almost anyone laughed at the character..barney...it made don knotts who he was..and his living..people were laughing at the character he was protraying.....he was making the mockery of the intelligence of a person..not being himself..or was he..anyway, why bitch about something that he made a buck off of...when there are people that are actually like that character..and don't want to be..and certainly aren't getting money and fame for being who they are......you can't have it both ways........make fun of people..and whine about being remembered for being that character that he chose to ridicule.....maybe people shouldn't make money ..or ridicule their fellowman..thinking like this comes from what i like to term...the educated ignorant