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The New Andy Griffith Show

After working for several years in the state capital for the government, Andy Sawyer learns that the mayor of his hometown is retiring from the position and is looking for an appointee to fill in for the rest of the term. Thinking it sounds like a good deal, Andy packs up and moves back home to Greenwood with his wife and two children to become the new mayor of the sleepy little southern town.

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Andy Griffith
Andy Sawyer
Lee Meriwether
Lee Sawyer
Ann Morgan Guilbert
Nora

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Episode 1

My Friend, the Mayor

Fri, Jan 8, 197130 mins

Paul Hartman (Emmett Clark), Don Knotts (Barney Fife) and George Lindsay (Goober Pyle) all reprising their famous Andy Griffith Show roles. Andy Sawyer's three friends, Goober, Emmett, and Barney, come to visit from out of town to welcome Andy back to Greenwood however that is not their sole reason for coming. Emmett and Goober along with Buff MacKnight (new character played by Glen Ash) all have ideas of expanding their one store business into a chain on a site up for re-zoning. Barney has the same idea opening a restaurant believing that he has state wide celebrity status and his famous name will entice the general public to eat at a restaurant he wants to build on that site. While each has the same idea, each decides to keep it from the other three to use the power of bribery, friendship and Andy's new position as mayor to persuade the town council to accept their bid. After subtly warning each of them that there may be other bidders, he is put in a less than ideal position to decide if he is going to recommend the site to one friend and if so, which friend? Ultimately, as level headed as Andy Sawyer (Andy Taylor) has always been, he makes the right decision.

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