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| Don Knotts | Barney Fife | |
| Ron Howard | Opie Taylor | |
| Andy Griffith | Andy Taylor | |
| Frances Bavier | Aunt Bee Taylor | |
| Jim Nabors | Gomer Pyle | |
| Colin Male | Announcer | |
| Tom Jacobs | Townsman | |
| Aneta Corseaut | Helen Crump | |
| Betty Lynn | Thelma Lou | |
| Joseph Hamilton | Townsman | |
| Hal Smith | Otis Campbell | |
| Roy Engel | Townsman | |
| Howard McNear | Floyd Lawson | |
| Richard Keith | Johnny Paul Jason | |
| Dennis Rush | Howie Pruitt |
| Director |
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| Producer | Sheldon Leonard
Richard O. Linke |
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| Writer | Aaron Ruben
Sheldon Leonard |
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| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox
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| Musician | Earle Hagen
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Down-home humor and an endearing cast of characters helped make The Andy Griffith Show one of the most beloved comedies in the history of TV. The show centered around widower Andy Taylor, who divided his time between raising his young son Opie, and his job as sheriff of the sleepy North Carolina town, Mayberry. Andy and Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee, who serves as a surrogate mother to both father and son. Andy's nervous cousin, Barney Fife, is his deputy sheriff whose incompetence is tolerated because Mayberry is virtually crime-free. |
| 30 mins 9/30/1963 1. Opie the Birdman | |
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After Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new slingshot, he takes on the job of raising her babies himself. He grows very attached to them, but then has to set them free when they fledge.
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| 30 mins 10/7/1963 2. The Haunted House | |
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Barney and Gomer try to retrieve a baseball from a supposedly haunted house and find some strange goings on inside.
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| 30 mins 10/14/1963 3. Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army | |
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Ernest T. Bass causes a ruckus when he decides to join the army. When Andy and Barney find out why, they are able to solve his problem - with a little help from Barney.
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| 30 mins 10/21/1963 4. The Sermon for Today | |
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A visiting preacher tells the town to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. He inspires everyone to have an old-time band concert. With all the stress of rebuilding the broken-down bandstand and getting ragged uniforms ready, they wear themselves out.
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| 30 mins 10/28/1963 5. Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee | |
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After being treated to Aunt Bee's hospitality and home cooking, Briscoe Darling decides he is going to marry her. He even resorts to kidnapping her. Andy comes up with a clever solution to the whole mess.
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| 30 mins 11/4/1963 6. Gomer the House Guest | |
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After Gomer gets fired from the filling station (losing his room there), he moves in with Andy. When people come by the house at all hours of the night to get their cars looked at, Andy knows he has to do something.
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| 30 mins 11/11/1963 7. A Black Day for Mayberry | |
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Barney inadvertently spills the beans when a secret shipment of gold bars passes through Mayberry on its way to Fort Knox.
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| 30 mins 11/18/1963 8. Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain | |
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A mistake by Opie's teacher causes him to get all A's on his report card. He finds out the truth, but everyone is so proud of him (he even receives a new bike) he can't figure out how to break the news without disappointing them all.
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| 30 mins 12/2/1963 9. Up in Barney's Room | |
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Barney's landlady evicts him and he has to move into the back room of the courthouse. When she withdraws all her money and decides to marry someone she just met, Barney suspects she is the victim of a con man.
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| 30 mins 12/9/1963 10. A Date for Gomer | |
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Barney has to play matchmaker for Thelma Lou's homely, visiting cousin Mary Grace, and sets her up with Gomer Pyle.
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| 30 mins 12/16/1963 11. Citizen's Arrest | |
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Gomer makes a citizen's arrest of Barney for committing the same traffic violation that Barney just ticketed him for. This causes Barney to overreact, resigning as deputy and demanding a jail sentence in lieu of paying the fine. When Gomer finds out how far it has gone, he tries to come up with a solution.
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| 30 mins 12/30/1963 12. Opie and His Merry Men | |
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After watching a movie about Robin Hood, Opie and his pals befriend a hobo who encourages them to steal from those who have and give to him.
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| 30 mins 1/6/1964 13. Barney and the Cave Rescue | |
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After Andy and Helen go exploring in a cave, it collapses behind them. They find another way out, but hear on the radio that Barney has mobilized the town to rescue them. They go back into the cave to save Barney from becoming a laughingstock.
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| 30 mins 1/13/1964 14. Andy and Opie's Pal | |
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Opie's new friend Trey is liked by everyone, but Opie becomes jealous when he thinks Andy likes Trey more than him.
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| 30 mins 1/20/1964 15. Aunt Bee the Crusader | |
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Aunt Bee organizes a crusade to keep a local man from being evicted because of a highway project. She doesn't realize he has something to hide.
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| 30 mins 1/27/1964 16. Barney's Sidecar | |
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Barney buys an old surplus army motorcycle and sidecar to use on patrol, then becomes a menace to the whole town.
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| 30 mins 2/3/1964 17. My Fair Ernest T. Bass | |
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In order to help Ernest T. Bass find a girl, Andy and Barney attempt to teach him some manners and get him dressed up. Then they try to pass him off at a party as Andy's cousin from Raleigh.
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| 30 mins 2/10/1964 18. Prisoner of Love | |
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A beautiful young prisoner manages to charm both Barney and Andy.
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| 30 mins 2/17/1964 19. Hot Rod Otis | |
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Otis has Andy and Barney worried when he buys a car.
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| 30 mins 2/24/1964 20. The Song Festers | |
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Barney is the only tenor in the choir. When a tenor solo part is required the choir director is desperate to find someone else to sing the part. Gomer becomes the replacement.
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| 30 mins 3/2/1964 21. The Shoplifters | |
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Ben Weaver complains to the Mayberry sheriff's office that merchandise has been disappearing from his department store. While Andy investigates, Barney decides to go undercover to catch the crook(s).
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| 30 mins 3/9/1964 22. Andy's Vacation | |
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Andy takes a much-needed vacation, leaving Barney and Gomer in charge. Unfortunately, nobody will let him get any rest.
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| 30 mins 3/16/1964 23. Andy Saves Gomer | |
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After Andy wakes up Gomer to put out a small fire at the filling station, Gomer dedicates himself to repaying Andy in return for saving his life.
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| 30 mins 3/23/1964 24. Bargain Day | |
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To save money, Aunt Bee buys a side of beef from a discount butcher shop. When she gets it home, the freezer doesn't work right but she won't pay 'the man' from Mount Pilot to come and fix it.
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| 30 mins 3/30/1964 25. Divorce, Mountain Style | |
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Charlene Darling uses a mountain ritual to divorce Dud Wash and marry Andy.
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| 30 mins 4/6/1964 26. A Deal Is a Deal | |
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Opie and his friends get involved in a scheme selling a worthless product called 'Miracle Salve.'
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| 30 mins 4/13/1964 27. Fun Girls | |
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Two fun-loving girls from Mount Pilot interrupt Andy and Barney's late-night office work. When Helen and Thelma Lou see them together, they get upset and cancel their dates to the big dance. Barney decides he and Andy will take the fun girls instead.
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| 30 mins 4/20/1964 28. The Return of Malcolm Merriweather | |
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When Malcolm Merriweather returns to Mayberry, Andy hires him to help Aunt Bee with the housework so she can be a 'lady of leisure'. She goes from being overworked to feeling unneeded.
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| 30 mins 4/27/1964 29. The Rumor | |
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Barney sees Andy and Helen in the jewelry store sneaking a kiss and tells everyone they are engaged. Aunt Bee redecorates Andy's room for a bride and throws a big surprise party for them.
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| 30 mins 5/4/1964 30. Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt | |
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After Gomer mentions to Thelma Lou that Barney said he 'has her in his hip pocket,' she gets angry and starts dating Gomer.
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| 30 mins 5/11/1964 31. Back to Nature | |
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Andy, Barney, and Gomer take Opie and his friends camping. Barney, who claims to be a great outdoorsman, manages to get lost in the woods with Gomer.
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| 30 mins 5/18/1964 32. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | |
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Gomer joins the Marines to test himself as a man. Andy drives him to the base and stays around for a while to see how it works out. When he finds out the Sergeant plans to get Gomer sent home, he tries to find a way to get the Sergeant on Gomer's side.
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