Don Knotts shows such as "The Bill Cosby Show" and "Here's Lucy". In 1970, appeared as a Barney Fife-like police officer in the pilot of "The New Andy Griffith Show". In 1972, Knotts voiced an animated version of himself in two episodes of "The New Scooby Doo Movies": "The Spooky Fog of Juneberry", in which he played a lawman resembling Barney Fife, and "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner". He also appeared as Felix Unger in a stage version of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple", with Art Carney as Oscar Madison. Beginning in 1975, Knotts was teamed with Tim Conway in a
Felix the Cat of Tricks" that could assume an infinite variety of shapes at Felix's behest. The cat has since starred in other television programs and in two feature films. As of the 2010s, Felix is featured on a variety of merchandise from clothing to toys. Joe's son Don later assumed creative control of Felix. In 2002, "TV Guide" ranked Felix the Cat number 28 on its "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time" list. In 2014, the rights to the character belonged to Joe Oriolo's son Don Oriolo. They were later acquired by DreamWorks Animation, which is now part of Comcast's NBCUniversal