In 1960, when Griffith signed to star in his own sitcom, Knotts was recruited as his sidekick. 24, 2006) first teamed with Griffith in the 1958 film No Time For Sergeants. Jesse Donald Knotts, July 21, 1924, Morgantown, W. While Barney was forever frustrated that Mayberry was too small for the delusional ideas he had of himself, viewers got the sense that he couldn't have survived anywhere else.” The Museum of Broadcast Communications described Fife as “self-important, romantic, and nearly always wrong. Fife was a quixotic small town crime-stopper projecting a veneer of situational command that didn't fool anyone (including his acting peers, who accorded him four Emmy Awards for the role). (Above) Don Knotts portrayed high-strung Mayberry Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife in the 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. In an era before puritanical tobacco bans, Groucho never appeared on-camera without a lit cigar. The duck dropped from the ceiling on two occasions: 1) to reveal that episode's "secret word," and 2) clutching two $50 bills if either contestant uttered the word.
Groucho had two sidekicks: handsome emcee George Fenneman, who played the affable straight-man and a marionette duck who bore a cartoonish resemblance to the host. The show debuted on ABC radio in 1947, moved to CBS in '49, and jumped to NBC-TV in '50, where it remained for a decade. The contestants were total strangers seemingly introduced backstage (though some were cult celebs such as Lord Buckley and Tor Johnson, or savants with odd talents) their physical features, accents, and names were fair game for Groucho's ridicule.
The series was less a game show than a carny-booth showcase for Groucho's humorous quips, eye-rolling double-takes, and sarcastic asides.
(Above) After decades in vaudeville and films with his madcap brothers, GROUCHO MARX moved to TV in the 1950s hosting a weekly comedy-quiz program, You Bet Your Life.
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