Barney Fife and the Preamble to the Constitution

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Classic Comedy bit where Don Knotts as Barney Fife demonstrates his masterful memorization of the Preamble the US Constitution

Channel: Comedy
Uploaded: August 17, 2006 at 10:31 pm
Author: hd95

Length: 00:02:50
Rating: 4.91
Views: 114423

Tags: Barney Fife Andy Griffith Preamble Classic TV Television Don Knotts

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Video Comments:
tuxguys (December 30, 2008 at 12:54 am)
Was this improvised? If so, genius. If not, and seeming to be, GENIUS!
hernje (December 25, 2008 at 5:09 pm)
God bless, rest in peace, and thank you, Mr. Knotts.
UncleSam330 (December 20, 2008 at 3:13 am)
This one was obviously not recorded live. If you notice, Barney's hair switches from messed up to neat, depending on the camera view.
anniexanonymous (December 18, 2008 at 9:39 pm)
"i got it."
"good."
"you learn somethin'. you learn it."
dude, i love this showw. :D
NSResponder (December 15, 2008 at 7:36 pm)
Barney knows this about as well as anyone in the Senate.

-jcr
ajaben (December 8, 2008 at 12:27 am)
I've watched this like five times in a row and it still makes me laugh!

*** NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO LAUGH TRACK ***

It doesn't need one and it just goes to show how much new tv shows suck.
Drewtazy (December 9, 2008 at 7:36 am)
I loved Don Knotts...like you I watched this several times in a row...and I had a great belly laugh each time.You are so right,,,no laugh track!Good shows don't need em!
rm1jagfan (December 2, 2008 at 7:44 pm)
Is it true that Don Knotts improvised a lot of his lines on the show? I'm not saying this was improvised, but i heard that he improvised most of his lines. If he did, then he was a good actor
hd95 (December 3, 2008 at 7:33 am)
I don't know about improvising but I remember an interview with Andy Griffith where he said Don would come to show meetings, sit beside him and quietly pitch to him great ideas for the show. One such idea is portrayed in this video. On and off the set Don always made Andy laugh. Don was a great comedic talent.
PokemonFilmer210 (November 24, 2008 at 11:46 pm)
haha!!!! my history teacher used this today!!! we were all cracking up!!!