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Title: Who's More Tremulous: Mr. Willie Loomis or Deputy Barney Fife?
Post by: Bob_the_Bartender on May 22, 2008, 04:08:32 AM

Hey gang,

While watching several of the introductory Barnabas Collins episodes the other day, I was struck at how absolutely fidgety Willie Loomis became whenever he saw Vicki and/or Carolyn schmoozing with Barnabas at the Old House.  I mean, Willie looked like he was going to have kittens, watching his "boss" putting on the charm for those two young women.

Similarly, Deputy Barney Fife always looked as if he was about to have an apoplectic fit whenever he learned from his boss, Sheriff Andy Taylor, that some dangerous, escaped criminal was on the loose.

So, just who is  the jumpier, more Ichabod Crane-like character: Mr. Willie H. Loomis of Collinsport, Maine or Deputy Barney Fife of the Mayberry, North Carolina Police Department?

Bob the Bartender

(Personally, I think that both Willie and Barney are nonpareil nervous Nellies!) [ghost_shocked]

Title: Re: Who's More Tremulous: Mr. Willie Loomis or Deputy Barney Fife?
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on May 23, 2008, 08:05:06 PM

Tough call. Very tough call, actually. But I think I'm going to have to go with Barney because his fidgeting fits almost seemed like seizures. Willie's were a bit more subtle.

Title: Re: Who's More Tremulous: Mr. Willie Loomis or Deputy Barney Fife?
Post by: retzev on May 24, 2008, 06:21:54 AM

Fife.

Barney couldn't have endured half the troubles Willie did. Couldn't have remained as cool throughout, either.
   

Title: Re: Who's More Tremulous: Mr. Willie Loomis or Deputy Barney Fife?
Post by: MagnusTrask on May 24, 2008, 08:29:00 AM

Willie's eyes never seemed as if they were going to pop out of their sockets....