Don Knotts' 'The Incredible Mr. Limpet' Turns 50 — The Film That Turned Him Into a Movie Star

His big break came when Knotts made his debut on "The Steve Allen Show," playing a character named Mr. Morrison, aka "the nervous man." A legendary skit involved Morrison as a weatherman who was forced to ad-lib the forecast without any information about the weather. As he spelled out a weather system moving into California on the map, it became clear he was writing "H-E-L-P." | West Virginia Celebrities