To: freepatriot32
How about Knott's Berry Farm?
To: freepatriot32
Finish the statue and say it's Mr Roper in disguise.
3 posted on
07/17/2006 1:18:36 AM PDT by
Rumple4
To: freepatriot32
Knotts' widow endorses a statue but says the monument should be of her husband, not of the bumbling deputy he made famous on "The Andy Griffith Show"Silly. Knotts' characterization of Barney Fife was a masterpiece, an actor's creation of a fully realized, human character so real, people didn't realize it was a portrayal.
This is the statue of John Wayne at the John Wayne Orange County airport near LA:
Well guess what? When John Wayne wasn't working, he did not dress like this. But this image is how millions remember him (and fondly).
It's entirely appropriate for a statue of Don Knotts to be based around his most famous characterization. I'm sure he'd be proud of it.
4 posted on
07/17/2006 1:32:01 AM PDT by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: freepatriot32
Eh, just put up the Don Knotts statue that his widow wants...and burn a dozen couches at the unveiling.
5 posted on
07/17/2006 1:33:39 AM PDT by
MilesVeritatis
(War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things...." - John Stuart Mill)
To: freepatriot32
Just so long as it's not wearing one of those Seventies outfits from Mr. Furley's closet...
6 posted on
07/17/2006 1:41:03 AM PDT by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
To: freepatriot32
To: freepatriot32
Greedy people wind up getting nothing.
To: freepatriot32
"We consider the dissemination of his image to be a big responsibility that we take very seriously," Francey Knotts and Andy Griffith said in a statement. "No one cares more about Don's image than we do. It would be wonderful to have a statue in Morgantown, W.Va., of Don Knotts as Don Knotts.
I would have to think that Don Knotts would be pleased to receive recognition for his work as Barney Fife. Fife was an iconic character for Knotts and would be more meaningful to his memory than a statue that has anything to do with him growing up in Morgantown. A statue that recognizes both Knotts and Fife allows BOTH to live on and gives people a reason to actually visit Morgantown.
Pity that there are so many short-sighted people in the world.
14 posted on
07/17/2006 3:57:29 AM PDT by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: freepatriot32
I vote for a Mr. Limpet statue.
16 posted on
07/17/2006 4:06:05 AM PDT by
LIConFem
(It is by will alone I set my mind in motion...)
To: freepatriot32
21 posted on
07/17/2006 5:28:19 AM PDT by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: freepatriot32
Didn't Knotts marry a succession of young women?
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