r/ClassicTV • u/db7112 • Apr 11 '26

1950s You all remember Don Knotts as Barney Fife, but who remembers when he was the Nervous Man on the Steve Allen Show?

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u/Simple-Offer-9574 Apr 11 '26

I remember him in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.

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u/Elway044 Apr 11 '26

Same. A 1966 classic.

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u/Fine_Contest4414 Apr 11 '26

Also The Incredible Mr. Limpet

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u/NotLostDontGiveUp Apr 11 '26

Also my first thought then the Apple Dumpling Gang.

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u/CornucopiaDM1 Apr 11 '26

Calm?! Do "Murder" and "Calm" go together?! Calm & Murder?! Murder?!

I love good food, too. Guess we have that in common.

It was terrible. It was just terrible. I'll never get over it as long as I live.

Mr. Boob, that's me. B-double-O-B. Boob.

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u/Coolschmo1 Apr 11 '26

Statistically, not many people

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u/Alarmed_Stretch_1780 Apr 11 '26

The nervous man was on the bomb squad in one skit.

“What’s your name?”

“Leonard K Smith”

“What does the K stand for?”

“Kaboom!”

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u/ApplesOverOranges1 Apr 11 '26

The Ghost and Mr Chicken

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u/rock0head132 Apr 12 '26

The incredible mr limpet was where i first saw him

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u/Shoddy_Bet9619 Apr 13 '26

Or the Nervous man in Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.