Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow-paced, sleepy, southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina. He appeared in the first five seasons (1960-65) as a main character, and after leaving the show towards the end of season five, made a few guest appearances in the three color seasons (1965-68). He's no Barney Fife, and who could be, aside from Knotts? As for the color issue, the debate seems to be centered entirely around preference, although it's true that in syndication, viewer response has been traditionally stronger to the black.
'The Andy Griffith Show's episodes appeared mostly in black and white. It only began color episodes during this season. In "The Christmas Story," Mayberry sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and his deputy, the nervous Barney Fife (Don Knotts), are stuck at the town jail on Christmas after locking up a.
Barney Fife in color. Knotts was good but the writing sometimes put his Barney Fife in situations that were just humiliating. Like this episode.
When Barney is given intelligence, he gets to keep his dignity, and sometimes that happened, too. Those were the better episodes. This was a little bit of both.
I know his humiliations were supposed to be funny, but at times it went overboard. Another. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow-paced, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina.
He appeared in the first five seasons (1960-65) as a main character, and, after leaving the show towards the end of season five, made a few guest appearances in the following three color seasons (1965-68). Barney Fife (Don Knotts, 1924-2006) Don Knotts as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife in The Andy Griffith Show©CBS/courtesy MovieStillsDB.com Character bio: Barney Fife is Andy's cousin and the overly enthusiastic yet bumbling deputy sheriff of Mayberry. Despite his incompetence and tendency to overreact, Barney is deeply loyal and has a good heart.
Don Knotts created Deputy Barney Fife as a hyper-kinetic but a comically inept counterpart to Mayberry's practical and composed Sheriff Andy Taylor. Sometimes considered a blowhard with delusions of grandeur, Barney fancies himself an expert on firearms, women, singing, and just about any other topic of conversation brought up while he is around. "The Andy Griffith Show" The Legend of Barney Fife (TV Episode 1966) - In the color episodes of the series many details about the sets, locations, and costumes become evident because of the higher quality picture.
In this case the shirt and pants of Barney's uniform do not quite match. Barney makes a triumphal return to Mayberry to attend his high school reunion and is elated to find Thelma Lou will be attending until he learns she is with her new husband. This episode marks the last appearance of Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou) in the series and also the only color episode in which she appeared.
In Class Reunion, the graduating year is given as 1945. In this episode, the class.