He created that character.

@@Djm8520 Yes, he did.

yes me too, he is an amazing actor. still even in heaven. hope i see him up there if i make it up there.

Knotts signed for 5 years to do the Griffith show and had 3 Emmys.... , and Griffith none.. A.G. was really the real life persona of "Face in The Crowd....." AG did not like to be overshadowed and Knotts contract was 'Not" extended. Knotts teaming with Conway and 3s Company kept him afloat and excellence....

@ridgerunner5772 I'm Lynette Palecek. You're wrong about Don Knotts. He quit "The Andy Griffith Show" because he wanted to spend more time with his son. His son was born in 1954 and doing the show caused him to not spend enough time with him.

Great comment

👍I a Davis also .

Amen, brother.

I certainly have a notion to second THAT emotion !!

I know what you mean ! Most so-called "comics" today think they have to be vulgar & use profanity and/or graphic sexual innuendo to get a laugh. 😞

I heartily concur !

Yes

What a great comedic talent he was!

I agree 100 per cent !!

Also Dean relies more on his laid back charisma. All respect to Jerry but he is always playing a sort of over the top character who is easily dated while Dean is naturally that one cool guy who you may even know still. Dean got lucky and fell into the position of being typecasted as himself, and he was lucky enough to have a personality which is timelessly likable. I'm not saying Dean wasn't talented, but success is arguably more about being lucky to be the right person in the right place - and Dean has a way of being such a likable character that he's always the right person, and atleast from a retroperspective he's always been lucky enough to be put in the right place.

And that desire drove him to excellence.....appreciated him greatly.....

As a youngster I found Jerry to be the funniest person in the room and could have been paired up with any singer to still be successful as he was after the team broke up. Though Dean had great and fun-loving sense of humor as well and was well loved. He also seemed to have a big heart.

Because Dean was suppose to be the straight man off of Jerry... straight men have to have perfect comedic timing for the whole bit to work.

Jerry Lewis was a monster talent or not.

+Jim C There sure is!!!!!

Guess that proves how genius Dean was as a straight guy :D

Do you mean the booze? LOL

I would have liked them together much more than Martin & Lewis (I never found Jerry funny).

YES !!

He was a comic genius.

No he wasn’t, he won three Emmys.

He was known as an amazing comic when he was alive so I don't think underrated is really the right word. Maybe for young people who don't know anything about television history

lol all time classic

Red 2 true good point

Have always liked Dean’s voice the best. Sinatra is very good but Dino just has a velvet tone that I love to listen to.

Dean was why the rat pack was even thought of or even started

I like Dino but Sammy is my favorite Rat Packer.

And considering that he never rehearsed (he did not believe in rehearsing)

+Ced Cole ... on top of that Dean couldn't even read a single music note.

Did a lot of Vegas dates too. Guy was amazing.

Eagles

To hear Dino sing on his first few albums via HiFi stereo is to appreciate his unique beautiful voice. Absolute perfection.

Jerry stated that Dean was extremely gifted as a straight man. One of the best. I totally agree.

Dean Martin is the guy you want to go out drinking with

Indubitably !!

Exuvium97 , it was

But at least you can watch a lot of comedy, singing, and other entertainment from other decades on KZfaq.

Exuvium97 yes it was

More elegant, absolutely! Things started going downhill when Johnny Carson moved the Tonight Show to California. Glad at least Colbert is still in NYC.

Exuvium97 .. you should look ALL of these guys up on KZfaq..Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Don Knotts but also the Rat Pack videos etc. It is a wonderful thing to know all if the stars that came before the ones we see now days! You will Love it

You got THAT right !!

You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !!

I wonder if we’ll be saying the same thing in 30 years about today’s stars.

@@fifthbusiness1678 I rather doubt it.

adrian hickman I love, love, love Don Knotts! He was hysterical!! If I was ever down, all I needed was to watch Don Knotts!!❤️❤️❤️

Didnt see your comment for a while ..yes indeed..I love the guy

Allen Woodall Only a few channels and everything on it was great and worth watching. TV was a family affair that actually brought people together in the evenings.

+Heru- deshet And now thousands of channels of basically nothing. And you have to pay for it, even the commercials.

+Heru- deshet If you get something worth watching like Turner Classic Movies, you have to get the $100.00 a month package.

james geiger True, but you definitely get your money's worth if all you like to watch is TCM, which most of the time I do.

Allen Woodall mr Martin was just a singer who got famous thorough J Lewis but very funny. All they knew was smoking , drinking and women NOT A GOOD WAY TO LIVE..after a person gets hook on that .

I still enjoy the Andy Griffith show to this day.... Barny was the real star

Doug Bamps i have netflix just for the Andy Griffith show

DatGrA2b its the only show on TV worth watching even after 56 years I watch it every day multiple times

ev dallas i agree i will watch the whole series just to start all over again Andy and i love lucy my faves

+Melonie Zappa Dean never went to rehearsals? :o

+Special Fart ... big part of Dean's show he didn't like to rehearse anything. He show up for the show and his director Greg Greggison would walk him though it. That as much of rehearsal he got for most of the skits. Music number with guest... he got 3 cassette each week. According to a interview I heard of his. He kept 1 in his car, one at home and one in his golf cart. He would sing with the tapes so he would know the songs. This is what make his show so much fun to watch was you never know when he was going to lose it completely. His producer/Director said sometime they would put things on the clue cards misspelled or something just to caught his reaction to it. Either way with this skit I sure Dean was caught off guard, him losing it was just the coolest easy going guy that ever lived.

Dean I love you all you need to sing to me and thats a liee because that's would make me what moure get me I love your Homer and charming you not to mention looks to make girl needs week days gone by not forgotten

Donnis Campbell Watch him in "Rio Bravo" and "The Young Lions"

Are you confusing Norman Fell with Joey Bishop?

His classic character was Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show before Three's Company

Brad Douglas Yes, i remember the reruns when i was kid in the 70's..

The Artful Dodger, yeah... He would either be the 6th member or 4th after they dropped the other two.

All time classic

When, this was probaly a one time gimmick by CBS to promote the new in 1960 with the established. It was also a good play on Don's persona, somewhat like Jerry, not as cool as Dean or Frank.