Search Results for: don knotts

Don Knotts and the Bullet (Exclusive Guest Post by Author Daniel de Vise)

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Daniel de Visé

Did a Little Boy’s Toy Bullet Inspire the Most Famous Photograph of Barney Fife? Anyone familiar with the great Don Knotts and his best-known character, the over-caffeinated deputy to Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, will recognize the … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts by Daniel de Vise, TV Roles | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Don Knotts: Three Fine Summer Flicks

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Daniel de Visé

Born July 21, 1924, Don Knotts…  Don Knotts played Barney Fife, the bumbling deputy on The Andy Griffith Show, so well and so memorably that the part would come to define the man. Don, who would have turned 92 today, … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts by Daniel de Vise, TV Roles | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Citizen Knotts

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Daniel de Visé

Don Knotts and the Great Orson Welles… On television and in the movies, comedic actor Don Knotts generally played second banana, deputizing himself — literally or figuratively — to someone else. Off screen, the reality of his theatrical relationships was … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts by Daniel de Vise, TV Roles | 2 Comments

Classic Movie Travels: Andy and Don Take Manhattan

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Daniel de Visé

Andy Griffith and Don Knotts: A Manhattan Walking Tour Though Andy Griffith and Don Knotts were creatures of Hollywood, best remembered as stars of The Andy Griffith Show, both men spent their formative years in New York. Don first journeyed … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Movie Travels, Posts by Daniel de Vise | Tagged | 2 Comments

“Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show” Book Giveaway (November via Facebook and Blog Contest)

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Annmarie Gatti

“Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show” Book Giveaway Qualifying Entry Task for Facebook & Blog Contest Okay, now for the Facebook/Blog version of our contest! CMH will be giving away TWO copies of Andy and Don: … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Contests & Giveaways, Posts by Annmarie Gatti | Tagged | 11 Comments

“Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show” Book Giveaway (via Twitter November 2 through November 28)

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Annmarie Gatti

“Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show” Book Giveaway Qualifying Entry Task for TWITTER Contest Time for our next contest! I am happy to say that CMH will be giving away FOUR copies of Andy and Don: … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Contests & Giveaways, Posts by Annmarie Gatti | Tagged | 17 Comments

Retro TV: My Christmas Eve Programming

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Charles Tranberg

My Christmas Eve Programming I’m going to pretend that I’m a programmer for a Classic TV station (you know like Antenna, Me-TV and Decades) and I’ve been given the awesome assignment of planning the Christmas Eve schedule. Let’s say Christmas … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic TV, Posts by Charles Tranberg, Retro TV | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Marilyn: Behind the Icon – Something’s Got To Give

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

dean martin, the awful truth, move over darling
Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Marilyn: Behind the Icon, Posts by Gary Vitacco-Robles | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

The Funny Papers: When Scary is Funny

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Kellee Pratt

  When Scary is Funny… Autumn is such a beautiful and fun time of year. With it, come the crisp leaves and cooler temps but also all the Halloween fare, including the spooky comedy films. As a kid, these films … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts by Kellee Pratt, The Funny Papers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Emmy’s Greatest Sit-Com Sidekicks: The Legacy of Barney Fife (Exclusive Guest post by Author Daniel de Vise)

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Daniel de Visé

Emmy’s Greatest Sit-Com Sidekicks: The Legacy of Barney Fife In the five years that he portrayed Deputy Barney Fife, Don Knotts set the standard against which all future television sit-com sidekicks would be judged. Knotts won five Emmy awards for … Continue reading →

Posted in Posts by Daniel de Vise | Tagged , , | 5 Comments