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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
I just lost a childhood icon.
I grew up with The Incredible Mr. Limpet, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Shakiest Gun in the West, and The Apple Dumpling Gang.
Not to mention Barney and Mr. Furley.
Mr. Knotts was a funny, funny, funny man.
Rest In Peace, Mr. Knotts. You've made a lot of peoples lives better by showing us how to laugh. You'll be missed.
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That says it. I'm sure many of us can think back to good times spent watching him on a screen of whatever size.  
I'm all the more bummed out by hearing of McGavin's passing. Always liked that guy's twitchy, caffeine affected roles. Night Stalker, certainly. "The very important prize." My favorite X-Files was the old black & white McGavin episode. RIP Darren.
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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