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Do you actually think Barney Fife is funnier than anybody else on TV?
Prove Barney Fife really nipped it in the bud.
Don Knotts is a comedy treasure, which is why he went on to become such a big movie star and prolific TV actor. But it all started with Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, and for many fans, Barney represents the end all and be all of hilarious TV characters.
Does that sound like you? Well steel your heart and watch your funny bone, because we're about to pit Barney Fife up against some of classic TV's most expressive characters.
Scroll through the images below and consider each set of scenes, then ask yourself: Which scene actually makes you laugh more, the one with Barney Fife, or the one with other comedy legends, from Bob Denver to Carol Burnett.
See how many others laughed along with you!
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Who makes you laugh more here: Barney Fife or ALF (ALF)?
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Who makes you laugh more here: Barney Fife or Maxwell Klinger (M*A*S*H)?
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Who makes you laugh more here: Barney Fife or Gilligan (Gilligan's Island)
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Who makes you laugh more here: Barney Fife or Norm Peterson (Cheers)
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Who makes you laugh more here: Barney Fife or Carol Burnett (The Carol Burnett Show)
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Who makes you laugh more here: Barney Fife or Arnold Jackson (Diff'rent Strokes)?
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Who makes you laugh more here: Barney Fife or Flo Johnston (The Jeffersons)?
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Who makes you laugh more here: Barney Fife or Latka Gravas (Taxi)?
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Who makes you laugh more here: Barney Fife or Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati)
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Who makes you laugh more here: Barney Fife or Vinton Harper (Mama's Family)
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Do you actually think Barney Fife is funnier than anybody else on TV?
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Tim conway beat them all. Never saw anyone funnier.
Saw Robin williams at the comedy store at La Jolla when he was starting out. He was a very close second but his act got old after a while.
Saw Robin williams at the comedy store at La Jolla when he was starting out. He was a very close second but his act got old after a while.
Conway was such a GREAT adlibber. Marvelous at breaking up the other cast members
Barney was funnier than all of them but watching all the old TAGS, barney did get annoying sometimes.
But not nearly enough as the color episodes were.
But not nearly enough as the color episodes were.
BTW I got 100% similar.
60% similar. I think Tim Conway was a much more funny man.
Please see my comment above to xsquid
80%…ALF, Norm, and Gilligan are close… But with all due respect to Barney, the all-time funniest is Lucy Ricardo. No ifs, ands, buts, or bones about it!
Don Knott was a classic comedian! I love Barney Fife but they should have added Ed Norton and Ralph Kramden for comparison lol!
Don Knotts was an Amazing Actor and Played Barney Fife Perfectly. If you dont like Don you can Nip It in the Bud.
100%....my hubby was a dead ringer for Barney Fire in his cop uniform. His nickname was Barney at work..lol
* B-b-b-but Johnny Fever did throw darts at a Barely Manenough poster! ☺
I thought Barney Fife was an amazing character! Other Don Knotts roles, not so much.
I'm not a big Don Knotts fan, he was funnier than 90% of the people in this quiz. But I did vote for Max Klinger over him.
Barney did not have much competition in this poll. Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton are way funnier.
Ed Norton yes Ralph Kramden no. Didn't find his yelling all the time funny.
Other characters I would have added: Lucy, Rob Petrie, Hank Kimball, Ralph Kramden, Ed Norton, Gomer Pyle, Uncle Arthur, Archie Bunker, Al Bundy, Lenny & Squiggy, Mork, Jack Tripper, and (naturally) Ralph Furley. Any one of them would make great competition for Barney Fife. He might be able to beat about half of them but it would still be a close race.
100%. Don Knotts was classic.
70% similar. But the funniest person on TV is Lucy! I Love Lucy is the best show! Please put I Love Lucy back on MeTV!
I was 90% similar.
Actually I can't stand the character of Barney. He is such a know it all who is not very likable. Not sure why the writers turned him into such a self centered idiot - at the beginning of the show Barney was stupid but sweet later he is an ego-manic and mean.
100% similar. But really some of the choices. Barney vs Arnold Jackson?
90% similar!
Barney (Don Knotts) was such a good actor, had such a mobile face, he was 100% believable and endearing. But, there were those moments, I wanted to shake him until his teeth rattled! Like Lucy, he could be a bit much.