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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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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
This poll was fixed! There is no way Barney is funnier than Carol Burnett!
80 percent similar. Feel like some of these comparisons were a little weighted in Barney's favor, I wonder how he'd do head to head against Ed Norton from The Honeymooners.