Were Deputy Barney Fife and Sheriff Andy Taylor related?!
Question: I watch this old show all the time and someone told me they were in-laws. I say thats nonsense, if they were related it would have been mentioned in the show.
Answers: I watch this old show all the time and someone told me they were in-laws. I say thats nonsense, if they were related it would have been mentioned in the show.
They were actually cousins.
Towards the end of the very first episode, Barney compliments Andy on how he hired his only deputy strictly on the basis of merit and concludes by addressing him as "Cousin Andy". But like you, I've watched this show for countless hours over the years and this is the only time a blood relationship was ever mentioned to my knowledge.
No, just friends, that would have meant Andy's deceased wife was Barney's sister, never in the plot line.
I've heard them call each other cousins.
No just best friends