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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, starring Don Knotts, Joan Staley - comedy classics - he's in the middle of a mystery. without a clue

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) starring Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Dick Sargent

In The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Luther Heggs (played by Don Knotts), is a typesetter for his small town newspaper, the Rachel Courier Express. He aspires to be a reporter however and gets his big break when the editor (played by Dick Sargent of Bewitched fame) asks him to spend the night at the old Simmons mansion that, 20 years before, was the site of a now-famous murder-suicide. The case has aroused local interest not only because of the anniversary but because the nephew of the murdered couple, Nicholas Simmons, has returned to Rachel aiming to tear the mansion down.

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The Incredible Mr. Limpet, starring Don Knotts

The Incredible Mr. Limpet [Don Knotts]

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The Incredible Mr. Limpet, starring Don Knotts

The Incredible Mr. Limpet is a very funny, entertaining film, starring Don Knotts. He’s the mild-mannered Henry Limpet. Set during World War II, the patriotic Mr. Limpet, an avid fan of fish, tries to enlist in the Navy, only to be rejected due to his poor eyesight. A wish magically comes true, and Henry Limpet is turned into a fish, who becomes the Navy’s secret weapon during World War II.

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The Reluctant Astronaut, starring Don Knotts and Leslie Nielsen

The Reluctant Astronaut

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The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) starring Don Knotts, Leslie Nielsen

 Don Knotts takes his ‘nervous fraidy-cat’ character to outer space (or at least to orbit) in this funny, family-friendly comedy.  The Reluctant Astronaut begins with Roy Fleming (Don Knotts in the title role) appearing to be in a space capsule orbiting the Earth. Until the camera zooms out, and reveals that instead he’s operating a kiddie ride at an amusement park.  Once the ride is over, he leaves the ride (with the help of the actor who played one of the ‘old men’ on the Andy Griffith Show). In order to demonstrate to the audience that Don Knotts’ character has a severe fear of heights.  On his break, he asks one of his fellow employees at the amusement park for a date. And after much begging, she reluctantly agrees.  His normal day at work is interrupted by an urgent call from his mother, causing him to dash home.

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The Private Eyes, starring Don Knotts and Tim Conway

The Private Eyes

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The Private Eyes (1980), co-starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts

buy The Private Eyes (1980), co-starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts from Amazon.com Don Knotts and Tim Conway co-star in The Private Eyes. It’s a silly little comedy where they spoof the murder mystery in general, and Sherlock Holmes in particular.  Called from Scotland Yard, Inspector Winthrop (played by Don Knotts), and his bumbling assistant Dr. Tart (played with mindless abandon by Tim Conway) to solve the murder of Lord Morely.

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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) starring Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Harry Morgan

buy The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again from Amazon.com In The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, Amos and Theodore (Tim Conway and Don Knotts) the two bumbling outlaw wannabees from The Apple Dumpling Gang are back. They are trying to make it on their own. When they arrive at the town they are going to, all sorts of things go awry. They accidentally subdue the town’s legendary lawman, Wooly Bill Hitchcock thus enraging him into tracking them down. They also are accused of bank robbery. And they “enlist” in the army, and burn down the fort. Amid all this, the army is besieged by someone stealing their supplies.

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The Prize Fighter, co-starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts

The Prize Fighter

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The Prize Fighter (1979), co-starring Tim Conway and Don Knotts

buy The Prize Fighter from Amazon.com The Prize Fighter is a very funny, very sweet comedy.  Set in depression-era America, Tim Conway stars as Bags Collins who has a perfect record as a boxer – twenty fights, twenty knockouts—and twenty losses.  His manager, Shakes, is the ‘brains’ of the team, played by Don Knotts.  However, his luck starts to change, and Bags starts to win against other ‘loser’ boxers and eventually gets a shot at the title in his weight category.  Unfortunately, this is when they find out that the fight has been rigged …

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No Time for Sergeants, starring Andy Griffith

No Time for Sergeants

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No Time for Sergeants (1958) starring Andy Griffith

Technically, No Time for Sergeants is Don Knotts first movie.   However, his time on-screen is very brief. He plays a neurotic Army officer who gives Andy Griffith’s character, Will Stockdale, one of his tests.   As a consolation, however, No Time for Sergeants is a hilariously funny movie.   The basic plot has Will Stockdale being drafted into the Army. Attempts by other recruits to harass the country boy fail miserably. Due to Will’s easy-going nature, lack of apprehension of some of the insults, and his incredible good luck.

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A Date for Gomer — happy ending. Note the handkerchief that Barney is holding for the bloody nose that Thelma Lou gave him

A Date for Gomer

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A Date for Gomer, an episode from The Andy Griffith Show season 4, originally aired November 25, 1963

In A Date for Gomer, Barney Fife (Don Knotts) and Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) are frustrated in their dating lives. Every time they try to be alone with their respective girlfriends, Gomer (Jim Nabors) show up uninvited and, being Gomer, doesn’t catch the obvious hints that the couples would like to be alone.

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Ellie for Council - The Andy Griffith Show

Ellie for Council

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Synopsis of Ellie for Council – The Andy Griffith Show season 1

Ellie and Andy on a park bench in The Andy Griffith Show episode, Ellie for Council

Buy from Amazon When Ellie wonders why there are no women running for the city council and doesn’t like Andy’s answers, especially his use of the word silly, she decides to run herself. The town quickly divides into two camps, with the men cutting off their wives’ charge accounts and the women refusing to cook and clean for their husbands. Ellie decides to quit the race when she sees the uproar she has caused but Andy, realizing he was wrong, tells everyone there is no good reason for her not to run. Original airdate: December 12, 1960

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