Down-home humor and an endearing cast of characters helped to make The Andy Griffith Show one of the most beloved comedies in the history of television. Introduced as a spinoff from The Danny Thomas Show in 1960, The Andy Griffith Show ran for eight seasons in prime time. Widower Andy Taylor divides his time between raising his young son, Opie, and his job as sheriff (and Justice of the Peace) 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 utter incompetence is tolerated because Mayberry is virtually crime-free.
Andy's son, Opie, demands that their new housekeeper, Andy's aunt, be fired after the old one leaves to get married.
Andy gives the state troopers a lesson in the efficiency of a county sheriff when a dangerous criminal escapes.
A hometown guitar player auditions with a dance band in the Mayberry jail.
Ellie Walker, a pretty young graduate pharmacist, moves to Mayberry to help her uncle out in the local drugstore.
Andy thinks Ellie is out to marry him. After a series of misunderstandings, Andy finally takes Ellie to the church picnic.
Andy gives his son, Opie, a lecture on keeping promises, but must break one of his own in order to persuade a runaway kid to come home.
Andy and Ellie stage a hold-up at the drugstore so that Barney can impress Miss Rosemary with his heroics.
Andy makes a judgement concerning his son, Opie, before hearing the boy's side of the story.
Andy tries to stop a long-time feud between 2 mountain families so their children can get married.
Ellie Walker sets the men and women of Mayberry against each other when she runs for a seat on the town council.
Andy and Barney give a Christmas party in the jail for a prisoner and his family, and thereby convert the town scrooge.
A stranger comes to Mayberry and disrupts the life of the townspeople because he knows everyone's name and business.
A Hollywood producer descends on Mayberry and the town proceeds to make itself over in Hollywood's image.
Andy does some slick dealing to get rid of the town's worthless cannon, but when Opie mimics his father's shady deed, Andy has second thoughts.
Aunt Bee, accused by Andy of being a gossip, sets out to prove that men are bigger gossips than women.
Andy, appointed judge of a beauty contest, shows the wisdom of Solomon by picking a popular winner.
Andy and Barney finally solve the problem of moonshining in Mayberry.
Andy tries to counsel the constantly bickering couple, Fred and Jennie Boone, with mixed results.
Andy suspects that a traveling record promoter is a con artist and he fears for the townsfolk who invested in his record.
When Barney's over-zealousness causes him to become a laughing stock, Andy tactfully arranges for Barney to regain his status.
A nationally known con man becomes a hero to Aunt Bee, Opie and Barney when he is held for two days in the Mayberry jail.
Andy plays matchmaker for Barney but finds himself in difficulty when Barney misinterprets his efforts.
Andy and Opie struggle to keep house when Aunt Bee leaves for a few days.
Andy finally proposes to Ellie when he becomes convinced that the new young doctor in town is trying to steal his girl.
Town drunk, Otis Campbell, turns out to be the only living descendant of a Revolutionary War hero, much to the dismay of the mayor.
A state inspector learns some unique but effective police methods employed by the Mayberry sheriff.
Andy and Ellie gives the Cinderella treatment to a farmer's daughter.
Andy, faced with the unpleasant duty of serving an eviction notice, discovers a way to save the mortgagee's home.
Andy has to deliver a baby for a farmer's wife when the local doctor is unavailable.
Through a series of coincidences, Barney captures a dangerous criminal--twice.
Andy helps a local musician get back to reality after success goes to his head.
Andy and Aunt Bee find that a good father-son relationship is more important to Opie than keeping him away from the sheriff's office.
Andy teaches his son how to handle a seven-year-old bully.
Barney resigns when he thinks Andy is trying to ease him out of his deputy sheriff job.
An attractive young woman, who has been given a speeding ticket by Andy, pleads not guilty and uses female guile.
Andy fears Opie has an imaginary friend when he starts telling tall tales.
Andy's girlfriend Peggy McMillan gets along fine with Andy until he discovers that her father is rich.
The new mayor in town is displeased with Andy's laid back small town approach to law enforcement.
Opie accidentally kills a bird with a slingshot and becomes foster-mother to her three young birds.
Andy, Barney and Gomer are a trio of laughs as they tread the boards of a "haunted house.
Guest star Howard Morris plays the part of a mountain man very disgruntled with being rejected by the army.
Opie Taylor develops a crush on his teacher, who also happens to be his father's girlfriend.
A campaign to fatten and stretch Barney Fife gets underway when it becomes apparent he doesn't match up to Civil Service physical requirements.
Aunt Bee invites relatives to Mayberry for a visit but they quickly wear out their welcome.
Opie gets a part-time job in a grocery store, but gives it up because another boy needs employment more.
Jealousy appears in Mayberry when Andy realizes that a handsome big city teacher is spending evenings with Helen.
Andy hires a rock-throwing rustic as a school crossing guard and compounds the problem by replacing him with a bicyclist.
Opie feels inadequate when he meets Helen's niece who is athletically superior to him.
Goober blackballs county clerk Howard when he applies for membership in the Mayberry men's lodge.
The Mayberry barbershop quartet loses its tenor right before a big singing contest so Andy drafts an unsavory prisoner with a beautiful voice.
Mary Alice Carter accepts Opie's invitation to a party but rejects him at the eleventh hour for another.
Howard, a last minute substitution for a bowling team sponsored by Emmett's fix-it shop, astonishes everyone by bowling a perfect game.
Aunt Bee goes to Mexico with her two best friends but the trip tests their friendship.
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An old penniless citizen of Mayberry forestalls his eviction by trying to redeem a century-old municipal bond.
Barney almost loses his shirt and his girlfriend when a charming female con artist dupes him.
Opie's friendship with a hobo begins to affect his ability to tell right from wrong.
A bogus FBI agent and his accomplice nearly make off with the Mayberry Bank money.
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.
Andy refuses to join an exclusive club when Barney's bid for membership is turned down.
Rather than eat Aunt Bee's indigestible homemade pickles, Andy and Barney secretly substitute store-bought pickles in her preserving jars.
A trial run as Sheriff of Mayberry convinces Barney that he is not quite ready to take over a similar job in a neighboring town.
Andy dissuades a visiting farmer from marrying Barney's girl.
Opie keeps a secret club oath even in the face of the serious accusation of burning down a barn.
Andy teaches a wealthy young man the satisfaction of self-reliance.
The men of Mayberry, after a slow start, accept the addition of a lovely manicurist to Floyd's barbershop.
A Mayberry resident is convinced that he is a jinx until Andy helps restore his self confidence.
The small-town methods of Mayberry prove more effective than the attempts of the State Police in the capture of a criminal.
After Opie finishes last at a track race, Andy struggles to teach his son what it means to be a good loser.
Andy's diplomacy and engineering skills are required to help the Mayberry choir adjust to the recent addition of tone-deaf Barney Fife to the group.
Andy and Barney are hard pressed when Mayberry's guest of honor turns out to be a pickpocket.
Andy uses his wits to help a struggling salesman stay in Mayberry despite strong pressure from the competition.
Aunt Bee becomes warden for a day when she disciplines Otis Campbell after he is arrested for his usual drunken behavior.
Andy is forced to exert all his persuasiveness to get a farmer to take a tetanus shot.
Andy and Barney visit the big city and help to catch a notorious jewel thief in the process.
Aunt Bee begins dating the dry cleaner because she wants to give Andy space to pursue his own relationships.
Barney learns the hard way that three's a crowd, when Andy and Mary Simpson try to find time alone together.
Floyd expands his barbershop with the addition of a second barber. The new barber turns out to be a gambling bookie that Barney and Andy must catch in the act.
Andy is put on trial for his law enforcement practices when a Raleigh newspaper reporter writes a damaging article about the lawman.
Barney's cousin Virgil gets over his awkwardness as soon as he learns that people have confidence in his ability.
When Otis Campbell's brother comes to visit, Andy agrees to make Otis a temporary deputy to cover the lie Otis told about his career.
When Aunt Bee goes away for a visit, Andy and Opie discover the problems of brotherhood.
The Mayberry mayor demands that Andy get a crime expert from the city to help solve several cow thefts.
Barney tries to set Andy up when he mistakenly perceives that Andy is suffering from a broken heart.
Deputy Barney Fife loses his self-confidence when two farmers ignore his warning.
The Mayberry band, composed of more flats than sharps, gets ready for its annual trip to the state band competition.
Floyd the barber has misrepresented his worldly goods to a wealthy window, who decides to visit him.
Opie becomes jealous when his father appears to be paying special attention to a pretty girl -- even taking her fishing with them.
Three escaped female convicts imprison Barney Fife and Floyd the barber in a remote cabin.
Aunt Bee longs for a pretty bed jacket for her birthday but seems destined to get more practical gifts from her family.
Barney Fife is convinced that Opie's piggy bank is safer than the Mayberry bank-and sets out to prove his point.
Opie must either learn how to box or lose prestige among his peers when a new boy moves into town.
Barney gives a parking ticket to the Governor's car, and refuses to tear it up.
A car containing a high-powered businessman breaks down in low-powered Mayberry.
Barney Fife is sure that a Main Street gun duel is in the offing when an ex-con comes to town.
Mayberry fears disaster when the sheriff discovers that a farmer's goat has eaten a good-sized meal of dynamite.
Andy and Barney look forward to seeing their high school sweethearts when the Mayberry Class of '45 holds a reunion.
A poor farmer successfully auditions to sing at a concert. Barney and Andy take it upon themselves to spruce him up for the event.
Opie meets a spoiled youngster and decides his own allowance should be tripled.
Andy uses common sense and Barney uses "modern criminal detection methods" to solve several burglaries at a filling station.
The sheriff's knowledge of American history is put to the test by Opie and an attractive new history teacher.
Aunt Bee falls for the sales pitch of a fast-talking medicine man and his Indian elixir.
The sheriff has his hands full as a clan of mountain musicians descend on Mayberry to meet a bus.
An English tourist works off his reckless driving fine by being a valet and chauffeur for Andy.
Deputy Barney Fife invests his life's savings in a used car that turns out to be a lemon.
Opie suffers from puppy love so Barney attempts to show him how to handle women.
Barney decides that it's time to push Andy into matrimony, but Barney's marriage bureau collapses at a frantic dinner party.
A pack of hunting dogs overruns the Mayberry Courthouse just as Andy is trying to impress a visiting state official.
Howard Morris guest stars as Ernest T. Bass as the Darling clan returns to Mayberry with its own kind of mountain trouble.
Barney Fife becomes super-efficient in executing his duties as deputy sheriff, after two thieves are jailed in Mayberry until their accomplices are captured.
A visiting preacher urges the residents of Mayberry to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures of life--leading to more work for all.
Aunt Bee is the unwilling object of matrimony when mountaineer Briscoe Darling comes a'courting.
Gossiping Gomer Pyle moves in with the sheriff when he loses his job and home at the filling station.
Ron Howard's real-life father and younger brother appear, as Mayberry gets involved with a gold shipment en route to Fort Knox.
Opie seems in line for a new bicycle as he comes home with an all "A" report card.
Barney Fife plays cupid for Gomer when Barney's girl refuses to go to a dance unless her cousin also has a date.
Barney is evicted from his rooming house for illegal cooking, and moves into the Mayberry sheriff's office back room much to Andy's chagrin.
Barney tickets Gomer for a U-turn and is then detained in a citizen's arrest by Gomer for the same thing.
Opie and his chums take their roles as Robin Hood and his merry men seriously as they befriend a hobo at the expense of the pantries of Mayberry.
Barney organizes a rescue party when Andy and Helen are trapped in a cave by a landslide.
Opie learns a lesson in friendship when he befriends a newcomer to Mayberry.
Aunt Bee stirs up a crusade for a chicken farmer whose property has been condemned to make way for a new road.
Barney adds a vintage motorcycle to the rolling stock of the Mayberry Sheriff's department, to the Sheriff's regret.
Ernest T. bass is a would-be Romeo, who is brought into the sheriff's home in an effort to teach him some manners.
A beautiful prisoner threatens to crumble the security of the Mayberry jail, as both Andy and Barney fall for her charms.
Otis Campbell acquires a car and threatens life and limb of Mayberry's pedestrian population.
Barney suffers an ego blow when Gomer out-sings him for a part in the Mayberry Choir. Andy Griffith's wife, Barbara, appears in this episode as a member of the singing group.
Barney disguises himself as a dummy in an attempt to solve a series of theft at the Mayberry department store.
Andy takes a week off, leaving Barney and Gomer in charge. A prisoner also takes off in the resultant confusion.
Gomer falls asleep on the job and Andy douses a fire to save his life. Gomer becomes a menace trying to repay the favor.
Aunt Bee saves money by buying a side of beef. The beef is tough, the freezer conks out, and Gomer attempts to fix the motor.
A strange mountain-style divorce ritual is frustrated by another ritual performed by Barney.
When Opie gets caught in a scheme to sell a useless product, Barney and Gomer comes to his rescue.
Joyce Jameson and Jean Carson appear as two fun-loving blondes who upset the sheriff's office.
British comedian Bernard Fox plays an Englishman who returns to Mayberry and upsets Aunt Bee with his efficiency.
Barney interprets a kiss as a sign of a secret engagement between Andy and Helen. The town gets the word and prepares a surprise party for the couple.
Barney is furious when he sees his girl Thelma Lou kiss Gomer.
Andy takes his son Opie and several of his pals on a camping trip. Barney and Gomer tag along to help out but only succeed in getting themselves lost in the woods.
Gomer Pyle decides to join the Marine Corps and immediately falls afoul of his drill instructor Sergeant Carter.
Ernest T. Bass (Howard Morris) goes back to school when his girl demands it.
Andy has his misgivings when Aunt Bee's old beau shows up in Mayberry and tries to win her over again.
Barney Fife buys a bloodhound to aid in Mayberry law enforcement.
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 without it on.
Opie almost becomes $50 richer after finding a change purse.
Andy goes to Raleigh for a job interview and chaos prevails in Mayberry with Barney Fife as acting sheriff.
When Aunt Bee snags the starring role in the Mayberry Centennial Pageant, Andy and Opie become neglected at home.
Opie's an unwilling participant when he's betrothed to marry a mountain family's daughter.
Andy and Helen are supposed to have a day off but are continually interrupted at their secluded picnic spot by Barney Fife asking questions about his duties.
Barney Fife demonstrates gypsy fortune telling to Opie and then Opie's wishes seem to begin to come true.
Otis slips and falls in jail and is convinced by a lawyer that he should sue the county.
Barney Fife decides to dabble in real estate as a side job. He tries to get the sheriff to put his house up for sale.
Goober dismantles a car in the sheriff's office.
Otis (Hal Smith) rides into Mayberry on a cow under the impression it is a horse.
Barney Fife 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 lined up for 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.
Andy's reputation brings a proposal from a Hollywood writer that he star in a television series as a sheriff without a gun.
Andy's girlfriend becomes jealous when a pretty friend of the family stays at the Taylor home.
Barney divides Mayberry into two hostile camps when he finds that an old assault case was never resolved.
Opie becomes a newspaper publisher and proceeds to put out a scandal sheet and distributes free samples.
Aunt Bee invents a beau. When she's pressed for a name she names the butter and egg man who is married.
Two fast girls from Mt. Pilot get a speeding ticket and enjoy the attention they get from the law officers.
Comedian Don Rickles guest stars as Newton Monroe, an itinerant peddler who seems unable to do anything right.
Deputy Barney Fife 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 carnival shooting gallery is crooked.
Jerry Van Dyke, brother of Dick Van Dyke guest stars as a carnival's destitute banjo player. He also proves to be an inept lawman when he is hired in Barney's Fife's absence.
Has Aunt Bee discovered the fountain of youth when she starts dating elderly congressmen?
Andy's eager-beaver deputy jails Aunt Bee and her friends for gambling at their charity bazaar.
Andy's deputy upsets his weekend when he insists his extrasensory powers predict a picnic will prove disastrous.
The Taylor family leaves for a Hollywood vacation.
The Taylor family starts an exciting vacation in Hollywood including a visit to a movie studio.
Andy poses for a picture with a Hollywood starlet and his romance with Helen is jolted when it appears in the Mayberry paper.
Aunt Bee wins a kitchen-full of appliances on a TV show but loses all her friends.
Deputy Warren captures a pair of thieves through sheer stupidity about the functions of a cannon.
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.
Andy struggles with the financial challenge of helping an impoverished congregation buy a new church organ.
Girl-shy Deputy Warren turns into a somnambulistic Casanova after watching his suave hero on TV.
Deputy Warren starts the town drunk on a therapeutic art career.
Barney makes a triumphal return to Mayberry to attend his high school reunion.
Barney is shamed into displaying his "legendary courage" by going after an escaped convict.
Aunt Bee collects insurance for the loss of an antique jeweled pin and after she spends the money she finds the missing heirloom.
The town of Mayberry is filled with excitement when a newcomer claims he is a descendent of the famed lawman, Wyatt Earp.
Andy faces some brand new problems when Aunt Bee buys a secondhand car and wants to learn how to drive.
Reluctant Opie attends his first dancing party, and discovers dancing is fun, even with girls.
Goober falls in love with the new waitress in town but as far as she's concerned it is Andy who's the Blue Plate Special.
Andy has a problem when a band of gypsies come to town armed with old-world hocus-pocus and modern science.
Aunt Bee agrees to a week of babysitting for her niece and finds the adorable infant adores everyone but her.
Andy and Helen run into trouble when they play cupid for the county clerk and the county nurse.
Goober's girlfriend fills in for him at the filling station and proves so efficient that his job is in jeopardy.
Aunt Bee almost becomes the star of a TV commercial before she decides stardom is not for her.
Opie upsets the whole town when he proves that the famous Battle of Mayberry was only a bloodless brawl, settled over a jug of corn liquor.
Aunt Bee's original song about Mayberry is a hit when it's played by a rock n' roll star on his television show.
Andy umpires a crucial baseball game and becomes the town pariah.
Aunt Bee buys a blonde wig and upsets Andy and the rest of Mayberry.
Andy and the town of Mayberry undergo a trying experience when the hillbilly Darling family comes into a fortune of 300 dollars and are looking for wives.
Goober's friends convince him that his minor mishap has resulted in a severe case of whiplash and he promptly becomes a helpless invalid.
Aunt Bee and Howard both decide to run against each other for town council.
Helen Crump and her students convince a crotchety old school principal that today's youngsters aren't so different from his own generation.
Opie and his friend find an abandoned baby and they run into trouble when they innocently try to find it some new parents.
Town clerk Howard, a novice fisherman, tags along on the first day of the season and antagonizes the town's anglers by catching Old Sam, the legendary fish in the lake.
Opie accidentally ruins Aunt Bee's prize rose entry on the eve of the annual Mayberry flower show.
Otis and Howard nearly botch rescuing Andy who has been taken prisoner by a pair of desperate bank robbers.
Inarticulate Goober grows a beard and suddenly turns into a verbose philosopher.
The town's new doctor is shunned by all the Mayberry citizens until Andy shows his faith in the young physician by letting him remove Opie's tonsils.
Andy and four of his levelheaded friends and relatives are taken in by a con man's get-rich-quick scheme.
Andy looks forward to eating a few snacks and spending an evening alone in the house but he finds he must eat three spaghetti dinners cooked by thoughtful friends.
Andy visits Barney Fife, now with the Raleigh police department, and makes a hero out of his bumbling former deputy.
Detective Barney Fife pays a visit to his old hometown, the same day a glamorous movie star returns to Mayberry.
Andy's perennial romance with Helen is jolted a bit when Andy's old high school sweetheart moves back to town.
Aunt Bee allows her superstitions dictate her decision to be a brief co-owner of a Chinese restaurant.
Floyd decides to give up his Mayberry barbershop when Howard Sprague buys the building and raises the rent fifteen dollars a month.
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.
Helen writes a children's book that will be published and Andy faces the uncomfortable prospect of being the fiance of a famous writer.
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 conflict.
Staid Howard Sprague becomes a comedian and gets on a TV amateur hour.
Howard volunteers to become the Big Brother of a high school boy.
Andy is distressed when Opie receives a failing grade for his school essay naming him his most unforgettable character.
Goober faces disaster when a printing error awards Floyd a large cash prize in his gas station contest.
Andy doesn't tell Helen that the lawyer he worked with in Raleigh is a beautiful woman.
Andy sends Opie to an affluent boys' camp.
Howard begins dating Millie but her ex-boyfriend still carries a torch and threatens him.
Aunt Bee, summoned for jury duty, disagrees with fellow jurors on her first case.
Opie disobeys Andy and secretly tape-records a bank robber's confession.
Opie joins a rock 'n' roll group and starts getting failing grades in school.
A charming lecturer is enamored with Aunt Bee who reminds him of his late wife.
Andy opens a coin laundry to save money for Opie's college education.
Howard proposes to Millie after three months of dating but soon realizes they may be rushing it.
Andy learns his cousin Bradford is a broke phony, but keeps quiet because Aunt Bee thinks he's a wealthy relative.
Andy catches the flu and Goober takes over as his deputy.
Howard quits his boring job as county clerk and becomes a Caribbean island beachcomber.
Goober buys the gas station with financial backing from Andy and Emmett.
Aunt Bee hosts a TV cooking show and Andy and Opie must fend for themselves.
Emmett is needled into becoming an insurance salesman by his wife and her brother, a successful broker.
Opie breaks a bottle of expensive perfume on his new job as a drug clerk.
A $500 bequest to the Mayberry church almost provokes a schism over how to spend it.
Barney Fife is on the spot when he gets Andy to let him use the Taylor home for an American-Russian summit meeting.
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 go solo -- then she becomes terrified.
Andy learns that his girlfriend, Helen, was once arrested for carrying a gun, gambling and keeping company with a hoodlum.
Emmett plans to surprise his wife with a mink coat for their 25th wedding anniversary, but she thinks he's not faithful because of his furtive ways.
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 Town Council.
Sam Jones' son Mike idolizes Opie and doesn't understand why he prefers to spend time with a girl instead of him.
Andy and Sam want to find a girlfriend for Goober and convince him to try a computer dating service.
Sam Jones invites a buddy from Italy to help him work his farm but does not expect his family to come too.