Thank goodness the two met on the film No Time for Sergeants so when Andy was doing a pilot Don called him and told him he needed a deputy. That team is one of the funniest in history.

Tim Conway said Barney Fife was ''one of the greatest, funniest, and truest personalities ever seen on the screen'' (https://www.metv.com/stories/tim-conway-said-barney-fife-was-one-of-the-greatest-funniest-and-truest-personalities-ever-seen-on-the-screen)

The movie pair held each other in high regard.