The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

[Neon Maniac]

I'm watch The Ghost and Mr. Chicken on Svengoolie right now, and I always forget how much I love this movie. I hope Rob Zombie never remakes it.

[Alien Redrum]

Is that the one with Don Knott?

[Neon Maniac]

No. It's the one with Don Knotts.

[Alien Redrum]

Would I like it if I can't stand Don Knotts?

[shiki-jitsu]

But how do you feel about Don Knott?

[Alien Redrum]

Criminally underrated.

[Neon Maniac]

I don't know. He's the star, so he's in every scene. The cast is mostly sitcom character actors from the 50s and 60s. The leading lady is Playboy Playmate Nov, 1958. I think this is probably Don Knotts at his finest. He's subtle, and he's not mugging for the camera. I find most of his early movies are his best work, and nothing like you know him from TV. I would also recommend how to Frame a Figg and The Reluctant Astronaut.

[Alien Redrum]

He's subtle, and he's not mugging for the camera.

Oh, good, because I HATE his TV stuff for this shit. I always hoped Barney Fife would die in a shootout in a Very Special Andy Griffith Show, and Mr. Roper >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> than his horseshit Furley.

[Neon Maniac]

That is something he did with Andy Griffith, and goes way back to a character he did in No Time for Sergeants which was an Andy Griffith movie based on a Broadway show he wrote in the fifties. He also acted like that with Tim Conway, and then it kind of became his de facto characterization for TV in the 80s and beyond. Don Knottts just being himself in the 60s, doing movies is a lot different.

[Neon Maniac]

I'm watching this again and absolutely happy because I know this is a treasure that AR cries about and will never be able to enjoy.