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                    meeshe, jacenta:  He was a great entertainer.  Being a fellow West  
                
                Virginian, I felt a kinship with him (undeserved, I know).  Most people feel as if Don and Andy and others were a special part of their lives.
                
                    posted by
                    saul_relative
                     on March 13, 2006 at 1:31 PM
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                    saul_relative...                 
                
                 He was a great actor.  I grew up watching him, too.  It is sad.
                
                    posted by
                    jacentaOld
                     on March 13, 2006 at 5:11 AM
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                    I was sad to hear of his passing too..I loved his acting.
                
                
                
                    posted by
                    meeshe4
                     on March 13, 2006 at 5:02 AM
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                    He's the reason many watched the show KrystalD.  Andy Griffith said that 
                
                Don was an integral part of what made the show work, that the original show called for him to be funny, but he and the shows producers and writers (which he and Don became part of later) realized that Don was to be the funny man while he played the straight guy.  Something I did not know:  Don Knotts was on the show for five years and won an Emmy for his performance all five years.
                
                    posted by
                    saul_relative
                     on February 26, 2006 at 10:20 PM
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                    An Immeasurably Funny Man was our dear Mr. Knotts, DrJPT.  I have
                
                seen that episode about five or six times and just saw the sketch where he sang "Juanita" over the phone.  It was a rerun of a two-year-old interview Don and Andy did for Larry King Live.
                
                    posted by
                    saul_relative
                     on February 26, 2006 at 10:15 PM
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                    I agree
                
                with you. He was such a great guy, and the only reason I watched Andy Griffith.
                
                    posted by
                    KrystalDMonroe
                     on February 26, 2006 at 11:37 AM
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                    Very Funny Guy
                
                My first name is Juanita, and I am not sure if you heard him sing a song about it!! I heard it on a rerun the other afternoon.  The show comes on every afternoon at 5. 
                
                    posted by
                    Dr_JPT
                     on February 26, 2006 at 8:50 AM
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