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The Andy Griffith Show Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
The New Housekeeper
Mon, Oct 3, 196026 mins
In the sleepy township of Mayberry, North Carolina, Sheriff/Justice of the Peace Andy Taylor is just about to join citizens Wilbur and Rose in holy matrimony. Rose is Andy's former housekeeper, and marrying Wilbur means that she will no longer take care of Andy and his six-year-old son Opie. During the wedding, Opie makes his objection to the marriage known as he feels it means Rose doesn't love him anymore. Into Rose's place comes Andy's Aunt Bee, who leaves her lonely spinster life to live with Andy and Opie full time, yet there are objections from Opie, who sees Aunt Bee as an interloper who will never live up to all the things that Rose was in his life. All Opie's attempts to prove that Aunt Bee isn't needed fail, as does Andy's attempts to make her more accessible to Opie, like teaching her to fish and play baseball. The last straw comes when Opie discovers his bird Dickie missing from his cage because Aunt Bee left it open while cleaning it. Finally, Aunt Bee decides that it would be best to just leave, but Opie has a change of heart, deciding that she will be nothing without the important skills of baseball, fishing and frog hunting, and that he is the only person who can teach her these important skills. In the end, he accepts Aunt Bee, Dickie returns, and Andy plays a tune on the guitar. All is well.
Episode 2
The Manhunt
Mon, Oct 10, 196026 mins
While fishing, Andy and Opie's boat, Gertrude, springs a leak. So they row to shore and hide it under a clump of bushes down by Emma Brand's dock. Barney gets word that there is an escaped convict on the loose near Mayberry and Barney is so excited, he can hardly get the right words out to tell Andy. The only way Barney can describe the news is "BIG." The North Carolina State Police show up in Mayberry but they want to leave Andy and Barney out of the manhunt. However, Andy has other ideas.
Episode 3
The Guitar Player
Mon, Oct 17, 196026 mins
Andy is happy to once again arrest wayward guitar player Jim Lindsey on a charge of disturbing the peace (playing illegally on the public street) because it means he and Jim can play duets while Jim sits behind bars. After hearing a stellar performance of "New River Train," Andy wonders if the young prodigy isn't squandering his gifts and reasons that Jim could be bigger than "that fella we see every now and then on television, shakin' and screamin'." Jim, however, is reluctant and claims he isn't quite ready. Inspiration comes rolling through town in the form of Bobby Fleet and his Band with a Beat, a traveling band on their way to a gig in Raleigh. Andy suspects that the band could use a good guitar player, but setting up a meeting is a bit tricky since Jim isn't willing to play and Fleet isn't willing to listen; so, he uses the law to set up a meeting, arresting Fleet on an illegal parking charge and instructing Barney to bring Jim in for questioning (although what kind of questions is never quite worked out). Angry that he's been cornered into playing for a man forced to listen, Jim refuses. Fleet agrees and begins mocking the kid's potential talent, which he hasn't heard. His ego threatened, Jim launches into a brilliant rock and roll solo that quiets Fleet's doubts. Impressed by his talent, he offers Jim a job with the band - which leaves in fifteen minutes.
Episode 4
Ellie Comes to Town
Mon, Oct 24, 196026 mins
Andy and Barney drive Aunt Bee uptown to do some shopping, but Andy is surprised to find Walker's Drugstore closed in the middle of the day. He unlocks the door anyway and starts to conduct business when suddenly the new druggist comes by and, thinking the place is being robbed, calls on Barney. He barges in only to find Andy behind the counter. Andy, Barney and Aunt Bee have a laugh but the lady is not amused. She is Elinor Walker, a pharmacist who has come to take care of the place while her uncle Fred is under the weather. Her first customer is Emma Brand who requests her usual pills for the usual 10 cents, but Ellie won't give them to her without a prescription. Emma tries a variety of tricks and guilt trips to get the pills but they all fail and she ends up sick on her couch. Andy gets angry with Ellie and tries to comfort Emma, as does everyone else in town, bringing food to their ailing friend. In a surprise turn of events, Ellie has a change of heart and brings Emma the pills anyway. When Andy questions why she changed her mind, Ellie explains that the pills are a placebo, sugar pills that have no medicinal properties at all; yet, Emma thinks they are keeping her healthy, which is why Fred had been giving them to her without a prescription and why he sells them to her for only 10 cents. By not giving her the pills, Ellie became the town pariah and realized her mistake in overlooking the human equation. The pills seem to work, Emma feels better and all seems well, except that after eating all the food that the townsfolk brought by, Emma comes down with a case of indigestion and really does end up bedridden.
Episode 5
Irresistible Andy
Mon, Oct 31, 196026 mins
Ellie accepts a friendly invitation from Andy to the Church picnic and dance. Andy, with a bit of illogical reasoning, becomes convinced that Ellie and her uncle Fred are out to trap him into a convenient marriage. Aunt Bee asks him how he asked her to the dance while talking to her, he becomes convinced that she set him up for marriage. He believes that the best way to thwart this desperate female hunter is to put her on the scent of other game, and even tells Opie that as well. Andy convinces some of the young bachelors in town that Ellie is interested in them and sends them to court Ellie, in hopes of shifting her affections and marriage aspirations to someone else. Opie, having overheard Andy's plan in detail, accidentally reveals the scheme to Ellie. After a hostile confrontation, where she puts castor Oil, mustard powder and milk of magnesia in his drink, Ellie tells Andy off and insists she will go to the picnic with the first eligible bachelor to walk through her door. In walks Barney. Andy realizes the error in his thinking and strives to make things right with Ellie.
Episode 6
Runaway Kid
Mon, Nov 7, 196026 mins
After giving Opie a lesson on trust, loyalty and keeping promises, Andy learns that "Tex," one of his son's playmates, is a runaway from a nearby town whom Opie promised he wouldn't tell on. Opie is confused when Andy expects him to break his word and give him the boy's last name. Andy must find a way to reunite the boy with his worried parents and show a disappointed Opie that sometimes breaking your word is the best thing to do.
Episode 7
Andy the Matchmaker
Mon, Nov 14, 196026 mins
After being humiliated by a piece of humorous graffiti, Barney decides to turn in his badge because of Mayberry's lack of any real crime. He saw Opie with the piece of chalk in his hand, but he said that some bigger kids wrote it. When Opie claims that he wasn't the one who wrote it, Andy believes him, because Opie can't write. Unable to change Barney's mind, Andy decides to stage a robbery at Walker's Drugstore in order to brighten Barney's mood and hopefully give him enough confidence to ask Miss Rosemary out on a date. However, Barney messes up Andy's plan by making an actual arrest in the fake robbery. While stalling for time and trying to figure out what to do, Andy runs a background check on the suspect Barney arrested and finds out he's actually a wanted man. Having captured a real crook gives Barney the confidence to ask Miss Rosemary out.
Episode 8
Opie's Charity
Mon, Nov 28, 196026 mins
Andy is appalled when the head of the town charity drive, Annabelle Silby, tells him that Opie contributed all of three cents to this year's drive. He lectures the young'un on the importance of charity and helping your neighbors. Opie tells him he's saving his money to buy his girlfriend a present, but Andy never really gives him a chance to explain further. Turns out Opie is pretty good at charity after all. Andy has another problem when Annabelle's husband Tom Silby suddenly turns up at the jail - several years after most townsfolk attended his funeral.
Episode 9
A Feud Is a Feud
Mon, Dec 5, 196025 mins
A young couple wakes the Taylors late at night and wants to get married. Andy barely gets started when Hannah's father bursts in and stops the wedding at gunpoint, followed by Josh's father, who has the same intention. It seems that the Carters and Wakefields have been feuding for years and the patriarchs ain't about to let one o' theirs marry one o' them, so Andy backs down. In the morning Andy decides the best course of action is to end the feud before marrying the couple and visits both fathers. He learns that neither knows how the feud started and that no one has been killed in the 87 years of fighting. Andy proposes a duel to end the feud but both men run off rather than take the chance of getting killed. In the end, Andy marries Josh and Hannah at gunpoint.
Episode 10
Ellie for Council
Mon, Dec 12, 196026 mins
Ellie's run for city council divides Mayberry into a battle of the sexes.
Episode 11
Christmas Story
Mon, Dec 19, 196026 mins
Mean old Ben Weaver catches Sam Muggins moonshining and insists Andy lock him up, even though it's Christmas eve. In order to keep Ben off his back and still have the party they had planned, Andy arrests Sam's wife and children as "accessories before, during, and after the fact," and deputizes Ellie, Opie, and Aunt Bee to help watch the prisoners. Everyone is having a good time except Ben, who spies on them and tries to get himself arrested because he's too ornery to admit he wants to participate. Andy finally figures it out and arrests him but lets Ben stop by his store to pick up a few things he might need - presents for the others.
Episode 12
Stranger in Town
Mon, Dec 26, 196026 mins
When a stranger gets off the bus from New York City, the folks in Mayberry are naturally curious. When he strolls into the barbershop - calling everyone by name and knowing things that no stranger should know - their suspicions go into overdrive, especially since nobody knows who he is. In fact, Ed Sawyer's knowledge of the goings-on in Mayberry is uncanny. Soon, as a result, he's accused of being everything from a foreign spy to a space alien - or worse! - and his friendly attempts to fit in and settle down are coldly rejected. Andy, on the other hand, seems to be the only one in town unwilling to judge Ed until he knows the facts. After a particularly curious encounter twixt Ed and Lucy Matthews, the woman he loves - whom he's never even met! - Ed asks Andy for help and explains how Mayberry came to be his "hometown," revealing that he's a loner with no family and no real home. It seems that, in the army, Ed befriended Joe Larson from Mayberry (son of Pete and Edie Larson) and loved the stories Joe told about "back home" so much that he began to take the town newspaper and tell folks that he was from Mayberry. As Andy is calling the town's newspaper to explain things, Ed is confronted by a frightened, angry crowd who want to run him out of town. Andy steps in - telling Ed's story and delivering a stern lecture about how to treat people who may appear to be a little different. Hearing how their "friendly" nature caused a total stranger to embrace them, the "mob" backs down and warmly welcomes their new neighbor to Mayberry.
Episode 13
Mayberry Goes Hollywood
Mon, Jan 2, 196126 mins
The town council meets with Mr. Harmon, a Hollywood movie producer who wants to use Mayberry as a location for his latest picture. Dead-set against it, the council fears Harmon using the opportunity to poke fun at the townsfolk and their southern ways. Andy, the lone voice in favor, offers to walk the man around town and talk to him to find out what his intentions are. Harmon is charmed by the town's simple, laid-back manner and assures Andy that his intentions are completely honorable. The council now approves, but the news excites the town and incites the citizens of Mayberry to begin to put on airs, dressing up in ridiculous clothes and changing their storefronts to look more Hollywood. Aghast, Andy tries to warn the town that this isn't what drew Harmon to want to make a movie in Mayberry, but no one will listen. The town council sets up a silly welcoming ceremony that, for some reason, involves cutting down the oldest oak tree in town. Harmon returns and is as disappointed in the townsfolk as Andy, reminding them that the reason he chose Mayberry was for its sweet gentility and natural charm. The mayor promises that the town will be put back the way it was and Harmon promises to make his movie there.
Episode 14
The Horse Trader
Mon, Jan 9, 196126 mins
To make way for a plaque being donated by a former resident, the town council convenes to decide what to do with a rusty old Civil War-era cannon with cracked muzzle that never saw combat and just sits in the town square taking up space. At a loss to any other ideas, Barney suggests selling it. Mayor Pike thinks it's a great idea and quickly puts him and Andy in charge of it - but who wants to buy a Civil War cannon that never saw combat? After taking it door to door and getting nowhere, they drop by Ellie's pharmacy where they run across Ralph Mason, an antiques dealer from out of town. In trying to make a deal, Andy makes up a story about the cannon's ties to combat with Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan Hill, leaving Barney aghast. Satisfied, Mr. Mason offers $175, leaving Barney and Ellie disappointed in Andy's deception. At this low moment, Andy catches Opie on a pair of new roller skates. Opie confesses that he made a trade by telling another kid that one of his Pa's cuff-links was a button off of George Washington's uniform. Angry at his son's deception, he demands an explanation and Opie gives one: since his Pa made up a story to sell the cannon, he needed to make up a story to sell the cuff-link. Andy realizes his moral error and returns to Mr. Mason with the truth, but Ralph happily announces he has a buyer for the cannon, and Andy makes a square deal with him. Ironically, a few days later, Andy and Barney get a telegram from that generous former Mayberry citizen. He has decided against donating a plaque in favor of sending a more appropriate gift to his old hometown - a recently acquired Civil War cannon with cracked muzzle that reputedly saw action at San Juan Hill.
Episode 15
Those Gossipin' Men
Mon, Jan 16, 196126 mins
Aunt Bee is waiting in line at Walker's Drugstore, along with Emma Brand, Clara Lindsey, and Opie. Emma tells the other ladies that when Milly Parsons walks into Church with blonde streaks, that she nearly dropped her hymnal. Clara even thinks that she adds the blonde streaks to her hair, just to impress their new Mailman. When Barney accidentally cuts his finger while cleaning his gun, and to keep it from getting infected, Andy comes in to get some Sulfa Powder. Aunt Bee asks if everything is all right, and that is when he says that Barney has "got a little scratch." He walks out and Emma Brand isn't quite convinced that it's just a little scratch, and she claims that he came running all the way over to get it? Fred then tells her that the Courthouse is just across the street. Aunt Bee and Clara Lindsey get spread around town that he has shot and killed himself. Andy teases the ladies for believing such gossip. In response to the teasing, Aunt Bee decides to pull a prank on Andy to show that men gossip too. She spreads a rumor that a down-on-his-luck visiting shoe salesman is really a talent scout for the television show Manhattan Show Time. The men of Mayberry believe the rumor and visit the salesman with their bands and children hoping that one of them would be discovered. The salesman eventually leaves town after achieving record shoe sales
Episode 16
The Beauty Contest
Mon, Jan 23, 196126 mins
During a planning meeting, it is suggested that the Mayberry Founders Day pageant be concluded with an actual beauty pageant. Unfortunately, they decide to make Andy the one and only judge. After Andy makes the mistake of thinking Ellie nominated him as a judge so she can win the contest herself, Andy realizes he's got trouble on his hands. He must figure out a way to get out of this mess without hurting everyone's feelings and damaging his own love life. After being nagged by practically every citizen in town with some kind of stake in the pageant, including his own Son, Andy chooses Ms. Bishop, an older lady who not only didn't enter the pageant or compel Andy to choose someone she knew but worked tirelessly seeing that the pageant came off without a hitch.
Episode 17
Alcohol and Old Lace
Mon, Jan 30, 196126 mins
In tracking down area moonshiners, Barney and Andy hardly suspect the little, old Morrison sisters who've been so helpful to them, but they should.
Episode 18
Andy the Marriage Counselor
Mon, Feb 6, 196126 mins
Nice as they can be to others, Fred and Jennie Boone snap at each other violently at home. Andy intervenes on behalf of the general peace but learns that others can express their happiness differently.
Episode 19
Mayberry on Record
Mon, Feb 13, 196126 mins
Angry that his paycheck has been whittled away by government deductions, Barney begins to talk about finding a good investment. Andy warns him about jumping too fast as he may find himself an easy mark for a con artist (which he ably demonstrates by selling him a buffalo nickel for $75). Just then, Ellie comes by with Mr. Maxwell, a music producer passing through town who was told there might be some good musicians he could use for his upcoming folk album. Excited about the idea, Andy gathers up players in the barbershop for renditions of "Flop Eared Mule" and "The Crawdad Song." Maxwell is impressed. After Andy leaves, Barney, Floyd and the boys begin talking to Maxwell about investing in the album. Maxwell isn't sure, but the rest insist. When Andy hears about their investment, he immediately jumps to the conclusion that Maxwell is a con artist who just bilked them out of their money. No one believes him until they find that Maxwell has checked out of his hotel room and left town. Outraged at having been conned, Barney determines to track down Maxwell and bring him to justice, but at the height of their fury Maxwell returns with news that he has sold their album to National Records, leaving Andy with egg on his face and the rest with a certified check for $5,000.
Episode 20
Andy Saves Barney's Morale
Mon, Feb 20, 196126 mins
Barney becomes a laughing stock after being left in charge during Andy's absence and arresting upstanding townsfolk over petty violations. Andy must step in and make the town appreciate Barney before he quits.
Episode 21
Andy and the Gentleman Crook
Mon, Feb 27, 196126 mins
The infamous con man 'Gentleman' Dan Caldwell beguiles nearly everyone from his cell at Andy's jail - all but Andy.
Episode 22
Cyrano Andy
Mon, Mar 6, 196126 mins
With Barney tongue-tied around potential sweetheart Thelma Lou, Andy sticks his big nose in on their behalf only to find himself and Ellie pulled into romantic duplicities.
Episode 23
Andy and Opie, Housekeepers
Mon, Mar 13, 196125 mins
After Aunt Bee finishes scolding Andy and Opie for being slobs, she has to go out of town for a few days, leaving her boys to take care of themselves. Despite being afraid of the mess Andy and Opie will make without her, Andy convinces her that he and Opie will be alright. Andy's best intentions to keep things neat are quickly given up, and Taylor's home is soon a complete wreck. Andy thinks he can procrastinate at least one more day, But Aunt Bee calls and lets Andy know she'll be home from Mount Pilot that afternoon. Anticipating the tongue-lashing they'll get when she sees the mess, Andy and Opie get busy, clean the entire house, and make it look spotless. But as Andy and Opie are sitting back and admire their hard work, Andy realizes that a spotless house might make Aunt Bee think she's not really needed. Furthermore, Andy knows that despite her outward appearance, Aunt Bee is really happiest when she feels needed. So, Andy and Opie proceed to get the place back in disorder and make it an even bigger mess than before. On their way to pick up Aunt Bee, they run into Bertha Edwards who decides to peek in on the house. She is shocked to find it in such a state and starts cleaning up! When Aunt Bee returns home with Opie and Andy, she is shocked and dismayed to find the house perfectly neat and clean, but not as shocked as Andy and Opie. Seeing her disappointment, Andy and Opie set out to mess up as much as they can as quickly as they can. Aunt Bee catches them in the act and thinks they are trying to clean up. Privately, she is overjoyed to realize how helpless they are without her. In the epilogue, Bertha comes in and asks Bee how the house looked when she got home. After describing what a pigsty the place was, an insulted Bertha storms out.
Episode 24
The New Doctor
Mon, Mar 27, 196125 mins
Barney and Aunt Bee get Andy worked up over the idea of Ellie dumping him to tie the knot with the new, young, handsome, unmarried doctor in town.
Episode 25
A Plaque for Mayberry
Mon, Apr 3, 196126 mins
Members of the Women's Historical Society believe the direct descendant of a Revolutionary War hero may be living in Mayberry and borrow town records for their research. Barney uses the library and deduces that he, himself, is the person they are looking for. When the women announce that town drunk Otis Campbell is the real descendant, the mayor and town council have a fit and want Andy to get Otis out of town and bring in a substitute to accept the award. Andy refuses, saying it wouldn't be fair to Otis. Somewhat late for the ceremony, Otis and his wife show up dressed in their Sunday best. The women present the plaque to Otis, who says he can't take credit for being born and gives the plaque to the mayor for the town of Mayberry.
Episode 26
The Inspector
Mon, Apr 10, 196126 mins
With the state inspector coming, Barney rushes out to get a prisoner and returns with Otis, who's drunk. Ralph Case arrives, doesn't like what he sees and starts writing down violations. Andy, who was out, comes in with a birthday cake for Otis. Case questions his methods and leaves ready to recommend impeachment. Case returns and goes with the lawmen to arrest a moonshiner who has locked himself in his house and is shooting at people. Brady, Case's boss, arrives just as Andy is arresting the man and is impressed by his courage. Case starts to list the violations he saw earlier at the courthouse, without much success, and drops the matter. The sheriff's department gets a clean bill of health.
Episode 27
Ellie Saves a Female
Mon, Apr 17, 196126 mins
Ellie's heart goes out to a dirt poor farm girl who stops in the drug store and admires the perfume and nail polish but says she can't have it, not because she's poor but because her father Flint refuses to let her have them. Determined to let the girl, named Frankie, experience the amenities and pleasures of being a woman, Ellie tries to convince Andy to break her father's stranglehold. Andy advises Ellie to stay out of family affairs but Ellie won't be denied her mission. She and Andy go up to Flint's farm to try talking him into letting her have free perfume and nail polish but Flint sternly declines. Ellie is upset but Andy understands that Flint has written the last word on the matter. Later Ellie asks Barney to try and talk to Flint. He goes up to the farm but doesn't get any further then Andy did and Flint demands that he leave. He doesn't. Instead, he sneaks into the barn and takes Frankie into town with him. When Andy and Ellie return to the farm, they've made dirt poor Frankie into beautiful Frances in a dress and makeup. Flint is upset, but Andy explains that with Frankie he only has a so-so farmhand, but with Frances he's close to having a strong son-in-law. Flint relents, and Frances gets to be a lady.
Episode 28
Andy Forecloses
Mon, Apr 24, 196126 mins
While Andy gives Barney a hard time, teasing him about Juanita Beasley (and making Barney do a "trouble check"), Mayberry's resident grouch, Ben Weaver, shows up at the courthouse and informs Andy that he's foreclosing on Lester Scobey, Helen Scobey, and their daughter Mary Scobey- a family that is behind on their mortgage payments. Despite Andy's appeal that Ben give the Scobey's more time or have a little compassion on the family, Ben insists that Andy proceed with his duty. When Andy goes to see Lester Scobey and his family, he finds out that Lester is working hard to try to make ends meet and has never been late on a payment before. Realizing that Lester is doing all he can do to provide for his family, Andy and Barney chip in to come up with the money for rent. However, when they try to pay Ben, he informs them that because a payment was missed, the entire balance of the property is due. Determined not to have the Scobeys evicted, Andy, Barney, and Aunt Bee do their best to try to raise the money. In order to give them more time, Andy figures out a way to stall the foreclosure process. But, when they come up short, Andy has no choice but to do his duty. He wonders if it's possible that Ben may not realize just how much trauma he's putting the Scobeys through. He pretends to be mean to them as he orders them to get out of the house. In the end, Ben stops the foreclosure
Episode 29
Quiet Sam
Mon, May 1, 196126 mins
Sam Becker is someone who keeps to himself. He rarely talks to anyone and minds his own business. Barney is immediately suspicious of the man and is sure that he's up to something. After checking Becker's recent purchases at the drug store, Barney convinces himself that he's treating someone with a bullet wound. The reality is that Becker's wife is pregnant and he calls Andy when his wife goes into labor and there's no doctor available. Thinking Andy is being held prisoner at the Becker farm, Barney mounts a rescue. It's left to Andy and Barney to deliver the baby.
Episode 30
Barney Gets His Man
Mon, May 8, 196126 mins
Barney stops Eddie Brooke on the street for littering but it turns out he's a wanted felon. The State police praise Barney for arresting a dangerous felon and the story takes on epic proportions. Aunt Bee suggests a surprise party but it's interrupted when the State Police tell them Brooke has escaped. Brooke had threatened Barney with getting even, so the thought of a dangerous criminal out after him is definitely keeping him up at night. When they join a manhunt for Brooke, Barney comes face to face with his nemesis.
Episode 31
The Guitar Player Returns
Mon, May 15, 196126 mins
Jim Lindsey, the once-wayward guitar player whom Andy helped start his musical career, returns to Mayberry a success with a brand new sports car and a hit single "Rock n' Roll Rosie from Raleigh." Everyone is excited to see the hometown boy that made good, but Andy gets wind of something strange. Within a day, the car disappears, and Ellie, Floyd and Jason report that, despite his "success," he seems to be charging a lot of his bills, and even asking Barney for money. Plus, as successful as he claims to be, he isn't receiving any mail. Andy gets in touch with Bobby Fleet, the bandleader who hired Jim, and learns that Jim walked away from the band after Bobby wouldn't make him a partner. Unable to make it on his own, Jim is flat broke with his car repossessed. Andy tries to talk to him about reconnecting with Bobby and the band, but Jim won't hear of it; so, as is tradition, Andy arrests Jim as a ruse to reconnect him with Bobby so that Jim can get his career going again. Bobby is willing to forgive, and eventually so is a reluctant Jim.
Episode 32
Bringing Up Opie
Mon, May 22, 196126 mins
Aunt Bee is concerned with the amount of time Opie spends at the courthouse and what she sees as the bad influence as a result. (She has received a call from the school principal saying Opie had handcuffed a playmate during recess.) When she decides that Opie shouldn't spend any time at the jail, Andy reluctantly agrees. Having to find something else to do after school, Opie wanders off. Having disappeared for the afternoon, everyone begins to worry. Aunt Bee soon changes her mind about the jail environment.
