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Mayberry Life With Deputy Fife

The life of this Fife was inane
No burglars did Barney detain
     Got locked in the cell
     As crooks bade farewell
Seems God gave him just half a brain

In comedy each plays a part
Aunt Bea cooked and huge was her heart
     Old Otis loved booze
     And Andy could schmooze 
But Barney made others look smart




*February 3, 2019
For Joseph’s Limerick Four Contest
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Line Gauthier Date: 3/2/2019 7:47:00 PM Bravo. Good one, Carolyn. Congrats on your well deserved top win. Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 3/2/2019 6:54:00 PM FANTASTIC job. I chose him too!! Congrats, Carolyn Login to Reply

Sara Kendrick Date: 3/2/2019 5:13:00 PM Congrats on your winning work. Way to go. Sara Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 3/2/2019 3:46:00 PM LOL! Congrats, Carolyn! Login to Reply

Tom Cunningham Date: 3/2/2019 3:36:00 PM Back with congrats Carolyn. Tom. Login to Reply

Michelle Faulkner Date: 3/2/2019 1:29:00 PM Amusing peak into the daily life of Mayberry - congratulations on your win, Carolyn! Login to Reply

Robert L. Hinshaw Date: 3/2/2019 11:40:00 AM Great limerick, Carolyn. Congrats for your well-deserved win and honored to share lst Place with you - Bob Login to Reply

Ed Morris Date: 3/2/2019 9:39:00 AM Ohhh, fun limerick, Carolyn, especially that very creative last line! I guess that's why everyone loved him. :-) Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 3/2/2019 9:45:00 AM Sometimes bumblers like Barney can be endearing, Ed. Thanks for stopping by!

Janice Canerdy Date: 3/2/2019 9:38:00 AM CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved win, Carolyn! PERFECT Janice Login to Reply

Gershon Wolf Date: 2/13/2019 7:09:00 PM Wow! You sure nailed Barney's essence here, or the essence of Barney, as the case may be...And yet, I always felt that he was the straw that stirred the show's drink, the sine qua non, without whom 'Andy Griffith' wouldn't have lasted more than 13 or 26 weeks back in the day. :) gw Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 2/8/2019 6:43:00 PM haha, yours is better than mine. The last line of second limerick said it all!! Login to Reply

Janice Canerdy Date: 2/4/2019 11:49:00 AM Carolyn, this is PERFECT--in every way. You NAILED Barney--who MADE show more than anyone else! Janice Login to Reply

Arthur Vaso Date: 2/4/2019 5:11:00 AM You have captured it all in both a poem and and a photo! :) Login to Reply

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 2/3/2019 4:50:00 PM I love this Carolyn! You have captured their personalities in a nut shell. I still enjoy watching that old classic from time to time! xxoo : ) Login to Reply

CayCay Jennings Date: 2/3/2019 3:45:00 PM Oh, that show from days past where simple and good entwined. Got silly for a sec, didn't I? I know 'gold ole' days' are fictitious, just like good ole' dumb Barney and dirt-dumb Gubber. Still that show has a nostalgia-factor and I enjoyed your limericks. Poetry hugs ... CayCay Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 2/3/2019 4:07:00 PM I'd forgotten all about Guber. And didn't Gomer Pyle start on this show too? Come to think of it, maybe Barnie didn't make all the others look smart... Thanks for reading!

Vijay Pandit Date: 2/3/2019 2:35:00 PM I remember the show..in a way, this is a tribute to the deputy. It's not easy to play stupid all the time. Well done, Carolyn. Login to Reply

Alexis Y. Date: 2/3/2019 1:32:00 PM Lol! Carolyn, I wanted to write one on Barney Fife but my muse couldn't come up with anything. What you came up with was good. I loved the fictional town of MayBerry. Could you imagine MayBerry without the comedic brilliance of Don Knotts? The show produced a life long friendship with Don Knotts and Any Griffith. It looks like a winner to me. I wish you the best of luck in the contest:-)Alexis Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 2/3/2019 2:28:00 PM Barney was the funniest character on the show, Alexis, mostly because he wasn't too swift. Thanks for reading

Barbara Gorelick Date: 2/3/2019 1:32:00 PM You nailed it....! BG Login to Reply

Tom Cunningham Date: 2/3/2019 1:06:00 PM Nice one Carolyn, we didn't have the show over here so not too familiar with the characters. Good luck. Tom. Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 2/3/2019 1:28:00 PM The old reruns are still on here, but it was not one of my favorite shows. The humor is sort of slapstick.