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When Andy Griffith signed to play a small-town sheriff in a new television series, His friend Don Knotts asked, "Don't you need a deputy?" The answer changed the young actor's life forever.Now Don Knotts recounts with warmth and humor the events that shaped his life and a career that has spanned half a century: his colorful childhood in his family's West Virginia boardinghouse; his stint on the club circuit as a stand-up comic; his big break on Broadway in No Time for Sergeants; his early days in live television; and his five season, multi-award-winning portrayal of Mayberry's bumbling and beloved Deputy Fife.Robert Metz is the author of 'Barney Fife and Other Characters I Have Known (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)' with ISBN 9780783888224 and ISBN 0783888228.
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