The Love Bug: Don Knotts performed Faux-Brian Epst

Lightning bolts are symbolic of satan, because he fell from the heavens like a bolt of lightning.

"After a twelve year absence, Jim Douglas makes a return to the racetrack. He enters Herbie in the Trans France race from Paris to Monte Carlo. But there Herbie falls in love with the Lancia (italian automotive brand) named Giselle that is driven by fellow racer Diane Darcy. Meanwhile two thieves fleeing from the police place a stolen diamond inside Herbie’s petrol tank and are determined to get it back at all costs."


Yesterday I saw the movie on TV.

Tons of references about Paul and Brian being in France on September 1966....

Compare the film with Magical Mystery Tour Marathon sequence...

There was a BLACK car with the number "66" on...

Yes, that was not a good matching .... it's just THE SAME PERSON!

So let's go to see again that movie now...

Detailed close ups.
Nothing to add to what previously told.

About the ear?
Clearly a make-up

"He enters Herbie in the Trans France race from Paris to Monte Carlo. But there Herbie falls in love with the Lancia (italian automotive brand) named Giselle"



...or it was from Monaco-MonteCarlo (very close to Nice) to Paris and toward Dover then?




It would be interesting to "enlarge" that animation to see the other "areas" involved.

Crazy hypothesis:

"Gisellle" was Maritza Sannia (the first "Fylvie") Paul had a confrontation with Hallyday and killed the French guy.
He was wounded too and escaped by feet from the hill (near Nice/Monaco-Monte Carlo) until the sea (Nice)



Brian went to help Paul and ... the rest we already know.



There is Don Knotts in the left part near the orizon line...

If I didn't know any better, I'd think you have gone mad thinking Don Knotts in the PID conspiracy,
but nothing, absolutely nothing would surprise me at the extent to play the public's minds.

One bullet Barney....Brian Epstein....change the hairstyle, make up, different styles of clothing...although Don kept the Brian wardrobe for his Mr. Farley days on Three's Company....

Interesting post.

Why did Don Knotts leave the hit show The Andy Griffith Show" in 1966 just before it went colour? Well, now we know, he had another role to play. It's so crazy and out-there that someone like Don Knotts would replace Brian Epstein which is why they could get away with it. The Andy Griffith Show was never as good without him.

But...what about the theory that Nat Jackley took the role of Frian?

Crazy, zany, madcap....
Isn't a sentient car a bit nutty ?

Secret messages hidden in inconsequential kids shows...
Why not?
If we (society at large) think its too nutty, too farfetched, then they are safe,
free to communicate openly and in plain sight.

These blind spots in human nature are repeatably exploitable.

With some changes in hair style and the more flamboyand wardrobe to fit Brian Epstein (much like the clothes he wore as Mr. Farley in Three's Company), Don fits the part.

I was looking on this thread, maybe it was on another forum, where someone had posted since Don replaced Brian, did Andy Griffith sing Lady Madonna. No, but another citizen of Mayberry did, Jim"Gomer Pyle" Nabors....Put him in a studio with rock music soundtrack, and Gomer sang Lady Madonna, Why Don't We Do It In the Road? and Back In The USSR. Think about it.....And he has a long face like Faul/Billy...perhaps in distance shots he filled in for Billy.

The Andy Griffith Show ran from 1960-1968, but Don left in 1965.

As the story goes, Andy originally planned to do the show for just 5 years. When Don's contract with the show ended in 1965, he signed a deal with Universal Pictures hoping to pursue a film career. Andy then changed his mind and decided to continue the show a few more years, but Don was already tied up with his new film contract and couldn't continue as a regular on the show.

It is unbelievable that Andy and the producers would have let Don go his own way because of a simple misunderstanding. Don did make a few guest appearances in 1966-67 but the show never recovered from the loss of his character.
www.jumptheshark.com/a/andygriffith.htm


The explanation given for Barney's absence was that he left Mayberry to join the police force in Raleigh, NC.


Andy Griffith started out in life wanting to be a minister. In college he decided to study music instead, and began his career as an actor.

For seven years he played the role of Sir Walter Raleigh (with a British accent) in the drama, The Lost Colony.


Andy's break into television was met with some skepticism, as his acting was a little wooden, but the chemistry between Andy and Don Knotts was pure magic.


Andy used his show to demonstrate Christian values and in recent years some churches have focused their Sunday school teachings on Andy's small-town parables.

Funny, considering that the show's writers and producers were Jewish.

There were also occasional references to masons and lodge memberships - both held in high esteem by Andy.


The show never dealt with the reality of the world as it was changing in the 1960's. Mayberry was untouched by assasinations, protests, riots, and rock concerts.
Outsiders were generally portrayed as bizarre in contrast to the "normal" townsfolk.

Would The Beatles be welcome in Mayberry?
Maybe the lodge could take a vote...

Episode 192: "THE LODGE" Original Air Date: 09-19-66.
Howard Sprague attempts to join the Mayberry Lodge.



I found an interesting note about the Andy Griffith reunion special that aired in Nov. 2003:

Perhaps this is relevant..

Barney Fife

Kirckaldy is a town in Fife, Scotland.
It sits on the shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh, the Capital of Scotland.

From Cry Baby Cry...

The duchess of Kircaldy always smiling
And arriving late for tea
The duke was having problems
With a message at the local bird and bee.

Aunt Bee?
Frances Baviar was in The Day the Earth Stood Still..Klaatu..

..thinking out loud again..

Me too...but sadly he decided the forums were no longer a viable option, not enough cooperation between people, too much distrust.