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Season 3 Episode 11 - "Convicts-at-Large"
"Barney and Floyd are held hostage in a cabin by three escaped women convicts." -
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Season 1 Episode 11 - "Christmas Story"
"Crotchety old businessman Ben Weaver wants moonshiner Sam Muggins locked up for Christmas. But, after seeing the holiday spirit in Andy's jail, he tries to be arrested himself." -
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Season 2 Episode 11 - "The Pickle Story"
"No one will admit to Aunt Bee's homemade pickles being the worst they've ever tasted. Andy switches them with store-bought ones to avoid eating hers, but her decision to enter them in the county fair presents a dilemma." -
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Season 3 Episode 27 - "Barney's First Car"
"It's a red-letter day in Mayberry when Barney decides to join the motoring world, but things go sour when his cream-puff turns out to be a lemon." -
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Season 4 Episode 2 - "The Haunted House"
"Barney and Gomer try to retrieve a baseball from a supposedly haunted house and find some strange goings on inside." -
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Season 1 Episode 30 - "Barney Gets His Man"
"The accidental capture of a wanted man makes Barney the toast of Mayberry. It goes to his head 'til the felon escapes and returns to pay Barney back." -
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Season 2 Episode 20 - "Barney and the Choir"
"The choir director invites Barney to join the choir before he realizes Barney can't sing." -
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Season 3 Episode 16 - "Man in a Hurry"
"Car trouble strands a busy businessman in Mayberry on a Sunday, where the slow pace registers more as an infuriating dead stop." -
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Season 4 Episode 1 - "Opie the Birdman"
"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 get big." -
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Season 5 Episode 14 - "Three Wishes for Opie"
"Barney buys a fortune-telling game and lets Opie try it out." -
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My own top three favorite episodes are:
1). "The Rivals", in which Opie tries to impress a classmate named Karen that he
has a crush on.
2). "The Darlings Are Coming", which is the first episode featuring Briscoe
Darling, his four musical sons and promiscuous daughter Charlene.
3). "Andy and Opie Bachelors", in which Andy and Opie have to learn to cook
without Aunt Bee around for a few days and nurse Peggy comes to their
rescue.
I believe that all three episodes are from Season 3, which to me is by far the
best of the five TAGS B/W seasons.
1). "The Rivals", in which Opie tries to impress a classmate named Karen that he
has a crush on.
2). "The Darlings Are Coming", which is the first episode featuring Briscoe
Darling, his four musical sons and promiscuous daughter Charlene.
3). "Andy and Opie Bachelors", in which Andy and Opie have to learn to cook
without Aunt Bee around for a few days and nurse Peggy comes to their
rescue.
I believe that all three episodes are from Season 3, which to me is by far the
best of the five TAGS B/W seasons.
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Man in a Hurry rules. The Clubmen is also a great episode.
Man in a Hurry stands alone
Then it’s Opie’s Hobo Friend. I absolutely fall apart at the very, very end: the silent nod to the ‘sacrifice’ and Andy staring off while the harmonica plays
Opie’s Charity is number one in my book. The first verbal exchange in the courthouse between Opie and Andy is Hilarious!!!!
Goooolllly!!
My favorite episode is “The Pickle Story”. (Incidentally, that was also Don Knotts favorite!) I also cannot believe that “Citizens Arrest” wasn’t listed, or any episode with Ernest T Bass! Oh well. There are soooo many hilarious episodes of Andy Griffith, that it would be hard for me to pick my favorite top ten!
I have never watched opie the birdman. I don't like the subject matter.
It’s actually a very good episode with an excellent lesson for children, and it has a beautiful ending. I would also say that this lesson is probably very familiar to people 40 and over (like me), especially those of us who were raised in southern Appalachia. You should give it a try and watch it.
Any episode with Ernest T. Bass and/or the Darlings should be in the top ten. My number one episode would be the one where Ernest T. thought he could woo Charlene after she was already married to Dud and Barney ends up dressing as the bride. Hilarious.
My favorites were the one where the publisher tried to get Andy unseated as sheriff and Barney and the Choir. I really didn’t like Helen all that much because she had a humongous case of the green-eyed monster and was always jumping to conclusions! Barney was so full of himself & couldn’t take even the mildest of jokes about himself. That just got old after a while!
Andy on Trial. I agree that’s a great episode
Glad I’m not the only non fan of Helen. Surely they could have cast that better. Was she someone’s relative?!
Howard McNear was an understated comedic genius. In "Convicts at Large," a few things really illustrate the subtlety of his craft - When he's sitting on the couch, keeping time to the music with the banana, when he starts calling Barney, "Al," and his ending line, "Maude, Al, if those burgers are ruined, I won't be responsible!"
You hit the nail on the head !!
Very astute and I agree with you totally, his performance in that episode, and really throughout the show really shines.
I also loved his performance in the episode about Aunt Bea’s wig, ( the name of that episode escapes me ).
So very funny !!!!!!!
Very astute and I agree with you totally, his performance in that episode, and really throughout the show really shines.
I also loved his performance in the episode about Aunt Bea’s wig, ( the name of that episode escapes me ).
So very funny !!!!!!!
Peggy was the prettiest and the sweetest. Plus being wealthy didn't hurt either.
Absolutely. I really disliked Helen. Actually, she's the only character on the AGS I didn't like. I think she invented the "Resting B-tch Face."
I like Stranger In Town with Ed Sawyer played by William Lanteau and Haunted
House about the old Rimshaw house with Amdy Barney and Gomer Pyle trying to find Opies baseball and Fun Girls and Return of the Fun Girls with Skippy and
Daphne . Daphne was Joyce Jameson and who played Skippy ?
House about the old Rimshaw house with Amdy Barney and Gomer Pyle trying to find Opies baseball and Fun Girls and Return of the Fun Girls with Skippy and
Daphne . Daphne was Joyce Jameson and who played Skippy ?
Joyce Jamison.
I also enjoyed the episode Aunt Bea’s Medicine Man. The actor that played the Medicine Man was so very good !!
“Shawnee - Lived with’m, They’re savages !” 😆
“Shawnee - Lived with’m, They’re savages !” 😆
Actually, Jean Carson played “Daphne”, and Joyce Jamison played “Skippy”..
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Do this for The Twilight Zone. That should be REALLY interesting!
One last note. The wholesomeness of this show is way beyond any other in TV Land! And without a doubt Don Knotts’ acting was superb. When he left the show, while still a great show, it left an empty feeling. That’s my take!
The new drugstore lady should be among the list of best episodes as well as the shoe salesman.
Gollllllllly! 48% similar. Nailed it
The Gomer Pyle, USMC episode when he meets Sgt. Carter, Otis riding into town on a cow, and the Bill Bixby one were some of the best and funniest.
Otis riding on the cow was very funny
And Gomer when lifts the bucket from his head while he's singing and says to Sgt. Carter, "This here's my favorite part." That just kills me every time I see it!
I like the one with the manicurist who sets up shop at Floyd’s.