A treat to my fellow Mayberrians. R. Davis
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > > Subject: A Dreamer and his Dream > > > A DREAMER AND HIS DREAM > > Let me tell you, Jesse hated this job. And you would too, > I imagine, if you had to do it. > Jesse was a chicken plucker. That's right. > > He stood on a line in a chicken factory and spent his days > Pulling the feathers off dead chickens so the rest of us > wouldn't have to. > > It wasn't much of a job. But at the time, > Jesse didn't think he was much of a person. > His father was a brute of a man. > His dad was actually thought to be mentally ill > And treated Jesse rough all of his life. > > Jesse's older brother wasn't much better. > He was always picking on Jesse and beating him up. > Yes, Jesse grew up in a very rough home in > West Virginia. Life was anything but easy. > And he thought life didn't hold much hope for him. > That's why he was standing in this chicken line, > doing a job that darn few people wanted. > > In addition to all the rough treatment at home, it seems > That Jesse was always sick. Sometimes it was real > Physical illness, but way too often it was all in his head. > He was a small child, skinny and meek. > That sure didn't help the situation any. > > When he started to school, he was the object of every > Bully on the playground. > > He was a hypochondriac of the first order. > For Jesse, tomorrow was not always something to be > looked forward to. > > But, he had dreams. He wanted to be a ventriloquist. > He found books on ventriloquism. He practiced with > Sock puppets and saved his hard earned dollars until > He could get a real ventriloquist dummy. > > When he got old enough, he joined the military. > And even though many of his hypochondriac symptoms > persisted, the military did recognize his talents and > Put him in the entertainment corps. > That was when his world changed. > He gained confidence. > > He found that he had a talent for making people laugh, > and laugh so hard they often had tears in their eyes. > Yes, little Jesse had found himself. > > You know, folks, the history books are full of people > who overcame a handicap to go on and make a success > of themselves, but Jesse is one of the few I know of > who didn't overcome it. > > Instead he used his paranoia to make a million dollars, > and become one of the best-loved characters of all time in doing it! > > Yes, that little paranoid hypochondriac, who transferred his nervousness > into a successful career, still holds the record for the most Emmy's given in > a single category. > > The wonderful, gifted, talented, and nervous comedian who brought us > > Barney Fife > Was > Jesse Don Knotts. > > > > NOW YOU KNOW "THE REST OF THE STORY" > > There is a street named for him and his statue in > Morgantown, West Virginia, his place of birth. > Andy Griffith wouldn't have been the same without him. > For both of them, now, R.I.P. > ....AND BRING ON THE RE-RUNS! > L > Live simply, love generously, care deeply, > Speak kindly and trust in our GOD > who loves us. > SEND THIS TO A FRIEND .... I just did > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
