father in “A Christmas Story” also died today. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2006, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/31 "2006-02-26T08:41:15Z")
I just bought the DVD for Mr. Limpet the other day. God bless him! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/32 "2006-02-26T09:12:27Z")
He was _great_ in “ **The Ghost and Mister Chicken** ”. Let me clarify that. Rest in Peace Don. (… and they used Bon Ami™ ) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/33 "2006-03-29T03:44:06Z")
Could that have been one of the first “product placement” mentions in a motion picture? There will never be another Don Knotts, and if there will ever be a film based on his life, I have no idea who could be cast. The role belongs to him, just as every role John Wayne ever played belonged to _him_. I predict it won’t be long before his movie dialogues will be quoted just as often as those of Monty Python’s. “Whole body’s a weapon.” Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114/34 "2006-03-29T05:39:03Z")
My maternal grandfather, back when he was living, didn’t watch a lot of TV beyond sports, news and Mutual of Omaha’s _Wild Kingdom._ But he said two things about TV I’ve never forgotten: that _The Tonight Show_ was better back when Jack Paar hosted instead of Johnny Carson, and that Don Knotts was an incredible comedian. I didn’t get a glimmer of understanding either statement why until I was in my thirties. Bye, Don. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipped-in-the-bud-don-knotts-died/346114.md?page=1)