Jesse...
BARRY0619
2012/07/13 11:26:37
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DREAMER AND HIS DREAM Let me tell you, Jesse hated this job. And you would too, I
imagine, if you had to do it. Jesse was a chicken
plucker. That's right. He stood on a line in a chicken factory and spent his days Pulling the feathers off
dead chickens so the rest of us Wouldn'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 ill And 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 in West 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 seems That 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 every Bully on the
playground. He was a hypochondriac of the first order. For Jesse, tomorrow was not always something to be Looked forward
to. But, he had dreams. He wanted to be a ventriloquist. He
found books on ventriloquism. He practiced with Sock puppets and saved
his hard earned dollars until He
could get a real ventriloquist dummy. When he got old enough, he joined the military. And even though many of
his hypochondriac symptoms Persisted, the military
did recognize his talents and Put 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 people Who overcame a handicap
to go on and make a success Of
themselves, but Jesse is one of the few I know of Who didn't overcome it.
Instead he used his paranoia To
make a million dollars, and become one of The best-loved
characters of all time in doing it! Yes, that little paranoid hypochondriac, who transferred His nervousness into a
successful career, still holds the Record for the most
Emmy's given in a single category. The wonderful, gifted, talented, and nervous comedian Who brought
us |
Barney
Fife
Was
Jesse
Don Knotts.
Don Knotts.
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- Pam 2012/07/14 01:05:42
+2Wow, thanks for telling that!reply -
You're welcome!reply
- Dolly 2012/07/13 19:59:05+2I love Don Knotts!
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+1Here's a good Andy Griffith clip with Son Knotts:
reply - DeborahLakeHelen 2012/07/13 12:32:41+2GREAT Story!reply
- Link 2012/07/13 12:28:40+2Wow. Great success story of an infamous person!reply
- The Birdman 2012/07/13 12:24:32+2Very cool!reply
- Farnsworth 2012/07/13 11:31:40+2wow...reply
