The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by."
The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts an
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8x01 Opie's First Love
12 September, 1967 5:30 am
Opie has a really big crush on classmate Mary Alice Carter, but she has her eyes on hunk Fred Simpson. When Opie asks her to the dance, she says yes, not thinking Fred will ask her. When Fred asks her, she immediately says yes and has to think of a way to tell Opie she can't go with him. At the dance, Mary Alice realizes that she really wants to be with Opie and they end up together.
8x02 Howard, the Bowler
19 September, 1967 5:30 am
Howard is on a bowling hot streak. When the lights go out during the final frame of the championship game, he gets the jitters but must still finish the game.
8x03 A Trip to Mexico
26 September, 1967 5:30 am
Aunt Bea and her friends go to Mexico. While there, their friendships gets strained.
8x04 Andy's Trip to Raleigh
03 October, 1967 5:30 am
Andy cancels a big date with Helen in order to confer with a lawyer in Raleigh, who turns out to be a beautiful women.
8x05 Opie Steps Up in Class
10 October, 1967 5:30 am
After Andy sends a reluctant Opie to a swanky boy’s camp over his summer vacation, he becomes fast friends with a boy from a rich family. As a result, Andy becomes worried that Opie has grown accustomed to living a rich lifestyle during his time away from the laid back way of life in Mayberry. It is after he comes home for lunch one day Opie has his friend over that he sees how lavish a lunch Aunt Bee prepared that he decides to sit them down to explain money doesn’t make life enjoyable, being yourself does.
8x06 Howard's Main Event
17 October, 1967 5:30 am
Howard, dating Millie, is threatened by her husky former boyfriend
8x07 Aunt Bee, the Juror
24 October, 1967 5:30 am
Aunt Bee, summoned for jury duty, disagrees with fellow jurors on her first case.
8x08 The Tape Recorder
31 October, 1967 5:30 am
Opie disobeys Andy and tape-records a bank robber's confession.
8x09 Opie's Group
07 November, 1967 5:30 am
Opie joins a rock-and-roll group and starts getting failing grades in school.
8x10 Aunt Bee and the Lecturer
14 November, 1967 5:30 am
A visiting professor is attracted to Aunt Bee because she resembles his deceased wife.
8x11 Andy's Investment
21 November, 1967 5:30 am
Andy opens a coin laundry to save money for Opie's college education.
8x12 Howard and Millie
28 November, 1967 5:30 am
Howard proposes to Millie at the bakery where she works.
8x13 Aunt Bee's Cousin
05 December, 1967 5:30 am
Andy learns the truth when he sees his cousin Bradford alight from a freight train but keeps quiet because Aunt Bee thinks he's a wealthy relative.
8x14 Suppose Andy Gets Sick
12 December, 1967 5:30 am
Andy catches the flu and Goober takes over as his deputy.
8x15 Howard's New Life
19 December, 1967 5:30 am
Howard quits his boring job as county clerk and becomes a Caribbean island beachcomber.
8x16 Goober, the Executive
26 December, 1967 5:30 am
Goober buys the gas station with financial backing from Andy and Emmett.
8x17 The Mayberry Chef
02 January, 1968 5:30 am
The head of a local TV station enlists Aunt Bee to do a nightly cooking show, having heard about her cooking. Although she may not exude great professionalism, she has that extra "naturalness" that they're looking for. But her main concern is that someone suitable is cooking for Andy and Opie during her absence each evening. Unable to find someone, but not wanting Aunt Bee to back out of this opportunity, Andy (with Opie) maintains the pretense that a "Mrs. Parkinson" is on the job. Andy actually does the cooking -- to his and Opie's mutual gastric discomfort. After 2 days on the job, Aunt Bee shows unusual quickness of mind in seeing through the charade and finding a resolution.
8x18 Emmett's Brother-in-Law
09 January, 1968 5:30 am
Emmett's brother in law wants him to leave the fix it shop and join him in selling life insurance.
8x19 Opie's Drugstore Job
16 January, 1968 5:30 am
Opie placed an ad in the paper asking for a job. Andy explains to his friends that he's saving for an electric guitar.
When Andy goes to the drugstore, Mr. Crawford told Andy he lost his hired hand who worked the diner. So Andy recommends Opie for the job because he's reliable & trustworthy.
Three weeks into the job, Opie has saved $70. Mr. Crawford was impressed with Opie that he wanted him to run the store for awhile while doing some errands. Andy comes in & wants to order some perfume for his girlfriend. Opie looks up a price for the perfume he wanted & it was $64. After Andy left the store, Opie puts the perfume back & then the bottle shatters!
Opie tells Arnold what had happened. Arnold gives him the idea of buying another bottle of perfume since he's going out of town with his dad. Opie pays Arnold the $64.
When Arnold brought him the perfume, Opie places it in the shelf. Andy enters & tells Mr. Crawford that he wants to buy that $64 perfume. Mr. Crawford tells Andy
8x20 The Church Benefactors
23 January, 1968 5:30 am
The Church Members must decide what to purchase with the $500 that's willed to the church. The choice is between Choir robes and repairing the church's foundation.
8x21 Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting
30 January, 1968 5:30 am
An international summit is in the hands of Barney.
8x22 Goober Goes to an Auto Show
06 February, 1968 5:30 am
An old friend makes Goober feel worthless.
8x23 Aunt Bee's Big Moment
13 February, 1968 5:30 am
Aunt Bee decides that she wants to be more exciting, so she announces that she will learn to fly.
8x24 Helen's Past
20 February, 1968 6:30 am
As Andy is looking through Helen's old newspaper clippings, he finds one of her being taken to jail by the police. He decides to keep his discovery secret until it leaks out to the school board which could destroy Helen's teaching career.
8x25 Emmett's Anniversary
27 February, 1968 6:30 am
Emmett Clark cannot decide on a suitable anniversary gift for his spouse. Helpful friend Flora Mahlerbie {Alberta Nelson} finds a way and suggests her friend Bernie the wholesale fur man as the golden answer to Emmett's problem. Flora takes Emmett to Bernie's shop one night to haggle over furs and things. Ultimately, though, Cheapskate Emmett will not cough up the change for the pricey women's wear, even at 40% off, which leaves Flora a trifle sad.
8x26 The Wedding
05 March, 1968 6:30 am
Howard's mother decides to get married and move to Mt. Pilot. Howard is so glad to have the house to himself that he decides to throw a couples party, but Helen ends up being the only female there.
8x29 A Girl for Goober
26 March, 1968 6:30 am
Sam and Andy call on modern technology to finally get Goober a steady girl.
8x30 Mayberry R.F.D.
02 April, 1968 6:30 am
Sam brings over one of his Italian friends from the war--but unbenowst to him the friend brings over his elderly father and sister--and this creates mayhem in his family and business.
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