THis is so sad. I loved him, he was sooo funny! :(

RIP, Mr. Knotts.
:( :(

:( He was a very funny man. Andy Griffith is still one of my favorite shows. I can't imagine anyone else who could have played Barney Fife to such perfection.

I was so sad when I heard the news over the weekend. I loved Don Knotts in everything he did. The Apple Dumpling Gang and The Shakiest Gun in the West were two of my favorite movies when I was little.

And did y'all hear that the guy who played the dad in The Christmas Story also died this weekend? I loved him, too. "Fra-gee-lay. Must be Italian." ;)

He beat everything, you know that?

2 of my favorites:


Dear Andy:

It certainly is exciting up here in Raleigh. Really having a ball. My head hasn't hit the pillow before 11:15 since I got here. Catching all the shows. Saw that Italian picture that we read about in the paper, Bread, Love and Beans, and it was plenty risque, let me tell you.

The food here in the cafeteria is terrific, and I've been eating up a storm. The breakfast special is unbelievable: three hot cakes, two strips of bacon, one egg -- any style, juice, and coffee, all for 35 cents. It's served only between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m., but I can't sleep anyway.

I ran into a fellow on the street the other day who tried to sell me an iron deer for my front lawn, but I don't know.

Well, it's almost 5:00, so I better get down to breakfast. Love to Aunt Bee, Opie, Floyd, Goober, and all the boys.

10-4, Over and Out,
Barney

P.S. I'm not saying anything, but there's an awful lot of pretty women up here. Ha ha.


Juanita, Juanita,
Lovely, dear Juanita,
From your head down to your feet,
There's nothing half so sweet,
As Juanita, Juanita, Juanit.

Oh, there are things of wonder,
Of which men like to sing.
There are pretty sunsets and birds upon the wing.

But of the joys of nature,
None truly can compare,
With Juanita, Juanita, she of beauty beyond compare.
Juanita, Juanita, lovely dear Juanit.