I found an interesting look at Warren Ferguson at http://www.henrybwalthall.com/JackBurnsWarrenFergusonRevenge.html (did you know that Jack got his start in show-biz working at a radio station in Fort Worth...where he began doing on-air comedy routines with fellow DJ George Carlin ?
According to a Jack Burns biography (http://www.henrybwalthall.com/JackBurnsBiographyPartOne.html), Andy briefly explained the hiring of Burns in Richard Kelly's 1980 book The Andy Griffith Show: "We went to San Francisco and met this very funny stand-up comedian. We thought his performance was fine and decided to make him Floyd's nephew on the show. So we put him on--and we said we were not replacing Don [Knotts]--but we were replacing Don and we were giving him Don Knotts material--and it didn't work." You beat everything, you know that!?? Greg (Sam Jones) Boe City Councilor _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
