Don Knotts was great as Barney! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Will · 09-24-2001, 04:07 PM

Don Knotts was a tremendously talented comedic actor. Could you picture anyone else pulling off the role of Braney Fife as well?

marmalade · 09-24-2001, 04:59 PM

Yes, he did a wonderful job. And no, I can't picture anyone else in that roll, but my emagination isn't that great.

DarleneIllyria · 09-24-2001, 08:11 PM

I agree he was a fabulous Barney Fife and nobody could ever pull off the Barney Fife character, but him.

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Lumpy: Did you go out for anything, Dud?

Dudley: Well, I went out for football, but I got my finger stepped on, so my mother made me quit.

Eddie: Well listen-- I went out for basketball and I got my hair pulled, and my mother made ME quit.

Dudley: It's not that I was afraid of getting hurt or anything; it's just that-- well, it's kind o' hard to play the flute with a busted finger.

[Eddie and Lumpy suppress laughter]

GoldenFamilyTies · 02-17-2002, 06:20 PM

I agree. For the most part, I think he sorta carried the show, he was very hilarious, and only he could do that part!

Tiger32 · 03-07-2002, 12:38 AM

The Andy Griffith show was never the same after he left.

I loved the chemistry that Andy and Don had together, this chemistry apparently started long before the Andy Griffith show.

I just wished they had done more movies together, or at least another television series.

09-24-2001, 04:07 PM	#1
Will Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 23, 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Posts: 245	Don Knotts was great as Barney! Don Knotts was a tremendously talented comedic actor. Could you picture anyone else pulling off the role of Braney Fife as well?

09-24-2001, 04:59 PM	#2
marmalade Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 18, 2001 Location: Louisiana Posts: 469	Yes, he did a wonderful job. And no, I can't picture anyone else in that roll, but my emagination isn't that great.

09-24-2001, 08:11 PM	#3
DarleneIllyria Gone Forum Star Join Date: Oct 15, 2000 Posts: 19,086	I agree he was a fabulous Barney Fife and nobody could ever pull off the Barney Fife character, but him. ------------------ Hottest Men alive: Dale Midkiff Anthony Starke Tim McGraw Jonathan Crombie Lumpy: Did you go out for anything, Dud? Dudley: Well, I went out for football, but I got my finger stepped on, so my mother made me quit. Eddie: Well listen-- I went out for basketball and I got my hair pulled, and my mother made ME quit. Dudley: It's not that I was afraid of getting hurt or anything; it's just that-- well, it's kind o' hard to play the flute with a busted finger. [Eddie and Lumpy suppress laughter]

02-17-2002, 06:20 PM	#4
GoldenFamilyTies Por siempre tú Senior Member Join Date: Jan 15, 2002 Location: United States Posts: 1,329	I agree. For the most part, I think he sorta carried the show, he was very hilarious, and only he could do that part!

03-07-2002, 12:38 AM	#5
Tiger32 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 14, 2002 Posts: 624	The Andy Griffith show was never the same after he left. I loved the chemistry that Andy and Don had together, this chemistry apparently started long before the Andy Griffith show. I just wished they had done more movies together, or at least another television series.