Watch The Andy Griffith Show Season 5 Episode 32: Banjo-Playing Deputy

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Season 5, Episode 32 Banjo-Playing Deputy

Andy hires an out-of-work banjo player (Jerry Van Dyke) as a part-time deputy, but he proves too incompetent to even fill Barney's shoes. Lee Van Cleef appears in a minor role. His appearance came a year before his big splash in “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” This episode ended the series' fifth season and was the last one shot in black and white. Dancer: Sylvia Lewis. Miss Bedloe: Hope Summers. Miss Roundtree: Mary Lansing.

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Guest Cast

Lee Van Cleef Skip

Tom Steele Man No. 1

Robert Carricart Frankie

Jerry Van Dyke Jerry Miller

Jean Inness Woman

Sylvia Lewis Flossie the Dancer

Mary Lansing Miss Roundtree

Bill Catching Man No. 2

Herbie Faye Manager

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Rating: TV-G
Premise: Gentle humor and genuinely likable characters made Mayberry a beloved fixture on the TV landscape. A Top 10 hit throughout its eight-year run (it went out at No. 1), this low-key, down-home sitcom harkened back to a simpler time and place. Mayberry may be… (more)