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so i used to work at a gas station.

there was this dude, maybe early 50s, that rode up on his bike one day. he grabbed a couple of bud light tallboys and came up to buy them. after his purchase he stayed and had a little chit chat. he started asking me some weird questions about whether i watched the andy griffith show, had i seen this movie, or this one. i didn't make the connection between them at first. this little talk turned into an hour long in-depth lecture on the brilliance of don knotts. i was amazed by this. don fucking knotts. so after he left i'm thinking okaay, that was pretty weird. well, the dude comes back the next day. he didn't really want to buy anything he just came in to talk and continue his discourse on why don knotts was so great. this guy came in for a month straight - a fucking month - just to regale me with how don knotts was the greatest man to ever live. he would tell me how he was going to the video store to rent certain movies, what he'd watched the night before, and how glorious these things were. the man would bike to the gas station, rain or shine, for this sole purpose.

for an entire week he bugged me to give him enough to buy a blank video tape just so he could compile for me a video with his favorite don knotts moments. i tried very nicely to say no thanks, i wasn't really interested, blah blah. the guy would not give it up. finally, one day i was sick of him bothering me so i just gave him 2 bucks. he came in the next day with a video containing The Incredible Mr. Limpet, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, one of those Herby movies, and a few choice episodes of Andy Griffith. he told me he spent like 6 hours compiling this video for me. i was taken aback. i thank him kindly, and he was on his way. he never returned.

i often wonder back on what ever became of Don Knotts Man.

tell me an interesting story.