Barney Fife Nips It In The Bud

Yep. Good guy.

Nice title, BVT.

Good ol' Barn.




NIP IT!!!

<sigh> Good stuff.

Another part of the past moves on...

He willl be missed. As I stated on the other Don Knotts thread, I bet the state of North Carolina pays tribute in a significant way.

I got a bullet, it's right here in my pocket.

Is that what that is ? I thought you were just glad to see me .

it's a 22 bullet.

a 22 short.

Keep it dry.

talc

comfy

Juanita.......Juaaanita....

Yep. Think I'll go down to the drugstore....get a bottle of pop....and walk down to Thelma Lou's....and see what's on the television.......<stretches, exhales...surveys the vista from Andy's porch>
Yep. Think I'll go down to the drugstore....get a bottle of pop....

Trivia - Ang & Barn were cuzins

How else could Barn keep his job?

That's how he got his job.

I'm not embarassed to admit this is in my favourites

http://www.mayberry.com/

Trivia for
"The Andy Griffith Show" (1960)

* Barney Fife kept one bullet in his shirt pocket and his citation booklet in his cap.

* Barney Fife was Andy Taylor's cousin. There were three episodes that mentioned Andy and Barney being cousins: The New Housekeeper, The Manhunt, Runaway Kid.

* In the first season, Barney Fife courted several women including Thelma Lou. In "Andy the Matchmaker", Barney courted a woman named Miss. Rosemary, in "Ellie for Council", Barney is seen dating Hilda May, who is again mentioned in "Christmas Story". Juanita, the never-seen waitress at the local diner was also serenaded by Barn in a few episodes in later seasons. Thelma Lou is only seen in one episode of the first season, but appears later as Barney's main squeeze.

* The characters of Andy and Opie originally debuted on an episode of the "Make Room for Daddy" (1953) (The Danny Thomas Show). Frances Bavier, who later played Aunt Bee, was introduced as Harriet Perkins.

* The character of Warren Ferguson (played by Jack Burns) was brought in to replace Barney Fife after Don Knotts left the show. Warren was referred to on occasion as Floyd the barber's nephew. Replacing the classic character of Barney Fife proved to be an impossible task, however. "Warren Ferguson" did not catch on with the viewers, and he was written out of the series after only appearing in 11 episodes. There was no explanation in any episode story line for Warren's departure; he simply stopped appearing.

* After Howard McNear left the show, Floyd's Barber Shop became Emmit's Fixit Shop.

* The scripts used during Jack Burns's time on the show as Deputy Warren Ferguson were originally written for Don Knotts' Barney Fife.

* Thelma Lou's last name and occupation were never revealed.

* Milton, Oliver, and the middle initial "P" were all given as Barney Fife's middle name at one time or another during the series.

* Andy Griffith originally told Don Knotts that he only wanted to do the show for five years. So they both signed five-year contracts. During the fifth season, Knotts began looking for other work. He then signed a five-year deal with Universal Pictures. Suddenly, Griffith decided to continue on with the series for three more years and offered Knotts a new contract. But Knotts was already bound by his contract with Universal and left the show.

* In two episodes of the second season, Andy Griffith's hand is heavily bandaged. Griffith had broken his hand by punching a wall. On the show, the bandage was explained by Sheriff Taylor saying he hurt his hand apprehending some criminals.

* The character of Helen Crump was supposed to be a one-shot. That is why they gave the character an unpleasant sounding name. But the producers were so impressed with Aneta Corsaut's performance and her rapport with Andy Griffith that they made her a regular cast member.

* The character played by Hope Summers was originally named "Bertha Edwards" in the first season. In the second season, the character came to be known as "Clara" and she referred to her late husband as "Mr. Johnson". Later, she came to be known as "Clara Edwards".

* Rockne Tarkington is the only African-American actor ever to have a speaking role on the show. He appeared in one episode as Opie's piano-playing football coach.

* Andy and Barney's squad car was a Ford Galaxie. The cars were supplied free of charge by a nearby Ford dealer, and whenever the newest model came out, it was sent to the studio and the old one was returned to the dealer who re-painted it and sold it. Altogether, there were about 10 different Ford Galaxies used throughout the run of the series.

* Opie Taylor was named for Opie Cates, a prominent bandleader of the 1930s and 1940s whom Andy Griffith and Sheldon Leonard both admired.

* Elinor Donahue decided not to return after the first season because she felt she had no on-screen chemistry with Andy Griffith. Griffith later admitted that it was his own fault because had a hard time showing affection on-screen, and as a result, the relationship didn't appear real or believable.

* Mayberry, North Carolina is based on Mt. Airy, North Carolina, Andy Griffith's birthplace.

* The final season of the show was pretty much a setup for its replacement, "Mayberry R.F.D." (1968).

* The show was shot on the same set as Atlanta from Gone with the Wind (1939), if you were to walk out of the courthouse and look to the right at the end of the street, you can see the old Atlanta train station in many episodes.

* Aunt Bee was originally from Morgantown, West Virginia

* Josie Lloyd, the actress who plays Juanita, Mayor Pike's daughter in "Mayberry Goes Hollywood", is seen again in "The Beauty Contest" and plays the Mayor's daughter, Josephine. There is no evidence in "Mayberry Goes Hollywood" that Juanita Pike is "the" Juanita that Barney pines for. She also had a recurring role in the third and fifth seasons as Lydia Crosswaithe.

* Sheriff Taylor did not routinely appear wearing a necktie or a sidearm. In several episodes, he wears a necktie or a sidearm in special circumstances, such as when a VIP visited Mayberry or if he had to track an escaped convict reported to be in the vicinity. He rarely was shown smoking, but did so in a couple of episodes.

* When Howard McNear left the show after years of declining health, his departure was explained by having Floyd sell the barbershop and moving away to be with his daughter.

* The series ended while still at the top of the Nielsen's Ratings, one of only three shows to have done so, along with "I Love Lucy" (1951) and "Seinfeld" (1990).

* When Don Knotts left the show, his absence was explained by having Barney move to Raleigh, North Carolina to join their police department.

* One of the maps used for a period of time behind Andy's desk was simply a state map of Idaho turned upside down.

* The character 'Andy Taylor' was ranked #8 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).

* When Don Knotts left the show, Jerry Van Dyke was considered for the part of a deputy who would have replaced Barney Fife, and even appears in a deputy's uniform in a fifth-season episode. However, Van Dyke chose instead to star in NBC's "My Mother the Car" (1965), and later said if he had to do it over again, he would have taken the deputy part instead.

* Before Aunt Bee moved in with Andy, he had a housekeeper named Rose. Andy performed her wedding ceremony in the first episode.

* The theme song for the series was titled "The Fishing Hole". Lyrics for the song were written by Everett Sloane but the producers decided that whistling the tune set the tone for the show, so the words were dropped.

I'll miss that wirey little guy.

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