![]() ![]() He lent his distinctive, high-pitched voice as Turkey Mayor in Walt Disney’s animated family film “Chicken Little,” which was released in November 2005. Knotts, who lived in West Los Angeles, died Friday night of lung cancer at UCLA Medical Center, according to Sherwin Bash, his longtime manager.įamily members said that his longtime friend Griffth was one of his last visitors at Cedars on Friday night.ĭespite health problems, Knotts had kept working in recent months. *Commentary revised on Decemin collaboration with the show's golden anniversary.Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series “The Andy Griffith Show” and the leisure-suit-clad landlord Ralph Furley on ABC’s ‘70s sitcom “Three’s Company,” has died. Interesting Note on Andy Griffith: When the show left the airwaves on Apon the CBS network,it was the #1 show on television. The black and white episodes were simply the greatest ever with Knotts in them,but kinda changed course when the show went to color. After Knotts left the show to pursue other interests in 1965,the show wasn't the same as it was,but it never gave up on interest on the situations that went on in Mayberry. The characters that really brought that show out were certain individuals the gave Sheriff Taylor major fits(and Barney as well)like Goober,his cousin Gomer,and the nuttiest of them all: Ernest T. Andy taught Opie valuable lessons on character and important values and morals as well as development of him from a boy into manhood. What really brought that show out was the father and son relationship of Sheriff Taylor and his son Opie(played by Ron Howard). What really made that show hum like a fine motor for the first five seasons was the feisty spit and polish and by the book lawman deputy Barney Fife played with great precision and timing by Don Knotts who won five emmys for his work on that series. What really made that show what it is brings up to the great writing and storytelling,combining that with good ole North Carolina humor along with country comedy and add just a touch of Southern Gothic for a good measure. The Andy Griffith Show was just that: the sheriff with a heart of gold and a big smile to match along bringing the moral values and lessons that you see in today's shows of this magnitude or any other,and it still holds up to this day. The Chrysler Corporation sponsored its final season. The show's sponsors throughout it's run were The General Foods Corporation and the Ford Motor Company. Actress Frances Bavier(Aunt Bee) won the Emmy in 1966 for Best Supporting Actress for Outstanding Role in a Prime Time Series. ![]() ![]() Between 1961,1962,1963,19 actor Don Knotts won back-to-back Emmys for Outstanding Performance in a Supported Role for Prime-Time as Deputy Barney Fife for the episodes "The Return of Barney Fife"(Season 6, Episode 17-airdate January 10, 1966),and for the episode "Barney Comes To Mayberry"(Season 7, Episode 19-airdate January 23, 1967). ![]() Throughout its eight-year run the show won six Emmys and was nominated for 8 Emmys including Best Comedy Series. Bob Ross was the producer for Seasons 6 thru 8. Only Danny Thomas, Sheldon Leonard, Ronald Jacobs and Aaron Ruben were the producers from Seasons 1 thru 5. Seasons 6 thru 8 produced 90 episodes in color from Septemuntil April 1, 1968. Out of the 249 episodes,only 159(Seasons 1 thru 5)were in black and white from Octountil May 3, 1965. On the strength of that episode which was a bonafide hit the producers Sheldon Leonard along with Danny Thomas and Ronald Jacobs(who served as executive producers)gave the greenlight for this series which was placed on CBS' Monday night prime-time schedule producing a total of 249 episodes that ran from Octountil the final episode of the series on April 1, 1968. The basis came from an episode of "Make Room For Daddy",aka "The Danny Thomas Show" titled "Danny In Mayberry"(Season 7,Episode 20) that originally aired on February 15, 1960. In celebration of the show's anniversary this was one of the most endearing sitcoms in television history for the eight seasons that it ran on CBS. ![]()
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