As a boy, Jesse was a chicken plucker.He stood on a line in a chicken factory and spent his dayspulling the feathers off dead chickens so the rest of uswouldn't have to. It wasn't much of a job. But at the time,Jesse didn't think he was much of a person.His father was a brute of a man.His dad was actually thought to be mentally illAnd treated Jesse rough all of his life..Jesse's older brother wasn't much better.He was always picking on Jesse and beating him up.Yes, Jesse grew up in a very rough home inWest Virginia. Life was anything but easy.And he thought life didn't hold much hope for him.That's why he was standing in this chicken line,Doing a job that darn few people wanted.
In addition to all the rough treatment at home, it seemsThat Jesse was always sick.Sometimes it was real physical illness,But way too often it was all in his head.He was a small child, skinny and meek.That sure didn't help the situation any.
When he started to school, he was the object of everyBully on the playground.He was a hypochondriac of the first order.For Jesse, tomorrow was not always something heLooked forward to.
But, he had dreams. He wanted to be a ventriloquist.He found books on ventriloquism. He practiced withSock puppets and saved his hard earned dollars untilHe could get a real ventriloquist dummy.When he got old enough, he joined the military.And even though many of his hypochondriac symptomsPersisted, the military did recognize his talents andPut him in the entertainment corp.That was when his world changed.He gained confidence.
He found that he had a talent for making people laugh,And laugh so hard they often had tears in their eyes.Yes, little Jesse had found himself.
You know, folks, the history books are full of peopleWho overcame a handicap to go on and make a successOf themselves, but Jesse is one of the few I know ofWho didn't overcome it. Instead he used his paranoiaTo make a million dollars, and become one ofThe best-loved characters of all time in doing it!Yes, that little paranoid hypochondriac, who transferredHis nervousness into a successful career, still holds theRecord for the most Emmy's given in a single category.The wonderful, gifted, talented, and nervous comedianWho brought us
Barney Fife (The Andy Griffith Show)WasJesse Don Knotts.NOW YOU KNOW, "THE REST OF THE STORY"Jesse Donald 'Don' Knotts(July 21, 1924 - February 24, 2006)There is a street named for him and his statue inMorgantown, West Virginia, his place of birth.
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