


Sometimes, however, he let Barney put his bullet in his gun. This was because Sheriff Andy did not trust him to carry a loaded weapon. This was due to the fact that not only was Knotts a great comedy actor, but the Barney Fife character was his idea.Īs those of us who watched the show know, Barney carried an empty service revolver and one cartridge, which he carried in his shirt pocket. One of the funniest characters on the show was Barney Fife, Sheriff Andy's bumbling deputy. It's still around in reruns, so I bet some of you who didn't even exist in the early 1960s have watched it. Remember the old Andy Griffeth Show? I watched it as a kid in the early 1960s.
