This is a list of episodes from the CBS

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The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays a widowed sheriff in the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina...

. The first episode aired on October 3, 1960 and the final episode aired on April 1, 1968. There were 249 episodes in all, 159 in black and white (seasons 1–5) and 90 in color (seasons 6–8).

Episode order

Episodes below are listed in their production order, not their original broadcast order. Production order is the order most commonly used for The Andy Griffith Show because it is the order used by the show's syndicator, Paramount Pictures

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All episodes aired on Monday.

Season 1 (1960–1961)

32 episodes

Production #	Broadcast #	Airdate	Title	Written by	Directed by
001	001	October 3, 1960	The New Housekeeper	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Sheldon Leonard
Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Andy Samuel Griffith is an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's epic film A Face in the Crowd before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead... ) and his young son Opie Opie Taylor Opie Taylor is a fictional character in the American television program, The Andy Griffith Show which was televised on CBS from October 3, 1960 to April 1, 1968...  (Ron Howard Ron Howard Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years... ) are in need of a new housekeeper. Andy's Aunt Bee Aunt Bee Beatrice Taylor is a fictional character from the 1960s American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. The show was televised on CBS from October 3, 1960, until April 1, 1968...  (Frances Bavier Frances Bavier Frances Elizabeth Bavier was an American stage and television actress. Originally from the New York theatre, Bavier worked in film and television from the 1950s... ) looks like the perfect candidate and moves in, but her presence causes friction with Opie. The first line of The Andy Griffith Show: "Anybody here know why these two should not be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace." This is the only episode in which Andy is shown owning a pickup truck. Barney Fife (Don Knotts Don Knotts Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards... ) is revealed to be Andy's Cousin. Opie has a pet bird (Dickey); a pet dog (Gulliver); and a pet lizard (Oscar). Since Frances Bavier's early years were spent on the Broadway Broadway theatre Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...  stage, it is difficult to find images of the young Aunt Bee. A framed publicity photo of the ingenue Bavier can be seen hanging in the Taylor living room.
002	002	October 10, 1960	The Manhunt	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Don Weis
Andy and his bumbling deputy, Barney Fife Barney Fife Bernard "Barney" Fife is a fictional character in the American television program The Andy Griffith Show, portrayed by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow paced, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina...  (Don Knotts Don Knotts Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards... ), offer to help track down an escaped convict, but the Captain of the State Police scoffs at the small-town sheriff's help. Andy wears a gun in this episode. Otis Campbell Otis Campbell Otis Campbell is the fictional "town drunk" in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. Otis was played by Hal Smith and made frequent appearances on the show from 1960 to 1967,...  (Hal Smith Hal Smith (actor) Harold John "Hal" Smith was an American character actor and voice actor. Smith is best known as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on The Andy Griffith Show, and was the voice of many characters on various animated cartoon shorts... ) makes his first appearance in this episode. Andy and Barney's squad car is a Ford Galaxie Ford Galaxie The Ford Galaxie was a full-size car built in the United States by the Ford Motor Company for model years 1959 through 1974. The name was used for the top models in Ford’s full-size range from 1959 until 1961, in a marketing attempt to appeal to the excitement surrounding the Space Race... . Dirksen's mug shot number is 74582. His prison uniform number is 26043. This is the only episode in which Barney's mother is shown. Her only line is "But Barney, I'm your mother!" Emma Brand suffers from sciatica Sciatica Sciatica is a set of symptoms including pain that may be caused by general compression or irritation of one of five spinal nerve roots that give rise to each sciatic nerve, or by compression or irritation of the left or right or both sciatic nerves. The pain is felt in the lower back, buttock, or... . The afflication causes pain in the back and hips. Barney accidentally shoots off his gun in his holster for the first time in this episode. The music that would soon become known as Barney's theme, "The Manhunt", is played as the state police arrive in Mayberry.
003	003	October 17, 1960	The Guitar Player	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Don Weis
A gifted guitar player who has self-doubts about his musical talent gets a chance at stardom - with a little push from Andy. The guitar player is played by James Best James Best James Best is an American actor best known for his role as bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the CBS television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He has also worked as an acting coach, artist, and musician.-Early years:... , who later played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane On the American TV series The Dukes of Hazzard, Rosco Purvis Coltrane is the bumbling sheriff of Hazzard County and right-hand man of its corrupt county commissioner, Jefferson Davis "J.D." Hogg ....  on The Dukes of Hazzard The Dukes of Hazzard The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.- Overview :The Dukes of Hazzard... . Jim Lindsey buys his guitar picks in Winston-Salem. It is interesting to note that Jim Lindsey gets electric guitar sounds out of an acoustic guitar with no amplifier. Andy makes a reference to Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....  in this episode. It is implied that Jim Lindsey is illiterate (when Jim and Andy are talking in the jail cell, Andy states that it would nice to have the "folding" kind of money, and having folks asking for autographs. It would be worth learning how to write just for that.) A one-man band from Altoona, Pennsylvania Altoona, Pennsylvania -History:A major railroad town, Altoona was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849 as the site for a shop complex. Altoona was incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1854, and as a city under legislation approved on April 3, 1867, and February 8, 1868...  is said to have passed through Mayberry. Barney gets down to the sounds of Jim Lindsey and Bobby Fleet & His Band With A Beat.
004	006	November 7, 1960	Runaway Kid	Arthur Stander	Don Weis
Andy teaches Opie about how important it is to keep a promise, only to have that lesson conflict with his need to help Opie's friend who ran away from home. This is the last episode where any references are made about Andy and Barney being cousins. Barney is said to own an automobile in this episode. This bit of information causes a discrepancy with the premise of the storyline in episode 90, "Barney's First Car". The Mayberry Hotel was built in 1878. George "Tex" Foley from nearby Eastmont is passing through Mayberry on his way to Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... , where he plans to become a cowboy. Tex also considered running away to Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High... . Opie has a pet frog. George Foley was born in August.
005	004	October 24, 1960	Ellie Comes to Town	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Don Weis
When Mayberry's local pharmacist falls ill, his niece Ellie Walker steps in as a temporary replacement - and creates turmoil with the town's resident hypochondriac. This is the first appearance of Ellie Walker, played by Elinor Donahue who was fresh from her popular role as Betty on Father Knows Best Father Knows Best Father Knows Best is an American radio and television comedy series which portrayed a middle class family life in the Midwest. It was created by writer Ed James in the 1940s.-Radio:... . Andy states that he was in France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...  during World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... . (He mentions this fact again in episode 8 - A Feud Is A Feud). Ellie's degree in pharmacy is known as a Ph. G. Andy asks her if the initials stand for "Pharmacy Gal." Ellie's diploma bears the (fictitious) name "Bernard University". Fred Walker keeps the key to the drugstore above the front door. Fred Walker has been giving Emma Brand sugar pills for 10¢. Walker's Drugstore is located across the street from the courthouse. Ellie and Opie make faces at each other in the drugstore window.
006	005	October 31, 1960	Irresistible Andy	Frank Tarloff	Don Weis
It's the annual church picnic, and when Andy invites Ellie to the event, he begins to suspect that she has marriage on her mind - so he hastily arranges for three of Mayberry's most eligible bachelors to lavish attention on her. Andy tells Barney that his "salt and pepper" suit makes him look like the Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Jean Menjou was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies, appearing in such films as The Sheik, A Woman of Paris, Morocco, and A Star is Born...  of Mayberry. He hasn't worn it since Clarey Dorsett's funeral. He wears it for the first time in this episode. The three eligible bachelors in Mayberry are Pete Johnson, Franklin Pomeroy and Charlie Beasley. The last reported pickpocket case in Mayberry was Old Man Burnett against Old Lady Burnett.
007	008	November 28, 1960	Opie's Charity	Arthur Stander	Don Weis
Andy is dismayed when Opie refuses to contribute money to the school charity drive - but there is a secret reason behind Opie's apparent "selfishness". Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. In this episode, the town of Mayberry is said to be located in Mayberry County. It is stated that there are 400 underprivileged children in the county, or 1.5 children per square mile. This would put the size of Mayberry County at 267 square miles (smaller than average in the United States). Opie donates a measly 3¢ to the Underprivileged Children's Charity Drive. His classmate, Roy Pruitt, donated the second lowest amount of 5¢, but he can be forgiven because he is one of the underprivileged children. The mayor of Mayberry was a man named Jenkins when Tom Silby "passed away" in Charlottesville Charlottesville, Virginia Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for... . Sam Peabody is a Mayberry alderman. The inscription on Tom Silby's grave reads: RIP/THOMAS SILBY/A FINE MAN AND A DEAR HUSBAND/1908-1958.
008	009	December 5, 1960	A Feud Is a Feud	Frank Tarloff	Don Weis
Andy hopes to finally bring peace to two of the county's longtime feuding families, the Carters and the Wakefields - by arranging a duel between the two patriarchs of the quarreling clans! This plot is derived from the legendary Hatfield-McCoy feud Hatfield-McCoy feud The Hatfield–McCoy feud involved two families of the West Virginia–Kentucky back country along the Tug Fork, off the Big Sandy River. The Hatfields of West Virginia were led by William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield while the McCoys of Kentucky under the leadership of Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy.... . Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Andy wears a gun in this episode. The Carters and the Wakefields have feuded for more than 87 years. On September 14, 1908, Jedediah Wakefield had be taken to the hospital after he was injured by his mule, Emmie. This is the second wedding ceremony that Andy performs as justice of the peace in the series. This episode included Andy's Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...  monologue made famous during his career as a stand-up comedian.
009	007	November 14, 1960	Andy the Matchmaker	Arthur Stander	Don Weis
When Barney's bumbling law enforcement techniques are questioned, Andy and Elie decide to stage a fake robbery - a scheme which turns Barney into a real hero! Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Andy states that the Snappy Lunch is one of his favorite eating spots. There is a real Snappy Lunch in Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina Mount Airy, North Carolina Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,388.-History:Mount Airy was settled in the 1750s as a stagecoach stop on the road between Winston-Salem and Galax, Virginia. It was named for a nearby plantation... . Tracy Crawford is said to be from Chattanooga. Barney can always get a job as a brine tester at the Pickle Factory. The poem written on the wall of the bank: There was once a deputy called Fife Who carried a gun and a knife The gun was all dusted The knife was all rusty Cause he never caught a crook in his life Barney resigns for the first time, turning in: 1 badge 1 notebook 1 pencil 1 gun belt 1 holster 1 revolver 1 bullet 1 whistle 1 tie clip 1 tie 1 cap 1 flashlight (and 1 pair of handcuffs, which he forgot to mention)
010	012	December 26, 1960	Stranger in Town	Arthur Stander	Don Weis
Ed Sawyer, a mysterious stranger, arrives in Mayberry and disrupts the lives of the townspeople because he appears to know everyone's name, intimate details about their lives, and other startling facts about them. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Though it was not originally played by Howard McNear Howard McNear Howard Terbell McNear was an American film, television and radio character actor. McNear is best remembered as Floyd Lawson, the barber in The Andy Griffith Show and as Doc Charles Adams in CBS Radio's Gunsmoke .-Career:McNear was born in Los Angeles, California to Luzetta M. Spencer and Franklin... , this episode introduced the character of Floyd, the barber. The original Floyd was played by Walter Baldwin Walter Baldwin Walter Baldwin was a prolific character actor whose career spanned five decades and 150 film and television roles, and numerous stage performances.Baldwin, who was born Walter S... . Ed Sawyer stays in Room #216 at the Mayberry Hotel. He declined Room #209 because Wilbur Hennessey got drunk and fell out of the window. Three Mayberry secrets are (1) how to make possum pie, (2) how to make turnip jam, and (3) how to make fried chicken and Jonnycake Jonnycake Jonnycake is a cornmeal flatbread that was an early American staple food and is prepared on the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to Jamaica. The food probably originates from the native inhabitants of North America... . Floyd's Barber Shop is open on Saturday evenings. There is also a door in Floyd's leading to the Beauty Shop. Sarah, the telephone operator, enjoys taking a pinch of snuff now and then. Ed Sawyer was an Army buddy of Joe Larson. Barney compares Ed Sawyer to Tokyo Rose Tokyo Rose Tokyo Rose was a generic name given by Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II to any of approximately a dozen English-speaking female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda. The intent of these broadcasts was to disrupt the morale of Allied forces listening to the broadcast... .
011	011	December 19, 1960	The Christmas Story	Frank Tarloff	Bob Sweeney
Mayberry's local "Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge is the principal character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of the novel, Scrooge is a cold-hearted, tight-fisted and greedy man, who despises Christmas and all things which give people happiness... ," storeowner Ben Weaver, manages to have harmless bootlegger Sam Muggins thrown into jail on Christmas - but the Mayberry folks manage to celebrate Christmas with Sam in a most unusual way. This was the one and only holiday story in the history of the Andy Griffith Show. Ben Weaver is said to be the richest man in Mayberry. A calendar hanging in the cell has Christmas falling on a Wednesday. Christmas 1960 fell on a Sunday. Prior to 1960, Christmas fell on a Wednesday in 1957. Andy and Barney receive a letter from the Hubacher brothers, whom Andy and Barney sent to state prison. Under their picture is the message, "Greetings from State Prison." In a blooper, Andy mistakenly reads the message as "Merry Christmas from State Prison". Ben Weaver gives the following gifts: to Opie, a pair of roller skates; to Billy, a baseball mit; to Effie, a doll; to Ellie, a bottle of perfume; and to Aunt Bee, a sewing basket. Andy, Barney, Sam, and Bess all receive wrapped gifts. Viewers never see the contents. A small problem in this episode was with the mention that Ben Weaver's store sold "spirits." Mayberry was in a dry county. Barney makes a very thin Santa Claus Santa Claus Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus... . This episode was stated by Elinor Donahue to be her favorite.
012	010	December 12, 1960	Ellie for Council	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
It's a battle of the sexes when Ellie Walker decides to become the very first woman to run for a seat on the Mayberry city council - and the town's horrified menfolk decide to sabotage her newfound political career. This episode was filmed 50 years ago (as of 2010), yet it remains an example of the fight for equality. This was rare on a television show in 1960. Otis Campbell's wife, Rita, appears for the first time in this episode. Barney's first steady girlfriend, Hilda Mae, appears for the first time in this episode. Sam confronts Barney over signing Ellie's petition. At Ellie's rally, the women of Mayberry hold the following signs: "Ellie, Ellie, Ellie," "Ellie Means Equal Representation," "We Wives Want Ellie," "A Fair Deal For The Fair Sex," "Ellie For Council," and "Mayberry Women Want Ellie."
013	013	January 2, 1961	Mayberry Goes Hollywood	Benedict Freedman and John Fenton Murray	Bob Sweeney
Lights! Camera! Chaos! A Hollywood producer chooses idyllic Mayberry as the backdrop for his next movie, and the entire town goes into a frenzy as they gear up for the anticipated glamor, fame and fortune. This episode marked the first appearance of Floyd Lawson Floyd Lawson Floyd Lawson was a fictional character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, which was inspired by a real barber in Andy Griffith's real-life hometown of Mt. Airy, North Carolina named Russell Hiatt who actually cut Andy Griffith's hair on a regular basis while Andy was young and living...  (Howard McNear Howard McNear Howard Terbell McNear was an American film, television and radio character actor. McNear is best remembered as Floyd Lawson, the barber in The Andy Griffith Show and as Doc Charles Adams in CBS Radio's Gunsmoke .-Career:McNear was born in Los Angeles, California to Luzetta M. Spencer and Franklin... ) as Floyd the barber. However, his last name is Colby, not Lawson. In the mayor's office there is a portrait on the wall of opera composer Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century... . As a youngster, Floyd practiced barbering on alley cats. Mr. Harmon claims to be a good friend of one of Barney's favorite actors, Gabby Hayes. While Andy and Barney are fixing up cell #1, there is a calendar on the wall with a picture of Ron Howard's younger brother, Clint. He is standing with a dog. The price per copy of the Mayberry Gazette is 7¢. Besides local citizens to be in a Hollywood movie, other new items include: New library dedicated Warned Of Force 110,000 Chinese living in trees as result of flood Thousands See Industry Fair Engineer is killed as Limited crashes Political placards' removal is asked by zoning director Grand jury probe of county flood control dams due U.S. delegates attend meet Board head to speak
014	014	January 9, 1961	The Horse Trader	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Andy performs some slick dealings with an antiques dealer to get rid of the town's old, worthless cannon. But when young Opie later mimics his father's shady deal to obtain a pair of roller skates, Andy has second thoughts about his own wheeling and dealing. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. At Walker's Drugstore, a copy of TV Guide magazine, featuring Lucille Ball Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy...  on the cover, can be seen in the magazine rack. Why did Opie want Jerry Parker's roller skates so badly? Three shows earlier, in episode 11, "Christmas Story," Ben Weaver gave him a pair of roller skates as a Christmas present. He must have worn them out in a hurry. In this episode Barney is said to live in a house. Charlie Ross, Mayberry's junkman, agrees to take the cannon off Andy and Barney's hands, if they pay him $15.00. The first "You beat everything, you know that" is heard. Barney says it to Andy when Andy asks him if he wants to buy the town's old cannon.
015	015	January 16, 1961	Those Gossipin' Men	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Aunt Bee, accused by Andy as being a hopeless gossip, sets out to prove that the men of Mayberry are even bigger rumormongers than the women. On the wall behind Andy's desk are upside down maps of Idaho Idaho Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....  and Nevada Nevada Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its... . According to Barney, New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...  is 900 miles (1,448.4 km) from Mayberry. Mr. Finch stays in Room #23 at the Mayberry Hotel. Floyd the barber's son, Randall (or Wendell), auditions on the saxophone. He plays a selection from Saxomania. The boy is mentioned again (in "The Jinx", where it would appear Norman is a bad baseball player), but later in the series run, Floyd is said to have no children. The Baxters of Mayberry have their "No Trespassing" sign stolen by trespassers. Mr. Finch reports to his boss, Mr. Simmons in New York City, that he sold 67 pairs of shoes during his one-day stay in Mayberry (a company record).
016	020	February 20, 1961	Andy Saves Barney's Morale	Frank Tarloff	Bob Sweeney
When Andy has to leave Mayberry for the day to testify in a court case held in Centerville, Deputy Barney Fife is left in charge of the sheriff's department - and he proceeds to arrest everyone in Mayberry! This episode marked the first use of a flashback when Barney's girlfriend, Hilda Mae, recounted her date with Barney the night before. On a variety of charges, Barney arrested some of the following folks: Harry, Miss Mary, Jud Fletcher, Mayor Pike, Tom, Miss Johnson, Franklin, Charlie, Nellie, Aunt Bee, Chester, and Otis Campbell. The Mayberry Hotel serves breakfast from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM; lunch from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM; and dinner is at 7:00 PM only. In a continuity blooper, Chester Jones appears in two places at the same time. This occurs when Andy drops in on Jud and Chester, who are in the middle of a game of checkers. Andy announces that he is going to replace Barney. Next, Andy goes immediately to Floyd's Barbershop with the same announcement. There at Floyd's, acting as if he has not heard the message previously, is Chester Jones.
017	017	January 30, 1961	Alcohol and Old Lace	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Gene Reynolds
Opie comes to the courthouse talking about a "flower-making machine" owned by sisters Clarabelle and Jennifer Morrison, the spinsters who run the local flower shop. Andy and Barney do a little investigating and discover the contraption is actually a still and the kindly sisters are in the moonshining Moonshine Moonshine is an illegally produced distilled beverage...  business! Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Andy suggests deputizing non-drinkers Orville Monroe and Reverend Aiken to assist in wiping out the moonshiners. This is the only episode in which Otis pays a $2 fine and serves jail time. Andy sings the Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...  song "Goin Down That Road Feeling Bad." Andy and Barney believe that a still may be located at Fancy Gap. Fancy Gap is a real town in Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...  located not far from Mount Airy, NC. Barney relishes taking a big ax and going POW! POW! POW! on confiscated stills.
018	018	February 6, 1961	Andy the Marriage Counselor	Frank Tarloff	Gene Reynolds
Mayberry newcomers Fred and Jenny Boone are constantly causing domestic disturbances with their fighting, so Andy decides to play marriage counselor to the bickering couple - with disastrous results! Barney is reading the book The Art Of Judo by Professor Matzamota. He also practices judo, unsuccessfully of course, on Andy. Opie and his pal Billy love to fight with each other while playing cowboys and indians and cops and robbers. Andy gives them each a nickel every time they play nicely with each other. This doesn't last long, though, because the boys think that playing nicely is boring. Andy gives Fred and Jenny some sweet cider for successfully graduating from his counseling sessions.
019	019	February 13, 1961	Mayberry on Record	Benedict Freedman and John Fenton Murray	Gene Reynolds
A record promoter arrives in Mayberry, intent on making a recording of the region's local folk music, but Andy becomes wary of the stranger and suspects he might be a con artist seeking some fast cash. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Andy demonstrates to Barney how easy it is to be taken in by a con man when he agrees to sell him a buffalo nickel with the buffalo facing the wrong way for $75.00. Andy orders a sundae at Walker's Drugstore but lets Opie eat it. Appearing in this episode was The Country Boys who were Roland White, Eric White, Clarence White, Billy Ray Latham, and LeRoy Mack. They soon evolved into the famous bluegrass group the Kentucky Colonels Kentucky Colonels (band) The Kentucky Colonels was a popular bluegrass band in the 1960s. They included Clarence White, later with The Byrds.-History:The White brothers started out as the Country Boys in 1954, with their brother Eric. With the addition of Latham, Mack and Sloane, and Roger Bush replacing Eric, they changed... . The finished album is called Music From Mayberry. This episode is a rare example of Andy showing poor judgement in the character of another person. Barney smokes a cigar while reading the Wall Street Journal.
020	016	January 23, 1961	The Beauty Contest	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
The Mayberry town council wants to end the annual Founder's Day celebration with a beauty contest, with Andy chosen to pick the winner. The result is pandemonium as candidates of all shapes and sizes descend on the hapless "judge". Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Floyd runs an ad in the Founder's Day program that reads, "Compliments Of Floyd's Tonsorial Parlor, Best Clip Joint In Town." At the beauty contest, Barbara Sue Lindsey is contestant #5, Josephine Pike is #6, and Ellie is #7. Erma Bishop made all of the costumes for the Founder's Day play. Floyd's song "Hail To Thee Miss Mayberry" is sung to the tune of O Tannenbaum O Tannenbaum "O Tannenbaum", or, in its English version, "O Christmas Tree", is a Christmas carol of German origin.A Tannenbaum is a fir tree or Christmas tree... . Opie's girlfriend, Mary Wiggins, is the first female to be seen in Floyd's Barbershop.
021	021	February 27, 1961	Andy and the Gentleman Crook	Ben Gershman and Leo Solomon	Bob Sweeney
A notorious, nationally known con man dubbed "Gentleman Dan" becomes a hero of epic proportions to Aunt Bee, Opie and Barney when he is held for two days in the Mayberry jail. "Gentleman Dan" smokes cigars that are custom-made by a man in Tampa Tâmpa Tâmpa may refer to several villages in Romania:* Tâmpa, a village in Băcia Commune, Hunedoara County* Tâmpa, a village in Miercurea Nirajului, Mureş County* Tâmpa, a mountain in Braşov city... . Dan Caldwell's patented line is "On my word as a gentleman." Dan Caldwell tells exciting stories about the Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...  Million Dollar Heist and the Toledo Toledo, Ohio Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...  Payroll Caper. Dan Caldwell committed crimes in Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is the third-most populous city in the state of Kentucky after Louisville and Lexington, with a population of 58,067 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area with an estimated 2009...  and Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968... . Andy tells Opie and Barney his homespun version of "Jack And The Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions... ". This fairy tale can be heard, complete with a 100-piece orchestra conducted by Earle Hagen Earle Hagen Earle Harry Hagen was an American composer who created music for movies and television. He is remembered for co-writing and whistling "The Fishin' Hole", the melody of the main theme to The Andy Griffith Show, the instrumental classic "Harlem Nocturne" used as the theme to television's Mickey... , on the 1961 Capitol Records Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...  album, "Songs, Themes and Laughs from the Andy Griffith Show".
022	022	March 6, 1961	Cyrano Andy	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Andy makes an earnest attempt at matchmaking to help Barney win the heart of his girlfriend Thelma Lou Thelma Lou Thelma Lou is a character on the American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show . The character appeared in 26 episodes. Thelma Lou is Barney Fife's girlfriend and is portrayed by Betty Lynn.-Overview:... . Things go fine at first... until Barney misinterprets Andy's efforts and thinks he's trying to steal her away! This is the first appearance of Barney's steady girlfriend, Thelma Lou Thelma Lou Thelma Lou is a character on the American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show . The character appeared in 26 episodes. Thelma Lou is Barney Fife's girlfriend and is portrayed by Betty Lynn.-Overview:... . (Her last name is never mentioned during the entire series.) Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Barney learned how to be romantic by watching Rock Hudson Rock Hudson Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., later Roy Harold Fitzgerald , known professionally as Rock Hudson, was an American film and television actor, recognized as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s, most notably in several romantic comedies with Doris Day.Hudson was voted "Star of the Year",...  movies. Barney's telephone number is given as 431.
023	023	March 13, 1961	Andy and Opie, Housekeepers	Frank Tarloff	Bob Sweeney
Aunt Bee must leave Mayberry to care for a sick cousin, but not before scolding Andy and Opie for their messy housekeeping habits. The two are determined to clean house before she returns - a project that suddenly accelerates when she phones to say she'll be coming home earlier then expected! Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Opie has a bad habit of sticking half-eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and apples under his pillow. Mayberry's sister city, Mount Pilot, is first mentioned in this episode. Hope Summers Hope Summers Hope Summers was an American character actress known for her work on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD, portraying Clara Edwards.-Career:...  makes her first appearance in the series as Bertha Edwards. In future episodes, she will be referred to as Bertha Johnson and ultimately as Clara Edwards.
024	024	March 27, 1961	The New Doctor	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Andy must make a hasty, ill-advised marriage proposal to Ellie Walker after he comes convinced that the new, handsome young doctor in town is trying to steal his girl. George Nader George Nader George Nader was an American film and television actor of Lebanese descent. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 through 1974, including Phone Call from a Stranger , Congo Crossing , and The Female Animal...  appears as Dr. Robert Benson. Three of Mayberry's previous doctors were Old Doc Carruthers, Old Doc Green and Old Doc Mackenzie. Dr. Benson says that Mayberrian Harvey Willick is a hypochondriac. Dr. Benson and Ellie patch up Opie after he falls and skins his elbow.
025	025	April 3, 1961	A Plaque for Mayberry	Ben Gershman and Leo Solomon	Bob Sweeney
The Women's Historical Society is all set to throw a celebration in honor of the last living descendant of a Revolutionary War American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...  hero named Nathan Tibbs, who has been traced to Mayberry. But their excitement turns to horror when they discover that the intended honoree is the town drunk, Otis Campbell Otis Campbell Otis Campbell is the fictional "town drunk" in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. Otis was played by Hal Smith and made frequent appearances on the show from 1960 to 1967,... . Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. This episode includes "The Barney Fife Peter Piper Nose Pinching Test For Drunks." In a rare scene, Andy wears a tie with his sheriff's uniform to the award ceremony. Barney's middle name "Oliver" is revealed when he discusses his research of his family tree. What did Nathan Tibbs do to make him a Revolutionary War hero? It was said that he ran eight miles (13 km) through the snow to set the Mayberry bridge on fire. This act turned back the enemy and allowed George Washington George Washington George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...  and his troops to capture an entire regiment.
026	026	April 10, 1961	The Inspector	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
When a state inspector arrives in Mayberry to check the jail and courthouse, Andy and Barney are shocked to discover he's a by-the-book stickler for rules and regulations. Things look shaky until Andy is able to demonstrate the "Mayberry way" of fighting crime. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Otis Campbell celebrates his birthday (with 9 candles on the cake) in this episode. Barney plays checkers against himself in this episode. He also enjoys playing parchessi and casino by himself. Andy would love to see Barney play a game of ping-pong by himself. Inspector Ralph Case, who replaced Sam Allen, compares Andy and Barney to the Katzenjammer Kids Katzenjammer Kids The Katzenjammer Kids is an American comic strip created by the German immigrant Rudolph Dirks and drawn by Harold H. Knerr for 37 years... . Andy and Barney receive a package from the Hubacher brothers. Andy receives a wallet and Barney gets a leather bookmark. The letter says that Elmer Hubacher had been out on parole but ended up back in prison.
027	027	April 17, 1961	Ellie Saves a Female	Frank Tarloff	Bob Sweeney
Ellie Walker takes pity on a shy tomboy named Frankie Flint and is determined to give a "Cinderella" makeover to the young girl - much to her gruff father's displeasure. This episode probably marked the beginning of the television make-over, when women received a beauty treatment and the audience saw the "before and after." The farmer is played by R.G. Armstrong, one of Andy Griffith's real-life mentors and best friend. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. When Ellie sprays "Midnight Madness" perfume on Andy, Opie says he smells like a gardenia blossom. In a rare turn-of-the-tables scene, Barney unmercifully teases Andy about the "lovely fragrance" he's sporting.
028	028	April 24, 1961	Andy Forecloses	Ben Gershman and Leo Solomon	Bob Sweeney
Andy, faced with the unpleasant task of serving an eviction notice on a family who has fallen on hard times, tries desperately to come up with a way for the tenants to keep their home. In this episode, Sam Edwards Sam Edwards Sam Edwards was an American actor. His most famous role on TV was as the banker in the TV series Little House on the Prairie.-Biography:Born into a showbusiness family, his first role was as a baby in his mother's arms...  portrays Lester Scobey, Margaret Kerry Margaret Kerry Margaret Kerry is an American actress, motivational speaker and radio host best known for her 1953 work as the model for Tinker Bell in the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature, Peter Pan.-Career:...  is Helen, and Joy Ellison appears as Mary. In episode 11, "Christmas Story", these actors portrayed the Muggins family. Barney's never-seen girl on the side, Juanita Beasley, is introduced in this episode. She works as a waitress at the Junction Cafe. Her telephone number is given as 142R. The stall tactics used by Andy to hold off the foreclosure are (1) neglecting to tell Ben about the $2.00 registration fee for a foreclosure notice, and (2) stealing Lester's glasses so he cannot read or understand the terms of the foreclosure notice. Despite their differences, Andy and Ben Weaver enjoy going fishing together.
029	029	May 1, 1961	Quiet Sam	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
Barney is convinced that the new, mysterious farmer (William Schallert William Schallert William Joseph Schallert is an American actor who has appeared in many films and in such television series as The Smurfs, The Rat Patrol, Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Waltons, Bonanza, Leave It to Beaver, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Love, American Style, Get... ) in town warrants further investigation. Andy finally agrees to pay a visit to the man's farm - and finds himself drawn into a predicament he never imagined he'd find himself in. Note the Mount Airy newspaper on the table where Andy and Barney are reviewing the policemans handbook. Mayberry's doctor, Doc Winters, is out of town. Sam and Lily Becker's house is known as the old Birch farm. Lily Becker is never seen in this episode. Floyd Lawson mentions that his wife's name is Melba. During World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...  Barney served in the army. He was second in command to a corporal in charge of over 3,000 books at the PX library on Staten Island Staten Island Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay... . Sam Becker is a veteran of the Korean War Korean War The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union... . Barney believes that Sam Becker is growing marijuana on his farm. The careful attention given to detail is evident in the brief telephone-conversation scene between Floyd and Barney. Pouring rain can be seen through the window behind Floyd. Such detail enabled Mayberry to come alive as a real and believable place.
030	030	May 8, 1961	Barney Gets His Man	Ben Gershman and Leo Solomon	Bob Sweeney
Barney's reputation as a deputy soars when he inadvertently helps capture Eddie Brooke, an escaped convict. But Brooke vows to escape again and head straight back to Mayberry to exact his revenge. Andy wears a gun in this episode. Barney claims to have 20/20 vision. A rare camera angle, from the ground up, is used to make Barney appear much taller after he captures Eddie Brooke for the first time. Eddie Brooke is serving a twenty-year prison sentence in Atlanta. While in the process of capturing Eddie Brooke for the second time while in a barn, Barney fires his pistol through a kerosene lantern (directly in the line of fire of Andy) and swallows three sticks of gum.
031	031	May 15, 1961	The Guitar Player Returns	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Mayberry's famed hometown musician - Jim Lindsey - returns for a visit in his flashy convertible and fancy clothes. But despite all the trappings and signs of showbiz success, Andy senses that all is not well in the life of the popular performer. This is a followup to episode #3 Jim Lindsey has a hit record with "Rock 'n' Roll Rosie From Raleigh." This is the final appearance of James Best as Jim Lindsey. Jim stays in Room #22 at the Mayberry Hotel. Jim's Mercedes Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...  is financed by the Mid-Mountain Finance Company. Two men named Charlie and Ralph are members of the Mayberry Drum and Bugle Corps. A man named Kester quit the corps because the other band members refused to practice at his house. This episode is the final appearance of Elinor Donahue as Ellie Walker. No further mention was ever made of the character, nor was any on screen reason ever given for her departure. Producers felt there was no exceptional chemistry between Donahue and Griffith so she was not rehired for the next season.
032	032	May 22, 1961	Bringing Up Opie	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
After being scolded by Aunt Bee, Opie decides to run away from home... a plan that quickly turns into a series of eye-opening - and sometimes dangerous - adventures for Opie and a scare for both Aunt Bee and Andy. It is not mentioned in the episode, but the man named Fred who notified Andy of Opie's whereabouts must have been another sheriff or the driver of the Elm City Delivery Service truck in which Opie fell asleep. Two warning signs outside the entrance to the Johnson mine proclaim: "Dangerous Condemned Mine" and "Trespassing Forbidden." Barney disputes Andy's version of "King Arthur King Arthur King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and...  and the Knights of the Round Table."

Season 2 (1961–1962)

31 episodes

Production #	Broadcast #	Airdate	Title	Written by	Directed by
033	034	October 9, 1961	Barney's Replacement	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
When an attorney (Mark Miller Mark Miller (actor) Mark Miller is an American television actor/writer who made more than forty appearances in television programs and films since 1957. He co-starred with Joanne Dru and J... ) is sent to Mayberry for law enforcement training, Barney mistakenly believes the man is his replacement and quits the police force to become a vacuum-cleaner salesman. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. It is not stated whether Andy's state's attorney friend, Ralph Baker, is related to the little boy that Opie handcuffed to the flag pole in episode 32, "Bringing Up Opie." That youngster's name was also Ralph Baker. According to Bob Rogers, the Green River Ordinance was inspired by a case that occurred in 1924 in a town called Green River Green River, Wyoming Green River is a city in and the county seat of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 11,808 at the 2000 census.... , (Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High... ), or as Roger says "Green Wiver." This mispronuciation went unnoticed. In the final scene, Barney is seen littering when he tears up Bob's citation and casually throws it down on the sidewalk.
034	033	October 2, 1961	Opie and the Bully	Frank Tarloff	Bob Sweeney
Sheriff Andy Taylor must decide whether to intervene or let the problem work itself out when a bully demands Opie's lunch money at school. Terry Dickinson appears as Sheldon. Could this name have been inspired by executive producer Sheldon Leonard? Mr. Leonard appeared in countless television and movie roles as a tough guy. Hodie Snitch was a bully in Mayberry when Andy was a child. While spying on Opie Barney tore a hole in a newspaper. The newspaper was the Press Herald.
035	035	October 16, 1961	Andy and the Woman Speeder	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Andy gives an attractive young woman from Washington D.C. a speeding ticket. She proceeds to manipulate the townsfolk with her charm and wit in order to undermine Andy's case against her. Jean Hagen Jean Hagen -Early life:Hagen was born as Jean Shirley Verhagen in Chicago, Illinois, to Christian Verhagen , a Dutch immigrant, and his Chicago-born wife, Marie. The family moved to Elkhart, Indiana when she was 12 and she subsequently graduated from Elkhart High School...  is the guest star. Floyd Lawson caught three trout and two perch while fishing. Barney caught a frog. Barney imitates Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...  by singing the first lines of One For My Baby. This episode has a storyline similar to the pilot episode of The Andy Griffith Show. Jean Hagen had played wife Margaret Williams for 3 seasons in Make Room for Daddy; an episode of its successor series, The Danny Thomas Show The Danny Thomas Show The Danny Thomas Show is an American sitcom which ran from 1953-1957 on ABC and from 1957-1964 on CBS... , starring Danny Thomas Danny Thomas Danny Thomas was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy . He was also the founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...  as Danny Williams provided the pilot for The Andy Griffith Show. Two of Mayberry's attorneys are Rafe Peterson and Clarence Polk. This is the only episode in which Mayor Pike served as a judge or held a mayor's court. The bribe Opie received was a baseball autographed by the entire New York Yankees New York Yankees The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...  team. Though the year of the team was not mentioned, the show was filmed in October 1961. Assuming the ball was from the same season, some of the signatures on the ball would have been: Tony Kubek Tony Kubek Anthony Christopher "Tony" Kubek is a retired American professional baseball player and television broadcaster.... , Clete Boyer Clete Boyer Cletis Leroy "Clete" Boyer was a Major League Baseball player.A third baseman who also played shortstop and second base occasionally, Boyer played for the Kansas City Athletics , New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves... , Yogi Berra Yogi Berra Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra is a former American Major League Baseball catcher, outfielder, and manager. He played almost his entire 19-year baseball career for the New York Yankees... , Elston Howard Elston Howard Elston Gene Howard was an American Negro League and Major League Baseball catcher, left fielder and coach. During a 14-year baseball career, he played from 1955–1968, primarily for the New York Yankees... , Bobby Richardson Bobby Richardson Robert Clinton "Bobby" Richardson is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees from through . Batting and throwing right-handed, he was a superb defensive infielder, as well as something of a clutch hitter, who played no small role in the Yankee baseball... , Moose Skowron Moose Skowron William Joseph "Moose" Skowron Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player, primarily a first baseman. He is currently a Community Relations Representative for the White Sox.... , Whitey Ford Whitey Ford Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who spent his entire 18-year career with the New York Yankees. He was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.-Early life and career:... , Ralph Terry Ralph Terry Ralph Willard Terry is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees , Kansas City Athletics , Cleveland Indians and New York Mets... , Roger Maris Roger Maris Roger Eugene Maris was an American Major League Baseball right fielder. During the 1961 season, he hit a record 61 home runs for the New York Yankees, breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs... , and Mickey Mantle Mickey Mantle Mickey Charles Mantle was an American professional baseball player. Mantle is regarded by many to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.Mantle was noted for his hitting... . Maris hit his world record sixty-one home runs in 1961, and the Yankees won the World Series World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...  (on October 9, exactly one week prior to this show's broadcast) beating the Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....  in five games.
036	037	October 30, 1961	Barney on the Rebound	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
After a tiff with his girlfriend Thelma Lou, Barney goes on a date with a new girl and is tricked into a marriage proposal. Noted actor Jackie Coogan Jackie Coogan John Leslie Coogan , known professionally as Jackie Coogan, was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Many years later, he became known as Uncle Fester on 1960s sitcom The Addams Family...  appears as George Stevens. Coogan is well known for his television role of Uncle Fester Uncle Fester Gordon Craven, Uncle Fester, or Fester Addams, is a member of the fictional Addams Family. He was played by Jackie Coogan in the original television series, by Christopher Lloyd in the first two feature films, and by Patrick Thomas in the third, Addams Family Reunion. Finally, Michael Roberds...  on The Addams Family from 1964 - 1966. Melissa claims to have attended junior college in Savannah Savannah Savannah or savanna is a type of grassland.It can also mean:-People:* Savannah King, a Canadian freestyle swimmer* Savannah Outen, a singer who gained popularity on You Tube...  for two years. Barney tells George and Melissa that he would like to be a private detective, or work for J. Edgar Hoover J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. Appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation—predecessor to the FBI—in 1924, he was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972...  at the FBI. Melissa's real name is Gladys.
037	040	November 27, 1961	The Perfect Female	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Andy is too obvious in his efforts to find out if a young lady meets his expectations. Karen Moore is the female skeet shooting champion of Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River... . Barney had once set up Andy on a blind date with a girl named Melinda Keefer from Detroit. Andy said Melinda had fat knees and talked too much. One other time, Barney introduced Andy to a girl who Andy said looked like Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat... . Both Andy and Karen enjoy reading mystery stories. In the skeet shooting competition, Karen proceeds to hit all 25 targets (and wins first prize), while Andy nets only 23.
038	041	December 4, 1961	Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter	Ben Gershman and Leo Solomon	Bob Sweeney
Aunt Bee takes a shine to an itinerant handyman who has a way with the ladies. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Mr. Wheeler (played by Edgar Buchanan Edgar Buchanan Edgar Buchanan was an American actor with a long career in both film and television, most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s... ) charges Aunt Bee $1.60 to spray her roses. Mr. Wheeler claims to have once owned and operated a hardware store, but says he gave it up when the pressure got to him. George Bricker is a mailman in Mayberry. Sheriff Mitchell in Mount Pilot is played by George Cisar George Cisar (actor) George Cisar played over one hundred roles in two decades as a character actor in film and television, often in prominent Hollywood productions. He frequently played background parts such as policemen or bartenders.... . In future episodes, Cisar would portray Cyrus Tankersley. "Goldbrick" Wheeler claims to suffer from a touch of lumbago, even though roofing is his specialty. When Aunt Bee was 18 years old, her family moved to Peoria, Illinois Peoria, Illinois Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated... . She was quite skinny in those days.
039	036	October 23, 1961	Mayberry Goes Bankrupt	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
After the town council forces Andy to evict a poor elderly man for not paying back taxes, a 100-year old savings bond issued by the city of Mayberry is discovered among the man's possessions. Now the city apparently owes him $349,119.27. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Warren Parker makes his first appearance in the series as bank president and town treasurer Harlan Fergus. In later episodes, his name in the series will be changed to Mr. Meldrim. Frank Myers has a pet chicken named Hazel. He also has fifty boxes of different berries for women's hats. In a blooper, Frank states that his medallion is from the "1906 World's Fair World's Fair World's fair, World fair, Universal Exposition, and World Expo are various large public exhibitions held in different parts of the world. The first Expo was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All...  in St. Louis" but that World's Fair occurred in 1904. Frank Meyers has a portrait showing his great-great-grandfather posing with Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.... .
040	038	November 13, 1961	Opie's Hobo Friend	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Opie befriends a hobo who begins to affect Opie's ability to tell right from wrong. The hobo is played by Buddy Ebsen Buddy Ebsen Buddy Ebsen was an American character actor and dancer. A performer for seven decades, he had starring roles as Jed Clampett in the long-running television series The Beverly Hillbillies and as the title character in the 1970s detective series Barnaby Jones, and played Barnaby Jones in the movie... , who is best known for his role as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr.... . Mr. Dave gives Opie his homemade "Gollywobbler Super Fish Catcher". Mr. Dave also shows Opie how to get free gumballs from a machine by using magic. He taps the machine twice, says "tuscarora" (named after Tuscarora Mountain outside of Binghamton, New York Binghamton, New York Binghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers... ) and (with the help of a metal wire) gets all the free gumballs his heart desires. One of the strengths of the series was its realism. An excellent example of detailed realism is present in the Tuscarora scene. Mr. Dave and Opie are standing in front of a store window. A pedestrian walking on the sidewalk on the other side of the street can be seen in the window's reflection.
041	039	November 20, 1961	Crime-Free Mayberry	Paul Henning	Bob Sweeney
A bogus FBI agent and his accomplice visit Mayberry to officially recognize the town's very low crime rate, and nearly make off with the Mayberry Bank money. Andy sings "John Henry John Henry (folklore) John Henry is an American folk hero and tall tale. Henry worked as a "steel-driver"—a man tasked with hammering and chiseling rock in the construction of tunnels for railroad tracks. In the legend, John Henry's prowess as a steel-driver was measured in a race against a steam powered hammer,... " to Otis and offers to sing "Wreck of the Old 97 Wreck of the Old 97 Old 97 was a Southern Railway train officially known as the Fast Mail. It ran from Washington DC to Atlanta, Georgia. On September 27, 1903 while en route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, the train derailed at Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia... " to Barney. Barney is envious of the new state police facility that recently opened in Mount Pilot. Actual real-life photos of Andy as a youngster are seen in this episode. Floyd's tour group consisted of folks from a New Orleans-bound bus. He refers to Andy as "Dead-Eye Andy", while Barney refers to himself as "Fast Gun Fife". In the presence of the tour group, Otis confesses to Barney that he committed a murder. He killed off a pint! Barney's version of "Oh My Darling, Clementine Oh My Darling, Clementine Oh My Darling, Clementine is an American western folk ballad usually credited to Percy Montrose , although it is sometimes credited to Barker Bradford. The song is believed to have been based on another song called Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden by H. S... : In a jailhouse, down in Dixie, fightin' crime and risking life, Dwelt a sheriff and his buddy, pistol-packin' Barney Fife. Oh, my darin', oh my darin', oh my darin' Barney Fife. He's a deadly crime-stopper, what a copper Barney Fife. One day there came a-ridin' two bad men to rob a bank, But Fife was tricky, a dead-eye dicky. Now they're locked up in the tank. Oh, my Barney, oh, my Barney, had a jail and couldn't lock it. Had one bullet for his pistol, had to keep it in his pocket.
042	042	December 11, 1961	The Clubmen	Irving Elinson and Fred S. Fox	Bob Sweeney
Andy and Barney visit a posh men's club, but only one of them is asked to join. Trivia buffs will notice that Andy's sleeves are rolled down in some closeups of him sitting at his desk after giving Barney back his shoes while his sleeves are rolled up in the more distant shots in the scene. The prestigious and exculsive Esquire Club is in Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh... . Club members Roger Courtney, Cliff Britton, Tom Wilson, Jim Baker, John Dandy, and George Bronson were all named after teachers who taught at the same school Andy Griffith did during his brief stint as a public school teacher. Barney is ecstatic about joining but on the other hand Andy couldn't care less. The Esquire Club meets on Thursdays at 8:00 PM. At the club Barney looks sharp in his salt and pepper suit, but he proceeds to make a fool of himself by making dumb remarks about golf scores and the stock market. The coup de grace Coup de grâce The expression coup de grâce means a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature. The phrase can refer to the killing of civilians or soldiers, friends or enemies, with or without the consent of the sufferer...  occurs when the hapless deputy says that baked Alaska Baked Alaska Baked Alaska is a dessert made of ice cream placed in a pie dish lined with slices of sponge cake or Christmas pudding and topped with meringue. The entire dessert is then placed in an extremely hot oven for just long enough to firm the meringue...  came into being after Alaska was admitted to the Union. Marie Simms is one of the biggest blabbermouths in Mayberry. In this episode it is implied that Raleigh is rather close to Mayberry. Remember, Andy and Barney planned to attend meetings every Thursday evening. The real-life town of Mount Airy, NC is 142 miles (228.5 km) from Raleigh.
043	043	December 18, 1961	The Pickle Story	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Rather than eat Aunt Bee's horrible tasting home-made pickles (referred to as Kerosene Cucumbers), Andy and Barney secretly substitute them with store-bought pickles. Now they must eat them all when they discover that she intended to enter them in the county fair County Fair "County Fair" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Gary Usher for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was originally released as the second track on their 1962 album Surfin' Safari. On November 26th of that year, it was released as the B-side to The Beach Boys' third single, "Ten Little... . Don Knotts Don Knotts Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...  selected "The Pickle Story" as his favorite episode. When Aunt Bee offers Barney one of her "kerosene cucumbers", he responds "I'll smoke it, I mean, I'll eat it later". A fly lands on one of Aunt Bee's pickles and dies. Barney tells Andy that Aunt Bee's pickles are scattered from Oregon Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...  to Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... . The music playing while Andy, Barney, and Opie gulp down eight quarts of pickles deserves special notice for how well it fits the scene.
044	044	December 25, 1961	Sheriff Barney	Ben Gershman and Leo Solomon	Bob Sweeney
Andy receives a visit from another town's councilmen inviting Barney to come be Sheriff. Andy trades places with Barney, so Barney gets a trial run as Sheriff of Mayberry, and it convinces him that he is not quite ready to take over a similar job in a neighboring town. Greendale City Hall was erected in 1902. Barney describes Greendale as a "cesspool" and "another Dodge City." Otis' directions to Barney to the whereabouts of Rafe Hollister's still: Go out Route 22, past Waynesboro, Midville, Thorndyke, Upson, through Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio (he's making for Canada), then back through West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, into Mayberry on Route 10, to 411 Elm St. (Barney's residence). Barney compares the Welch-Osgood dispute to the case of Willougby vs. Perkins. In this episode, Willow Street and Woods Way are said to be quiet and peaceful streets in Mayberry.
045	045	January 1, 1962	The Farmer Takes a Wife	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
A farmer comes to town looking for a wife and chooses Barney's girlfriend, Thelma Lou, much to Barney's chagrin. The farmer is played by Alan Hale Jr. who later played The Skipper on Gilligan's Island Gilligan's Island Gilligan's Island is an American television series created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The situation comedy series featured Bob Denver; Alan Hale, Jr.; Jim Backus; Natalie Schafer; Tina Louise; Russell Johnson; and Dawn Wells. It aired for... . This episode is the first time Barney says his famous catchphrase, "Nip It In The Bud" ("Nipped i' the bud" from The Tragedy of Brennoralt by Sir John Suckling John Suckling (poet) Sir John Suckling was an English poet and one prominent figure among those renowned for careless gaiety, wit, and all the accomplishments of a Cavalier poet; and also the inventor of the card game Cribbage... , 1609–1642). The farmer calls Barney his "little buddy," a nickname that The Skipper often called Gilligan. Andy and Thelma Lou devise a plan to turn Jeff Pruitt into a city slicker. They teach him proper etiquette and make him buy the largest suit at the local men's clothier, Carroll's of Mayberry. (As Andy and Jeff arrive at Carroll's, a customer is seen exiting the store. This is Andy Griffith's real-life father, Carl, making a cameo appearance in the series). In this episode Andy gives Barney his first direct order.
046	046	January 8, 1962	The Keeper of the Flame	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Opie is blamed for burning down Jubal Foster's barn when Andy and Aunt Bee begin to question in membership in a secret club Childhood secret club A childhood secret club is an informal organization created by children.-Key elements:Some defining features of a childhood secret club are:Names. Unlike cliques, these associations have names. Giving a name to the group is what creates the club...  upon finding a candle and some matches in Opie's bedroom. Everett Sloane Everett Sloane Everett Sloane was an American stage, film and television actor, songwriter, and theatre director.-Early life:...  guest stars. He also wrote the lyrics to the theme song of The Andy Griffith Show, "The Fishin' Hole", although the lyrics were never performed on the show. Andy states that Mayberry County has a volunteer fire department. Aunt Bee enjoys listening to an unnamed radio soap opera. Celia Gordon and a man named John are two of the characters. Andy enjoys poking fun at Aunt Bee for listening to the melodramatic program.
047	047	January 15, 1962	Bailey's Bad Boy	Ben Gershman and Leo Solomon	Bob Sweeney
Spoiled rich kid Ronald Bailey is arrested in Mayberry for flouting the law. While waiting for his father to bail him out, Andy teaches him a lesson in taking responsibility for his own behavior. Note that in the episode "Andy and the Woman Speeder", involving an out-of-towner who gets a speeding ticket, Andy both issues the ticket and acts as justice of the peace at the hearing that same day. In this episode, aired just a few months later, no mention is made of Andy's status as justice of the peace (although the sign on the sheriff's office door still states it clearly). Instead, Ronald Bailey, arrested for speeding, must wait in jail for his trial until the circuit judge arrives "in a few days". Ronald Bailey is played by Bill Bixby Bill Bixby Wilfred Bailey Everett “Bill” Bixby III was an American film and television actor, director, and frequent game show panelist.His career spanned over three decades; he appeared on stage, in motion pictures and TV series... . Bixby later played Tim O'Hara on My Favorite Martian My Favorite Martian My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963 to May 1, 1966 for 107 episodes... , Tom Corbett on The Courtship of Eddie's Father The Courtship of Eddie's Father The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which was based on the book written by Mark Toby...  and Dr. David Banner on The Incredible Hulk The Incredible Hulk (1977 TV series) The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel comic book character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The pilot episodes were a pair of TV movies on the CBS network beginning on November 4, 1977; the series soon followed, airing from March 10, 1978 to... . Andy assigns Barney to watch the bicycles at the movie house. No reason is given as to why he is doing this. Maybe there is a bicycle thief in Mayberry. In this episode, Barney is living in the back room of the courthouse. The visiting hours at the Mayberry jail are 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM daily, except Sunday. While most of the vehicles used in the series are Ford's, Fletch Dilbeck's truck is a Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918... .
048	048	January 22, 1962	The Manicurist	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
When Floyd hires a pretty new manicurist for his barber shop, the men of Mayberry suddenly become interested in fingernail maintenance, and the women become jealous. The manicurist is played by Barbara Eden Barbara Eden Barbara Eden is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Early years:... , who later played Jeannie in I Dream of Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries... . Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Mayor Pike, Barney, Floyd, Sam and Art the butcher describe what they did on Sunday, while gawking at Ellen Brown's shapely legs. Mayor Pike shot three rabbits; Barney did nothing; and Sam caught a half-dozen trout. Floyd and Art say nothing. They are too busy staring! Barney makes some very uncharacteristic remarks about Ellen Brown. For instance, when Floyd asks him how he would treat a girl like that, Barney responds, "a little rough" and he would "rough her up a little," because "women like her expect that type of treatment." It's a wonder that this type of dialogue made it through the production staff of the show, or the censors at CBS in 1962. This episode marks the final appearance of Mayor Pike.
049	049	January 29, 1962	The Jinx	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
After a string of bad luck, a Mayberry resident is convinced that he is a jinx until Andy helps restore his self-confidence. Floyd won't admit that his son Norman is a lousy baseball player. Barney says that Cole Porter Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...  records "have that certain effect" on Thelma Lou. To ensure good luck, Barney reads his grandmother's book Signs, Omens, Portents and Charms to Ward Off Bad Luck. Although he is unbilled in the credits and has no lines of dialogue, Clint Howard Clint Howard Clinton "Clint" Howard is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor with numerous brief appearances on television and films. He has played many bit parts in movies directed by his brother, actor-turned-director Ron Howard. He is also the uncle of actress Bryce Dallas Howard...  appears as the cowboy-clad youngster at the church social. In future episodes, Clint will return in the same outfit as Leon, the little cowboy who loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and wants to share them with everyone.
050	050	February 5, 1962	The Jailbreak	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Barney's negligence allows a prisoner to escape, launching a manhunt to find him, but the small-town methods of Mayberry prove more effective than the attempts of the State Police in his capture. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Barney gives Andy's address as 24 Elm St. Andy wears a gun in this episode. Floyd Lawson owns a shaggy dog named Sam. When Barney was Malloy's cellmate, he said his nicknames were "Puddintane," "Fingers," "Chopper" and "Mad Dog." He makes sure that Malloy knows that he was never known as "Tattletale." The Half-Moon Trailer Park is located on River Road.
051	051	February 12, 1962	A Medal for Opie	Frank Tarloff	Bob Sweeney
Opie competes in a foot race held by the Sheriff's Department and learns an important lesson in how to be a good loser. Barney accidentally discharges his gun inside the Sheriff's office while demonstrating his technique as starter for the foot race Opie runs the 50 yard dash but finishes dead last. His friends Billy Johnson, Aaron Harrison, and Freddie Pruitt finish first, second, and third, respectively. Barney used to weigh around 120 to 125 pounds, before he fell off training. Barney poops out while riding his bike during one of Opie's training sessions. The Mayberry Diner's telephone number is given as 242.
052	052	February 19, 1962	Barney and the Choir	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
The town choir's tenor has to drop out and the choir desperately need a replacement. When the choir director finds out that Barney sings tenor, he asks Barney to join the choir, not knowing Barney is a terrible singer. Of course Barney manages to botch every practice and Andy must find some delicate way of telling Barney nobody wants him in the choir before the choir's big performance. The Mayberry choir sings "good old 14A" in the choir's songbook, (Anton Rubenstein's Melody In F) "Welcome Sweet Springtime." Thelma Lou tells Andy that Barney is a great person, "but he can't sing a lick." The choir secretly practices (without including Barney) at the home of John Masters, on Elm Street in Mayberry. Barney overhears their voices and shows up anyway. The choir's usual practice place is the Mayberry Town Hall. Hazel is the name of the lady who plays the piano for the Mayberry choir. Thelma Lou plays the piano in this episode.
053	053	February 26, 1962	Guest of Honor	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
A visitor to town is given the key to the city and prizes. However, Andy and Barney discover that those are not the only things he takes when it turns out their guest of honor is a pickpocket. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. A convicted thief and pickpocket named Sheldon Davis has just been tossed out of neighboring Pierce County. His alias is Thomas A. Moody. In a hilarious speech to the new deputies, Barney gets himself (and them) so fired up with emotion that even mild-mannered Floyd Lawson is screaming at the top of his lungs. Don Knotts recalled that he "laughed so hard at Howard McNear's screaming, the entire scene had to be reshot 20 times." Sheldon Davis stays in Room #81 at the Mayberry Hotel. Mayberry has a Founders Day song: "Mayberry'll shine tonight, Mayberry'll shine. When the moon comes up and the sun goes down, Mayberry'll shine." Crowley's Market is selected as the starting point for the tour of the town for the guest of honor.
054	054	March 5, 1962	The Merchant of Mayberry	Ben Gershman and Leo Solomon	Bob Sweeney
Andy uses his wits to help a struggling salesman stay in Mayberry despite strong pressure from the competition, mean old Ben Weaver, played by Will Wright Will Wright (actor) William Henry "Will" Wright was an American character actor. He was frequently cast in curmudgeonly roles. He was sometimes credited as Will J. Wright.... . The traveling salesman, Bert Miller, is played by Sterling Holloway Sterling Holloway Sterling Price Holloway, Jr. was an American character actor who appeared in 150 films and television programs. He was also a voice actor for The Walt Disney Company... , who is best known as the voice of Winnie the Pooh The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is the 22nd full-length animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on March 11, 1977.... . Barney purchases size 11 socks from Bert, even though he actually wears size 10. Andy buys razor blades and Aunt Bee buys an 87¢ apron from Bert. Weaver's Department Store has been located in Mayberry for almost 25 years. Opie sets up a 2¢-a-glass lemonade stand in Crowley's vacant lot.
055	055	March 12, 1962	Aunt Bee the Warden	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
When the jail is full, Otis the town drunk Otis Campbell Otis Campbell is the fictional "town drunk" in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. Otis was played by Hal Smith and made frequent appearances on the show from 1960 to 1967,...  is forced to serve his sentence in a less hospitable place: the Taylor home, under Aunt Bee. Andy arrests the Gordon boys (Billy, Ike, Junior, and Sherman) for moonshining. Andy wears a gun in this episode. The equipment on his gunbelt changes from scene to scene. Mayberry has a previously unheard of physician: Doc Zack. Aunt Bee uses Roy's Laundry Service. The company makes home pickups and deliveries. There is an actual Roy's Laundry Service located in Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, NC. It is operated by Roy Hutchins and is located on Spring Street, directly across the street from the Andy Griffith Playhouse. In a blooper, as the delivery man opens the back doors of the truck for Aunt Bee who is looking for Otis, a microphone boom can be seen in the reflection of the driver side window. In a fit of rage Andy Griffith had punched a wall at his home with his right hand. This injury was worked into the script of this and the following episode. Aunt Bee is referred to as Bloody Mary Mary I of England Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...  and the Taylor home is referred to as The Rock Alcatraz Island Alcatraz Island is an island located in the San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. Often referred to as "The Rock" or simply "Traz", the small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison, and a Federal... .
056	056	March 19, 1962	The County Nurse	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Andy is forced to exert all his persuasiveness to get local farmer Rafe Hollister to take a tetanus shot from the county nurse Mary Simpson (Julie Adams Julie Adams Julie Adams is an American film and television actress, sometimes credited as Julia Adams or Betty Adams.-Life and career:... ). Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Barney reads Karate The Art Of Unarmed Self-Defense and demonstrates three moves for Andy: the Hawk, the Bull Elk and the Rattlesnake. Rafe Hollister states that his daddy lived to be 100 years old.
057	057	March 26, 1962	Andy and Barney in the Big City	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Andy and Barney are involved in the catching of a jewel thief while on a business trip to the state capital. Barney refers to the big city as "the asphalt jungle." When Barney signs the hotel register, he signs, "Bernard Fife, M.D." Questioned by Andy, he says the initials stand for Mayberry Deputy. Allan Melvin Allan Melvin Allan Melvin was an American character actor who appeared in several television shows, including the roles of Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show; Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch; and Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's...  plays the hotel detective. Andy and Barney stay in Room #920 for $7.00 per night. The woman with the jewelry stays in Room #420. C.J. Halser's mug shots are dated September 15, 1959. He is listed as 59 years of age, 5'7" tall and weighing 132 pounds. He has brown eyes and gray hair. The mug shot number is 75249. Andy and Barney have dinner in a French restaurant. Not wanting to look like a hick, Barney points to the menu and orders escargot and cervelle de veau. Andy takes no chances and orders a steak, a baked potato, and green beans.
058	058	April 2, 1962	Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
A misunderstanding leads Andy and Aunt Bee to believe that they are both anxious for her to get married. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Mayberry's Dry Cleaner is H. Fred Goss, an incessant gossip. While at the courthouse, Otis tells Andy about Goss sweet-talking Aunt Bee. As the two talk, a rare thing happens - Otis and Andy become equals, two adults. (Otis is usually childlike in relation to Andy.) In a rare occurrence in the series, Opie makes reference to his mother. The viewers get a rare glimpse of the Taylors' bathroom. On many occasions, Frances Bavier stated that "Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee" was her all-time favorite episode.
059	059	April 9, 1962	Three's a Crowd	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Romance blossoms for Andy and Mary, the county nurse, but ever-present Barney remains blissfully unaware that three constitute a crowd. Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. Mary Simpson was back again - sort of. Though the name was the same, the actress was different. This time she was a blonde, played by actress Sue Ane Langdon Sue Ane Langdon Sue Ane Langdon is a retired American actress.She began her performing career singing at Radio City Music Hall and acting in stage productions. In the mid-1960s she acted at Manhattan's Schubert Theatre in The Apple Tree musical, which starred a young Alan Alda... . Barney's favorite pizza topping is mozzarella. He also loves pepperoni. Thelma Lou's telephone number is given as 247. Andy wants to take Mary to Franklyn Woods. It features a lake and a berry patch.
060	060	April 16, 1962	The Bookie Barber	R.S. Allen and Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Barber Floyd Lawson Floyd Lawson Floyd Lawson was a fictional character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, which was inspired by a real barber in Andy Griffith's real-life hometown of Mt. Airy, North Carolina named Russell Hiatt who actually cut Andy Griffith's hair on a regular basis while Andy was young and living...  takes on an assistant who turns out to be a bookie running an illegal gambling operation on the side. Mr. Medwin charges customers 80¢ for a shampoo and $1.50 for a facial. This is the only episode that features Floyd's "Two chairs - no waiting" sign. Barney worries that Mayberry might become known as "the gateway to Monte Carlo Monte Carlo Monte Carlo is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco.... ." This is the first episode in which Barney wears a dress.
061	061	April 23, 1962	Andy on Trial	Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart	Bob Sweeney
Andy faces charges of malfeasance in office when a disgruntled traffic offender seeks revenge. Jean Boswell was played by Ruta Lee Ruta Lee Ruta Lee is a Canadian actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers... , who is best known as Alex Trebek Alex Trebek George Alexander "Alex" Trebek is a Canadian American game show host who has been the host of the game show Jeopardy! since 1984, and prior to that, he hosted game shows such as Pitfall and High Rollers. He has appeared in numerous television series, usually as himself... 's model/sidekick on High Rollers High Rollers High Rollers is an American television game show based on the dice game Shut the Box. The show aired on NBC from July 1, 1974 to June 11, 1976 and again from April 24, 1978 to June 20, 1980. Two different syndicated versions were also produced, a weekly series in the 1975–1976 season which ran... . Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. The view outside J. Howard Jackson's office window is the Hollywood Hills Hollywood Hills The Hollywood Hills is an affluent and exclusive neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in the southeastern Santa Monica Mountains. It is bound by Laurel Canyon Boulevard to the west, Vermont Avenue to the east, Mulholland Drive to the north, and Sunset Boulevard to the south.-Hollywood Hills... . J. Howard Jackson's article was titled, "Does The Sheriff Run The Town, Or Does The Town Run The Sheriff?" Barney tells Ms. Boswell the Mayberry Hotel is the town's only hotel, but in subsequent episodes, the Palmerton Hotel, the Gibson Hotel, and the Gem Hotel will be shown. This episode concluded with one of the strongest dramatic moments during the entire series. The genius of Don Knotts is displayed in his speech from the witness chair when he defends Andy as a friend and professional.
062	062	April 30, 1962	Cousin Virgil	John L. Greene and Phil Shuken	Bob Sweeney
Barney's cousin Virgil from New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...  is given a job at the courthouse, but he can't manage to do anything right. He gets over his awkwardness as soon as he learns that people have confidence in his ability. Cousin Virgil is played by Michael J. Pollard Michael J. Pollard - Early life :Born Michael John Pollack, Jr. in Passaic, New Jersey, he is the son of Sonia and Michael John Pollack. He attended the Montclair Academy and the Actors Studio.- Career :... . Otis's job interview is with Oscar Skinner at the Mayberry Feed and Grain Store. The business was established in 1890. Miss Gratham is the only person to exit the bus in Mayberry. The bus stop is located in front of Franklyn Pharmacy in Mayberry. Rance Howard Rance Howard Rance Howard is an American actor who has starred in film and on television.-Life and career:Howard was born Harold Rance Beckenholdt in Oklahoma, the son of Ethel Cleo and Engel Beckenholdt, a farmer. He changed his name to "Rance Howard" when he became an actor. He married Jean Speegle Howard... , father of Ron and Clint Howard, appears as the bus driver.
063	063	May 7, 1962	Deputy Otis	Irving Elinson and Fred S. Fox	Bob Sweeney
Otis Campbell overcomes his weakness for moonshine Moonshine Moonshine is an illegally produced distilled beverage...  and impresses his visiting relatives when Andy makes him a temporary deputy. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Barney gets all worked up when Andy deputizes Otis. He is against any kind of falsifying. Otis' brother Ralph is the town drunk in his hometown. The third and final correspondence from the Hubacher brothers comes in this episode when they write on the occasion of their second anniversary in the state pen. They mention in the letter a song sung by Junior to commemorate the occasion: "My Little Grey Home In The West." It made the warden cry.

Season 3 (1962–1963)

32 episodes

Production #	Broadcast #	Airdate	Title	Written by	Directed by
064	073	December 3, 1962	Opie's Rival	Sidney Morse	Bob Sweeney
Opie becomes jealous when his father appears to be paying special attention to a pretty girl—even taking her fishing with them. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. According to Andy, the spirits of the fire, water, and air are Budjum Snark, Brillen Trant, and Grovely Barch, respectively. According to Andy, a man named Isaak Walton "wrote the book" on fishing. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, Walton also wrote a number of short biographies which have been collected under the title of Walton's Lives. Peggy's house number is 323.
065	067	October 22, 1962	Andy and Opie - Bachelors	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
Andy and Opie try to cope when Aunt Bee is away by letting Peggy cook and do chores. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Opie's pal Johnny Paul Jason claims the following: Chewing tar is good for the teeth; if you lick the point of an indelible pencil, you will die in a minute and a half; and eating burnt food will give you a good singing voice. Ollie is a customer of Floyd's. He makes a four o'clock appointment.
066	064	October 1, 1962	Mr. McBeevee	R.S. Allen and Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Andy and Barney don't believe Opie's tale about meeting Mr. McBeevee, "a man that walks around in the trees, blows smoke out of his ears, wears a shiny silver hat" and has "twelve extra hands". Opie has an invisible horse named Blackie. Mr. McBeevee's unseen co-workers are Mr. Travers and a man named Charlie. Previously unheard of Doc Harvey is referred to in this episode.
067	065	October 8, 1962	Andy's Rich Girlfriend	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
Andy has to deal with the wealthy upper-class upbringing of his girlfriend, Peggy McMillan. Andy and Barney once started on a trip to New Orleans, but Andy's Ford Model A burned out a bearing near DeQueen Junction. Andy ended up selling the car for $12.00. Both Andy and Barney became Boy Scouts Boy Scouts of America The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...  second class in the same month. Barney once took second place, behind Andy, in a penmanship contest. Barney was best man at Andy's wedding and is Opie's godfather. Raleigh is said to be 55 miles (88.5 km) from Mayberry. While at dinner in Raleigh, Andy orders draft beer and Peggy orders a Sazerac Sazerac The Sazerac is a local New Orleans variation of an old-fashioned cognac or whiskey cocktail, named for the Sazerac de Forge et Fils brand of cognac that was its original prime ingredient. The drink is some combination of cognac, rye whiskey, absinthe or Herbsaint, and Peychaud's Bitters and... . Peggy orders escargot for her and Andy but Andy refuses to eat it.
068	069	November 5, 1962	Barney Mends a Broken Heart	Aaron Ruben	Bob Sweeney
Andy and Peggy have a fight, and Barney tries to console Andy with dates with other girls. This episode is the first appearance of the Fun Girls The Fun Girls The Fun Girls were fictional recurring characters on the 1960s American television sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show.... . Skippy's telephone number is given as 327. Barney says Mount Pilot is 12 miles (19.3 km) from Mayberry, and he jokes that Mayberry rolls up the sidewalks at 9:00 PM. Barney had met the fun girls (Skippy and Daphne) at the Tip Top Cafe in Mount Pilot a few weeks earlier. Skippy suggests the foursome go to a place in Harnett that has dancing and everything, or to a pizza place near the county line. That place serves beer! Daphne suggests they go to the Gigolo Club in Yancey. They have a floor show there. Barney would be content to go to Daphne's and watch a George Raft George Raft George Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s...  movie on television.
069	066	October 15, 1962	Andy and the New Mayor	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
The new mayor of Mayberry, Roy Stoner (Parley Baer Parley Baer Parley Edward Baer was an American actor in film, television, and radio.-Radio:Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Baer had a circus background, but began his radio career at Utah station KSL... ), is critical of Andy's work as Sheriff. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Barney tells Juanita he will bring a new Ted Weems Ted Weems Wilfred Theodore Weems was an American bandleader and musician. Weems' work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.- Biography :...  record to her house. He claims the music "soothes the savage" in him. Barney's questionable aftershave is Nuit de Paris (Paris Nights). On the bottle it says: "Capture the fragrance of Riviera rose petals and the passion of the Mediterranean moon in a rugged he-man scent". Teasing him, Andy adds: "Caution: User should wear gloves." He and Opie think it smells like paint. Andy was an hour and six minutes late for his meeting with the mayor because he was fishing with Opie.
070	068	October 29, 1962	The Cow Thief	R.S. Allen and Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Mayor Stoner steps on Andy's toes as Sheriff by calling upon a crime expert from the city to help solve several cow thefts. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Luke Jensen had been recently released from the Asheville County jail. Barney refers to Luke as a "bad penny". Barney wrote a special report on safety procedures on country roads with a catchy slogan, "Walk on the left side after dark or you'll wind up playing harp." When nearsighted Luke Jensen is caught, he has mistaken Fletch's bull for a cow. The idea for this episode came from a comment made by Andy Griffith when he innocently mentioned in a story conference a memory he had of a farmer back home who used to put shoes on his cow.
071	072	November 26, 1962	Floyd, the Gay Deceiver	Aaron Ruben	Bob Sweeney
Floyd misrepresents his worldly goods to a wealthy widow pen pal Pen pal Pen pals are people who regularly write to each other, particularly via postal mail.-Purposes:A penpal relationship is often used to practice reading and writing in a foreign language, to improve literacy, to learn more about other countries and life-styles, and to make friendships... , who suddenly decides to visit Mayberry. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Ms. Grayson claimed to own homes in Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...  and Palm Beach Palm Beach, Florida The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth... . Floyd took a course in Latin Latin Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...  while attending barber college. His teacher was fond of the phrase "Tempus edax rerum," which means "Time heals everything." As a girl in Sunday school, Aunt Bee played the queen in the play, Six Who Pass While The Lentils Boil. Floyd has blue eyes. He calls them azure.
072	071	November 19, 1962	The Mayberry Band	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
The Mayberry band, composed of more flats than sharps, gets ready for its annual trip to the state band competition. Unfortunately, Mayor Stoner won't let them go because they're terrible. Andy comes up with a clever way to fool the mayor into thinking the town band has improved. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. In the Mayberry band, Andy plays the sousaphone, Floyd plays the trombone, a man by the name of Carl plays first clarinet, and a man named Burley Peters plays the snare drum. Barney purchased a pair of cymbals (Andre Kostelanetz Andre Kostelanetz André Kostelanetz was a popular orchestral music conductor and arranger, one of the pioneers of easy listening music.-Biography:...  Marchers) from Cymbal City, a shop in Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...  that have leather handles and cost $18.50. Stars and Stripes Forever is song number 12 in the Mayberry band's brown book. The town band leaves Mayberry on a Mayberry School District school bus.
073	070	November 12, 1962	Lawman Barney	Aaron Ruben	Bob Sweeney
Barney loses his self-confidence when two farmers ignore his warnings to stop selling their produce illegally. Allan Melvin Allan Melvin Allan Melvin was an American character actor who appeared in several television shows, including the roles of Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show; Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch; and Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's...  guest stars. One of the rare episodes where Don Knotts has a non-comedic scene. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Until the premiere of Hot in Cleveland Hot in Cleveland Hot in Cleveland is an American sitcom on TV Land starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White. The series, which is TV Land's first original scripted series, premiered on June 16, 2010, and was TV Land's highest rated telecast in the cable network's 14-year history. The...  in 2010, a 2000 airing of this episode was the most watched episode in the history of the TV Land TV Land TV Land is an American cable television network launched on April 29, 1996. It is owned by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, which also owns Paramount Pictures, and networks such as MTV and Nickelodeon...  network. Andy tells the farmers that Barney always does these things just before he turns violent: (1) clears his throat; (2) tugs at his collar; and (3) beats his fist against his holster. Floyd claims Wally has the best soda pop in town, in terms of variety. Two kinds are Nectarine Crush and Huckleberry Smash. Clips from this episode were used by the United States Department Of Transportation Department of Transportation The Department of Transportation is the most common name for a government agency in North America devoted to transportation. The largest is the United States Department of Transportation, which oversees interstate travel. All U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and many local agencies also have...  television commercials endorsing seat belt usage and safety. Future Mayberry deputy Warren Ferguson (Jack Burns Jack Burns Jack Burns is an American comedian and voice actor.-Biography:In 1959, he began his career as a comedy team with George Carlin when both were working for radio station KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas... ) provided the voice for one of the test dummies.
074	074	December 10, 1962	Convicts at Large	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
Three women prisoners escape and are holed up in a remote cabin. Barney and Floyd stumble across them and are held prisoners. It is up to Andy to rescue them. This was Howard McNear's final episode for 1½ seasons as he suffered a massive stroke in 1963. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Charlie O'Malley's father-in-law owns the company Jenson's Orthopedic Loafers. They are well-to-do. Barney talks Pig Latin Pig Latin Pig Latin is a language game of alterations played in English. To form the Pig Latin form of an English word the first consonant is moved to the end of the word and an ay is affixed . The object is to conceal the meaning of the words from others not familiar with the rules...  to Andy on the telephone: "Onvicts-kay ere-hay!" Floyd and Sally's grocery list includes one pound of sugar, two pounds of coffee, four dozen eggs, four loaves of bread, ketchup, fruit, and four pounds of hamburger. Where did Floyd get the gas to drive into town for groceries? The reason why Floyd and Barney went to O'Malley's cabin was to get gas for the car. They never mentioned whether they found any at O'Malley's.
075	075	December 17, 1962	The Bed Jacket	R.S. Allen and Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Andy must make a personal sacrifice to obtain a pretty bed jacket that Aunt Bee wants for her birthday. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. The bed jacket is pale blue with little flowers, a little bow at the neck, and puffed sleeves. Mayor Stoner once offered to pay $27.50 for "Eagle-Eye Annie." Andy and Opie keep their fishing poles on a rack in their living room. Andy does a "garbage report" for the mayor.
076	078	January 7, 1963	Barney and the Governor	Bill Freedman and Henry Sharp	Bob Sweeney
Barney hangs a parking ticket on the Governor's car and refuses to tear it up. The Governor's chauffeur is played by Ron Howard's father, Rance. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. The license plate on the governor's car reads A1A Noth Capolnja. (Perhaps the strange spelling is to prevent any legal problems with a plate actually reading "North Carolina.") Mayor Stoner claims to be a good friend of the governor. A drunken Barney calls Andy "Mike." Otis tells Andy that Barney may appear to be drunk due to the fallout that has affected the milk supply.
077	079	January 14, 1963	Man in a Hurry	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
A car containing a high-powered businessman from Charlotte CHARLOTTE - CHARLOTTE :CHARLOTTE is an American blues-based hard rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1986. Currently, they are signed to indie label, Eonian Records, under which they released their debut cd, Medusa Groove, in 2010. Notable Charlotte songs include 'Siren', 'Little Devils',...  breaks down in the slow-paced town of Mayberry. The Mendelbright sisters are allowed to use the phone for three or four hours on Sundays. Malcolm Tucker is not related to the Buffalo Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...  Tuckers. Goober's telephone number is given as 371J. Charlotte Tucker married a lens-grinding man from Hutchison, Kansas who fell down a lot. Opie claims a penny is lucky if it's been run over by a train. Goober takes his motor boat out on the water every Sunday. William Keene William Keene William Keene was an American television actor who appeared on several popular television shows more than one separate occasion as a different character...  appears for the first time as Reverend Hobart M. Tucker. (He is not related to Malcolm Tucker.)
078	076	December 24, 1962	The Bank Job	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
Barney, frustrated by Mayberry's careless overall attitude toward security, stages a phony bank robbery to prove his point. This episode marks the first appearance of Gomer Pyle Gomer Pyle Gomer Pyle is a bubbly, gentle, rural auto mechanic character played by American singer/ television actor Jim Nabors. Gomer Pyle became a character on the TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, when actor Howard McNear, who played Floyd the barber, suffered a stroke and took a respite from acting. Jim...  (Jim Nabors Jim Nabors James Thurston "Jim" Nabors is an American actor and singer. Born and raised in Sylacauga, Alabama, Nabors moved to Southern California because of his asthma. While working at a Santa Monica nightclub, The Horn, he was discovered by Andy Griffith and later joined The Andy Griffith Show, playing... ). Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Leon is played by Ron Howard's brother, Clint Howard Clint Howard Clinton "Clint" Howard is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor with numerous brief appearances on television and films. He has played many bit parts in movies directed by his brother, actor-turned-director Ron Howard. He is also the uncle of actress Bryce Dallas Howard... . Barney cites two examples of carelessness in Mayberry: (1) Earl Johnson leaves his car keys in the ignition all the time; and (2) There is no night light on in the office at the Mayberry Ice House. A teasing Andy calls Barney "Glenn," in reference to Glenn Ford Glenn Ford Glenn Ford was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades... . The headline in the Mayberry Gazette after the attempted bank robbery reads "Bank Hold-Up Foiled Here" and "Sheriff Andy Talyor And Deputy Barney Fike Nip Robbery In The Bud."
079	077	December 31, 1962	One-Punch Opie	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Opie must stand up to a bully by himself. Some gossip from Aunt Bee: The Quincy family has recently moved from Richmond Richmond, Virginia Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...  to Mayberry. They are renting Charlie Eaver's home on Grove Street. Mr. Quincy is a traveling salesman who sells farm implements. Mrs. Quincy was previously married (to a serviceman) and, just prior to moving to Mayberry, had an operation on her foot. The five named members of Opie's group (of six) are Opie Taylor, Steve Quincy, Carter French, Billy Gray, and Johnny Paul Jason. This episode's theme is reminiscent of episode 34, "Opie and the Bully".
080	080	January 21, 1963	High Noon in Mayberry	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
Barney is convinced that an ex-con's visit to town is to take revenge on Sheriff Taylor. Andy wounded Luke Comstock in the leg in 1952. Barney owns 1/8 of a share of stock in the Amalgamated Oxidation and Aluminum Corporation of America, along with Floyd, Wally, and "some of the boys." He receives a dividend check in the amount of 27¢. Aunt Bee's bedroom is shown briefly. Andy keeps an unloaded revolver on top of Aunt Bee's china cabinet. The bullets are kept in a drawer. Luke Comstock owns a chain of television repair stores in Cleveland. The Deputy's Oath: "As a deputy of the county of Mayberry, I swear to uphold the laws and regulations therein, set to by statute 426 C, county rules and regulations, put there by this date, city of Mayberry, county of Mayberry, thereon."
081	081	January 28, 1963	The Loaded Goat	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Andy and Barney must contend with a goat with a bellyful of dynamite before he goes "blooie". Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Cy Hudgins tells Mayor Stoner that folks are saying the main reason he pushed so hard to get an underpass for Mayberry is because the highway will run right past his brother's filling station. A rear entrance to Barclay's Jewelry Store in Mayberry is shown. Old Miss Vickers calls the courthouse after each blast. She worries it means that Yankee Yankee The term Yankee has several interrelated and often pejorative meanings, usually referring to people originating in the northeastern United States, or still more narrowly New England, where application of the term is largely restricted to descendants of the English settlers of the region.The...  cannons are approaching.
082	082	February 4, 1963	Class Reunion	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Charles Irving
Andy and Barney organize a high school reunion and meet their old friends. Andy meets his old sweetheart and realizes why the relationship never worked out. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Mrs. Mendlebright got the idea about growing mushrooms from an ad in a magazine. Its headline read, "Grow Mushrooms At Home For Fun And Profit." It features testimonials as: "V.J. of Cincinnati reports earnings up to $600 a month," and "S.T. of Texarkana says 'My spare time is now a money-making proposition.'" The yearbook photos of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts are actual senior pictures from their respective high schools. The Mayberry Union High school song School song A school song, alma mater, school hymn or school anthem is the patronal song of a school. In England, this tradition is particularly strong in public schools and grammar schools.-Australia:*Melbourne High School - Honour the Work...  is introduced and sung in this episode. Mayberry Union High, Victory is yours well-nigh! We'll hit the line for points every time, The Orange and Blue will try, try, try, try! And when the victory’s won, You'll be our favorite son! Proud waves your banner in the sky, Mayberry Union High! The Cutlass was named after Jim Fritzell's high school yearbook, while the Mayberry colors of orange and blue are from Everett Greenbaum's high school in Buffalo, New York Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the... . Andy and Barney's classmates include (among others) Sharon Despain, Ramona Wiley Becktoris, Jarvis Eldred, Lillian Becker, Pearlie Mae Dubois, Mary Lee, Edna Thoake, Jack Sweet, Ralph Haynes, Nate Bracey, and Jack Egbert.
083	083	February 11, 1963	Rafe Hollister Sings	Harvey Bullock	Charles Irving
Rural farmer Rafe Hollister outshines Barney in singing tryouts but Mayor Stoner objects to his unsophisticated appearance. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Barney uses a honey-and-water spray for his throat. Andy calls it "bug spray." Barney claims that all the big singers, including Nelson Eddy Nelson Eddy Nelson Ackerman Eddy was an American singer and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred... , Tex Ritter Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice Ritter , better known as Tex Ritter, was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter family in acting... , and Ferlin Husky Ferlin Husky Ferlin Eugene Husky was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky honk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes... , use it. Rafe says that when he greases his shoes, all the cats in town follow him. Rafe was arrested in April 1962 for moonshining. He spent 10 days in jail. His case number was 68456735. He lives on Willow Creek Road. This episode marks the final appearance of Mayor Roy Stoner.
084	084	February 18, 1963	Opie and the Spoiled Kid	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
Opie meets a spoiled youngster named Arnold Winkler (Ronnie Dapo Ronnie Dapo Ronnie Dapo is an American former child actor who appeared in supporting roles in such television series as ABC's Room for One More and CBS's The New Phil Silvers Show .-Acting career:... ) with the new bike, who is terrorizing the townfolk with his bad behavior on the bike and decides his own allowance should be tripled. Andy refuses, and Opie starts throwing tantrums to try and guilt his father into giving in. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Arnold Winkler always calls Opie "Taylor." The following men are featured in the new "Wanted" posters at the courthouse: Henry "Shopping Bag" Leonetti (wanted for grand larceny), $4,000 reward; Max "The Tongue" Rasmussen (wanted for grand theft auto), $1500 reward; and Benjamin Schuster, a.k.a. Benji Schuse or Benny Chute (wanted for forgery), $3000 reward. Arnold Winkler's new bike is an Intercontinental Flyer, a gift from his dad. It cost $70.00.
085	085	February 25, 1963	The Great Filling Station Robbery	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Andy and Barney investigate a string of robberies at Wally's Filling Station. A young employee is blamed for the crimes but acts to uncover the true thieves. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Barney phones Juanita, the waitress at the Bluebird Diner. He greets her with "cock-a-doodle-do." Andy calls Barney "Mr. Marconi." Wally has gone to the Jefferson County seat for a week. Andy says Mr. Carter's truck battery would cost $12.95 to replace.
086	086	March 4, 1963	Andy Discovers America	John Whedon	Bob Sweeney
Andy's advice to Opie about his American history homework gets Andy in hot water with the new school teacher, Miss Helen Crump Helen Crump Helen Crump is a fictional dramatic character on the American television program The Andy Griffith Show . Helen made her debut in the third season episode "Andy Discovers America" . Helen was a schoolteacher and became main character Sheriff Andy Taylor's girlfriend...  (Aneta Corsaut Aneta Corsaut Aneta Louise Corsaut was an American actress. She is best known for playing Helen Crump on The Andy Griffith Show .... ). This is the first appearance of Helen Crump, who eventually becomes Andy Taylor's wife in the first episode of Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry R.F.D. is a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show under a new title, for the same sponsor, General Foods... . Producers liked the chemistry between Corsaut and Griffith so decided to add the character to recurring cast. Barney claims that history was one of his best subjects and tries to explain the Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War using his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves, and immediately freed 50,000 of them, with nearly... . This episode was the favorite of President Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army... .
087	087	March 11, 1963	Aunt Bee's Medicine Man	John Whedon	Bob Sweeney
After worrying about her age and health, Aunt Bee falls for the sales pitch of a fast-talking medicine man and his "Indian Elixir". Barney tries to make himself look like a publicity photo of Rock Hudson Rock Hudson Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., later Roy Harold Fitzgerald , known professionally as Rock Hudson, was an American film and television actor, recognized as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s, most notably in several romantic comedies with Doris Day.Hudson was voted "Star of the Year",... . This episode features Mayberry's first actual death: Augusta "Gussie" Finch at 10:30 AM. Aunt Bee gives the Taylor' address as 332 Maple Road. Colonel Harvey's "Indian Elixir" is 85% alcohol. Andy says Aunt Bee is such a teetotaler that she will not allow even a fruitcake in the house, on account of "a brother she had."
088	088	March 18, 1963	The Darlings Are Coming	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
The Sheriff has his hands full as a clan of mountain musicians descends on Mayberry. This is the first appearance of The Darlings The Darlings The Darlings were a fictional family of musically-inclined hillbillies in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show.The Darlings lived in a mountain shack somewhere in the mountains neighboring Mayberry... . Trivia buffs will note that Andy's microphone cord is visible in his pants leg as he first approaches the Darling's truck at the watering trough. This marks the first appearance of Denver Pyle Denver Pyle Denver Dell Pyle was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing Uncle Jesse in The Dukes of Hazzard .-Early life:... , who would go on to play Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard The Dukes of Hazzard The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.- Overview :The Dukes of Hazzard... The inscription on the trough reads: DAVID MENDELBRIGHT 1870-1933/LET NO HORSE GO THIRSTY HERE. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. The Darlings check into Room #27 at the Mayberry Hotel. The Darling boys aren't very talkative. Although they sing in most of the episodes in which they appear, this is the only episode in which they speak. In the jail cell Aunt Bee asks if everyone has had enough to eat and one of the boys says "about to pop", and as she is leaving they all stand up and say "Thank You Aunt Bee/Good Night". Dud Wash spent three years in the Army. He brought back a "tiger eye" ring for Charlene. He bought it in Spokane, Washington Spokane, Washington Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region... . Dud Wash arrives on a Southern Buslines bus out of Macon, Georgia Macon, Georgia Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia... .
089	089	March 25, 1963	Andy's English Valet	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
English tourist Malcolm Merriweather works off his reckless driving fine by being a valet and chauffeur for Andy. This is the first appearance of Bernard Fox as "Malcolm Merriweather". Malcolm refers to Andy as "Constable." Malcolm tells Andy that he's from Heckmondwike Heckmondwike Heckmondwike is a small town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, which is located geographically at the centre of West Yorkshire, England, south west of Leeds. Close to Cleckheaton and Liversedge, it is part of Cleckheckmondsedge, a name invented by J.B. Priestley to represent a West Riding... . Although Malcolm says that it's in Derbyshire Derbyshire Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx... , it's actually in West Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.... . Opie enjoys Malcolm's magic tricks and roly-poly pudding. Malcolm can make paper trees and ladders. He also enjoys painting faces on eggs. Andy mistakenly refers to Clara Edwards as "Flora." Barney originally thought Malcolm was from Canada.
090	090	April 1, 1963	Barney's First Car	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
Barney invests his life's savings in buying a used car which turns out to be a lemon Lemon (automobile) A lemon is a car, often new, that is found to be defective only after it has been bought. Any vehicle with numerous, severe issues can be termed a "lemon", and, by extension, any product with flaws too great or severe to serve its purpose can be described as a "lemon".-Origin:The use of the word... . Guest appearance by Ellen Corby Ellen Corby Ellen Corby was an American actress. She is most widely remembered for the role of "Grandma Esther Walton" on the CBS television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards...  as "Myrt". She went on to play Grandma Ellen on The Waltons The Waltons The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television... . Years later, Don Knotts would be reunited with Andy Griffith on Matlock Matlock (TV series) Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.The show's format was similar... , where Knotts played Matlock's annoying neighbor who was accused of killing the salesman's partner, who also sold him a lemon Lemon (automobile) A lemon is a car, often new, that is found to be defective only after it has been bought. Any vehicle with numerous, severe issues can be termed a "lemon", and, by extension, any product with flaws too great or severe to serve its purpose can be described as a "lemon".-Origin:The use of the word... . Andy Griffith selected this episode as his all-time favorite. Myrt's telephone number is given as MP3791. Andy claims it takes about an hour to drive from Mayberry to Mt. Pilot. Barney tells Andy that he once bought his mom and dad a septic tank as an anniversary present. Barney's lemon that he bought from Myrt is going to need plugs, points, bearings, valves, rings, starter switch, ignition wires, water pump, fuel pump, oil pump, clutch, clutch bearings, clutch plate, brake lining, brake shoes, brake drums, radiator hose, and a radiator hose cover. The car could use a good wash too. Also, sawdust was found in the differential and transmission.
091	091	April 8, 1963	The Rivals	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Opie fails at romance so Barney attempts to show him how to handle women. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. The viewer gets a rare glimpse of Thelma Lou's kitchen in this episode. When showing Karen the courthouse, Opie points out the file cabinet, the gun rack, the jail cells, and the door he goes through when he takes the trash out.
092	092	April 15, 1963	A Wife for Andy	Aaron Ruben	Bob Sweeney
Barney tries to help find a wife for Andy and sets him up with Opie's teacher, Helen Crump. Andy and Helen like each other but Barney now disapproves of Helen after learning that she can't cook and wouldn't quit working if she got married. Guest star: Janet Waldo Janet Waldo Janet Waldo is an American actress and voice artist with a career encompassing radio, television, animation and live-action films. She is best known in animation for voicing Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop and Josie McCoy in Josie and the Pussycats...  as Amanda. Clara injured herself while lifting her oven. She was trying to clean up some spilled bacon grease. Aunt Bee says Clara is walking crooked. Andy tries to read Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820...  to Opie. It's a favorite, and Opie refers to it as The Headless Horseman Headless Horseman The headless horseman has been a motif of European folklore since at least the Middle ages.The Headless Horseman is a fictional character who appears in a short story called “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” which is in a collection of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon written by Washington Irving... . Prospective women for Andy include Lavinia, Amanda, Rosemary, and Blanche.
093	093	April 22, 1963	Dogs, Dogs, Dogs	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
Opie brings in a stray dog, a minute later there is a whole pack of dogs, and just at the time as Andy is trying to impress a visiting state official. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Otis claims soda pop is bad for his liver. Among the items Andy and Barney would like to purchase for the sheriff's department: new cots, more guns, and Sam Browne belt Sam Browne belt The Sam Browne belt is a wide belt, usually leather, which is supported by a strap going diagonally over the right shoulder. It is most often seen as part of a military or police uniform.-Origins:... s. Barney recites the following quote: "The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven." The quote is from The Merchant Of Venice The Merchant of Venice The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic... , a play by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"... .
094	094	April 29, 1963	The Mountain Wedding	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Bob Sweeney
The Darling clan returns to Mayberry to seek Andy's help with a wild mountain-man who refuses to accept Charlene's marriage as valid. Andy and Barney share a song with the family. This episode is the first appearance of Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass was a fictional character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. He was played by Howard Morris.Ernest T. was an ignorant and obstreperous mountain man with a penchant for troublemaking, particularly vandalous rock throwing, which wreaked havoc on the otherwise sedentary...  (Howard Morris Howard Morris Howard Morris was an American comic actor and director who was best known for his role as Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show.- Life and career :... ). Frances Bavier and Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. Barney meets the Darling family for the first time in this episode. He was on a bus trip to Charlotte CHARLOTTE - CHARLOTTE :CHARLOTTE is an American blues-based hard rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1986. Currently, they are signed to indie label, Eonian Records, under which they released their debut cd, Medusa Groove, in 2010. Notable Charlotte songs include 'Siren', 'Little Devils',...  with his mother when Andy married Charlene and Dud. Briscoe Darling and his boys considered killing Ernest T. Bass, but Briscoe said they "kinda hated to go that far". A continuity blooper occurs when Andy, Barney, and Briscoe are talking to Ernest T. Facing the camera is Andy on the left, Briscoe in the middle, and Barney on the right. The scene's concluding shot, following a cut-away of Ernest T. retreating into the woods, has Andy and Barney in reversed positions. Ernest T. Bass serenades Charlene: Old Aunt Mariah, jump in the fire Fire too hot, jump in the pot Pot too black, jump in the crack Crack too high, jump in the sky Sky too blue, jump in canoe Canoe too shallow, jump in the tallow Tallow too soft, jump in the loft Loft too rotten, jump in the cotton Cotton so white, she stay there all night.
095	095	May 6, 1963	The Big House	Harvey Bullock	Bob Sweeney
Barney deputizes Gomer and they are both put in charge of the jailhouse while Andy participates in a manhunt. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Jim Nabors appears in this episode as Gomer Pyle. The viewer gets to see much more of the courthouse exterior than usual in this episode. George Kennedy George Kennedy George Harris Kennedy, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. He is perhaps most familiar as the convict Dragline in Cool Hand Luke , airline troubleshooter Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s and...  portrays an unnamed Memphis Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....  detective.

Season 4 (1963–1964)

32 episodes

Production #	Broadcast #	Airdate	Title	Written by	Directed by
096	100	October 28, 1963	Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Earl Bellamy
While visiting in town, Briscoe Darling mistakes Aunt Bee's hospitality for something else, and he decides to court her. When he kidnaps her and takes her to his mountain cabin, Andy must come to the rescue. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Aunt Bee recites the poem "A Fading Flower Of Forgotten Love" by Agnes Ellicott Strong. When Andy praises Aunt Bee's cooking, she exclaims "Oh flibbertigibbet!" The Darling men wolf down Aunt Bee's supper, which includes pot roast with "pearly onions" and baked potatoes. Opie protests that when he has to stay with Miss Marker, a neighbor, she feeds him grits and prunes. Andy reminds him that "young'uns" in Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...  have to eat hardtack and raw fish. (Hardtack is a cracker-like biscuit. It is sometimes called a sea biscuit). This is the only Darling family episode without Charlene.
097	101	November 4, 1963	Gomer the House Guest	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Earl Bellamy
After being fired from Wally's Filling Station for being "insufficient in his duties", Gomer must stay with the Taylors, who have difficulty adapting to his customs. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. On the fictional television show "Shep and Ralph," Ralph is a man and Shep is his dog. In this episode, young Dave is Ralph's cousin. Dave gets trapped in a mine shaft on Potter's Peak. Luther's car has been running "rough", Merle Dean's truck needs new shock absorbers, and Willie Jack's car has bad brakes.
098	097	October 7, 1963	The Haunted House	Harvey Bullock	Earl Bellamy
Andy, Barney and Gomer discover the "real" ghost in Mayberry's haunted house. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Jim Nabors appears in this episode as Gomer Pyle. Barney refers to The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...  in this episode. Moonshiner Big Jack Anderson runs a still in the abandoned old Rimshaw house. Three years after this episode was made, Don Knotts Don Knotts Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...  starred in the movie The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. The projects share several similarities.
099	098	October 14, 1963	Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Richard Crenna
Determined to get into uniform, Ernest T. Bass attempts to enlist in the United States Army United States Army The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services... , but is rejected. Allan Melvin Allan Melvin Allan Melvin was an American character actor who appeared in several television shows, including the roles of Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show; Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch; and Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's...  guest stars as the Army Recruiter. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Ernest T. calls the army doctor "Mr. Medico". Barney says that a #2 Amber Alert means that he or Andy will be awake at all times. Barney's deputy uniform came from Raleigh and is made of genuine whiplash cord.
100	099	October 21, 1963	The Sermon for Today	John Whedon	Richard Crenna
A visiting preacher urges the residents of Mayberry to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures of life — leading to more work for all. Andy guesses that the Little Orphan Annie Little Orphan Annie Little Orphan Annie was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, and made its debut on August 5, 1924 in the New York Daily News...  comic strip is 42 or 43 years old, although Annie is probably Opie's age. According to Andy, preaching begins at 11 o'clock. Barney creates a poster that read "Concert tonight - Relax to music under the stars." Andy uses a nifty bit of logic to convince him that the sign is unnecessary. Nobody can expect Clara to do anything about mildew. The town band is horribly out of tune. Their version of The Skater's Waltz must be heard to be believed.
101	096	September 30, 1963	Opie the Birdman	Harvey Bullock	Richard Crenna
Opie kills a bird with a slingshot Slingshot A slingshot, shanghai, flip, bean shooter or catapult is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame held in the off hand, with two rubber strips attached to the uprights. The other ends of the strips lead back to a pocket which holds the projectile...  and becomes foster-mother to her three young birds. Barney says keen, sharp eyes and a good set of pinching fingers made him a slingshot master. Some of his most successful shots were over-the-mountain, behind-the-barn, and under-the-bridge. Opie's bird names are Wynken, Blynken and Nod. Barney tells Opie that he should never take a wild bird into a house because it is scientifically and biologically wrong. Besides, a bird in the house means there is going to be a death in the family. Johnny Paul Jason told Opie, "If you touch a bird, it's gonna die." Barney rejects that notion as superstition. He claims it will only stunt the bird's growth.
102	102	November 11, 1963	A Black Day for Mayberry	John Whedon	Jeffrey Hayden
Barney lets slip the secret about a gold shipment coming through Mayberry on its way to Fort Knox Fort Knox Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command, United States Army Cadet... . It would seem strange that a gold truck traveling from Denver to Fort Knox would go anywhere near North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... . Guest appearances by Rance and Clint Howard (Ron Howard Ron Howard Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years... 's father and younger brother). In a continuity blooper, two different men, wearing different clothes, play the same part in the same scene. At the beginning of the episode, Rance Howard and another actor portray T-Men from the Treasury Department waiting for Andy at the courthouse. As Opie walks in the courthouse and passes the T-Men sitting down, two different actors, wearing different clothes, are portrayed. No explanation for this is given. Opie, who is standing with Aunt Bee when first seen on Main Street, is later seen atop the squad car with Leon, who is holding a balloon. Look for this unusual brotherly scene when the gold truck comes to town and Andy orders the crowd to go home. Andy wears a gun in this episode.
103	103	November 18, 1963	Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain	John Whedon	Jeffrey Hayden
Opie is rewarded for a perfect report card with a new bicycle, but his good grades turn out to be a mistake. Opie claims that Barbie Tyler gets good grades because she is Miss Crump's pet. At the Taylor house Barney has a personalized coffee cup with a "B" on it. Barney still has his history book from the eighth grade. Barney claims that kids are too pampered today. When he was young, there were no food breaks. Anyone caught chewing anything in school had to stay after school and clap erasers. Andy brags that he should photograph Opie's report card and show it off to Edgar Beasley, who is always bragging about his young'un.
104	105	December 2, 1963	Up in Barney's Room	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Jeffrey Hayden
Barney is evicted for cooking chili in his room at Mrs. Mendlebright's rooming house. He then sets about making the Sheriff's office back room "just like home". Meanwhile, Mrs. Mendelbright's new tenant and fiance turns out to be a con man. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. A sign in front of the Mendelbright Park Apartments declares: "No children, No pets, No cooking, No vacancies." Barney has bound volumes of True Blue Detective magazine, dating from 1959. They feature good stories such as "I Married A Fink," "How It Feels To Pull The Switch," and "I Picked A Pocket And Paid." The dresser that Barney scorched with his hot plate had been bussed to Mayberry all the way from Fort Lauderdale. Opie and Andy take in a Gregory Peck Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck was an American actor.One of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s, Peck continued to play important roles well into the 1980s. His notable performances include that of Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won an...  movie. (Although not mentioned, the movie was probably To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature... ). Barney comes close to tears as he recalls the time Mrs. Mendelbright washed his hair because he had such a bad sunburn he could not raise his arms. Mrs. Mendelbright withdraws her entire savings of $3,600.43 from the bank.
105	104	November 25, 1963	A Date for Gomer	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Richard Crenna
Barney plays cupid for Gomer when Thelma Lou refuses to go to a dance unless he finds a date for her unattractive cousin. Guest appearance by Mary Grace Canfield Mary Grace Canfield Mary Grace Canfield is an American actress who often played the role of a romance-starved spinster/wallflower...  as Thelma Lou's cousin, best known as "Ralph Monroe" on Green Acres Green Acres Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm... . In the opening scene Andy and Opie are leaving Floyd's Barber Shop. A substitute actor can be seen portraying Floyd (due to Howard McNear Howard McNear Howard Terbell McNear was an American film, television and radio character actor. McNear is best remembered as Floyd Lawson, the barber in The Andy Griffith Show and as Doc Charles Adams in CBS Radio's Gunsmoke .-Career:McNear was born in Los Angeles, California to Luzetta M. Spencer and Franklin...  suffering from a stroke). Thelma Lou's house number is 830. Barney buys Thelma Lou some West Indian Licorice Mocha Delight ice cream from Murphy's House of the Nine Flavors. Andy ran into Al Becker and a big collie dog at Norman's Groceteria where Ms. Speers works. None of Andy's friends seem to know Al. Barney isn't going to stand in the stag line at the dance with Old Mr. Perkins and a bunch of slumped-over teenage boys. For historical purposes, it is worth noting that this episode aired just three days after President John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....  was assassinated.
106	106	December 16, 1963	Citizen's Arrest	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Richard Crenna
Barney tickets Gomer for making an illegal U-turn, only to be arrested by Gomer for the same offense. A man named Pinkley was Mayberry's Sheriff in 1931. He was followed, chronologically, by Fred Paley, Dale Buckley, and Andy Taylor. In 1931, Purcell Branch, father of Tyler Branch, was arrested for disturbing the peace, a misdemeanor. He drove his REO REO Motor Car Company The REO Motor Car Company was a Lansing, Michigan based company that produced automobiles and trucks from 1905 to 1975. At one point the company also manufactured buses on its truck platforms.REO was initiated by Ransom E. Olds during August 1904...  Flying Cloud down Mayberry's Main Street with the cut-out open. A man named Freiburger once arrested Barney's father for speeding. Barney received his first revolver as deputy in August 1953. Otis took his first drink 27 years ago (1936). Jim Nabors picked this episode as his favorite.
107	127	May 18, 1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Aaron Ruben
Gomer announces that he has enlisted in the Marines United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States... . Andy takes him to report for boot camp and gives the drill instructor the impression Gomer is related to General Lucius Pyle. Frank Sutton Frank Sutton Frank Spencer Sutton was an American actor best remembered for his role of Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter on the CBS television series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.-Early life:...  appears as Sergeant Vince Carter. This episode led to the spin-off Spin-off (media) In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...  series of the same name Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.The show renders the title as Gomer Pyle - USMC. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy... . Andy Griffith and Jim Nabors are the only actors from the regular cast to appear in this episode. The gate used for Camp Wilson was actually the Cahuenga gate at Desilu Studios. Nelson's Funeral Parlor printed the lyrics to the "Marine Corps Hymn" on the back of its calendar one year.
108	107	December 30, 1963	Opie and His Merry Men	John Whedon	Richard Crenna
Opie and his chums take their roles as Robin Hood and his men seriously as they steal food from their parents to feed a poor hobo living in the woods. The hobo is known to Barney as "Weird Willie." The deputy had twice before run him out of Crouch's Woods. Weird Willie had a fracture of the "petula obendala". When Barney gets mad, a vein on his neck sticks out.
109	108	January 6, 1964	Barney and the Cave Rescue	Harvey Bullock	Richard Crenna
Barney organizes a rescue party when Andy and Helen are trapped in a cave by a landslide. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Barney claims that if a bat or a moth lays eggs in your hair, you will go crazy. Gomer said that his cousin Goober once got lost in a cave while chasing a skunk. The skunk's scent led him back out, and Goober made it into a pet. After the rescue, the headline of the Mayberry Gazette reads, "DEPUTY FIFE HERO IN CAVE RESCUE." A picture of Barney is featured. This front page will be seen framed on a courthouse wall for years to come.
110	109	January 13, 1964	Andy and Opie's Pal	Harvey Bullock	Richard Crenna
Opie becomes jealous of the attention his father pays to Opie's new friend. Trey Bowden is from Erie, Pennsylvania Erie, Pennsylvania Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000... . Gomer (and Barney) believe that Jesse Pearson, owner of Pearson's Sweet Shop, may be running an illegal contest. Andy escourted the queen of the state's Apricot Festival through Mayberry on June 23, 1952. Opie's football jersey sports the number 14. He is the quarterback. Johnny Paul and Howie are two of his teammates. When Opie calls, "55,66,77,88 and 99," it means everybody go out for a pass. Miss Moran was Andy and Barney's fourth grade teacher. That was when they first started hanging out together. Opie and Trey become blood brothers, using red barn paint to mark their arms.
111	110	January 20, 1964	Aunt Bee the Crusader	John Whedon	Coby Ruskin
Aunt Bee leads a protest movement against what she sees as heavy-handed application of the law by Andy, when a chicken farmer's property is condemned to make way for a new road. Mr. Frisby gives Opie a rooster named Beauregard and Aunt Bee a mustache cup. It is decorated with her favorite flower, the rose. Barney gets caught up in Aunt Bee's anger at the county. He calls all county employees "a bunch of goldbrickers and deadheads." Andy reminds him that they themselves are county employees. Among the protest signs the women carry are "The County Has No Heart"; "Highways Are Killers"; "Is There No Mercy?"; Don't Patronize This Jail"; "Stop The Land Grab"; and Aunt Bee's sign, "Sheriff Taylor Is Unfair."
112	111	January 27, 1964	Barney's Sidecar	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Coby Ruskin
Barney adds a vintage motorcycle to the Sheriff's Department, finding many new police uses for the vehicle. Appearance made by Ray Kellogg Ray Kellogg Edgar Ray Kellogg was an American film director from Iowa.During World War II, Kellogg was a US Navy Lieutenant with the O.S.S. Field Photographing Branch where he became acquainted with John Ford.... . Mrs. Beggs nearly got run off of Highway 6 by a woman speeder. Mrs. Begg's sister, Tillie, was the victim of a bad dentist in Nashville as a child and, as a result, has very long teeth. In school she was nicknamed "The Beaver." Opie received a wood burning set as a birthday present. Neither Barney nor his mother can stand for anyone else to wear their hats. Andy calls Barney "Baron Von Richtofen." The plaque made by Andy found under the seat of the sidecar: "First motorcycle to cross the Marne River. Battle of Chateau-Thierry Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) The Battle of Château-Thierry was fought on 18 July 1918 and was one of the first actions of the American Expeditionary Force under General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing... ...6-12-18 Passenger, Black Jack Pershing...Driver - Corporal Nate Jackson A.E.F." Andy pulls over a tank on Highway 6, believing it to be another of Barney's outlandish purchases. However, the driver is Major Hobart of the Army's Twenty-Second division, on his way to a military display.
113	112	February 3, 1964	My Fair Ernest T. Bass	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Earl Bellamy
Andy undertakes a difficult task: refine Ernest T. Bass to the point where he would pass for a sophisticated gentleman. Guest appearance by Doris Packer Doris Packer Doris Packer was an American actress, possibly best known as Mrs. Cornelia Rayburn, Theodore Cleaver's principal in Leave It to Beaver.... . Barney refers to The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is often considered to be, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas's most popular work. He completed the work in 1844... . Barney claims that the ladies at the social are all "dogs." He tells Andy that "if you flew a quail through this room, every woman in it would point!" Ramona Ancrum is the granddaughter of "Rotten Ray" Ancrum. Mr. Ancrum came down from the hills in 1870 and burned the town of Mayberry down. Soon afterward, he opened the Ancrum Charcoal Company, which still exist. The mysterious Mr. Schwump makes his debut in this episode. Obviously, this episode was inspired by George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60... 's play Pygmalion Pygmalion (play) Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts is a play by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of... . It was made into a film of the same title in 1938, and set to music in the Broadway Broadway theatre Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...  film My Fair Lady My Fair Lady (film) My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe stage musical, of the same name, based on the 1938 film adaptation of the original stage play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. The ballroom scene and the ending were taken from the previous film adaptation , rather than from... .
114	113	February 10, 1964	Prisoner of Love	Harvey Bullock	Earl Bellamy
A female prisoner (Susan Oliver Susan Oliver Susan Oliver was an American actress, television director and aviator.-Early life and family:Susan Oliver was born Charlotte Gercke, the daughter of journalist George Gercke and astrology practitioner Ruth Hale Oliver, in New York City in 1932. Her parents divorced when she was still a child... ) tries to use her "womanly wiles" on Andy and Barney to secure her release. Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. Shy Mayberrian Henry Gilley dated Tyla Lee Vernon for 16 years before he finally got the nerve to propose. She accepted, and they live in a little yellow house, two up from the corner (from the courthouse). Otis' doctor told him that moonshine would blind him sooner or later. The unnamed prisoner was given the name Angela Carroll in an unproduced script. Perhaps it was decided that the lack of a name added to the sense of mystery. This episode is very sensual and unique.
115	114	February 17, 1964	Hot Rod Otis	Harvey Bullock	Earl Bellamy
Otis Campbell Otis Campbell Otis Campbell is the fictional "town drunk" in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. Otis was played by Hal Smith and made frequent appearances on the show from 1960 to 1967,...  acquires a car and threatens life and limb of Mayberry's pedestrian population. Andy, Barney, and Otis are the only characters to appear in this episode. Andy recites the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions...  to Otis to help him fall asleep. Otis loves fairy tales such as Rumplestilskin. Barney shakes down a gumball machine outside of the grocery store. Andy and Barney sing "The Vacant Chair," a song about family members mourning their loved one killed in the American Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... . The subject of the song, Lt. John William Grout of Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010... , was killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff Battle of Ball's Bluff The Battle of Ball's Bluff, also known as the Battle of Harrison’s Island or the Battle of Leesburg, was fought on October 21, 1861, in Loudoun County, Virginia, as part of Union Maj. Gen. George B... , Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... , on October 21, 1861. The following month, Henry S. Washburn wrote a poem about the Grout family's anguish. The words were set to music by noted songwriter George F. Root.
116	115	February 24, 1964	The Song Festers	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Earl Bellamy
Barney suffers an ego blow when he is replaced in the choir by the surprisingly-talented Gomer. Andy Griffith's wife, Barbara, appears as a member of the singing group. Her only line is "I'm sorry, Mr. Masters." Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. YLRB is a radio station in Mount Pilot. Miss Poultice has a portrait of a Saint Bernard over her fireplace. Barney tells Andy that Leonard Blush does all the vocals on the Ethel Page Organ Recital shows. Andy only recalls a canary singing in the background. About 10 years ago, Miss Page and her canary performed on Sunday afternoons at the Pot O'Honey restaurant. Mr. Masters states that the choir arrangement for their featured song, "Santa Lucia Santa Lucia Santa Lucia is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was transcribed by Teodoro Cottrau and published by the Cottrau firm, as a "barcarolla", at Naples in 1849. Cottrau translated it from Napuletano into Italian during the first stage of the Risorgimento, the first Neapolitan song to be given Italian... ," came from New York.
117	116	March 2, 1964	The Shoplifters	Sam Bobrick and Bill Idelson	Coby Ruskin
After Weaver's Department Store experiences a series of thefts, Barney decides to go deep undercover (disguising himself as a mannequin Mannequin A mannequin is an often articulated doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, and others especially to display or fit clothing... ) to get to the bottom of the situation. Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. Barney says there is a story going around about lingerie shop employee Myra Koonce. We never get to hear the full story, but it has something to do with "that fellow who came through from Chattanooga." Weaver's Department Store is located at 501 Main Street. Thelma Lou's telephone number is given as 596. The lady shoplifter manages to steal Barney's gun. Ben Weaver refers to Asa Breeney as Rip Van Winkle Rip Van Winkle "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon... . When Barney and Ben are scuttling around in Weaver's store at night, Barney bumps into a talking Bozo the Clown Bozo the Clown Bozo the Clown is a clown character very popular in the United States, peaking in the 1960s as a result of widespread franchising in early television.Originally created by Alan W...  doll. The toy's recorded voice says "Just keep laughin!" followed by kooky laughter. A sign above the employees' coffeepot at Weaver's says: "Don't Forget To Feed The Kitty."
118	117	March 9, 1964	Andy's Vacation	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Jeffrey Hayden
Andy takes a week off, leaving Barney and Gomer in charge. A prisoner also takes off in the resultant confusion. Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. An irate Andy gives a combative husband and wife the following options: Pay a $10 fine or begin serving a 10-day jail sentence. Lentwood Federal Prison is over 400 miles (643.7 km) away from Mayberry. Hugo Hotfleisch is a German World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...  veteran, and a good friend of Barney's. A man named Arthur wants to make sure that his place of business is checked daily while Andy is on vacation. Barney claims he has logged 10 years in law enforcement. This is roughly consistent with information from "Citizen's Arrest," where Barney claims to have received his first revolver in 1953 (11 years prior to the episode, not 10, implying one claim or the other, or both, to be a rough estimate). The sign at Wally's Filling Station blew down at 4:00 AM during a wind storm.
119	118	March 16, 1964	Andy Saves Gomer	Harvey Bullock	Jeffrey Hayden
An appreciative Gomer is willing to do anything to show his gratitude for Andy's saving his life, and proceeds to make a pest of himself. (This was Howard McNear Howard McNear Howard Terbell McNear was an American film, television and radio character actor. McNear is best remembered as Floyd Lawson, the barber in The Andy Griffith Show and as Doc Charles Adams in CBS Radio's Gunsmoke .-Career:McNear was born in Los Angeles, California to Luzetta M. Spencer and Franklin... 's first episode back after his stroke in 1963.) Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. The fire was caused by Wally. He carelessly tossed his cigar butt into a barrel of oily rags. Gomer brings Andy some freshly caught fish for breakfast. He also washes and waxes the patrol car, washes the courthouse windows, trims the Taylors' hedges, and picks some flowers. The Taylors use cell #1 as a temporary hideout from Gomer in order to have dinner without interference.
120	119	March 23, 1964	Bargain Day	John Whedon	Jeffrey Hayden
Despite Andy's objections, Aunt Bee attempts to save money by buying an entire side of beef at a discount market, but finds her freezer isn't going to cooperate. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Andy had planned on buying some shoes for Opie at Finley's. However, Aunt Bee already got a pair. They were discounted from $6.50 to $4.89 at a Mount Pilot outlet store. Aunt Bee buys sugar in bulk. She also buys 150 pounds of beef at Diamond Jim's. In the freezer, Gomer finds a golf ball, a mousetrap, and an inspection tag. The tags says, "Serviced by Ed's Refrigeration, March 3, 1951." Andy purchases a new freezer from a Mount Pilot business. The brand name is Super Freeze.
121	120	March 30, 1964	Divorce, Mountain Style	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Jeffrey Hayden
Charlene Darling (Maggie Peterson Maggie Peterson Maggie Peterson Mancuso is an American television actress. She is best known for playing Charlene Darling on The Andy Griffith Show... ) gets a mountain-style divorce and, according to mountain lore, must marry Andy. Andy and Barney try to find a way out of the situation. Bob Denver Bob Denver Robert Osbourne "Bob" Denver was an American comedic actor known for his roles as Gilligan on the television series Gilligan's Island and the beatnik Maynard G. Krebs on the 1959–1963 TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.-Early life:Denver was born in New Rochelle, New York, and raised in... , best known for his role as Gilligan on Gilligan's Island Gilligan's Island Gilligan's Island is an American television series created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The situation comedy series featured Bob Denver; Alan Hale, Jr.; Jim Backus; Natalie Schafer; Tina Louise; Russell Johnson; and Dawn Wells. It aired for... , plays Dud Wash. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. The contents of the bag Charlene buried: one beak of an owl, four tail feathers from a chicken hawk, a piece of bacon, and a broken comb. Preacher Winslow is a minister in Mayberry. Barney hates to wear black. He believes it makes him look thin. As a child, Barney sat on the hood of his uncle's Hudson Terraplane and had his picture taken. Barney dances to the Darlings' music (some very fancy footwork by the way).
122	121	April 6, 1964	A Deal Is a Deal	Sam Bobrick and Bill Idelson	Jeffrey Hayden
Opie gets caught in a phony scheme to sell salve, so Gomer and Barney concoct a scheme to solve the problem. Andy and Barney used to sell flower seeds when they were kids. The flowers were guaranteed to bloom, night and day, for six months. Barney still has five packs of the seeds. Miracle Salve claims to cure crow's feet, poison ivy, athlete's foot, prickly rash, complextion and spring itch. According to Barney, you fight fire with fire, and you deal with a fox by outfoxing him. The Miracle Salve Company is located in an office building, Room #106, in Mount Pilot. The building also houses the offices of Ideal Construction Company (Room #110), the law firm of Lonas, Hill and Davison (Room #108) and R. Auda Enterprises, Inc. (Room #112). 946 jars of Miracle Salve are delivered to Andy's house.
123	122	April 13, 1964	Fun Girls	Aaron Ruben	Coby Ruskin
Two fun-loving blondes, Daphne (Jean Carson Jean Carson Jean Carson was an American stage, film and television actress best known for her work on the classic 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show as one of the "fun girls".-Biography:Born to Alexander W... ) and Skippy (Joyce Jameson Joyce Jameson Joyce Jameson was an American actress best remembered for her blonde bimbo roles during the Marilyn Monroe period... ), cause problems for Andy and Barney with their unwanted flirting. First appearance of Goober Pyle Goober Pyle Goober is a fictional character in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and its later sequel series Mayberry RFD. He was played by George Lindsey. Lindsey initially read for the part of Gomer Pyle, which went to singer Jim Nabors...  (George Lindsey George Lindsey George Lindsey is an American character actor, best known for his role as "Goober Pyle" on The Andy Griffith Show, as well as for his tenure on Hee-Haw.-Early life and career :... ). This is the only episode to feature both Gomer and Goober Pyle, who are cousins. Barney learned how to sew and crochet by watching his mother. Goober imitates Cary Grant Cary Grant Archibald Alexander Leach , better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor who later took U.S. citizenship...  by uttering quickly, "Judy Judy Judy Judy Judy." For Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson was a Romanian-born American actor. A popular star during Hollywood's Golden Age, he is best remembered for his roles as gangsters, such as Rico in his star-making film Little Caesar and as Rocco in Key Largo... , he screws up his face and says "Okay you guys. Come on you guys. Alright you guys. Beat it you guys." When he imitates "Chester" of Gunsmoke Gunsmoke Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West.... , he walks around with a highly exaggerated limp. For his supper, Barney planned to order the following items from the diner: two chili-size burgers with chopped onions, ketchup, piccalilli and mustard, a side of French fries, a slab of rhubarb pie, and a chocolate malt. Skippy jokes that the son of a cop usually grows up to be a gangster. During the first dance, the band plays "Carolina in the Morning Carolina in the Morning "Carolina in the Morning" is a popular song with words by Gus Kahn and music by Walter Donaldson, first published in 1922 by Jerome H. Remick & Co.... ." During the switch-partners number, the song "When the Saints Come Marching In" is played. Andy calls the bandleader Earle. This was his way of recognizing Earle Hagen Earle Hagen Earle Harry Hagen was an American composer who created music for movies and television. He is remembered for co-writing and whistling "The Fishin' Hole", the melody of the main theme to The Andy Griffith Show, the instrumental classic "Harlem Nocturne" used as the theme to television's Mickey... , who did such a tremendous job with the music throughout the series.
124	123	April 20, 1964	The Return of Malcolm Merriweather	Harvey Bullock	Coby Ruskin
The bicycling Brit who served as Andy's valet (episode #89) returns to Mayberry, leading Aunt Bee to feel unappreciated. Barney tells Malcolm that the U.S. won the Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Bunker Hill The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War...  in 1776. Malcolm corrects him by telling him the British won, not only at Bunker Hill, but also at Lexington and Concord Battles of Lexington and Concord The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy , and Cambridge, near Boston... . Barney blurts out that at least the U.S. won the war. For a lunch at the courthouse, Malcolm serves Andy and Barney cornish pasty (meat and potatoes at one end and plum pudding at the other). Malcolm puts some hair tonic from England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...  on Opie's hair. Barney compliments Malcolm on his tasty beef stew. Malcolm says his secret is using a double dollop of cooking sherry. This information alarms Barney because he is due to go on duty.
125	124	April 27, 1964	The Rumor	James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum	Coby Ruskin
Andy kisses Helen in a jewelry store, and Barney interprets the kiss as tantamount to a secret engagement. The town gets the word and prepares a surprise party for the couple. Andy greets a woman named Miss Cleta on Main Street. He compliments her for wearing a pretty black oilcloth coat. The Friday night special at the diner is catfish casserole. Rance Howard appears as a guest at the surprise party. Barney lost the little blackbook containing the names of each contributor to the surprise party and the amount of money each spent. However, he claims he remembers who gave what.
126	125	May 4, 1964	Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt	Sam Bobrick and Bill Idelson	Coby Ruskin
Barney's fear of commitment leads Thelma Lou to use Gomer to make him jealous, and Barney becomes furious when he sees her kissing him. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. While walking home from the movies, Barney and Thelma gaze at a blue sofa and a green rug displayed in a store window. Thelma Lou comments, "It's smart," but Barney prefers to have a leather chair. He says he wants a den that smells like real leather and also smells of pipe tobacco. The den would contain good books and a dog. No ladies, including Thelma Lou, would be allowed in his den. Barney tells Andy that Mount Pilot is 12 miles (19.3 km) from Mayberry. Gomer says his Mount Pilot lunch, which included 3 eggs and 6 flapjacks, must have "set Thelma Lou back" over 70¢.
127	126	May 11, 1964	Back to Nature	Harvey Bullock	Coby Ruskin
Andy, Barney, and Gomer take Opie and several of his pals on a camping trip. Barney and Gomer succeed in getting themselves lost in the woods, giving Barney a perfect excuse to show off his knowledge of wilderness survival techniques. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Barney is upset because the new gas nozzle at the filling station scratched the squad car. Gomer wants to see a Preston Foster Preston Foster Preston Foster was an American stage and film actor, and singer. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. He was appearing in Broadway plays as late as October 1931 when he acted in a play titled Two Seconds starring Edward J. Pawley...  movie on television instead of going on the camping trip. Barney "starts" a fire and builds a snare. Barney and Gomer follow Andy's bird calls back to camp. Gomer shows the boys the snare Barney made. In a continuity blooper, as the two run through the woods, neither Gomer nor Barney was carrying the snare. Nevertheless, Gomer has it with him when he emerges into camp. This episode marks Jim Nabors' final filmed appearance in the series.

Season 5 (1964–1965)

32 episodes

Note: This is Don Knotts' last season.

Production #	Broadcast #	Airdate	Title
128	133	October 26, 1964	Barney's Bloodhound
Barney attempts to train a bloodhound to aid in Mayberry law enforcement. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. The cabin in which Andy and Barney are held captive is owned by the Forbes family of Mayberry. Ralph Neal changes clothing with Barney at the cabin in order to look like he's the deputy and Barney's the crook. Andy and Barney enjoy listening to Leonard Blush's radio show on the "voice of Mt. Pilot", WMPD. Mr. Blush is known as the "Masked Singer".
129	130	October 5, 1964	Family Visit
Aunt Bee invites relatives to visit and Andy becomes concerned when Uncle Ollie borrows the patrol car to go fishing. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Four generations of the Beamon family attend church in Mayberry. The Mayberry Gas Works is mentioned. It has a blacktop parking lot. The Bears are a baseball team in Mayberry. Racine Tyler of Lake Charles' telephone number is 439-7123. This is the only "regular" 7-digit telephone number mentioned in the series. Andy's second cousin, Todd, is a wiper on an oil tanker. He will not return to America "because of a girl in Cleveland, Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus... ". Although it is never stated, it is implied that the city of Lake Charles Lake Charles, Louisiana Lake Charles is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Located in Calcasieu Parish, a major cultural, industrial, and educational center in the southwest region of the state, and one of the most important in...  is in Louisana. In a goof, three members of the Felt Brothers Gang have escaped from the state prison in Meehawken, South Carolina. After their capture, in a telephone conservation, Andy states "caught both of them, huh." Kenneth Butts portrays Roger, and Billy Booth portrays Bruce. The cast credits have the children's roles reversed. This episode reunites as guest stars James Westerfield James Westerfield James A. Westerfield was an American actor.Born in Nashville, Tennessee, he starred in more than 50 films during his lifetime...  and Forrest Lewis Forrest Lewis -Career:In the mid-1950s, Lewis appeared briefly as a deputy in the syndicated crime drama Sheriff of Cochise, starring John Bromfield. He also guest starred with Maudie Prickett in the episode "Brief Glory" of the syndicated western series 26 Men... . Together they played the confused police officers Hanson and Kelly in the Disney movies The Shaggy Dog The Shaggy Dog (1959 film) The Shaggy Dog is a black and white 1959 Walt Disney film about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who is transformed into an Old English Sheepdog by an enchanted ring of the Borgias. The film was based on the story, The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten... , The Absent Minded Professor and Son of Flubber Son of Flubber Son of Flubber is the 1963 black-and-white sequel to the Walt Disney children's movie comedy The Absent-Minded Professor , also starring Fred MacMurray as a scientist who has perfected a high-bouncing substance, Flubber that can levitate an automobile and cause athletes to bounce into the sky... .
130	132	October 19, 1964	Aunt Bee's Romance
Aunt Bee's old flame, a practical joker, shows up in Mayberry and resumes his courtship. Andy has misgivings. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. Three of Aunt Bee's pen pals in Raleigh are Mrs. Deacon, Donna Forbes, and Rita Akin. Opie gets to go on a field trip to a bakery in Mt. Pilot. He and his classmates get to watch them make doughnuts. Andy can't stand Roger Hanover. Roger ruins one of Andy's electrical cords when he tries to repair it. This further endears Roger to Andy. Andy sarcastically tells Roger that he (Andy) is a giant when it comes to potting petunias. Roger tries to extort $400 from Andy.
131	129	September 28, 1964	Barney's Physical
A campaign to fatten and stretch Barney gets underway when it becomes apparent he doesn't match up to new Civil Service physical requirements. Barney joined the sheriff's office on May 16, 1959. Barney and Thelma Lou first met at Wilton Blair's funeral in 1960. Barney receives a stainless steel water-proof wrist watch from Andy, Aunt Bee, Thelma Lou, Floyd and Opie in recognition of his five-year anniversary. The inscription on the back bears the numeral 5. In a blooper, as Aunt Bee, Thelma Lou, Floyd and Opie are preparing for Barney's surprise party, the single date calendar of the wall reads "May 15". After Barney enters the courthouse the date has changed to "May 16". There is a bent lamp post on the corner of Maple Street. In a rare scene, Andy wears a tie with his uniform. Opie charges his friends 5¢ to see Barney "hanging himself."
132	128	September 21, 1964	Opie Loves Helen
Opie develops a crush on his teacher, Miss Helen Crump Helen Crump Helen Crump is a fictional dramatic character on the American television program The Andy Griffith Show . Helen made her debut in the third season episode "Andy Discovers America" . Helen was a schoolteacher and became main character Sheriff Andy Taylor's girlfriend... , who happens to be his father's girlfriend. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Andy and Barney's nickname for one of their old schoolteachers, Mrs. Von Roeder, was "the beast of the fourth floor". The mischievous duo once put ink in her thermos bottle, a tack on her chair, and a garter snake in her desk drawer. Opie and his classmates hold a collection drive for the Red Cross.
133	131	October 12, 1964	The Education of Ernest T. Bass
Ernest T. goes back to school to earn a diploma after his girl spurns him as illiterate. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Ernest T. considers Helen Crump his "mother figure". Barney prefers not to eat lunch at the drugstore because everything there tastes like medicine. The lunch special at the Mayberry Diner is chicken wings, rice, and mixed vegetables. Barney claims the chickens must have done a lot of flying because their wings are so small. Ernest T. has shaved the back of his neck. Ernest T. has a unique way of adding 25 + 25.
134	134	November 2, 1964	Man in the Middle
Barney and Thelma Lou have a lovers' quarrel. Andy tries to help but only succeeds in getting caught in the middle. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. The movie playing in Mayberry during this episode is The Monster From Out Of Town. Andy likes Helen to wear her green dress when they go out. Mayberrian Jed McIntyre has lived alone for 25 years. He smiles a lot and talks to himself.
135	135	November 9, 1964	Barney's Uniform
Barney starts wearing his uniform all the time after being threatened with bodily harm if he's ever caught off-duty. Allan Melvin Allan Melvin Allan Melvin was an American character actor who appeared in several television shows, including the roles of Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show; Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch; and Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's...  guest stars. The Mayberry Charity Dance is at 8:00 PM on Wednesday. The cost is $3.00 per couple. Fred Goss, Mayberry's dry cleaner, misplaces Barney's suit for a few days. It was accidentally sent to a Mr. Fitz in Siler City. Sunday's sermon was titled "The Dice Are Loaded Against the Evil-Doer." Mr. Izamoto is an instructor at the Mount Pilot Judo Society.
136	136	November 16, 1964	Opie's Fortune
Opie finds a wallet containing $50. Opie waits a week for the owner to claim the money but the owner shows up after Opie is given the money. Earl Pike purchased a new car for his son's birthday. His son is 57 years old. Rhoda Apple is getting married. It was announced in Mayberry After Midnight a regular feature of the Mayberry Gazette. This column is written by 16-year-old Red Akins. A Mayberry couple, Howard and Lorraine Felcher, are getting a divorce. Lorraine is a drinker. Bannertown is the real name of a North Carolina town, just two miles (3 km) from Mount Airy.
137	137	November 23, 1964	Goodbye, Sheriff Taylor
Andy goes to Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...  for a job interview, and chaos prevails in Mayberry, with Barney Fife as acting Sheriff. George Lindsey returns to the show as Goober Pyle Goober Pyle Goober is a fictional character in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and its later sequel series Mayberry RFD. He was played by George Lindsey. Lindsey initially read for the part of Gomer Pyle, which went to singer Jim Nabors... . He won't be a series regular until the beginning of the sixth season. This is the first episode in which Goober is seen wearing his trademark beanie. This episode features Otis when he is neither drunk or jailed. Andy delivers a gun permit to a man named Ben Lucas. There once was a big accident at the intersection of Fourth and Main streets. It involved a garbage truck and a hook and ladder truck. Floyd claims that the traffic jam created by Goober is the worst he has seen since the 1939 World's Fair.
138	138	November 30, 1964	The Pageant
Aunt Bee lands the starring role in the Mayberry Centennial Pageant, but she turns out to be a terrible actress. In the play, the town of Mayberry was originally known as Happy Valley. When Clara takes over the role of housekeeper at the Taylors', she promises to bake her famous apple pie for Andy and Opie every day of the week. When Aunt Bee was a child in West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...  in the 1920s, she had the lead role of Alice in a church play called The Little Princess. It was directed by the Reverend Dargood, and Bee's performance received rave reviews. Barney knows the following tongue twisters: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." "She sells sea shells by the sea shore." "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" "With sturdy wrists and loudest boasts he thrusts his fists against the post and still insist he sees a ghost." He can't quite master "Rubber baby buggy bumpers."
139	139	December 7, 1964	The Darling Baby
The Darlings The Darlings The Darlings were a fictional family of musically-inclined hillbillies in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show.The Darlings lived in a mountain shack somewhere in the mountains neighboring Mayberry...  come to town and choose Opie to become the future husband of Charlene's infant daughter. Andelina's dowry included an 8' x 10' cottage on the back twenty. It needs a roof and fresh mud on the floor. The lucky husband will also get a cow and two acres of side hill (complete with good strong boulders). In this episode, Opie is 10 and Barney is 35 (making him a bit young to have been in the Army during World War II, as claimed in "Quiet Sam"; in 1941, he would have been only 12 years old!). Barney gets tipsy on mulberry squeezings.
140	140	December 14, 1964	Andy and Helen Have Their Day
Andy and Helen are supposed to have a day off, but are continually interrupted at their secluded picnic spot by Barney's constant questions. Barney says that Myers Lake is in Stokes County Stokes County, North Carolina -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 44,711 people, 17,579 households, and 13,043 families residing in the county. The population density was 99 people per square mile . There were 19,262 housing units at an average density of 43 per square mile... . Howard Morris Howard Morris Howard Morris was an American comic actor and director who was best known for his role as Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show.- Life and career :...  appears as George the TV repairman, instead of his recurring role as Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass was a fictional character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. He was played by Howard Morris.Ernest T. was an ignorant and obstreperous mountain man with a penchant for troublemaking, particularly vandalous rock throwing, which wreaked havoc on the otherwise sedentary... . The game warden is played by Colin Male, who was also the announcer for the opening credits. Male was a former radio announcer in Cincinnati who moved to Hollywood to be part of the motion picture business. The cast credits list his character as "Wormser." Andy and Barney plan to attend the Peace Officers' Bowling Tournament in Mount Pilot. Evidently neither Andy nor Helen owns an automobile. Otherwise, they would not have had to rely on Goober to drive them to Myers Lake.
141	142	December 28, 1964	Otis Sues the County
Otis slips and falls in jail and is convinced by a lawyer that he should sue the county. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. In this episode, filmed following Howard McNear's recovering from a stroke, sound-effect footsteps are used to cover Floyd's entrance into the courthouse. Otis claims that he initially injured his knee while playing football with his wife. Mayberry does have a notary public, a bank employee named Mary Pleasance. However, she and a woman named Dixie Bell Edwards are out of town during this episode. Together, they are hunting black bears at Great Dismal Swamp Great Dismal Swamp The Great Dismal Swamp is a marshy area on the Coastal Plain Region of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the United States. It is located in parts of southern Chesapeake and Suffolk in Virginia, as well as northern... . Neil Bentley's office number is 205.
142	141	December 21, 1964	Three Wishes for Opie
Barney buys old fortune-telling equipment which seem to be able to grant wishes. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Dr. Merle Osmond from Boise, Idaho Boise, Idaho Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...  wrote a book called Psychic Phenomena. Barney believes in Count Ist Van Telecky. Opie's three wishes: (1) a jackknife, (2) a "B" in arithmetic, and (3) having Miss Crump as his sixth-grade teacher. The bulk of this episode is seen in flashback, one of the few uses of the device on the show. Special credit must be given to music director Earle Hagen and music editor Ken Johnson for their tasteful use of the eerie music in this enjoyable episode.
143	143	January 4, 1965	Barney Fife, Realtor
Barney decides to dabble in real estate as a sideline and he tries convince Andy to sell his house. Mr. Slummer is a real estate agent in Mayberry who drives a death-trap of a car. The Clarks and the Mortons are real estate clients of Barney's. The Simses reside on Elmwood Street in Mayberry. Opie was going to sell Howie his bike for $5.00. Barney exclaims that Aunt Bee keeps her home in "apple pie order". Andy bought his house from Old Man Parmaley. Barney claims that, because of Opie's big mouth, he cost him $3,478. Barney decides to leave the real estate game and become a part-time used car salesman.
144	144	January 11, 1965	Goober Takes a Car Apart
Goober dismantles a car and rebuilds it inside the courthouse. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. In this episode, it was mentioned that while Barney was on vacation, Andy needed to find somebody to fill in for him temporarily. Andy promises a man named Warren that he will help him with an unspecified chore when he returns from Mount Pilot. A man named Don Yeltin calls Andy about some business papers. Gilly wants his car fixed quickly because he is in a hurry to get to Eastlake. Aunt Bee's friend Eleanor Schroder called to tell her about the car in the courthouse.
145	145	January 18, 1965	The Rehabilitation of Otis
Otis rides into Mayberry on a cow under the impression it is a horse. Barney takes on the task of curing Otis' moonshine Moonshine Moonshine is an illegally produced distilled beverage...  habit. Luke who was played by Frank Cady Frank Cady Frank Cady is an American actor best known for his recurring and popular role as storekeeper Sam Drucker in three US television series during the 1960s: Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies.-Career:... , who is best known as Sam Drucker Sam Drucker Sam Drucker was the operator of the general store in Hooterville in the fictional world of the 1960s American sitcoms Petticoat Junction and Green Acres and made several guest appearances on The Beverly Hillbillies, created by Paul Henning...  on Green Acres Green Acres Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm... . Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Barney tells Otis that he looks good in the color blue. Barney's telephone is on a three-party line. Floyd Lawson once helped Otis get out of a well that he had fallen into. Floyd explains that Otis was drunk at the time, and thought he had fallen in quicksand.
146	146	January 25, 1965	The Lucky Letter
Barney believes he's hexed when several accidents happen after he fails to continue a "lucky" chain letter. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Barney admits he's not crazy about the number 13. Goober mails two copies of his chain letter. One went to his cousin Gomer in the Marines, and the other one to his Aunt Floy. While looking for Barney's discarded chain letter at the trash dump, Andy finds a grille off Buzzy Leonard's car. He also finds the January edition of a magazine called Tales of Love. The subscriber is none other than Barney Fife. Andy and Barney also find a grocery list from a lady named Mrs. Hudgins, and a love letter written by Herbert Swindell. Barney carries a Four-leaf clover Four-leaf clover The four-leaf clover is an uncommon variation of the common, three-leaved clover. According to tradition, such leaves bring good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally...  and a Rabbit's foot Rabbit's foot In some cultures, the foot of a rabbit is carried as an amulet believed to bring good luck. This belief is held by individuals in a great number of places around the world including Europe, China, Africa, and North and South America. It is likely that this belief has existed in Europe since 600 BC...  with him to the pistol shooting qualifications.
147	147	February 1, 1965	Goober and the Art of Love
Andy and Barney think they'll have some privacy with their girlfriends after Goober finds a girl of his own, but they discover Goober favors triple dates. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Viewers get a rare glimpse of Helen Crump's house and living room. Goober admires Maureen O'Sullivan Maureen O'Sullivan Maureen Paula O’Sullivan was an Irish actress.-Early life:O'Sullivan was born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, the daughter of Roman Catholic parents Mary Lovatt and Charles Joseph O'Sullivan, an officer in The Connaught Rangers who served in The Great War... , the actress who portrays Jane in the Tarzan Tarzan Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...  movies. Barney once got scared watching one of those mummy movies. Lydia's house number is 598. Barney likes to cheat at bridge Contract bridge Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table... . While grooming for his first date with Lydia, Goober puts so much grease in his hair that it drips.
148	148	February 8, 1965	Barney Runs for Sheriff
Barney runs for Sheriff when Andy seems likely to accept another job. Andy's job falls through and he becomes a write-in candidate for re-election. Ed Crumpacker lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Andy's job offer might have landed him in Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...  or South America South America South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east... . The businesses in Mayberry that wouldn't allow Barney to put his poster in their windows are Floyd's Barbershop, Groceries and Meats, Dave's Coffee Shop, and the jewelry store. Barney charges Andy with 76 cases of malfeasance in the sheriff's office. Barney admits to Andy that he took about one hundred of his "Fife for Sheriff" posters and used them as wallpaper for his apartment.
149	149	February 15, 1965	If I Had a Quarter Million
Barney finds $250,000 in cash from a bank robbery and decides to capture the robber himself. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Barney's "expensive cigars" cost 35¢ each. He tells Floyd he plans to smoke eight of them a day. Floyd wonders out loud about how Barney acquired his money. He asks Barney if a relative passed away, or if he won the big prize on a television show.
150	150	March 1, 1965	TV or Not TV
Phony Hollywood filmmakers come to Mayberry, claiming to be researching the "Sheriff Without A Gun" for a TV show. This is the only episode in which Goober's last name is given as Beasley, rather than Pyle. Andy's usual bedtime is between 10:00 PM and 10:30 PM, while Barney's is usually 11:00 PM. Andy tells Miss Blake that the majority of law enforcement in Mayberry consists of giving parking tickets, helping young'uns across the street, and putting lids back on trash cans.
151	151	March 8, 1965	Guest in the House
Helen becomes jealous when a pretty friend of the family stays at the Taylor home. Jan Shutan appears as Gloria. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. There is a miniature golf course in Mount Pilot. It costs $1.50 for a twosome to play a round. Katherine Harney was a girlfriend of Andy's when he was in high school. She broke Andy's heart when she went to the prom with Vern Harris. According to Vern's mother, Andy spied on Vern and Katherine from a nearby tree as they were going to the prom.
152	152	March 15, 1965	The Case of the Punch in the Nose
Barney divides Mayberry into two hostile camps when he finds that an old assault case, involving Floyd Floyd Lawson Floyd Lawson was a fictional character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, which was inspired by a real barber in Andy Griffith's real-life hometown of Mt. Airy, North Carolina named Russell Hiatt who actually cut Andy Griffith's hair on a regular basis while Andy was young and living...  and a friend, that was never resolved. One of the few episodes to make reference of a sheriff that preceded Andy (Sheriff Poindexter), although Andy didn't include him when he told Barney the names of the sheriffs that preceded him in episode 106, "Citizen's Arrest". Otis Campbell was first arrested for drinking at 2:00 PM on September 23, 1941. He was nabbed at the Mayberry Garden Club's flower show. Since it was his first arrest, his sentence was suspended. Barney states that Otis probably "passed out in somebody's poppies". An assault occurred in Mayberry at 11:25 a.m. on August 9, 1946. The two people involved were Floyd Lawson (Mayberry's then-new barber) and grocer Charlie Foley. Who threw punches? Floyd punched Charley Foley. Charley Foley punched Goober. Otis punched Floyd. (Otis and Foley are distant kin.) Goober punched Gilly Walker. Opie punched Johnny Paul Jason, Foley's nephew. Lamar Tuttle, Floyd's cousin, punched Otis. Betty Ann was punched by...someone. We don't know who. And finally Barney was punched by Foley or Floyd.
153	153	March 22, 1965	Opie's Newspaper
Opie becomes a newspaper publisher and proceeds to distribute free copies full of scandal and gossip. The Mayberry Sun cost three cents for adults and two cents for students. Andy mentions the name of one of Opie's friends as Troy Bowden. In previous episodes, young Mr. Bowden's name was Trey. William Keene William Keene William Keene was an American television actor who appeared on several popular television shows more than one separate occasion as a different character...  returns as the preacher, unnamed in the episode even though the cast credits list him Reverend Martin. In other episodes, Mr. Keene's character's name was Reverend Tucker. Burt Mustin Burt Mustin Burton Hill "Burt" Mustin was an American character actor.-Early life:Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to W. I. and Sadie Mustin, Mustin was a 1903 graduate of the Pennsylvania Military College , earning his degree in civil engineering...  is listed in the cast credits as Sam Benson, even though his character's name is never mentioned in the episode. In Opie and Howie's print shop, an empty box of Frosted Flakes Frosted Flakes Kellogg's Frosted Flakes is a breakfast cereal first introduced by the Kellogg Company. It consists of corn flakes "frosted" or coated with sugar. The "Frosted Flakes" name is used by Kellogg's in United States and Canada. The cereal was first introduced in 1951 as Sugar Frosted Flakes...  and Cheerios Cheerios Cheerios is a brand of breakfast cereal by General Mills introduced on May 1, 1941 as the first oat-based, ready-to-eat cold cereal. Originally named CheeriOats, the name was changed to Cheerios in 1945 because of a trade name dispute with Quaker Oats. The name fit the "O" shape of the cereal pieces...  can be seen in the background. Opie and Howie ran out of the letters "D" and "E" when they were printing the Mayberry Sun. Barney blames the current rash of hot weather in Mayberry on "the bomb".
154	154	March 29, 1965	Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau
Aunt Bee invents a beau. When she's pressed for a name, she names the butter and egg man, who happens to be married. Andy, Helen, and Aunt Bee play Scrabble Scrabble Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works provide a list...  at the beginning of the episode. Clara has a son named Gale. She has dated a man by the name of Clark Cooper for the past five years. Both Orville Hendricks and Farley Thurston make their deliveries to the Taylor house on Saturday mornings. Aunt Bee's usual order is three dozen eggs, one pound of whipped butter, and one pound of salted butter. The cost is $2.42. In the second half of this episode Andy is sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper. The paper is an actual copy of Andy's hometown journal from Mount Airy, North Carolina.
155	155	April 5, 1965	The Arrest of the Fun Girls
The Fun Girls The Fun Girls The Fun Girls were fictional recurring characters on the 1960s American television sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show....  purposely get a speeding ticket to grab the attention of Andy and Barney. Helen and Thelma Lou become jealous and refuse to go to the town dance. The fun girls go 45 mph in a 20 mph zone. The special at Morelli's Restaurant on Monday is creamed chicken. Barney hates it. Another eatery, the Roadside Rest in Mayberry, charges extra for coffee and only gives one dinner roll per person. The Hofbrau Restaurant in Mount Pilot specializes in German food only. Andy and Barney had to work late because they were waiting for a telephone call from the highway department. When the call comes in, Andy speaks to two men named Wes and Monroe. Andy promises to send Monroe some sourwood honey in exchange for a ham. This episode is the final appearance of the fun girls.
156	156	April 12, 1965	The Luck of Newton Monroe
An itinerant peddler seems unable to do anything but anger Barney. Don Rickles Don Rickles Donald Jay "Don" Rickles is an American stand-up comedian and actor. A frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Rickles has acted in comedic and dramatic roles, but is best known as an insult comic....  guest-stars. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. Goober states that Raleigh is sixty miles from Mayberry. Andy pays $17.00 to repair the water pipe that Newton destroyed. Newton gives a 10% discount on his wares to men in uniform. In a continuity blooper, Andy and Barney confront Newton about defective merchandise. The master shot of the confrontation shows Andy, Barney, and Newton standing in front of Dave's Coffee Shop but the medium shots and closeups place the three in front of a jewelry store.
157	157	April 19, 1965	Opie Flunks Arithmetic
Barney helps Opie with his schoolwork, using a teaching method all his own. This is Don Knotts Don Knotts Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards... 's last episode (except for subsequent guest appearances). He left the show after he signed up with Universal Studios Universal Studios Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....  to star in motion pictures, though Andy Griffith relented to pressure from the network (CBS), keeping his show on for several more years. Knotts then said he strongly regretted leaving the show, because his movies prevented him from being a series regular. Aunt Bee received all A's in chemistry when she was in high school. She compared herself to Marie Curie Marie Curie Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry... . Opie keeps a picture of Aunt Bee on his bedroom dresser. Barney says that Mount Pilot has a good vocational school that is dedicated to meat cutting.
158	158	April 26, 1965	Opie and the Carnival
Opie tries to win a birthday present for his father at a carnival, not realizing that the shooting gallery is a scam. Don Knotts does not appear in this episode. The shooting gallery uses .22 rifles. Prizes at the shooting gallery include a Swiss watch, a pearl-handled carving set from the Orient Orient The Orient means "the East." It is a traditional designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world or the Far East, in relation to Europe. In English it is a metonym that means various parts of Asia.- Derivation :... , a genuine ceramic pelican, a razor, a napkin holder with a picture of a log cabin on it, a celluloid Cupid doll, a statue of a Siamese cat from the Orient, hair dryers, fishing poles, toasters, jackknifes, percolators, hunting knives, bookends, pencil sharpeners, ashtrays, thermometers, and an electric can opener.
159	159	May 3, 1965	Banjo-Playing Deputy
In the final black and white episode, Andy gives a destitute banjo player a job as a Deputy Sheriff. Jerry Van Dyke Jerry Van Dyke Jerry Van Dyke is an American comedian and actor. He is the younger brother of comedian and actor Dick Van Dyke, and made his acting debut on The Dick Van Dyke Show with several guest appearances as Rob Petrie's brother, Stacey...  guest-stars. This episode is a rare example of a continuation of a previous episode. "Banjo-Playing Deputy" takes place at the same carnival used in episode 158, "Opie And The Carnival". Floyd tells Andy that he thought Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...  said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." It was actually Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity... . Floyd agrees with Andy that Coolidge did say, "I do not choose to run". Andy told Jerry that he had business to attend in Mount Pilot. How and why did he wind up at the carnival so quickly to break up the fight that Jerry got into? Two cast note errors are (1) Hope Summers Hope Summers Hope Summers was an American character actress known for her work on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD, portraying Clara Edwards.-Career:...  is listed in the credits as Miss Bedloe, even though Andy refers to her as Miss Edwards; and (2) Mary Lansing is listed as Miss Roundtree in the credits, even though Andy refers to her as Miss Lukens.

Season 6 (1965–1966)

30 episodes

Production #	Broadcast #	Airdate	Title
160	163	October 4, 1965	Aunt Bee, the Swinger
Aunt Bee and her new boyfriend aren't as young as they used to be - or as they first thought. This is the first color episode to be produced. George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Viewers get a rare opportunity to see a color shot of Aunt Bee's bedroom. She keeps a Raggedy Ann Raggedy Ann Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and has a triangle nose...  doll on a chair. A gentleman named Mr. Branch lives directly across the street from the Taylors. He never speaks to Andy, but he always acknowledges him by nodding his head. The Mayberry Community Center is the site for the square dance that Aunt Bee and John Canfield attend with Andy and Helen.
161	160	September 13, 1965	Opie's Job
Opie gets a part-time job in a grocery store, but gives it up because another boy needs employment more. This is the first color episode to be broadcast. Also, a rescored opening theme (actually abridged from the closing credits) is used for the first time. George Lindsey is now a series regular. Events contributing to Andy's bad mood: (1) "That Leonard boy" got mad at his brother and stole his car. Then he drove it to the marsh, where he set it on fire. This set the marsh ablaze and it took all day to put it out. "That Leonard boy" is still at large. (2) Somebody kept calling the courthouse and asking for Ethel. (3) Otis got gassed and drove his car right through the Harper's rose garden, leveling it. When Andy arrested him, Otis wanted to fight. Floyd tells Andy that Mayberryian Craig Folger claims to have a cowlick, but it's actually a scar. It seems Craig's wife, Millie, hit him on the head with a broomstick handle after she caught him coming home late one night. Goober teaches Opie the proper way to apply for a job.
162	164	October 11, 1965	The Bazaar
Andy's new eager-beaver deputy, Warren Ferguson Warren Ferguson Warren Ferguson is a fictional character in the American television program The Andy Griffith Show . Warren Ferguson is portrayed by Jack Burns.-Overview:... , jails Aunt Bee and her friends for gambling (bingo) at their charity bazaar. Jack Burns Jack Burns Jack Burns is an American comedian and voice actor.-Biography:In 1959, he began his career as a comedy team with George Carlin when both were working for radio station KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas... ' first appearance as Warren Ferguson. Warren claims to have been born with compassion and Andy says he has an unusual way with words. The ladies of the auxiliary have operated a bazaar for the past 18 years without a permit. Andy says that Mayberry has a population of under 2,000 and that its biggest industry is making patchwork quilts. Andy tells Warren the Mayberry rules for a long, happy life, of which there are three: (1) Don't play leap frog with elephants. (2) Don't pet a tiger unless his tail's wagging. (3) Never, ever mess with the Ladies Auxiliary. An angry Andy storms out of the courthouse, grabs a rock and hurls it away. A second later, he is dismayed to hear the sound of breaking glass!
163	161	September 20, 1965	Andy's Rival
Andy becomes jealous when he realizes that a handsome new teacher is spending evenings with his girlfriend, Helen. Andy makes his Punch Supreme. Its ingredients include orange sherbet, tomato juice, root beer, and molasses. Andy was the valedictorian of his high school class. According to Frank, many of the houses along North Avenue in Mayberry date back to the early nineteenth century and are antebellum Antebellum architecture Antebellum architecture is a term used to describe the characteristic neoclassical architectural style of the Southern United States, especially the Old South, from after the birth of the United States in the American Revolution, to the start of the American Civil War...  in style. Helen's house number is 895. Goober and Andy saw the film The Monsters From The Moon some time ago. Goober says that it was very similar to The Monster From Mars except the Mars monster has four sets of teeth, while moon monsters have only three. Goober would like to go to Jasper to see the new tractor display. (An interesting note: although presumably Goober is referring to a town in North Carolina, the actor George Lindsey was born in Jasper, Alabama Jasper, Alabama Jasper is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,659. As of 2011 the population had was 13,857. The city is the county seat of Walker County, and once ranked among the world's leading producers of coal.... ).
164	162	September 27, 1965	Malcolm at the Crossroads
Andy hires Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass was a fictional character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. He was played by Howard Morris.Ernest T. was an ignorant and obstreperous mountain man with a penchant for troublemaking, particularly vandalous rock throwing, which wreaked havoc on the otherwise sedentary...  as a school crossing guard and compounds the problem by replacing him with British bicycler, Malcolm Merriweather. This is the last appearance of Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass Ernest T. Bass was a fictional character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. He was played by Howard Morris.Ernest T. was an ignorant and obstreperous mountain man with a penchant for troublemaking, particularly vandalous rock throwing, which wreaked havoc on the otherwise sedentary... . This is also the last appearance of Malcom Merriweather. This episode is also the only color episode these characters appear in. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Some background on Malcolm: He was a valet (or a gentleman's gentleman) to the colonel for the last six years. He can stock a wine cellar and has worked as a falcon keeper. He used to tinker with the colonel's family car, taking care of the "mechanism under the bonnet." Malcolm was a member of the Cold Stream Guard, serving as a valet to his commanding officer. For the record, Malcolm's mother was born in the heart of London, England, just two blocks off of Picadilly Circus. Ernest T. says that his fiancee, Ramona, is being given a shower by her girlfriends....a plain, hot water shower! Goober says he was a bully when he was a youngster. When Andy visits Ernest T., Ernest T. initially throws rocks at him, claiming he "thought it was the Widow Bradshaw." The nature of Ernest T.'s feud with Widow Bradshaw is not elaborated upon.
165	169	November 15, 1965	Aunt Bee on TV
Aunt Bee wins a kitchen-full of new appliances on a TV show but loses all her friends. Opie had written Goober telling him he collected 22 autographs. Upon arriving home, he shows him his autograph book. Among the signatures he collected: Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Leon Murphy was a highly decorated and famous soldier. Through LIFE magazine's July 16, 1945 issue , he became one the most famous soldiers of World War II and widely regarded as the most decorated American soldier of the war... , Tony Curtis Tony Curtis Tony Curtis was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in over 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama... , Doris Day Doris Day Doris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,... , Rock Hudson Rock Hudson Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., later Roy Harold Fitzgerald , known professionally as Rock Hudson, was an American film and television actor, recognized as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s, most notably in several romantic comedies with Doris Day.Hudson was voted "Star of the Year",... , Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Out of the Past , Champion , Ace in the Hole , The Bad and the Beautiful , Lust for Life , Paths of Glory , Gunfight at the O.K... , Dean Martin Dean Martin Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"... , and Dave Schneider. Mr. Schneider was a necktie salesman. He was wearing sunglasses, which fooled the Taylors into thinking he was a celebrity. Andy tells his friends that on a tour of movie stars' home, they saw houses belonging to Debbie Reynolds Debbie Reynolds Debbie Reynolds is an American actress, singer, and dancer.She was initially signed at age 16 by Warner Bros., but her career got off to a slow start. When her contract was not renewed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gave her a small, but significant part in the film Three Little Words , then signed her to... , Cesar Romero Cesar Romero Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. was an American film and television actor who was active in film, radio, and television for almost sixty years... , and Jack Benny Jack Benny Jack Benny was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film... . Real-life game show host Jack Smith portrays himself as host of the (fictional) "Win or Lose" game show. Although we never learn what the grand prize question was on the "Win or Lose" game show, Aunt Bee's winning answer was "Cinnamon with custard filling." Mr. Heathcote's license plate reads, "U.S. Government IR-51957." Andy sarcastically remarks that the agent seems to enjoy his work. The value of Aunt Bee's prizes: $4,850.00. The tax based on Andy's income: $1,138.72.
166	166	October 25, 1965	Off to Hollywood
The Taylors leave for a Hollywood vacation. Andy receives a $1,000 check from Belmont Studios in Hollywood (signed by Art Spiegel). Goober tries to entice Andy into buying a 1958 convertible automobile from him for $600. Floyd owns two acres of swampland on the north side of Mayberry. He tells Andy he would sell it to him for $150 an acre. He encourages him to put on his wading boots and go check it out. Opie says he would like to see movie stars, such as John Wayne John Wayne Marion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height... , Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".... , and Fabian Fabian (entertainer) Fabiano Anthony Forte , known as Fabian, is an American teen idol of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He rose to national prominence after performing several times on American Bandstand. Eleven of his songs reached the Billboard Hot 100 listing.-Early life:Fabian was the son of Josephine and Domenic... , during is Hollywood trip. Andy says Hollywood is 3000 miles (4,828 km) from Mayberry, but Aunt Bee adds that it's only 5 hours traveling by plane. As the Taylors leave on the bus for the Raleigh airport, the Mayberry Band plays California, Here I Come California, Here I Come "California, Here I Come" is a song written for the 1921 Broadway musical Bombo, starring Al Jolson. The song was written by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Meyer, with Jolson often listed as a co-author. Jolson recorded the song in 1924... .
167	167	November 1, 1965	Taylors in Hollywood
The Taylors start an exciting vacation in Hollywood, including a visit to the set of a movie based on Andy's life, "Sheriff Without a Gun". A.J. Considine was played by Hayden Rorke Hayden Rorke William Henry Rorke was an American actor best known for playing Col. Dr. Alfred E. Bellows on the hit 1960s American sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Career:... , who was best known as Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries... . Brian Bender was played by Gavin MacLeod Gavin MacLeod Gavin MacLeod is an American actor most notable for playing Happy Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat... , who is best known as Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977...  and as Capt. Merrill Stubbing on The Love Boat The Love Boat The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain... . George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. On the bus en route to the Piedmont Hotel, the Taylors see Dino's Lodge, Schwab's Pharmacy, the Whiskey A Go Go, and Blair House Motor Hotel. The Taylors stay in Room #403 at the Piedmont Hotel. Opie wants to see the La Brea Tar Pits La Brea Tar Pits The La Brea Tar Pits are a cluster of tar pits around which Hancock Park was formed, in the urban heart of Los Angeles. Asphaltum or tar has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered with water...  and Marineland of the Pacific Marineland of the Pacific Marineland of the Pacific was a public oceanarium and tourist attraction located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast in Los Angeles County, California, USA. Architect William Pereira designed the main structure. It was also known as Hanna-Barbera's Marineland during the late 1970s and early 1980s... , while Aunt Bee inquires about the Brown Derby Brown Derby The Brown Derby was the name of a chain of restaurants in Los Angeles, California. The first and most famous of these was shaped like a men's derby hat, an iconic image that became synonymous with the Golden Age of Hollywood....  Restaurant. Aunt Bee wishes the film would depict the nice things that Andy does, such as distributing baskets at Christmas and giving safety lectures at the high school. The title "Sheriff Without a Gun" also appears in episode # 150 "TV or not TV" as the name of the movie the con artists claim to make in Mayberry!
168	168	November 8, 1965	The Hollywood Party
Andy poses for a picture with a Hollywood starlet and his romance with Helen is jolted when it appears in the Mayberry paper. Pat Michaels, who was played by Sid Melton Sid Melton Sid Melton was an American actor known for his roles as incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the CBS sitcom Green Acres and as Uncle Charlie Halper, proprietor of the Copa Club, in Make Room for Daddy and its spin-offs.Born as Sidney Meltzer in Brooklyn, New York, he was the brother of screenwriter...  is best known as Alf Monroe on Green Acres Green Acres Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm... . George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Miss Mason's telephone number is given as 27399. Mr. Michaels, taking some biographical background on Andy, stretches a few facts. He credits Andy with an extra two inches of height, and he calls Mayberry "Blueberry" and places the town in South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence... . Helen's telephone number is given as 2389. Aunt Bee and Opie go on a tour of Beverly Hills. Aunt Bee has heard that nowhere on earth do zinnias do better, and they say that the snapdragons also go crazy.
169	165	October 18, 1965	A Warning from Warren
Andy's Deputy upsets his weekend when he insists his ESP Extra-sensory perception Extrasensory perception involves reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. The term was coined by Frederic Myers, and adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as telepathy, clairaudience, and...  predicts a picnic will end in disaster. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Warren's mother is Floyd's sister. Floyd says Warren has her features: a high forehead and a pointy nose. Warren's been reading a book titled The Fundamentals of Extrasensory Perception. He also reads magazines on the subject. One of the magazines had the story of 12-year-old Sonya Wallachauka of Warsaw, Poland. In 1928, little Sonya foresaw an avalanche. She warned her family and friends of her premonition. During the next evening, an avalanche did occur. Her warnings saved the lives of four people. Floyd, seemingly oblivious to the passage of years, remarks, "I'd like to shake that little girl's hand!" Viewers get a rare glimpse of Andy's bedroom in this episode.
170	171	November 29, 1965	A Man's Best Friend
Goober has dreams of entering show business when he thinks he owns a genuine talking dog. When playing "secret agent," Opie's code number is TX4, Tommy's is X21, Goober's is XY27, and Spot is known as FBI Dog. Tommy's family moved from an unnamed larger town to Mayberry. Tommy's father is the chief accountant at the new shoe factory. Aunt Bee says that Opie is 11 years old; Ron Howard really was 11 at the time.
171	172	December 6, 1965	Aunt Bee Takes a Job
Aunt Bee gets a job at the town print shop where the new proprietors are really counterfeit Counterfeit To counterfeit means to illegally imitate something. Counterfeit products are often produced with the intent to take advantage of the superior value of the imitated product... ers. George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Knigsley and Finch's print shop is located at 177 Main Street in downtown Mayberry. They took over the building that previously housed Hanson's Print Shop. In fact, Hanson's sign still appears on the front door. Aunt Bee's job pays $30.00 a week, and she works from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM on weekdays. Aunt Bee has a friend named Clara Cartwright who works three days a week at the bakery in Mayberry. Clara's birthday is on August 21. Aunt Bee's birthday is on March 17, but no year is given for either lady.
172	170	November 22, 1965	The Cannon
Warren captures a pair of thieves through sheer stupidity about the functions of a cannon. Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. The governor of North Carolina is George C. Handley. Harry Bosworth is the head of the Mayberry Water and Power Company. Sharon Dobbins is the current Potato Queen of Mayberry. Goober is considering buying an imitation alligator wallet for $1.95 from an ad in Thrilling Stories magazine. Aunt Bee serves shrimp cocktail, chicken a la king, ladyfingers, and coffee at the governor's luncheon reception. Warren proposes the following slogan: "Mayberry's Founder's Day, May Mayberry Never Founder." It is not well received.
173	174	December 20, 1965	Girl-Shy
Girl-shy Warren turns into a sleep walking Casanova after watching his suave hero on television. Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. Warren is originally from Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... . Aunt Bee's first blind date was with a man named Orville Buck. They went ice skating, and Aunt Bee had to hold Orville up all through the evening because he had weak ankles. Aunt Bee said that they didn't get along very well and that some years later, Orville was killed in an explosion. When Warren is planning to leave Mayberry, he offers Goober the following items: an orange juice squeezer, a science fiction book called Moon Men Invade Venus On Giant Bats, a brick, and a portable television. He tells Goober that he has to ask $50.00 for the television.
174	173	December 13, 1965	The Church Organ
Andy struggles with the financial challenge of helping the All Souls Church buy a new church organ. George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Before she got the new organ, Clara played "Love Lifted Me" (#256 in the hymn book) during church services because the song doesn't contain too many flats. Andy has to quiet a mischievous Opie for laughing at Clara's broken organ at church. Harlan Robinson lives on Oakmont Road in Mount Pilot. The first hymn sung after Clara receives the new organ is "Bringing In The Sheaves." In celebration of receiving the new organ, the entire church congregation sings "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms." Warren tells Andy that he used to be in the wholesale fish business. He lasted for over three months.
175	175	January 3, 1966	Otis, the Artist
Warren starts Otis, the town drunk, on a therapeutic art career. Otis has an imaginary dog, whom he calls Spot. He tries to sic it on Warren. Later, a real dog accompanies a drunken Otis as he stumbles into the courthouse, but he is apparently invisible to his master. When Otis threatens to do his drinking in Mount Pilot or Siler City, Warren threatens to blacklist him from every jail within a 500 miles (804.7 km) radius of Mayberry. This is how Warren coerced Otis to try mosaics. Otis's weekday job is at the furniture factory, where he is a glue-dipper. This is the only mention of his job in the series. Goober studied art in Bible School one summer.
176	176	January 10, 1966	The Return of Barney Fife
Barney makes a triumphal return to Mayberry to attend his high school reunion and is elated to find Thelma Lou will be attending, along with her new husband. Don Knotts Don Knotts Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...  guest stars in this episode. George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. This episode marks the last appearance of Betty Lynn Betty Lynn Betty Lynn is an American actress. She is best known for playing Thelma Lou in The Andy Griffith Show.-Career:...  (Thelma Lou Thelma Lou Thelma Lou is a character on the American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show . The character appeared in 26 episodes. Thelma Lou is Barney Fife's girlfriend and is portrayed by Betty Lynn.-Overview:... ) in the series and also the only color episode in which she appeared. In episode 82, "Class Reunion," the graduating year is given as 1945; in this episode, the class graduated in 1948. Neither date is consistent with Andy and Barney having served in the Army during World War II (in France and Staten Island, respectively), as stated in "Ellie Comes to Town" and "Quiet Sam," respectively. Barney drives a blue 1958 Edsel Edsel The Edsel was an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company during the 1958, 1959, and 1960 model years. The Edsel never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly. Consequently, the Ford Motor Company lost millions of dollars on the Edsel's development,...  convertible in this episode. Nettie Albright has dyed her hair blonde and now lives in Asheville.
177	177	January 17, 1966	The Legend of Barney Fife
While visiting Mayberry, Barney is forced to display his "legendary courage" by going after an escaped convict. Don Knotts Don Knotts Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...  guest stars in this episode. Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. When Barney was a youngster, his idol was Richard "Skeets" Gallagher Richard "Skeets" Gallagher Richard "Skeets" Gallagher was an American actor.He was educated at Rose Polytechnic Institute and Indiana University. He first studied civil engineering and then to become a lawyer but ended up on the stage... . Skeets was the sidekick to Tailspin Tommy Tailspin Tommy Tailspin Tommy was an air adventure comic strip about a youthful pilot, "Tailspin" Tommy Tompkins. Originally illustrated by Hal Forrest and initially distributed by John Wheeler's Bell Syndicate and then by United Feature Syndicate, the strip had a 14-year run from 1928 to 1942.In the wake of... . In the early to mid 1930s, Tailspin Tommy and his friend Skeets were popular comic book heroes. The characters also appeared in live-action movie serials. Warden Hix is the director of the County Work Farm. Avery Noonan has vowed revenge against Barney.
178	178	January 24, 1966	Lost and Found
Aunt Bee collects insurance for the loss of an antique jeweled pin. After she spends the money she finds the missing heirloom. Aunt Bee promises to pay Opie a quarter for helping her paint the dresser. Sarah Smedley comes down with the flu, and Aunt Bee has to take over the job of running the cookie booth at the upcoming bazaar. Aunt Bee has operated the booth for the past three years. For this year's bazaar, she bakes 26 dozen cookies. Ed the insurance agent is played by Jack Dodson Jack Dodson Jack Dodson Born John S. Dodson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague in The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D. From 1959 until his death in 1994, Dodson was married to television art director... , who would later appear in the series as Howard Sprague Howard Sprague Howard Sprague is a fictional character on the CBS television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show , and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D. He was played by Jack Dodson from 1966-71.... . A contradiction occurs in this episode. In episode 165 "Aunt Bee On TV," Aunt Bee won a garbage disposal, among other game show prizes. She sold most of her prizes to pay the IRS, but retained the garbage disposal and a television. In this episode, however, she claims to have given up the disposal that she won in Hollywood.
179	179	January 31, 1966	Wyatt Earp Rides Again
The supposed descendant of the famous Wyatt Earp Wyatt Earp Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was an American gambler, investor, and law enforcement officer who served in several Western frontier towns. He was also at different times a farmer, teamster, bouncer, saloon-keeper, miner and boxing referee. However, he was never a drover or cowboy. He is most well known...  rides into Mayberry. He demands a duel with Andy after he considers his family honor to be insulted. Jack Burns' last appearance as Warren Ferguson. The character was dropped from the series after only 11 episodes, due to unfavorable reviews. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Fred Gibson and Clarence Earp have made 15 tours across the United States. The last traveling show that passed through Mayberry featured a fire-eater known as the Great Mandrake. Floyd recalls that the show didn't last long because the fire department had to keep putting the Great Mandrake out. Warren won a month's supply of mint jelly for being the arm wrestling champion at last year's Founder's Day picnic. Warren ends up losing a 50¢ bet to Clarence when he beats the Mayberry deputy two consecutive times at arm wrestling. A man from Mayberry named Harvey Kester used to repair Gloria Swanson's radio set.
180	180	February 7, 1966	Aunt Bee Learns to Drive
Andy faces some problems when Aunt Bee buys a second-hand car. The car Aunt Bee buys a previously owned by Jed Coontz. Its seats are broken in well, because Jed weighs over 290 pounds. Aunt Bee pays $295.00 for the black Ford Sunliner Ford Sunliner Ford Motor Company used the Sunliner name on many of its full-sized convertibles through the 1950s and 1960s.* 1952–1954 Ford Crestline Sunliner* 1955–1956 Ford Fairlane Sunliner* 1957–1958 Ford Fairlane Sunliner... convertible. Andy orders a boy to ride his bicycle closer to the curb. This was the distraction that led to Andy bumping into Aunt Bee's car. According to Floyd, the dingo Dingo The Australian Dingo or Warrigal is a free-roaming wild dog unique to the continent of Australia, mainly found in the outback. Its original ancestors are thought to have arrived with humans from southeast Asia thousands of years ago, when dogs were still relatively undomesticated and closer to...  dog is indigenous to Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... .
181	181	February 14, 1966	Look Paw, I'm Dancing
Reluctant Opie attends his first dancing party, and discovers dancing with girls is fun. Johnny Paul has an unnamed sister. Opie is a washroom monitor at school. A man named Arnold Pruitt works at the record store in Mayberry. Opie's classmate named Bruce, who is shown getting a haircut from Floyd on credit, is not listed in the cast credits. Floyd declares that as a youngster, Andy was a real stick-in-the-mud and that he hid in a barn during his school dance.
182	183	February 28, 1966	Eat Your Heart Out
Goober falls in love with a new waitress in town but she becomes infatuated with Andy. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Goober claims that the Mayberry Diner has the best mashed potatoes in town. When Andy meets Flora for the first time, he and Goober both order the meatloaf plate. Flora gives Andy the larger portion. The next day, Andy and Goober have the diner deliver their pot roast special to the courthouse. Flora personally makes the delivery and ignores Goober completely. Instead, she sets up Andy with a red checkered tablecloth and gives him the larger portion of roast beef. Andy and Helen go to a movie in which an irate wife shoots her unfaithful husband. After the movie, they go to the diner. A spiteful and jealous Flora serves Andy a large and perfectly cut piece of apple pie. On the other hand, she literally throws a small and botched-up piece of pie to Helen. The music that plays throughout this episode during the diner sequences is similar to music for the 1959 motion picture A Summer Place Theme from A Summer Place The "Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 film, A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It was recorded for the film by Hugo Winterhalter... .
183	182	February 21, 1966	The Gypsies
Andy has a problem when a band of Gypsies come to town armed with old-world hocus-pocus and modern science. The gypsies are Murrillos, the leader of the group; Queen La Farona, Murrillos's booze-guzzling mother; Sabella, Murrillos's pretty sister; and Sylvio, Murrillos's best friend. Jamie Farr Jamie Farr Jamie Farr is an American television, film, and theater actor. He is best known for having played the role of cross-dressing Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger in the television sitcom M*A*S*H.-Early life:...  appears as Sylvio, even though the cast credits incorrectly list his character's name as Grecos. Mr. Farr is well known for his role as the cross-dressing Corporal Max Klinger on the sitcom M*A*S*H* Soda pop costs 10¢ a bottle at the filling station. CQL is an advance weather radio station in Greenland Greenland Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for... .
184	184	March 7, 1966	A Baby in the House
Aunt Bee agrees to a week of baby-sitting for her niece and finds the adorable infant adores everyone but her. Goober claims that he didn't talk until he was five years old. Aunt Bee used to correspond by mail with an unnamed lady from Buffalo, New York Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the... . Dr. Walker's baby book, From The Cradle To Junior College has sold more than 65,000 copies, according to Aunt Bee. Andy keeps a picture of Aunt Bee on his bedroom dresser. On one of the days that Evie Joy cries constantly, Andy had to stay up the previous night breaking up a fight between two brothers, Jed and Carl Darling. The fight started when Jed told Carl there is no Santa Claus Santa Claus Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus... . It is not mentioned whether Jed and Carl are related to Briscoe Darling and his clan. Opie's first class of the day is gym.
185	185	March 14, 1966	The County Clerk
Andy and Helen run into trouble when they promote a romance between the County Clerk, Howard Sprague Howard Sprague Howard Sprague is a fictional character on the CBS television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show , and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D. He was played by Jack Dodson from 1966-71....  (Jack Dodson Jack Dodson Jack Dodson Born John S. Dodson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was an American television actor best remembered for the milquetoast character Howard Sprague in The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off Mayberry R.F.D. From 1959 until his death in 1994, Dodson was married to television art director... ) and the county nurse. This is the first appearance of Jack Dodson as Howard Sprague. Frances Bavier and George Lindsey do not appear in this episode. As county clerk, Howard asks Andy to provide him with Mayberry's accident reports for the past 20 years. Howard is preparing a statistical study on how accidents relate to population growth. Andy provides the reports, however, 1953's report is missing. Opie claims the Howard throws a baseball like Aunt Bee. Irene Fairchild took over Howard's old office in Room #201 at the Mayberry County Building. He moved to larger office in Room #203. Irene discovered a t-shirt that Howard had put in a file cabinet in his old office. Embarrassed, he explained that he had taken off the shirt on a particularly hot day. Mrs. Sprague always refers to Andy as "Andrew." Miss Fairchild refers to Howard as "Howie." Dr. Burnside is Mrs. Sprague's physician.
186	187	March 28, 1966	Goober's Replacement
Goober's girlfriend fills in for him at the filling station and proves so efficient that the boss wants her as Goober's permanent replacement. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Horace Flood couldn't fill in for Goober at Wally's because he was studying electronics. Louis Jordan was considered, but he was going on the fishing trip with Goober. Wally sells Acme regular and super gasoline. A quart of premium motor oil costs 45¢. Wally also owns and operates a laundry business in Mayberry. In this episode, Goober drives a light blue pickup truck. Flora orders a tuna salad sandwich, hold the mayo, and a cup of coffee at the Mayberry Diner. No reason is given as to why Flora is no longer working as a waitress at the Mayberry Diner. According to the cast credits, Burt Mustin Burt Mustin Burton Hill "Burt" Mustin was an American character actor.-Early life:Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to W. I. and Sadie Mustin, Mustin was a 1903 graduate of the Pennsylvania Military College , earning his degree in civil engineering...  appears as the "Old Geezer."
187	186	March 21, 1966	The Foster Lady
Aunt Bee almost becomes a star of a television commercial before she decides stardom is not for her. According to Andy, Mr. Foster's car went into the ditch about one and a half miles from the lake on the Juniper Road. Mr. Foster's mobile telephone number is KG62114. He car's license plate number is SD-561. His address is 403 Elm Street in Raleigh. Goober's service station's telephone number is given as 363. Real-life staffers from The Andy Griffith Show - hair stylist Eva Kryger, director of photography Sid Hickox, and crewman Burt Taylor - appear as part of the commercial crew. Kryger plays a makeup artist. Floyd tells Mr. Foster that he has used Foster's Furniture Polish for years. He says that he would like to be "the Foster man," should the need ever arise. The Foster Furniture Polish Company sponsors the television series "The Rex Benson Show." The series features Rex Benson and the Sing Songers. Martha Carruthers of Pleasantville becomes the Foster Lady. She even sings Aunt Bee's jingle.
188	188	April 4, 1966	The Battle of Mayberry
Opie upsets the whole town when he discovers that the famous Battle of Mayberry was not the glorious victory that everyone thought it was. A Raleigh newspaper edition of May 18, 1762 describes the Battle of Mayberry. Opie speaks to a Mayberrian named Mr. MacGruder about the Battle of Mayberry. The title of Opie's paper is "The True Story of the Battle of Mayberry." Tom Strongbow is a farmer who resides at Rural Route 3, Box 222, in Mayberry. The cost of admission to the Grand Theater in Mayberry is 25¢ for balcony seats and 35¢ for the orchestra area.
189	189	April 11, 1966	A Singer in Town
Aunt Bee's original song about Mayberry is a hit when a Rock 'n' Roll star plays it on his television show. The singer, Keezy Hazelton, is played by Jesse Pearson, who played teen rock idol Conrad Birdie in the film version of Bye Bye Birdie Bye Bye Birdie (film) Bye Bye Birdie is a 1963 musical comedy film from Columbia Pictures. It is a film adaptation of the stage production of the same name. The screenplay was written by Michael Stewart and Irving Brecher, with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams.... . Floyd says that he wears long underwear even when the temperature reaches 70°. Keevy Hazelton had a million-seller with a song called "Texarkana Texarkana (song) "Texarkana" is the name of a song from R.E.M.'s studio album Out of Time. Although it was not released as a single, it managed to chart at number 4 on the Modern Rock Tracks Chart and number six on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart...  In The Morning". Some of his other songs include "Abilene Abilene (song) Abilene is the title of a song written by Bob Gibson and John D. Loudermilk, and recorded by American country music artist George Hamilton IV. The song reached number one on the U.S. country music chart for four weeks, and peaked at number 15 on the pop music charts... " and "Mobile". Opie gets Keevy Hazelton to accept Aunt Bee's pot roast dinner invitation by telling him that the special at the Mayberry Diner is chicken croquettes, which are terrible. The words and music to "My Hometown" were written by "Andy Griffith Show" musical director Earle Hagen Earle Hagen Earle Harry Hagen was an American composer who created music for movies and television. He is remembered for co-writing and whistling "The Fishin' Hole", the melody of the main theme to The Andy Griffith Show, the instrumental classic "Harlem Nocturne" used as the theme to television's Mickey... . Keevy was either the first known "air" guitarist or the worst person to ever pretend he was playing guitar on TV. If his fingers even made it near the guitar strings, it was surely by accident. Keevy introduces Aunt Bee and Clara to his television audience as "a couple of ladies who are going to make Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century...  sit up and take notice." After the success of "My Hometown," Aunt Bee and Clara receive fan mail and begin writing a song about Venice, Italy.

Season 7 (1966–1967)

30 episodes

Production #	Broadcast #	Airdate	Title
190	190	September 12, 1966	Opie's Girlfriend
Opie's friendship with an athletically superior girl blossoms when she follows the advice of an older female and adopts the clinging vine approach. Helen's niece, Cynthia, is from Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area... . Opie reminds Andy of the time he was forced to go to a school dance. This is a reference to episode 181, "Look Paw, I'm Dancing." Opie is president of his seventh-grade class. Cynthia's favorite subject in school is history. Opie's is lunch.
191	192	September 26, 1966	The Barbershop Quartet
The Mayberry barbershop quartet loses its tenor Tenor The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...  when Howard can't go to the singing contest so Andy drafts a prisoner with a beautiful voice. Hamilton Camp Hamilton Camp Hamilton Camp was an English-American singer, songwriter, actor and voice actor.-Early life:Camp was born in London, England, and was evacuated during World War II to the United States as a child with his mother and sister. He became a child actor in films and onstage...  guest stars as Jeff Nelson. George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. The Mayberry Barbershop Quartet performs "Beautiful Isle Of Make Believe" at the contest. In practice, they sing "In The Gloaming," in case they are called upon to do an encore. The Mayberry Quartet is scheduled to perform at 8:30 PM., as the final contestants in the Mount Pilot contest. The Mayberrians use dressing room F. Floyd tells Sheriff Wilson that Jeff Nelson is a famous singer who has sung at the Metropolitan Opera Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...  in New York City. Ken Mayer appears as Sheriff Blake Wilson, although the cast credits list him as "Sheriff Blake."
192	191	September 19, 1966	The Lodge
Goober blackballs Howard when he applies for membership in the Mayberry men's lodge. The secret password at the lodge is "Geronimo Geronimo Geronimo was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. Allegedly, "Geronimo" was the name given to him during a Mexican incident... ." As the Keeper of the Door, Goober wears a red turban with green tassels and a large gold key and chain around his neck. Howard tells Andy that in the past 23 years, girl births have outnumbered boy births by 94%, practically 2 to 1. Howard's first words after becoming a lodge member: "I sure could use one of those root beers." The lodge serves beer, root beer, and soft drinks. Howard enjoys drinking the lodge's root beer. Floyd tells Howard that root beer was invented by the Indians and is a very healthy drink. He mentions that "you don't see many sick Indians."
193	195	October 17, 1966	The Darling Fortune
Andy and the town of Mayberry undergo a trying experience when the hillbilly Darling family The Darlings The Darlings were a fictional family of musically-inclined hillbillies in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show.The Darlings lived in a mountain shack somewhere in the mountains neighboring Mayberry...  comes into a fortune of $300 and shows up in town looking for brides for the boys. Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. Briscoe refers to Goober as "Big Ears" because he is nosy. The Darling boys are finally named. On guitar: Rodney On mandolin: Dean (aka Other) On the bass: Mitch On banjo: Doug (aka Jebbin) No mention is made as to whether Charlene is still married to Dud Wash, or the whereabouts of her daughter, Andelina. This is the final appearance of Briscoe Darling, the Darling boys and Charlene.
194	194	October 10, 1966	Aunt Bee's Crowning Glory
A visiting pastor's message, ("Be yourself") causes Aunt Bee to don a blonde wig, upsetting Andy and the rest of Mayberry. Reverend Leighton is from Raleigh. George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Floyd claims that he knows all of Reverend Tucker's sermons by heart. Helens says that Aunt Bee is the best cook in Mayberry. Opie shows Reverend Leighton some card tricks. Clara serves chopped-egg canapes among her hors d'oeuvres at the reception.
195	193	October 3, 1966	The Ball Game
Andy is concerned about the appearance of favoritism when he decides to umpire a crucial junior baseball game for Opie, but ends up angering the town when one of his decisions loses the game for Mayberry. The Mayberry Giants' team colors are orange and white. The Mount Pilot Comets' colors are navy blue and white. Floyd says that being the manager of the Mayberry Giants has made Goober "power mad." Goober's baseball signals to his players are as follows: (1) Wiping his hands across his chest means a hit, (2) Tugging at the bill of his cap means to bunt, (3) Grabbing his belt buckle means to take a pitch. Johnny Adams is the lead-off hitter for the Mount Pilot Comets. Ron Howard stated that this episode was his favorite. This episode was appropriately aired just two days prior to the 1966 World Series, between the Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...  and the Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming... . For the record, the Orioles won the series, four games to none.
196	203	December 19, 1966	Goober Makes History
After growing a beard, inarticulate Goober Goober Pyle Goober is a fictional character in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and its later sequel series Mayberry RFD. He was played by George Lindsey. Lindsey initially read for the part of Gomer Pyle, which went to singer Jim Nabors...  suddenly becomes a verbose philosopher, and shares his new-found "wisdom" with all his friends. Howie Forman had a bad habit of chewing on Opie's pencils at school. Floyd trims Goober's beard for no charge. Goober promises to give him a free radiator flush in return. Opie asks Andy about the American Revolution American Revolution The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America... , the Articles of Confederation Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution... , and the Stamp Act Stamp Act A stamp act is any legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. Those that pay the tax receive an official stamp on their documents, making them legal documents. The taxes raised under a stamp act are called stamp duty. This system of taxation was first devised... . Shorty Watson once owned and operated a grocery store in Mayberry. One time, Goober, Shorty and a few others went on a fishing trip to Troublesome Creek. Sandy Kenyon Sandy Kenyon Sandy Kenyon, born Sanford Klein was an American voice-over artist and character actor, best-known for voicing Jon Arbuckle in the first Garfield animated television special Here Comes Garfield, and other roles in film and television...  appears as Bill Lindsey. The cast credits incorrectly list Richard Bull Richard Bull (actor) Richard Bull is an American film actor, stage actor and television actor.He is best known for his performance as Nels Oleson, the kindly proprietor of Oleson's Mercantile and the long suffering husband of his wife Harriet on the NBC TV series Little House on the Prairie which aired from 1974 to...  in this role.
197	198	November 14, 1966	The Senior Play
Helen Crump Helen Crump Helen Crump is a fictional dramatic character on the American television program The Andy Griffith Show . Helen made her debut in the third season episode "Andy Discovers America" . Helen was a schoolteacher and became main character Sheriff Andy Taylor's girlfriend...  and her teenaged students find themselves at odds with the crotchety old school principal over the content of a play, but eventually convince him that today's youngsters are not that different from his own generation's. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Helen appeared in a few plays during her college days. Howard is the treasurer of the high school. The budget for the play is only $38.00. Miss Vogel is in charge of all the costumes in the play. She suggested that the play should be a series of skits depicting great moments in history. Mr. Hampton and Howard liked her idea. Helen and the students hated it. While in high school, Floyd appeared in The Mikado The Mikado The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations... . He claims to have been the backbone of the drama club. He sings "A Wandering Minstrel" from the afore-mentioned operetta. Goober joins in on a pitiful duet. Andy and Goober assist in painting the sets for the play.
198	200	November 28, 1966	Big Fish in a Small Town
Fishing season begins, and the town's sportsmen are all eager for a chance to catch "Old Sam", the biggest fish in the lake. Howard, a non-fisherman, tags along and antagonizes everybody by catching him. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Andy uses size #6 fish hooks. Goober's cousin tells him to use a piece of banana peel with red yarn as bait. Goober claims that Tucker's Lake is also loaded with rainbow and bluegill. Opie has been fishing since he was four years old. According to Opie, the deepest spot in Tucker's Lake is ten feet. Howard states that 90% of lake fish are caught when the water temperature is between 60° and 68°. Goober also likes to fish at a place called Warrior River.
199	196	October 31, 1966	Mind Over Matter
Goober's injuries cause his friends to convince him he has a severe case of whiplash and he promptly becomes a helpless invalid. Goober borrows mercurochrome from Floyd. It can be found next to the bay rum. Andy tells Goober that his injury is psychosomatic. Floyd neglected to tell Goober that Johnny Harris was kicked in the head by a mule. Aunt Bee left out the fact that Willis Cundiff is 91 years old. Goober claims that he was once a star football player. Andy has to sleep on a cot in the spare room while Goober is a house guest.
200	197	November 7, 1966	Politics Begin at Home
Aunt Bee Aunt Bee Beatrice Taylor is a fictional character from the 1960s American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. The show was televised on CBS from October 3, 1960, until April 1, 1968...  runs against Howard for the office of town councilman. Floyd spent 4 years on the town council, years ago. He says they were four of the stormiest years in Mayberry's political history. The town was rife with corruption, including the famous drinking fountain scandal. It seems that someone hooked up a hot water line to the fountain and then tried to cover it up. Clara arranges for Aunt Bee to speak at the Booster Club Luncheon as well as before the Literary Guild. Lillian Hartzell has offered to accompany Aunt Bee and play her saxophone. Aunt Bee believes that Lillian's version of "Flight of the Bumblebee Flight of the Bumblebee "Flight of the Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich into an insect so that he can fly away to... " livens up an audience. Tillie Kincaid suggests that Elm Street would look nicer if only the Wallravens would paint their home. Aunt Bee would like to see a dam and a water wheel installed, once the bridge on Baker Street is completed. Opie gets a high D on his history test.
201	204	December 26, 1966	A New Doctor in Town
Nobody in Mayberry wants to be the first to see if the town's new doctor is qualified, until Andy shows his faith in the young doctor by letting him remove Opie's tonsils. The doctor is played by William Christopher William Christopher William Christopher is an American actor who is best known for playing Father Mulcahy on the television series M*A*S*H and Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.-Early life:...  who later played Father Mulcahy on the television version of M*A*S*H. George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Dr. Peterson is 25 years old and drives a convertible. His license plate is SR-490. He also has another license plate affixed to his car. This license plate number is MBB-624. The Taylors' address is given as 14 Maple. Opie's bedtime is now 9:00 PM. Andy states that youngsters need a good 10 hours of sleep. Dr. Peterson likes to joke about his tender age. When folks ask him if he is old enough to have a doctor's license, he responds, "No, I only have a learner's permit." Floyd and Clara do not find this amusing.
202	199	November 21, 1966	Opie Finds a Baby
Opie and his friend Arnold find an abandoned baby. They run into trouble when they innocently try to find it some new parents. Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for an Academy Award twelve times, and has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice: for One Flew Over the...  plays the baby's father. Arnold tells Andy that when he grows up, he also wants to be a sheriff who doesn't carry a gun. Arnold plans to use an Australian bullwhip instead. Arnold also tells Opie that he caught a shark while fishing at Hopkins Creek. Opie tells him that he's nuts. Arnold deduces that the baby is a boy because of the blue blanket in the basket. Other than Helen and Goober, Opie and Arnold ask Sarah the telephone operator, a lady named Miss Cripps, an unnamed young woman with five children, and an unnamed elderly gentleman (who appreciated the thought) if they would like to have a baby.
203	201	December 5, 1966	Only a Rose
Opie accidentally ruins Aunt Bee's prize rose entry on the eve of the Annual Mayberry Flower Show. George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Floyd wins the blue ribbon for his pansies. Snails and bugs, particularly aphids, are the bane of any flower grower. Clara advises, "Spray, spray, spray!" She also says that the Simmons Seed catalog has been the Mayberry Garden Club's planting bible for many years. Aunt Bee and Clara played basketball together at Sweetbriar Normal School. Aunt Bee was the backbone of the team, while Clara was the best dribbler. While preparing Aunt Bee for the bad news about her rose, Andy reminds her that the really important things in life are one's health, having enough money to live on, good friends, a sound mind, good weather, and pep. Andy suggests that he, Opie, and Aunt Bee could dine at the Copper Kettle in Mount Pilot.
204	202	December 12, 1966	Otis the Deputy
Otis and Howard bunglingly attempt to rescue Andy who has been taken prisoner by a pair of desperate bank-robbers. This episode was Otis's last series appearance. Otis states that Andy is his best friend. Howard quotes the theories of Dr. Emile Sharlock to Fred and Larry. Dr. Sharlock wrote that any criminal can be rehabilitated into becoming a good citizen. Initially, Fred tells Howard to "shut up" about Dr. Sharlock's theories. At the conclusion of the episode, Howard tries one more time to convince Fred about the theories. This time, Fred punches him in the stomach. Observant viewers should note that after Otis gets doused by the two cups of water and wakes up, his shirt is still wet, but his pants are bone dry.
205	205	January 2, 1967	Don't Miss a Good Bet
Andy and four of his level-headed friends and relatives are taken in by a con man's get-rich-quick scheme. According to Andy, Ross's Raiders were a group of men during the Civil War who showed allegiance to neither Union nor Confederate troops. They stole valuables from both sides. Once, they robbed a Union payroll train and took away over $100,000 in gold, which they promptly buried. They were later caught and sentenced to life in prison. Some believe that the ill-gotten booty is still buried. Floyd, who was named after his mother's brother, is secretary of the Downtown Businessman's Club. Goober and Floyd talk about what they'd do if they got a share ($10,000) of the treasure. Goober would likely buy his own gas station and hire someone to run it. Floyd would renovate his barbershop. He'd push out the shop in back and turn it into a five-chair affair.
206	206	January 9, 1967	Dinner at Eight
Andy looks forward to spending an evening alone in the house. However, due to Goober's error, he has a filling evening when he must eat three spaghetti dinners cooked by thoughtful friends. Aunt Bee's sister, Ellen, planned ahead for Aunt Bee's visit. First, she'll host a luncheon, then they'll attend a handicraft exhibit at the old people's home. After resting for an hour or two, they'll dine at the Armenian restaurant She-Bobs in Raleigh. Ellen wants Aunt Bee to make a return visit when it's time for the Strawberry Festival. Scoutmaster Stevens leads troop #44 (Opie's troop). He shows the boys how to keep warm by putting hot rocks in their sleeping bags. He was going to demonstrate how to make pancakes out of powdered eggs, oatmeal mix, and water over an outdoor fire, but it rained. Andy purchases the following foods at the market: wild mushrooms, canned oysters, chili sauce, pickled avocados, chocolate syrup, and shrimp enchiladas. Aunt Bee packs five pairs of socks in Opie's scout pack, just in case the ground is damp. The secret ingredient in spaghetti sauce: oregano Oregano Oregano – scientifically named Origanum vulgare by Carolus Linnaeus – is a common species of Origanum, a genus of the mint family . It is native to warm-temperate western and southwestern Eurasia and the Mediterranean region.Oregano is a perennial herb, growing from 20–80 cm tall,... . George Lindsey selected this episode as his favorite.
207	209	January 30, 1967	Andy's Old Girlfriend
Andy's perennial romance with Helen is jolted a bit when Andy's high school sweetheart moves back to town. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Andy and Alice remember the first time they went to the fair together and rode the ferris wheel. They got stuck on the very top, and a frightened Andy began screaming. Howard brushes his teeth with an electric toothbrush for 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in the evening. When he sleeps. it's usually on his stomach. Andy says he has known Helen for about five years and that she came from Kansas Kansas Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south... . Goober had been reading spicy romantic stories, but he gave them up for science fiction.
208	212	February 20, 1967	The Statue
Andy and Aunt Bee learn their ancestor was the state's biggest swindler, just before the town of Mayberry unveils his statue as a hero. Mayberrians believe their town is the garden spot of the state. Before the group decides on a statue, Clara suggests using the money to plant flowers in flower boxes and put them along the railings of the bridge over Parker Creek. This is on the main road from Raleigh. Andy says he'd like to rezone the property at the end of Main Street for commercial stores and development. Floyd opposes Andy's idea. He thinks there would be too much confusion and traffic. Andy has Seth Taylor's chin and Opie has Seth's eyes, according to Aunt Bee and Clara. According to Howard, Mr. Jackson creates over 90% of the tombstones used in the community. Clara and Howard decide to declare an annual Seth Taylor Day. Floyd claims that all the children in Mayberry (population 1,800) have good teeth.
209	210	February 6, 1967	Aunt Bee's Restaurant
Aunt Bee has a brief fling as co-owner of a Chinese restaurant in Mayberry, but her superstitions stand in the way of her success. Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. When the Spare Ribs Tavern closed, Charlie Lee had planned to go back to his hometown of Pittsburgh and work at Wong Soo's Canton Palace. "Aunt Bee's Canton Palace" is located on Main Street in downtown Mayberry. Howard is particularly fond of water chesnuts in his Chinese food. On opening night at Aunt Bee's Canton Palace, Andy and his friends order the following dishes: Andy, Helen, and Goober go for the $1.95 Chow Mein Chow mein Chow mein is a Chinese term for a dish of stir-fried noodles, of which there are many varieties.-Etymology:...  dinner. Goober was going to opt for the smaller $1.65 Chow Mein dinner, until Andy said that he was picking up the tab. Howard orders the Ling Chi Chi (with only one Chi - a printer's error on the menu) chicken plate and a bowl of what Jack Lee refers to as a Chinese matzoth ball soup.
210	211	February 13, 1967	Floyd's Barbershop
Floyd decides to give up his Mayberry barbershop when Howard buys the building and raises the rent $15 a month. Harry Walker, who was played by David Ketchum, is best known as Agent 13 on Get Smart Get Smart Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt... . Harry Walker's company is the Harry Walker Real Estate Company. Harry is a typical high-pressure salesman. He makes such dubious statements as "The aircraft industry has its eye on Mayberry." Floyd has cut Andy's hair since Andy was a youngster. Floyd fondly recalls that young Andy used to mistake shaving cream for ice cream. Howard's telephone number is given as 397. Floyd's Barbershop uses red and purple ceramic tile in the back room. On the lease Howard has drawn up for Floyd, the rent increase is stated in clause #6. Goober states that there has not been any bad blood in Mayberry since "that Ferguson girl" beat up Harold Lovett. Desperate to avoid getting a haircut from Aunt Bee, Opie threatens to ride his bike to a barbershop in Mount Pilot. After all, it's only a six-hour ride from Mayberry. (Unless Opie's mightily slow on his bike, this suggests an inconsistency with the distance established in previous episodes. Both 68 and 126 place the distance at 12 miles.)
211	207	January 16, 1967	A Visit to Barney Fife
Andy visits Barney Barney Fife Bernard "Barney" Fife is a fictional character in the American television program The Andy Griffith Show, portrayed by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow paced, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina... , now with the Raleigh police department, and makes a hero out of his bumbling former deputy when he assists him in solving a string of supermarket robberies. Don Knotts Don Knotts Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...  guest stars in this episode. Frances Bavier, Ron Howard and George Lindsey do not appear in this episode. From his boarding house room window, Barney can get a glimpse of City Hall. His room features a private sink, a double bed, a real leather chair, and two pieces of art: "Laughing Cavalier Laughing Cavalier The Laughing Cavalier is a famous portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London, which has been described as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits"... " and "The Blue Boy The Blue Boy The Blue Boy is an oil painting by Thomas Gainsborough. Perhaps Gainsborough's most famous work, it is thought to be a portrait of Jonathan Buttall, the son of a wealthy hardware merchant, although this was never proved... ." Barney's walls also feature his Mayberry High pennant and his framed Mayberry Gazette headline and story about his heroic cave rescue. Barney once arrested a minister for loitering. The minister is currently threatening to sue the Raleigh police department.
212	208	January 23, 1967	Barney Comes to Mayberry
Detective Barney Fife pays a visit to his old hometown. At the same time, a now-famous movie star who used to date Barney has returned to Mayberry for a motion picture premiere, and Barney is her escort. Don Knotts Don Knotts Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...  guest stars in this episode. The Mayberry Band plays "The Mayberry Theme" as Barney's train pulls into the depot. Barney wears a double-breasted tuxedo to the movie premiere. He rented it from Giggleheimer's. KNC is a television station in Raleigh. According to Andy, the train only comes through Mayberry once daily. Miss Andrews stays in Room #7 at the Mayberry Hotel. While making dinner reservations, Barney ask the maitre d' to put a bottle of the restaurant's best red wine on ice. He is informed that red wine is traditionally served at room temperature.
213	213	February 27, 1967	Helen, the Authoress
Helen writes a children's book that is accepted for publication and Andy faces the disquieting prospect of being the fiance of a celebrity. Guest star Elaine Joyce Elaine Joyce Elaine Joyce is an American actress.Joyce was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She made her film debut in 1961 as an extra in West Side Story and made uncredited appearances in several musical films, including The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie, and Funny Girl before being cast in Such Good Friends in 1971... . Helen takes the pen name of Helene Alexion Dubois. Andy states that the name of Crump carries a lot of class in the state of Kansas. Goober says that Potter's Cave is a tourist site in Mayberry. The high school is being sandblasted. Howard enjoys putting raw eggs in his malted milkshakes. A full page ad about Helen and her book appears in the Mount Pilot Bugle And Sun. In Best Bets, a television magazine, Andy spots a documentary about forest rangers that he and Helen plan to watch. After that, they plan on watching an Eddie Bracken Eddie Bracken Edward Vincent "Eddie" Bracken was an American actor.-Life and career:Bracken was born in Astoria, New York, the son of Catherine and Joseph L. Bracken. Bracken performed in vaudeville at the age of nine and gained fame with the Broadway musical Too Many Girls in a role he reprised for the 1940...  movie.
214	214	March 6, 1967	Goodbye Dolly
Andy and Opie face the difficult problem of helping an old milk-wagon horse find contentment in retirement. Goober claims that a horse can live off its fat for seven days. Goober tells Opie that when he was a boy, a day's work consisted of rising before daylight, chopping the neighbors' kindling, feeding chickens, slopping hogs, delivering groceries for the general store, sweeping up, and pumping gas at his daddy's gas station. He was paid a quarter per day. He quit after the first day. Aunt Bee took Clara's advice and put just a touch of nutmeg in her apples as they cooked. This made for a tasty apple pie. One of the Taylors' next door neighbors is Fred Hartley. Opie refuses to accept any payment from Mr. Simpson. Howard is looking forward to retirement. He has an annuity that pays off when he is 60 years old.
215	215	March 13, 1967	Opie's Piano Lesson
Opie insists on studying piano until he finds out that football practice and piano practice are incompatible. Mr. Jackson was played by Richard Bull Richard Bull (actor) Richard Bull is an American film actor, stage actor and television actor.He is best known for his performance as Nels Oleson, the kindly proprietor of Oleson's Mercantile and the long suffering husband of his wife Harriet on the NBC TV series Little House on the Prairie which aired from 1974 to... , who is best known as Nels Oleson on Little House on the Prairie Little House on the Prairie (TV series) Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books... . George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Aunt Bee says that the first requirement of a piano player is that he must have clean hands. The Taylors' piano needs to be tuned. Aunt Bee hopes to catch piano tuner Mr. Higby the next time he passes through town. Flip Conroy played college football before playing for ten years with the New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... . Opie is both the quarterback and captain of his football team. Black performers had been cast as extras in other episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, but this episode is the first and only one to feature a black actor. Flip Conroy plays the piano. He selection is "Grand Valse Brillante" by Frederic Chopin Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano".... .
216	216	March 20, 1967	Howard, the Comedian
Howard Sprague becomes a comedian and appears on television with jokes about his hometown, and inadvertently rubs his friends the wrong way with his routine. Howard appears on "Colonel Tim's Talent Time" originating live from TV station WASG in Raleigh. A CBS "eye" logo appears on one of the cameras. Goober refers to Howard as "Mayberry's #1 comedian." Howard says that his Uncle Carl had a good sense of humor. Before Howard leaves for Raleigh, Floyd gives the comedian a trim, while Goober waxes his blue station wagon. After the program, Floyd tells Howard he should get his next haircut from "that poodle trimmer in Mount Pilot."
217	217	March 27, 1967	Big Brother
Howard volunteers to become the Big Brother Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a 501 non-profit organization whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that try to have a measurable impact on youth....  of a high school boy, which brings a reward he didn't expect. Betty Parker was played by Elizabeth MacRae Elizabeth MacRae Elizabeth MacRae is an actress who guest starred on various television shows from the 1960s to the 1980s... , who is best known as Gomer Pyle Gomer Pyle Gomer Pyle is a bubbly, gentle, rural auto mechanic character played by American singer/ television actor Jim Nabors. Gomer Pyle became a character on the TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, when actor Howard McNear, who played Floyd the barber, suffered a stroke and took a respite from acting. Jim... 's girlfriend on its spin-off show, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.The show renders the title as Gomer Pyle - USMC. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy... . Ron Howard does not appear in this episode. Goober says he was an only child. Floyd and Goober think the Big Brother program is a good idea. In fact, they offer to volunteer. The Embassy Dance Hall is located in Mount Pilot. Howard mistakenly refers to the St. Louis Dodgers, meaning to say the Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming... . Then, he refers to the St. Louis Orioles, meaning to say the St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to... . Later, he reads a sports magazine and discovers that former St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial Stan Musial Stanley Frank "Stan" Musial is a retired professional baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals . Nicknamed "Stan the Man", Musial was a record 24-time All-Star selection , and is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in baseball...  had a lifetime batting average of .334.
218	218	April 3, 1967	Opie's Most Unforgettable Character
Opie has trouble coming up with a subject for his writing assignment, and Andy gets distressed when Opie eventually chooses someone else as the subject. Prior to suggesting Andy as an interesting subject for Opie, Aunt Bee suggest he write about egg man Mr. Bristol or Howard Sprague. (Mr. Bristol talks to his chickens as if they were people. Howard single-handedly reorganized Mayberry's entire sewer system.) Andy suggested that Goober might make a good subject. (Opie started a paper on Goober, but its 43 words fell short of the required 500-word essay.) As Andy commented about having done some living in his time, Goober thinks out loud, "You can say that again". Goober recently enjoyed his finest weekend of fishing. He caught 7 perch and 6 large-mouth bass.
219	219	April 10, 1967	Goober's Contest
Goober faces disaster when a printing error awards Floyd Floyd Lawson Floyd Lawson was a fictional character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, which was inspired by a real barber in Andy Griffith's real-life hometown of Mt. Airy, North Carolina named Russell Hiatt who actually cut Andy Griffith's hair on a regular basis while Andy was young and living...  a large cash prize in his filling station contest. This was Howard McNear Howard McNear Howard Terbell McNear was an American film, television and radio character actor. McNear is best remembered as Floyd Lawson, the barber in The Andy Griffith Show and as Doc Charles Adams in CBS Radio's Gunsmoke .-Career:McNear was born in Los Angeles, California to Luzetta M. Spencer and Franklin... 's final episode on the show. Rob Reiner Rob Reiner Robert "Rob" Reiner is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and political activist.As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s...  plays Joe, the printer's apprentice. Goober suggests calling the contest "Goober's Gusher of Gold," but Wally nixes the idea. Andy strikes out with his three envelopes. When Aunt Bee wins $5.00, she states that she has never won anything in her life. Apparently she has forgotten the truckload of prizes she won on the "Win or Lose" game show in episode 165, "Aunt Bee On TV." According to Andy, a tornado hit Mayberry about 12 years ago. Goober refers to the 1955 tornado, too. Before Goober breaks the bad news to Floyd, he is offered a free haircut and a shampoo. Floyd promises to use a sweet-smelling shampoo that will make him smell like "Morris" (Maurice) Chevalier. Opie congratulates his father for his wisdom in scheming to resolve the contest problem. He compares Andy to the biblical King Solomon.

Season 8 (1967–1968)

30 episodes

Production #	Broadcast #	Airdate	Title
220	220	September 11, 1967	Opie's First Love
Mary Alice Carter (Morgan Brittany Morgan Brittany Morgan Brittany is an American film and television actress. She is possibly best known for her role in the 1980s primetime soap opera Dallas, where she portrayed Katherine Wentworth, the scheming younger half-sister of Pamela Ewing and Cliff Barnes.-Early career:Under her birth name, Brittany... ) accepts Opie's invitation to a party then decides to go with another boy at the last moment. The Monroe Nursery recently burned down. It was located in Mount Pilot. Aunt Bee says they used to feature some of the best azaleas she's ever seen. Miss Crump's classroom is Room #10. Andy asks Aunt Bee not to have Mr. Perkins make Opie's sleeves and pants 4 inches too long so the suit will fit him "seven years from now." Arnold tells Opie that the party was almost ruined when his parents suggested that the kids dunk for apples. Arnold asked his folks to retreat to the kitchen for the rest of the evening. Opie asks Andy if he can borrow his tie that has horses on it to wear at the party. It would go well with his new suit. Andy agrees and offers to loan him his key chain. It's the one that hooks onto the belt and hangs down, leading to the hip pocket. Opie declines.
221	235	December 25, 1967	Goober the Executive
Goober buys the gas station with financial backing from Andy and Emmett. Guest star Bo Hopkins Bo Hopkins Bo Hopkins is an American actor.-Career:Hopkins has appeared in more than one hundred film and television roles in a career of more than forty years, including The Bridge at Remagen, The Wild Bunch, The Getaway, American Graffiti, White Lightning, Radioland Murders, The Killer Elite, Midnight... . Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. A sign (attached to a thermometer) reads, "Treat yourself to the best." Goober has been working at Wally's Service Station for 11 years. Two signs in Emmett's Fix-It Shop read, "We don't loan tools" and "No guarantee on parts sold." Fred Michaels is the vice-president in charge of regional sales of northeastern North Carolina for the Emblem Oil Company out of El Paso, Texas El Paso, Texas El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States... . Goober decides on using the declining balance method of bookkeeping. His reason? He and Opie like the sound of it.
222	225	October 16, 1967	Howard's Main Event
Howard is threatened by his girlfriend's bully ex-boyfriend. Allan Melvin Allan Melvin Allan Melvin was an American character actor who appeared in several television shows, including the roles of Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show; Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch; and Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's...  guest stars. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Arlene Golonka Arlene Golonka Arlene Golonka is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Millie Swanson on the television comedies The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D., and often portrayed bubbly, eccentric blondes in supporting character roles on stage, film, and television.-Early years:Golonka was...  appears for the first time as Millie Hutchins. Goober would like to learn Swedish, because he once had a customer who spoke only Swedish. Goober does not own a record player. Clyde Plaunt calls Howard "Ace." Goober is dating a girl named Gloria. He claims he is only shy around women when the woman is a member of the Mayberry Softball Team. According to Goober, "They think they're so much." By the way, Gloria refuses to ride in Goober's truck.
223	226	October 23, 1967	Aunt Bee the Juror
Aunt Bee is summoned for jury duty Jury duty Jury duty is service as a juror in a legal proceeding. When a person is called for jury duty in the United States, that service is usually not optional: one must attend or face strict penalties. Employers are not allowed to fire an employee simply for being called to jury duty...  and disagrees with her fellow jurors. The defendant is played by Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for an Academy Award twelve times, and has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice: for One Flew Over the... . Opie once made a drawing of a horse and sent it off to an art school to have it evaluated. The reply said that he had talent, and they asked him to build on that talent by enrolling in their 12-lesson course by mail. The cost was just $98.50. Later, the art school writes him again, offering a newly developed short course for only $37.00. Opie smartly declines both offers. Aunt Bee and Andy watch a courtroom drama on television at home. Aunt Bee claims she can always pick out the crooks on television very easily, because they're always mean and squinty-eyed and have scars. The truly damning piece of evidence against Mr. Granger is that his cigarette lighter was found at the scene of the crime. Aunt Bee's homemade brownies are apparently a hit with her fellow jurors. Even Judge Cranston writes and asks for her brownie recipe after the trial. This episode has the most actors with specific speaking parts in the series.
224	221	September 18, 1967	Howard the Bowler
Howard, a last minute substitution on the bowling team, astonishes everyone by bowling a perfect game 300-point game A perfect game is the highest score possible in a game of bowling, achieved by rolling a strike during every frame. In bowling games that use 10 pins, such as Ten-pin bowling, Candlepin bowling, and Duckpin bowling, the highest possible score is 300, achieved by bowling 12 strikes in a row in a... . Guest star Norman Alden Norman Alden Norman Alden is an American character actor who has performed in television programs and motion pictures since first appearing on The 20th Century Fox Hour in 1957. He provided the voice of Kay in The Sword in the Stone film in 1963 and received Oscar buzz for his role in I Never Promised You a... . Emmett paid $8.00 apiece for the team bowling shirts. Andy estimates that as many as 50 to 60 people come to see a bowling match. Goober's right eye usually twitches when he gets nervous. During the first half of the bowling match, the team from Mayberry bowls on lane number 9. They switch to lane 10 to complete the match. During his sleepless night, Howard reads from the poems of Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...  and Ernest L. Thayer. The odds against someone bowling a perfect game are stated to be 348,000 to 1.
225	224	October 9, 1967	Opie Steps Up in Class
Opie goes to summer camp with a rich boy, and Aunt Bee attempts to elevate the Taylor's social standing. Guest star Joyce Van Patten Joyce Van Patten Joyce Benignia Van Patten is an American stage, film and television actress.-Personal life:Van Patten was born in New York City, the daughter of Josephine Rose , an Italian American magazine advertising executive, and Richard Byron Van Patten, a Dutch American interior decorator.She is the younger... . George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. In a conversation with Emmett, Andy states that Emerson said, "Be yourself." Emmett thinks he is referring to Fletcher Emerson, a man who used to run a hardware store in Mayberry. This Fletcher used to say things like, "Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?" Andy is referring to Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century... . According to a brochure, Camp Winokee offers "200 acres of untrammeled loveliness, bordering crystal clear Lake Winokee. Rugged riding trails, tennis, water skiing, a fun place!" According to Emmett, the Hollander home as copper pipes throughout. He tells Andy that George Hollander is the director of five banks. Mr. Hollander's peers are all big shots, too. Frank Glendon owns a chain of Glendon's Grocery Stores, and Martin Breckenridge is the biggest real estate operator in the state. Hole number 4 at the Walnut Hills golf course is 162 yards long. As Aunt Bee drives up to the Hollanders to pick up Opie, several palm trees are seen on the right side of the house. There are no palm trees in North Carolina.
226	223	October 2, 1967	Andy's Trip to Raleigh
Andy cancels a big date with Helen in order to confer with a lawyer in Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh... , who turns out to be a beautiful woman (Whitney Blake Whitney Blake Whitney Blake was an American film and television actress, director and producer.Blake was born as Nancy Ann Whitney in 1926 in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, the first child of Martha Mae Wilkerson and Harry Whitney... ). Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. At the beginning of this episode Andy is reading a newspaper from his hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Goober purchases a new suit in Mount Pilot for this year's Harvest Ball. The musical entertainment will be provided by Casper Tice and His Latin Rhythms. According to Andy, Raleigh is more than 100 miles (160.9 km) from Mayberry. It is Judge Conley who assigns Andy to work with Lee Drake on the court case. Alvin Barrows and George Brookfield are two prominent Raleigh attorneys with whom Howard Sprague is acquainted. According to Goober and Emmett, the preacher is taking seven Sundays and giving a sermon on each one of the seven deadly sins Seven deadly sins The 7 Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices that have been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct followers concerning fallen humanity's tendency to sin... . This week the topic was sloth Sloth Sloths are the six species of medium-sized mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae , part of the order Pilosa and therefore related to armadillos and anteaters, which sport a similar set of specialized claws.They are arboreal residents of the jungles of Central and South... . Next week's sermon is on gluttony Gluttony Gluttony, derived from the Latin gluttire meaning to gulp down or swallow, means over-indulgence and over-consumption of food, drink, intoxicants or wealth items to the point of extravagance or waste... .
227	222	September 25, 1967	A Trip to Mexico
Aunt Bee enters a contest and wins a free trip to Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... . George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Vince Barnett Vince Barnett Vince Barnett was an American film actor. He appeared on stage originally before appearing in over 180 films between 1930 and 1975....  appears for the first time as Elmo. Aunt Bee wins the grand prize in the "Tampico Tamale Lucky Number Contest." Emmett once went on a business trip to Akron, Ohio Akron, Ohio Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan... . He claims that Akron is a wide-open town. Aunt Bee, Clara, and Myrtle's departure flight is #17. They board at gate #12. Aunt Bee mails Opie a sombrero and a serape. Myrtle gives maracas to Andy, Howard, and Emmett. Myrtle tells the leader of the mariachi band that Clara is Ginger Rogers Ginger Rogers Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century.... .
228	227	October 30, 1967	The Tape Recorder
Opie disobeys Andy and tape-records a bank robber's confession. Myles Bentley practices law and lives in Jonesboro. Eddie Blake stoled $25,000 from a bank in Raleigh. He hid the money in a dry well at Ferguson's abandoned farm on Orchard Road in Mayberry. Andy swears in Goober as an acting deputy while he goes to pick up Eddie Blake from the state police. Eddie Blake brags about wearing a $200.00 suit.
229	228	November 6, 1967	Opie's Group
Opie joins a rock and roll group and his school grades begin to slip. The Sound Committee practices in the Taylors' garage. Aunt Bee warns Opie not to get electrocuted by his amplifer. Andy and Aunt Bee have their hearts set on Opie becoming a Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...  judge when he grows up. Emmett enjoys listening to the beautiful music of the Raleigh Philharmonic Orchestra. Opie orders a bright red shirt to wear when the band plays. He ordered it COD. This doesn't please Andy, who complains that Opie has only been a musician for a few days and is already in debt. Viewers may note that despite the lack of a bass guitar player, the Sound Committee has an awfully good bass sound. Kay Ann Kemper portrays Phoebe, even though the cast credits incorrectly list her as Joy.
230	229	November 13, 1967	Aunt Bee and the Lecturer
Aunt Bee goes picnicking and dining with a charming lecturer. After his lecture, Professor St. John autographs copies of his book. According to the professor, Beatrice, in Latin, means "she who makes happy." Beulah Albright's son, Harold, was fishing at Myers' Lake when he saw Aunt Bee and the professor picnicking. Ethel Montgomery St. John died 10 years ago. Aunt Bee is the "carbon copy" of her. Aunt Bee and the professor dine at Morrelli's Restaurant. Aunt Bee asks "Hubert, what do you think about the situation in Asia?" This is clearly a reference to the Vietnam War Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of... . While impersonating a swinger, Aunt Bee suggests that she and the professor should patronize a recently opened nightclub in Mount Pilot called the Bombo Pod. She tells him her motto is "live a little!" She plans an evening at the races and a visit to a little roadhouse called Patty's Place. Clara informs Aunt Bee that she has scheduled another lecture. This one will feature an expert on Outer Mongolia Outer Mongolia Outer Mongolia was a territory of the Qing Dynasty = the Manchu Empire. Its area was roughly equivalent to that of the modern state of Mongolia, which is sometimes informally called "Outer Mongolia" today... .
231	230	November 20, 1967	Andy's Investment
Andy opens a coin laundry to save money for Opie's college education. George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Aunt Bee purchased a collegiate dictionary to send to Willis Spooner, the son of her friend Louise Spooner. Willis lives in Hartford, Connecticut Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making... , and is attending a small college there. According to gossip from another friend of Aunt Bee's (Harriet Cleaver of South Bend, Indiana South Bend, Indiana The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663... ), the college has very low requirements. Opie has an Aunt Martha who lives near the University of North Carolina University of North Carolina Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...  at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care... . Howard Sprague went to Bradbury Business College, located on the third floor of the Essex Bank Building in Mount Pilot. Howard is a proud graduate, having taken the entire year-and-a-half course. Emmett says the campus is "wall to wall linoleum." He cites Cyrus Whitley as an example of the average Bradbury graduate. Cyrus is now doing five years in prison for embezzlement. Andy was told by Mr. Giddings that he could earn up to $200 a month running Laundercoin. Alpha Porter drops off her laundry at the courthouse.
232	233	December 11, 1967	Suppose Andy Gets Sick
Andy catches the flu and Goober takes over as his deputy. Vince Barnett Vince Barnett Vince Barnett was an American film actor. He appeared on stage originally before appearing in over 180 films between 1930 and 1975....  would later play Elmo in the spin-off series, Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry R.F.D. is a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show under a new title, for the same sponsor, General Foods... . A boy named Rodney takes over for Goober at the gas station while he's acting deputy. Goober issues Elmo a ticket for turning without using a signal. Emmett's shoelaces are 27 inches long. In Andy's absence, Howard, Goober, and Emmett form the Police Emergency Committee. Andy tickets Harvey for making an illegal U-turn on Main Street.
233	231	November 27, 1967	Howard and Millie
Howard proposes to his girlfriend Millie at the bakery where she works. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Cinnamon buns cost 7¢ a piece at Boysinger's Bakery. Opie buys a dented cake for Aunt Bee for $1.00. Millie tells him that the normal price is $1.25. Howard treats Andy, Helen, and Millie to dinner in the dining car of the train. In order to save Howard money, Andy and Helen order the fish cake special. On the other hand, Millie orders shrimp cocktail, a porterhouse steak, au gratin potatoes, celery hearts, and fudge layer cake. Howard believes that his mustache makes him look like a young Tom Dewey or Teddy Roosevelt. Millie thinks it makes him look like one of the Keystone Cops. Howard loves the Smoky Mountains.
234	232	December 4, 1967	Aunt Bee's Cousin
Andy learns the truth about a relative but keeps quiet because Aunt Bee is proud of her supposedly wealthy cousin. Aunt Bee has a cousin named Bradford J. Taylor. Bradford claims to own copper mines in Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... , a plantation in Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... , a 41,000-acre sheep ranch in Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... , a racetrack in Africa Africa Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area... , and a paper mill in Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... . He also claims to be the personal financial advisor to the crown prince of Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... . Aunt Bee and Bradford both grew up in West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east... . Bradford sneaks into Mayberry in a freight car. He claims that he is ready to ship 10,000 head of Texas longhorns cattle. Bradford says that Mayberry reminds him of the northern part of Mozambique Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest... . Aunt Bee's homemade strawberry ice cream won first prize at the county fair.
235	234	December 18, 1967	Howard's New Life
Howard quits his boring job as county clerk and becomes a Caribbean Caribbean The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...  island beachcomber. Guest star Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton is an American actor, musician, and singer. Stanton's career has spanned over fifty years, which has seen him star in such films as Paris, Texas, Kelly's Heroes, Dillinger, Alien, Repo Man, The Last Temptation of Christ, Wild at Heart, The Green Mile and The Pledge... . Goober is a big fan of the actress Dorothy Lamour Dorothy Lamour Dorothy Lamour was an American film actress. She is best remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope .-Early life:Lamour was born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Carmen Louise Dorothy... . As part of his job as Mayberry's county clerk, Howard issues business licenses, building permits, dog licenses, sales tax permits, and bicycle licenses. After watching "Travelogue" on TV, Howard quits his job and buys a one-way ticket to St. Benedict, "the Pearl of the Caribbean Caribbean The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north... ". The island is four miles (6 km) long and about four miles (6 km) wide. It is reached by boat from Trinadad. The voice belonging to the narrator of the "Travelogue" show on TV is that of The Andy Griffith Show writer Bill Idelson Bill Idelson Bill Idelson was an actor and scriptwriter best known for his teenage role as Rush Gook on the radio comedy Vic and Sade and his later, recurring television role on The Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960s, before making a distinguished third career as a television writer, director and producer.... . Howard meets four Americans on the island: the general store proprietor, Grover, Wes, and Norman. This episode features the first dream sequence: Howard dreams Aunt Bee and Andy come to the island and find him tearing newspapers into strips at the general store. A gentleman by the strange name of Sir Lancelot also appears (cast credits list him as the "man").
236	237	January 8, 1968	Emmett's Brother-in-Law
Emmett is needled into becoming an insurance salesman by his wife and brother-in-law. Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. Ben Beacham drives a Continental with a 340 horsepower engine. Ben addresses Goober as "Mr. Goober." Ben claims that Emmett could make $15,000 per year selling insurance. Emmett's Fix-It Shop income is just shy of $7,500 per year. Mayberry's wealthier citizens live on the north side of town. As Emmett's first customer, Andy purchases a policy for Opie that will pay the boy $1,000 when he turns 21. Goober purchases a life insurance policy that will cost him $9.00 per month. Andy's life insurance is paid by the state, and he gets hospitalization insurance through the Sheriff's Association. It is stated that Raleigh is a five-hour drive from Mayberry.
237	236	January 1, 1968	The Mayberry Chef
Aunt Bee is given her own cooking show on the local television station. Siler City is a 25-minute drive from Mayberry. Television station WZAZ Channel 12 is located in Siler City. In order to film "The Mayberry Chef," Aunt Bee will be gone every week night from 5:00 PM till 8:00 PM. A man named Mr. Harkinson used to be Aunt Bee's butcher in Mayberry. She says that he was always a gentleman. Aunt Bee prepared the following dishes on "The Mayberry Chef": beef casserole, chicken in a pot (not shown) and rib roast.
238	239	January 22, 1968	The Church Benefactors
A $500 bequest to the Mayberry church provokes debate over how to best spend the money. George Lindsey does not appear in this episode. Opie usually tithes a quarter at weekly church services. In this episode he attempts to sell a Canadian quarter to another boy in the congregation for 15 cents. Reverend Tucker doesn't always wear a high collar. He confesses to Andy that he has a short neck and sometimes, the collar kind of gets to him. The reverend visits his flock on Thursday. The new choir robes are blue with a detachable white collar made of Poplin Poplin Poplin, also called tabinet , is a strong fabric in a plain weave of any fiber or blend, with crosswise ribs that typically gives a corded surface.Poplin traditionally consisted of a silk warp with a weft of worsted yarn... . The robes themselves consist of heavy polished cotton and are guaranteed to be wrinkle-proof. The church is out of plumb about 5 inches. Howard's idea was inspired by the Book of Genesis, chapters 6 through 10.
239	238	January 15, 1968	Opie's Drugstore Job
Opie breaks a bottle of expensive perfume at his new job. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. The Taylors' telephone number is given as 426. Andy's first real job was as a popcorn popper at the movie house. Old Man MacKnight was his boss. Howard's first job was as a truck driver for the Mayberry Transfer Company. He only lasted a few days because it just wasn't for him. A banana split cost 35¢ at Crawford's Drugstore. While Opie is anxiously waiting for Arnold to bring him the replacement bottle of "Blue Moonlight," he accidentally puts a pickle on Goober's sundae. When Opie broke the water-filled "Blue Moonlight" bottle, how come he didn't notice that the contents had no fragrance?
240	240	January 29, 1968	Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting
Barney gets Andy to let him use the Taylor home at the last moment for a summit meeting between the United States and Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... . Don Knotts Don Knotts Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...  guest stars in his final appearance in this episode. Mr. Ruskin was played by Alan Oppenheimer Alan Oppenheimer Alan Oppenheimer is an American character actor and voice actor. He has performed numerous roles on live-action television since the 1960s, and has had an active career doing voice work in cartoons since the 1970s.-Early life:... , who later played Dr. Rudy Wells on The Six Million Dollar Man The Six Million Dollar Man The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for the OSI... . Barney suggest the following Mayberry buildings as possible locations for the summit: the Kiwanis Club Meeting Hall, the basement of the Moravian Church, and the banquet room of the Blu-Vue Motel. Barney used to steal apples from Mr. McCabe's orchard when he was a boy. He would play "Run, Sheep, Run", "Early, Early, Urchin Free", and "1,2,3 Red Light" in his yard. Mr. McCabe used to call him a "scamp". In a blooper, a microphone boom can be seen in the reflection in the windshield of the squad car as Andy and Barney are leaving the McCabe residence. Sarah must be on vacation, as both Andy and Barney address the operator simply as "operator." Aunt Bee claims that her mother always said, "If you eat standing up, it goes right to your legs." Don Knotts' final words on The Andy Griffith Show: "Those of us who chart the course of world events shall forever remain nameless." This was the highest-rated episode in the entire series. It garnered a 33.4 audience share.
241	249	April 1, 1968	Mayberry R.F.D
Sam Jones Sam Jones (Mayberry R.F.D.) Sam Jones is a fictional character who debuted on the American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show . Jones then went on to star in the spin-off show Mayberry R.F.D.. Jones is portrayed by American actor Ken Berry.-Overview:...  invites a buddy from Italy to help him work his land. This episode was the series finale during the show's original broadcast order, setting up the spin-off Spin-off (media) In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...  show, Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry R.F.D. Mayberry R.F.D. is a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show under a new title, for the same sponsor, General Foods... . Goober refers to his Ivy League Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...  jacket as "Ivory League." Mario and Sophia speak broken English, while Papa Vinchenti speaks none at all. Sam's farm has been in his family for over 100 years. Mario refers to North Carolina as "North California" during his speech to the Mayberry Civic League. The Mayberry Civic League sings "'O Sole Mio 'O Sole Mio "O sole mio" is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the melody was composed by Eduardo di Capua. Though there are versions in other languages, "'O sole mio" is usually sung in the original Neapolitan language... ". A sign at the Mayberry train depot states that Mayberry's elevation is 671 feet (204.5 m) above sea level, and the town's population is 5,360. (In previous episodes the population has been much less. Episode 162 places it at "under 2,000," and 208 gives it at 1,800). The last line of The Andy Griffith Show: "Rosso? Si, Si. Yes!"
242	241	February 5, 1968	Goober Goes to an Auto Show
Goober tries to impress an old mechanics' school friend by treating him to a lavish dinner and claiming to own a chain of gas stations. The Counterboy was played by Howard Hesseman Howard Hesseman Howard Hesseman is an American actor best known for playing disc jockey Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and schoolteacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class.-Early life:... , who later played Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati WKRP in Cincinnati WKRP in Cincinnati is an American situation comedy that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show was created by Hugh Wilson and was based upon his experiences working in advertising sales at Top 40 radio station WQXI in Atlanta...  and is Charlie Moore on Head of the Class Head of the Class Head of the Class is an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television network. The series follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program at the fictional Monroe High School in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore... . Goober tells Andy that when he was in the service, he once let a guy have it for referring to him as a "hayseed." Goober hires a boy named Norris to mind the service station while he is in Raleigh. Andy states that the Norris boy is not too bright. Goober and the Taylors stay in suites #416 and #418 at the Commodore Hotel in Raleigh. The rooms cost $15.00 a day. In a minor goof, viewers can plainly see that Goober's suite is actually #421. Roy Swanson's wife, the former Ruthie Matthews, once dated Goober. At the Golden Palace, Aunt Bee orders lobster, Roy gets a roast beef, Andy gets a big steak, and Opie gets a small steak. Viewers do not get to see what Goober ate. In a blooper, Goober and the Taylors stop and get gas in Raleigh before heading back to Mayberry. As they are waiting, a truck from the Coors Brewing Company Coors Brewing Company The Coors Brewing Company is a regional division of the world's fifth-largest brewing company, the Canadian Molson Coors Brewing Company and is the third-largest brewer in the United States...  is seen driving past the service station. Coors Beer was illegal east of the Mississippi River Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...  until the mid-1980s. At the service station, Andy has bought a bottle of soda pop and has just taken his first sip when he sees Roy. After he points out Roy's actual occupation to Goober, Andy walks off, inexplicably leaving the full bottle of soda pop.
243	242	February 12, 1968	Aunt Bee's Big Moment
Aunt Bee does well with her flying lessons until the instructor tells her she is ready to solo. Big moments include: Hors d'œuvre was the word Helen spelled to win the state spelling championship in Kansas. Goober won the pancake-eating contest at the county fair by consuming 57 pancakes with butter and syrup. Howard lived on a Caribbean island (Episode 235). Andy caught the winning touchdown pass against Mount Pilot High School and was carried off the field by his teammates. Goober's normal order of pancakes varies between 12 to 15 per sitting. While under the dryer at the beauty parlor, Aunt Bee reads the magazine Aviation Journal while two other ladies read Lady Beautiful and Home Decor. A demonstration flight at MacDonald's Flight School cost $5.00. The number of the plane that Aunt Bee practices and solos in is N5955B.
244	243	February 19, 1968	Helen's Past
Andy discovers secrets from Helen Crump's past. He learns that his girlfriend was once arrested for carrying a gun, gambling and keeping company with a notorious gangster. Helen has an unnamed cat. Maynard Myers was an old boyfriend of Helen's back in Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties... . Wallace Crenshaw backs his pickup truck into Mr. Benson's vegetable stand. The two Mayberrians then proceed to get into a fight. Howard tries to explain to Goober you don't get warts from frogs. The Kansas City newspaper is The Chronicle. In order to make Helen feel comfortable, Aunt Bee admits that her great uncle was a cattle rustler, and Opie admits that he and Arnold once sneaked into the movie theater without paying. Helen was arraigned on August 4, 1959. Howard Sprague is a member of the Mayberry School Board. Helen has a master's degree in journalism. Guest star Connie Sawyer.
245	244	February 26, 1968	Emmett's Anniversary
Emmett buys his wife a mink coat for their 25th anniversary, but goofs in his attempt to keep it a secret. Guest star Ronnie Schell Ronnie Schell Ronald Ralph "Ronnie" Schell is an American actor, stand-up comedian and cartoon voice actor . Early in his career he appeared as himself as a contestant on You Bet Your Life opposite Groucho Marx, demonstrating a comic barrage of jive talk.-Life and career:Schell was born in Richmond, California... . Frances Bavier Frances Bavier Frances Elizabeth Bavier was an American stage and television actress. Originally from the New York theatre, Bavier worked in film and television from the 1950s...  does not appear in this episode. Martha grows begonias and suffers from bursitis. Flora Mallerby is once again working at the Mayberry Diner. She works with a lady named Dorothy. Martha and Ethel Pendleton take in a Greer Garson Greer Garson Greer Garson, CBE was a British-born actress who was very popular during World War II, being listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. As one of MGM's major stars of the 1940s, Garson received seven Academy Award...  movie. In an odd scene, Martha is shown drinking alcoholic beverages with Ethel when she thinks Emmett is being unfaithful. The best ranch mink that Bernie has for sale costs $1800.00, even with the 40% discount. Flora has changed her hairstyle in this episode to a 1967 Grace Kelly Grace Kelly Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress who, in April 1956, married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, to become Princess consort of Monaco, styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, and commonly referred to as Princess Grace.After embarking on an acting career in 1950, at the age of...  look. It looks very nice.
246	245	March 4, 1968	The Wedding
Howard's mother remarries and moves away, so Howard remodels their home into a bachelor pad and tries to throw a swinging party. Guest star Teri Garr Teri Garr -Early life:Garr was born in Lakewood, Ohio in 1947. Her father, Eddie Garr , was a vaudeville performer, comedian and actor whose career peaked when he briefly took over the lead role in the Broadway drama Tobacco Road... . Frances Bavier and Ron Howard do not appear in this episode. George Watkins proposed to Mrs. Sprague as they were eating rice pudding at Morelli's Restaurant. Howard bought his abstract paintings from an out-of-the-way shop in Mount Pilot. In his quest for a date, Goober is turned down by a girl named Jenny (she's engaged), a woman named Irene (she went into the operating room at 5:00 PM), a female customer at his gas station (she gives him a blank look), and Sally Marsh, whom he refers to as "the end of the line." Howard is rejected by Dorothy (who is visiting her folks), Marion (who is busy), and Shirley (who barely remembers him).
247	246	March 11, 1968	Sam for Town Council
Sam Jones is urged by Andy and his other Mayberry neighbors to run for City Council. Ken Berry Ken Berry Kenneth Ronald "Ken" Berry is an American dancer, comedic actor and singer. He began on stage as a dancer and later starred in television sitcoms.-Life and career:...  joins the cast as Sam Jones for the last four episodes of the series. Howard Hesseman Howard Hesseman Howard Hesseman is an American actor best known for playing disc jockey Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and schoolteacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class.-Early life:...  plays Harry the fisherman. Sam Jones is a military veteran. He earned a sharpshooter's medal in the service. Goober's campaign slogans for Sam are "Fair And Square Sam", "Sam's The Best, To Heck With The Rest", and "Tippecanoe And Sam, Too". In an attempt to solicit votes for Sam, Andy and Howard visit Mr. Perkins, and Aunt Bee and Helen visit Mr. Calvin. Aunt Bee promises the elderly Mr. Calvin that Helen will pick him up and take him to the polls on election day. This excites Mr. Calvin. Emmett greets an unseen Mayberrian named Mr. Linke. This could be an acknowledgment to Andy Griffith's long-time friend, partner, and manager, Richard O. Linke. Sam wins the election by 405 votes. Roy Engel Roy Engel Roy Engel was an American television and film actor. Engel was born in New York, New York, United States.-Career:...  appears as Mr. Perkins, though the cast credits incorrectly list him as Mrs. Perkins. Gil Lamb is listed in the cast credits as Lou, but his character is never seen or heard.
248	247	March 18, 1968	Opie and Mike
Sam Jones' son Mike has a problem with bullies at school and Opie helps out. The Mayberry City Council building is shown. Portraits of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...  and George Washington George Washington George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...  adorn the walls of the building. Mike imitates Opie by putting his comb in his shirt pocket. L & B Movers are the company that transports the Campbells' belongings from West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...  to Mayberry. Opie and Heather Campbell are both in the eighth grade. Heather Campbell takes piano lessons.
249	248	March 25, 1968	A Girl for Goober
Goober uses a dating service and is paired up with a woman with whom he has nothing in common. This was the last episode filmed, but it was not the series finale. The episode "Mayberry R.F.D." (production #241) was aired as the finale. Maggie Peterson Maggie Peterson Maggie Peterson Mancuso is an American television actress. She is best known for playing Charlene Darling on The Andy Griffith Show... , who had previously played "Charlene Darling" on The Andy Griffith Show, plays the part of "Doris" near the beginning of this episode. Frances Bavier does not appear in this episode. Goober states that he is 33 years old. The cost of the dating service is $5.00. Edith Gibson's telephone number is given as 4872. It took Edith Gibson three weeks to read The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire. During the dinner date, Edith refers to the Greek philosopher Aristotle Aristotle Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology... . Edith Gibson has a Ph.D. in psychology. Sam's girlfriend, Doris, plays the piano. Mayberry has a new unnamed barber. The song that the gang sings at the beginning and end of the episode is entitled, "You and I". Dr. Gibson mentions the town of Toast as a possible test site for the dating service. The real town of Toast, North Carolina Toast, North Carolina Toast is a census-designated place in Surry County, North Carolina, United States, located just west of Mount Airy, North Carolina. The population was 1,922 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Toast is located at .... is located just a few miles from Mount Airy. This was the only episode to use a "Teleplay By" and "Story By" billing.