List of The Andy Griffith Show episodes

Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and his young son Opie (Ron Howard) are in need of a new housekeeper. Andy's Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier) looks like the perfect candidate and moves in, but her presence causes friction with Opie.

Andy and his bumbling deputy, Barney Fife (Don Knotts), offer to help track down an escaped convict, but the Captain of the State Police scoffs at the small-town sheriff's help.

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, who later played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard.

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.

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.

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 is dismayed when Opie refuses to contribute money to the school charity drive - but there is a secret reason behind Opie's apparent "selfishness".

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.

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!

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.

Mayberry's local "Scrooge," storeowner Ben Walker, 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.

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.

Lights! Camera! Choas! 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.

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.

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.

When Andy has to leave Mayberry for the day to testify in a court case held in a neighboring town, Deputy Barney Fife is left in charge of the sheriff's department - and he proceeds to arrest everyone in Mayberry!

Opie comes home 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 business!

Mayberry newcomers Fred and Jeannie Boone are constantly causing domestic disturbances with their fighting, so Andy decides to play marriage counselor to the bickering couple - with disastrous results!

A New York City 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.

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 shapes and sizes descend on the hapless "judge".

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.

Andy makes an earnest attempt at matchmaking to help Barney win the heart of his girlfriend Thelma Lou. 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.

Aunt Bee must leave Mayeberry 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!

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.

The Women's Historical Society is all set to throw a celebration in honor of the last living descendant of a Revolutionary War 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.

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.

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.

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.

Barney is convinced that the new, mysterious farmer 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.

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.

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
• The guitar player is played by James Best, who later played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on The Dukes of Hazzard.

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.

When a rookie policeman is sent to Mayberry for training, Barney mistakenly believes the man is his replacement and quits the police force to become a vacuum-cleaner salesman.

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.

Andy gives an attractive young woman from out of town a speeding ticket. She proceeds to manipulate the townsfolk with her charm and wit in order to undermine Andy's case against her.

After a tiff with his girlfriend Thelma Lou, Barney goes on a date with a new girl and is tricked into a marriage proposal.

Andy is too obvious in his efforts to find out if a young lady meets his expectations.

Aunt Bee takes a shine to an itinerant handyman who has a way with the ladies.

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 nearly $350,000.

Opie befriends a hobo who begins to affect Opie's ability to tell right from wrong.

• The hobo is played by Buddy Ebsen, who is best known for his role as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies.

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 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.

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.

Barney gets a call from another town inviting him 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.

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.
• This episode is the first time Barney says his famous catchphrase, "Nip It In The Bud".
• The farmer calls Barney his "little buddy," a nickname that The Skipper often called Gilligan.

Opie is blamed for burning down Jubal Foster's barn when Andy and Aunt Bee begin to question in membership in a secret club upon finding a candle and some matches in Opie's bedroom.

• Everett Sloane guest stars.

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.

• Ronald Bailey is played by Bill Bixby, who later played Dr. David Banner on The Incredible Hulk.

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, who later played Jeannie in I Dream of Jeannie.

After a string of bad luck, a Mayberry resident is convinced that he is a jinx until Andy helps restore his self-confidence.

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.

Opie competes in a foot race held by the Sheriff's Department and learns an important lesson in how to be a good loser.

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 choir before the choir's big performance.

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.

Andy uses his wits to help a struggling salesman stay in Mayberry despite strong pressure from the competition, mean old Ben Weaver.

• The merchant is played by Sterling Holloway, who is best known as the voice of Winnie the Pooh.

When the jail is full, Otis the town drunk is forced to serve his sentence in a less hospitable place: the Taylor home, under Aunt Bee.

Andy is forced to exert all his persuasiveness to get local farmer Rafe Hollister to take a tetanus shot.

Andy and Barney are involved in the catching of a jewel thief while on a business trip to the state capital.

A misunderstanding leads Andy and Aunt Bee to believe that they are both anxious to get married.

Romance blossoms for Andy and Mary, the county nurse, but ever-present Barney remains blissfully unaware that three constitute a crowd.

Barber Floyd Lawson takes on an assistant who turns out to be a bookie running an illegal gambling operation on the side.

Andy faces charges of malfeasance in office when a disgruntled traffic offender seeks revenge.

Barney's cousin Virgil 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.

Otis Campbell overcomes his weakness for moonshine and impresses his visiting relatives when Andy makes him a temporary deputy.

Opie becomes jealous when his father appears to be paying special attention to a pretty girl—even taking her fishing with them.

Andy and Opie try to cope when Aunt Bee is away by letting Peggy cook and do chores.

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".

Andy has to deal with the wealthy upper-class upbringing of his girlfrield, Peggy McMillan.

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 new mayor of Mayberry, Roy Stoner (Parley Baer), is critical of Andy's work as Sheriff.

Mayor Stoner steps on Andy's toes as Sheriff by calling upon a crime expert from the city to help solve several cow thefts.

Floyd misrepresents his worldly goods to a wealthy widow pen pal, who suddenly decides to visit Mayberry.

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.

Barney loses his self-confidence when two farmers ignore his warnings to stop selling their produce illegally.

• Allan Melvin guest stars.

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 would be Howard McNear's final episode for 1 1/2 seasons as he would suffer a massive stroke in 1963)

Andy must make a personal sacrifice to obtain a pretty bed jacket that Aunt Bee wants for her birthday.

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 dad, Rance)

A car containing a high-powered businessman breaks down in the slow-paced town of Mayberry.

• This episode marks the first appearance of Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors).

Barney, frustrated by Mayberry's careless overall attitude toward security, stages a phony bank robbery to prove his point.

Opie must stand up to a bully by himself.

Barney is convinced that an ex-con's visit to town is to take revenge on Sheriff Taylor.

Andy and Barney must contend with a goat with a bellyful of dynamite before he goes "blooie".

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.

Rural farmer Rafe Hollister outshines Barney in singing tryouts but Mayor Stoner objects to his unsophisticated appearance.

Opie meets a spoiled youngster and decides his own allowance should be tripled. Andy refuses, and Opie starts throwing tantrums to try and guilt his father into giving in.

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.

Andy's advice to Opie about his American History homework gets Andy in hot water with the new school teacher, Miss Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut).

• This is the first appearance of Helen Crump, who eventually becomes Andy Taylor's wife in the first episode of Mayberry R.F.D..

Aunt Bee falls for the sales pitch of a fast-talking medicine man (who is really a con) and his "Indian Elixir", which is really 85% alcohol! Aunt Bee has the women of the church's ladies' group to come over and indulge in the "elixir", which produces hilarious results!

The Sheriff has his hands full as a clan of mountain musicians descends on Mayberry.

• This is the first appearance of The Darlings. Trivia buffs will note that Andy's microphone cord

is visible in his pants leg as he steps around the Darling's truck at the watering trough.

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".

Barney invests his life's savings in buying a used car which turns out to be a lemon.

• Guest appearance by Ellen Corby as "Myrt".

Opie fails at romance so Barney attempts to show him how to handle women.

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 as Amanda.

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.

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 (Howard Morris).

Barney treats the jailhouse as if it were Alcatraz after two thieves are jailed in Mayberry.

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.

After being fired from Wally's Filling Station for being "inefficient in his duties", Gomer must stay with the Taylors, who have difficulty adapting to his customs.

Andy, Barney and Gomer discover the "real" ghost in Mayberry's haunted house.

Determined to get into uniform, Ernest T. Bass attempts to enlist in the United States Army, but is rejected.

• Allan Melvin guest stars as the Army Recruiter.

A visiting preacher urges the residents of Mayberry to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures of life — leading to more work for all.

Opie kills a bird with a slingshot and becomes foster-mother to her three young birds.

Barney lets slip the secret about a gold shipment coming through Mayberry on its way to Fort Knox.

• Guest appearances by Rance and Clint Howard (Ron Howard's father and younger brother).

Opie is rewarded for a perfect report card with a new bicycle, but his good grades turn out to be a mistake.

Barney is evicted from his apartment at Mrs. Mendlebright's rooming. He then sets about making the Sheriff's office back room "just like home".

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 as Thelma Lou's cousin, best known as "Ralph Monroe" on Green Acres.

Barney tickets Gomer for making an illegal U-turn, only to be arrested by Gomer for the same offense.

Gomer announces that he has enlisted in the Marines. Andy takes him to report for boot camp and gives the drill instructor the impression Gomer is related to General Lucius Pyle.

• Frank Sutton appears as Sergeant Vince Carter.
• This episode led to the spin-off series of the same name.

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.

Barney organizes a rescue party when Andy and Helen are trapped in a cave by a landslide.

Opie becomes jealous of the attention his father pays to Opie's new friend.

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.

Barney adds a vintage motorcycle to the Sheriff's Department, finding many new police uses for the vehicle.

• Appearance made by Ray Kellogg.

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.

A female prisoner (Susan Oliver) tries to use her "womanly wiles" on Andy and Barney to secure her release.

Otis Campbell 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.

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.

After Weaver's Department Store experiences a series of thefts, Barney decides to go deep undercover (disguising himself as a mannequin) to get to the bottom of the situation.

Andy takes a week off, leaving Barney and Gomer in charge. A prisoner also takes off in the resultant confusion.

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.

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.

Charlene Darling (Maggie Peterson) 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, best known for his role as Gilligan on Gilligan's Island, plays Dud Wash.

Opie gets caught in a phony scheme to sell salve, so Gomer and Barney concoct a scheme to solve the problem.

Two fun-loving blondes, Daphne (Jean Carson) and Skippy (Joyce Jameson), cause problems for Andy and Barney with their unwanted flirting.

• This is the only episode to feature both Gomer Pyle and Goober Pyle, who are cousins.

The bicycling Brit who served as Andy's valet (episode #89) returns to Mayberry, leading Aunt Bee to feel unappreciated.

Andy kisses Helen on the cheek 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.

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.

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.

Barney attempts to train a bloodhound to aid in Mayberry law enforcement. (This was Howard McNear's first episode back after his stroke in 1963.)

Aunt Bee invites relatives to visit and Andy becomes concerned when Uncle Ollie borrows the patrol car to go fishing.

Aunt Bee's old flame, a practical joker, shows up in Mayberry and resumes his courtship. Andy has misgivings.

A campaign to fatten and stretch Barney gets underway when it becomes apparent he doesn't match up to new Civil Service physical requirements.

Opie develops a crush on his teacher, Miss Helen Crump, who happens to be his father's girlfriend.

Ernest T. goes back to school to earn a diploma after his girl spurns him as illiterate.

Barney and Thelma Lou have a lovers' quarrel. Andy tries to help but only succeeds in getting caught in the middle.

Barney starts wearing his uniform all the time after being threatened with bodily harm if he's ever caught off-duty.

• Allan Melvin guest stars.

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.

Andy goes to Raleigh for a job interview, and chaos prevails in Mayberry, with Barney Fife as acting Sheriff.

Aunt Bee lands the starring role in the Mayberry Centennial Pageant, but she turns out to be a terrible actress.

The Darlings come to town and choose Opie to become the future husband of Charlene's infant daughter.

Andy and Helen are supposed to have a day off, but are continually interrupted at their secluded picnic spot by Barney's constant questions.

• Howard Morris appears as George the TV repairman, instead of his reoccurring role as Ernest T. Bass.
• The game warden is played by Colin Male, who was also the announcer for the opening credits.

Otis slips and falls in jail and is convinced by a lawyer that he should sue the county.

Barney buys old fortune-telling equipment which seem to be able to grant wishes.

Barney decides to dabble in real estate as a sideline and he tries convince Andy to sell his house.

Goober dismantles a car and rebuilds it inside the courthouse.

Otis rides into Mayberry on a cow under the impression it is a horse. Barney takes on the task of curing Otis' moonshine habit.

Barney believes he's hexed when several accidents happen after he fails to continue a "lucky" chain letter.

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.

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.

Barney finds $250,000 in cash from a bank robbery and decides to capture the robber himself.

Phony Hollywood filmakers come to Mayberry, claiming to be researching the "Sheriff Without A Gun" for TV show.

Helen becomes jealous when a pretty friend of the family stays at the Taylor home. Jan Shutan as Gloria.

Barney divides Mayberry into two hostile camps when he finds that an old assault case, involving Floyd and a friend, that was never resolved.

Opie becomes a newspaper publisher and proceeds to distribute free copies full of scandal and gossip.

Aunt Bee invents a beau. When she's pressed for a name, she names the butter and egg man, who happens to be married.

The Fun Girls 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.

An itinerant peddler seems unable to do anything but anger Barney.

• Don Rickles guest stars.

Barney helps Opie with his schoolwork, using a teaching method all his own.

Opie tries to win a birthday present for his father at a carnival, not realizing that the shooting gallery is a scam.

Andy gives a destitute banjo player a job as a Deputy Sheriff.

• Jerry Van Dyke guest stars.

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.

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.

Andy's new eager-beaver Deputy, Warren Ferguson jails Aunt Bee and her friends for gambling (bingo) at their charity bazaar. This is the first appearance of Deputy Warren Furguson, the replacement for Barney Fife.

Andy becomes jealous when he realizes that a handsome new teacher is spending evenings with his girlfriend, Helen.

Andy hires Ernest T. Bass 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. This is also the last appearance of Malcom Merriweather.

Aunt Bee wins a kitchen-full of new appliances on a TV show but loses all her friends.

The Taylors leave for a Hollywood vacation.

The Taylors start an exciting vacation in Hollywood, including a visit to the set of movie based on Andy's life, "Sheriff Without a Gun".

Andy poses for a picture with a Hollywood starlet and his romance with Helen is jolted when it appears in the Mayberry paper.

Andy's Deputy upsets his weekend when he insists his ESP predicts a picnic will end in disaster.

Goober has dreams of entering show business when he thinks he owns a genuine talking dog.

Aunt Bee gets a job at the town print shop where the new proprietors are really counterfeiters.

Warren captures a pair of thieves through sheer stupidity about the functions of a cannon.

Girl-shy Warren turns into a sleep walking Casanova after watching his suave hero on television.

Andy struggles with the financial challenge of helping the All Souls Church buy a new church organ.

Warren starts Otis, the town drunk, on a therapeutic art career.

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.

While visiting Mayberry, Barney is forced to display his "legendary courage" by going after an escaped convict.

Aunt Bee collects insurance for the loss of an antique jeweled pin. After she spends the money she finds the missing heirloom.

The supposed descendant of the famous Wyatt Earp rides into Mayberry. He demands a duel with Andy after he considers his family honor to be insulted.

Andy faces some problems when Aunt Bee buys a second-hand car.

Reluctant Opie attends his first dancing party, and discovers dancing with girls is fun.

Goober falls in love with a new waitress in town but she becomes infatuated with Andy.

Andy has a problem when a band of Gypsies come to town armed with old-world hocus-pocus and modern science. One of the Gypsies is played by Jamie Farr, who later played Max Klinger on M*A*S*H.

Aunt Bee agrees to a week of baby-sitting for her niece and finds the adorable infant adores everyone but her.

Andy and Helen run into trouble when they promote a romance between the County Clerk, Howard Sprague (Jack Dodson) and the county nurse. This is the first appearance of Howard Sprague.

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.

Aunt Bee almost becomes a star of a television commercial before she decides stardom is not for her.

Opie upsets the whole town when he discovers that the famous Battle of Mayberry was not the glorious victory that everyone thought it was.

Aunt Bee's original song about Mayberry is a hit when a Rock 'n' Roll star plays it on his television show.

Opie's friendship with an athletically superior girl blossoms when she follows the advice of an older female and adopts the clinging vine approach.

The Mayberry barbershop quartet loses its tenor when Howard can't go to the singing contest so Andy drafts a prisoner with a beautiful voice.

Goober blackballs Howard when he applies for membership in the Mayberry men's lodge.

Andy and the town of Mayberry undergo a trying experience when the hillbilly Darling family comes into a fortune of $300 and shows up in town looking for brides for the boys.

A visiting pastor's message, ("Be yourself") causes Aunt Bee to don a blonde wig, upsetting Andy and the rest of Mayberry.

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.

After growing a beard, inarticulate Goober suddenly becomes a verbose philosopher, and shares his new-found "wisdom" with all his friends.

Helen Crump 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.

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.

Goober's injuries cause his friends to convince him he has a severe case of whiplash and he promptly becomes a helpless invalid.

Aunt Bee runs against Howard for the office of town councilman.

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 who later played Father Mulcahy on the television version of M*A*S*H.

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 plays the baby's father.

Opie accidentally ruins Aunt Bee's prize rose entry on the eve of the Annual Mayberry Flower Show.

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.

Andy and four of his level-headed friends and relatives are taken in by a con man's get-rich-quick scheme.

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.

Andy's perennial romance with Helen is jolted a bit when Andy's high school sweetheart moves back to town.

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.

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.

Floyd decides to give up his Mayberry barbershop when Howard buys the building and raises the rent $15 a month.

Andy visits Barney, 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.

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.

Helen writes a children's book that is accepted for publication and Andy faces the disquieting prospect of being the fiance of a celebrity.

Andy and Opie face the difficult problem of helping an old milk-wagon horse find contentment in retirement.

Opie insists on studying piano until he finds out that football practice and piano practice are incompatible.

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 volunteers to become the Big Brother of a high school boy, which brings a reward he didn't expect.

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.

Goober faces disaster when a printing error awards Floyd a large cash prize in his filling station contest. (This was Howard McNear's final episode on the show.)

• Rob Reiner plays Joe, the printer's apprentice.

Mary Alice Carter (Morgan Brittany) accepts Opie's invitation to a party then decides to go with another boy at the last moment.

Goober buys the gas station with financial backing from Andy and Emmett.

Howard is threatened by his girlfriend's bully ex-boyfriend.

• Allan Melvin guest stars.

Aunt Bee is summoned for jury duty and disagrees with her fellow jurors.

• The defendant is played by Jack Nicholson.

Howard, a last minute substitution on the bowling team, astonishes everyone by bowling a perfect game.

Opie goes to summer camp with a rich boy, and Aunt Bee attempts to elevate the Taylor's social standing.

Andy cancels a big date with Helen in order to confer with a lawyer in Raleigh, who turns out to be a beautiful woman (Whitney Blake).

Aunt Bee enters a contest and wins a free trip to Mexico.

Opie disobeys Andy and tape-records a bank robber's confession.

Opie joins a rock and roll group and his school grades begin to slip.

Aunt Bee goes picnicking and dining with a charming lecturer.

Andy opens a coin laundry to save money for Opie's college education.

Andy catches the flu and Goober takes over as his deputy.

Howard proposes to his girlfriend Millie at the bakery where she works.

Andy learns the truth about his cousin Bradford but keeps quiet because Aunt Bee is proud of her wealthy relative.

Howard quits his boring job as county clerk and becomes a Caribbean island beachcomber.

Emmett is needled into becoming an insurance salesman by his wife and brother-in-law.

Aunt Bee is given her own cooking show on the local television station.

A $500 bequest to the Mayberry church provokes debate over how to best spend the money.

Opie breaks a bottle of expensive perfume at his new job.

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.

Sam Jones 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 show, Mayberry R.F.D..

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.

Aunt Bee does well with her flying lessons until the instructor tells her she's ready to solo.

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.

Emmett buys his wife a mink coat for their 25th anniversary, but goofs in his attempt to keep it a secret.

Howard's mother remarries and moves away, so Howard remodels their home into a bachelor pad and tries to throw a swinging party.

Sam Jones is urged by Andy and his other Mayberry neighbors to run for City Council.

Sam Jones' son Mike has a problem with bullies at school and Opie helps out.

Goober uses a computer dating service and is paired up with a woman with whom he has nothing in common. Maggie Peterson who had previously played Charlene Darling on The Andy Griffith Show plays the part of "Doris" near the beginning of this episode.