“Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show” Book Giveaway
Qualifying Entry Task for Facebook & Blog Contest
Okay, now for the Facebook/Blog version of our contest! CMH will be giving away TWO copies of Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show
And, now for the details…
In order to qualify to win a copy of Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show
If you’re also on Twitter, please feel free to visit us at @ClassicMovieHub for additional giveaways — because we’ll be giving away FOUR BOOKs there as well! (Click here to see what we’re giving away on Twitter.)
ENTRY TASK to be completed by Saturday, November 28 at 9PM EST —
1) Answer the below question via the comment section at the bottom of this blog post
THE QUESTION:
What do you love best about the character Barney Fife?
About the Book: Andy Griffith and Don Knotts met on Broadway in the 1950s. When Andy went to Hollywood to film a TV pilot about a small-town sheriff, Don called to ask if the sheriff could use a deputy. The comedic synergy between Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife ignited The Andy Griffith Show, elevating a folksy sitcom into a timeless study of human friendship. Andy and Don—fellow Southerners born into poverty and raised among scofflaws, bullies, and drunks—captured the hearts of Americans across the country. Although they ended their Mayberry partnership in 1965, Andy and Don remained best friends for the next half-century. In a terrific review, Publishers Weekly says, “Andy Griffith and Don Knotts are one of the most famous comedy duos in America, and in this tender tribute, de Visé chronicles their relationship… de Visé offers an intimate look at the lives of these two stars, and his access is invaluable to understanding their lifelong friendship. He captures the complexity of both men and the intimacy of their friendship with extreme detail and sensitivity.” ANDY AND DON is a lively and revealing biography, and the definitive work on the legacy of The Andy Griffith Show and two of America’s most enduring stars. The book features extensive unpublished interviews with those closest to both men. De Visé shares a wealth of new information about what really went on behind the scenes, including personal struggles and quarrels.
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One thing I really enjoyed about Barney were his absolute sincerity. You always felt that he was trying to the best of his ability to do the right thing, no matter how wrong it went. A wonderful portrayal of a great character. Thanks
yes, he always did mean well 🙂
What I love best about Barney Fife is the dichotomy in his image of himself (tough, capable crime-fighter, and defender of the law in what he calls “The Asphalt Jungle” of Mayberry) and his reality (hapless boob with an ego who is protected and loved by the townspeople of Mayberry. The Barney Fife character had elements that Don Knotts used in other portrayals throughout his long career. Cowardly yet cocky; a self-view of dashing, suave lover when in reality his love-making abilities are quite awkward, yet sincere. An eternal hick who thinks that by living in the big-city of Raleigh or staying at the Y when he’s on vacation makes him quite cosmopolitan.
Don Knotts’ gifts as a comedian and the writers’ excellent efforts at characterization have made Barney Fife an enduring comedic character, and I always look forward to his comic bravado when I tune in to the reruns of “The Andy Griffith Show”.
I have to say that Barney Fife, for me, is such a hoot. Knotts really plays it to the hilt, but it’s really believable… and Barney is so well-meaning even though he gets carried away. I so enjoy watching the show.
Hi Amy, Happy to say that you are one of our two winners! Congratulations! I will send you an email shortly, if you don’t receive it, let me know.
I am grateful and delighted! My boyfriend’s brother had seen the book in person recently and said it looks like a good one. Thanks for working with the publishers to donate these books, and I am appreciative of having won. 🙂
Hope you enjoy it 🙂 Email being sent tonight…
Just saying his name cracks me up. Barney. Fife. No joke, I am laughing right now. And that’s the easy answer to what I like most about Barney Fife. Plain and simple — he makes me laugh. Out loud. “Nip it in the bud!”… the Emancipation Proclamation … the Lawman’s Code … The Preamble… “Boys, here at the Rock…”, Judo lessons… you and I could go on and on. His slapstick, know-it-all, false bravado, cocksure snort makes us laugh, and yep – sometimes annoys us. But in the end, Barney rarely gets his comeuppance, and we always forgive his often embarrassing, misguided antics. Why? This, in my opinion, is because of the genius of Don Knotts. Mr. Knotts plays Barney as part class clown, part philosopher; the bullied and the bully, a lawman who is all bark and no bullet. But he also counterbalances that “louder” side of Barney with a Barney who is big-hearted, sentimental, insecure and vulnerable. We see all of these shades played brilliantly in episodes like “Barney’s Replacement”, “Class Reunion”, “Andy on Trial” “Up in Barney’s Room”, “The Song Festers”, and later in “Barney Comes to Mayberry” (for which Mr. Knotts won an Emmy) — just to name a few. Mr. Knotts and the show’s writers do an incredible job as the series progresses of endearing us to Barney. He’s a big dreamer in a small town, hapless, but not hopeless, thumping his chest around Mayberry — a clueless detective. This more human side of Barney is what makes the funny stuff work so well, and why, at the end of the day, even though he lets the convict escape, or gets lost out by Myers Lake — we still love him. And this is why I love Barney Fife. He’s a complex simpleton. He tries hard. He means well. He just wants to make his mark. And we feel for him. And then we laugh. Out loud.
wonderfully put! thank you 🙂
Posted on behalf of Mary who posted her answer on 11/9 on the “Five Timeless Andy-Barney Skits” post…
My favorite trait of the character Barney Fife was his loyalty to Andy. No matter what kind of things were going on in their lives Barney was always there for Andy.
Happy to say that Mary is one of our two winners! Congratulations to her!
Mary: I will send you an email shortly, if you don’t receive it, let me know.