http://www.businesslife.com/articles.php?id=2034 indicates it was true but http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress/karen-knotts-the-dad-i-didnt-know/ has an excerpt from Karen Knotts' book that indicates the opposite
Snopes calls it glurge: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=69507 Wikipedia makes no mention of Don being depressed. His dad was depressed & suffered from mental illness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Knotts#Early_life Thank you. I enjoyed looking it up. Must save my money & buy Karen's book about her daddy _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/