In a message dated 4/27/2011 7:27:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
It said that he was on the Andy Griffith Show but was "better known for his portrayal of Ralph Furley" from Three's Company. Does anyone here think that Don Knotts was better known as Ralph Furley? He'll always be Barney Fife to me. Of course not, that's ridiculous. He'll always be Barney Fife to a vast majority of people who've heard his name. Better known as Furley to that writer, maybe, but if he thinks *everyone* knows him best as Ralph Furley, perhaps he should rethink his profession as someone who's supposed to be more in tune with pop culture, past *and* present. Just because *he* may not be a TAGS fan doesn't mean no one else ever heard of it. That's just silly. It's a fact, not an opinion, that "The Andy Griffith Show" fared much better in reruns than "Three's Company" and that Don Knotts won a record five Emmys (eventually tied, still unbroken) in that one role as Barney Fife and zero as Ralph Furley. Plus, Furley isn't an American icon like Barney Fife. If you think of a shrill, aging landlord who chases after women, most people don't automatically call him a "Furley." But if you're pulled over by a small town cop who acts like he's throwing the book at you and "protecting society" because you were going 27 in a 25 mile zone, many people will later describe him to friends as "a regular Barney Fife." Perhaps the guy was talking to a specific demographic and assumed a character on a black and white TV show wouldn't be relatable to younger people who thought the world began the day they were born. I see that quite often and people who write like that do so at their own folly. I would love to know what he based that on, but I can't even wrap my mind around that. Dixon _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
