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Feb 25, 2006 don knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling deputy barney fife on the andy griffith show, has died. In his final years, knottss appearances on the big or the small screen were greeted with the sort of appreciative laughter and applause that is. Back in the early or mid1960s i had a 45rpm single with don knotts doing a stand up routine maybe one on each side, don t remember which i thought was hilarious and played it to death. Don knotts tied up with laughter beyond barney, its don knotts tied up in laughter the beloved, emmywinning comic actor don knotts, bestknown for his roles as the bumbling deputy barney fife on the andy griffith show and the lecherous landlord mr. Back in the early or mid1960s i had a 45rpm single with don knotts doing a standup routine maybe one on each side, dont remember which i thought was hilarious and played it to death. Karen knotts, daughter of don knotts, brings tied up in knots.
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