I would like to pass along my own personal remembrance of Don Knotts. I talked with him only once, at a large gathering in Nashville several years ago, but I could sense that he was a kind and surprisingly shy man. I told him that my great uncle was the late Joseph Hamilton, who portrayed a very visible Mayberry loafer in many early TAGS episodes (³Get a horse, Barney!²). As I tried to explain this to him, an insistent event handler was hurrying us fans through the receiving line, but Don simply ignored him, taking the time to assure me that he well remembered Uncle Joe and even asking me how we were related Joe was married to my grandmother¹s sister. Don Knotts sure didn¹t have to go to all this trouble, and yet he was more than willing to make a fan happy.
Richard Veit Are you still out there Richard??? Did you see Tom' s recollection of your Uncle Joe?? The Untrained Voice _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
