The Andy Griffith Show
"Nip it in the bud!"
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 and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
Season 3 Episodes
E1
Opie tells Andy about his new friend Mr. McBeevee, who Andy believes to be a figment of Opie's imagination. But when And…
E2
Andy discovers Peggy comes from a wealthy family and starts to feel like he is unable to provide the kind of sophisticat…
E3
There is a new mayor in town who is immediately put off by Andy's laid back management style. When Andy lets a prisoner …
E4
Given Andy's habit of burning meals, Aunt Bee asks Peggy to look in on Andy and Opie while she's away visiting her aunt.…
E5
Two cows suddenly go missing in Mayberry and Mayor Stoner has decided to bring in a professional investigator to solve t…
E6
When Andy and Peggy must break a date, Barney mistakenly sees this as the end of their relationship. He decides to play …
E7
Barney loses his self-confidence when two unlawful bullies laugh off his attempt to run them out of town. Andy tells the…
E8
When Mayor Stoner decides not to cover the expense of sending the Mayberry Marching Band to their annual competition in …
E9
Floyd comes to Andy for help after telling his pen pal Ms. Grayson that he is wealthy and finding out she is coming for …
E10
When Andy starts seeing Peggy MacMillan, Opie feels like she's become more important to Andy than he is. He decides to s…
E11
Barney and Floyd stumble upon a cabin in the woods where three dangerous female convicts are hiding out. They are taken …
E12
With Aunt Bee's birthday fast approaching, she begins dropping hints about the pale blue bed jacket she's been eyeing in…
E13
Barney becomes convinced the Mayberry bank is ripe for a robbery and tries to prove his point by staging a fake one. Whe…
E14
A new boy named Quincy moves into town and starts getting Opie and his friends into trouble. When Opie is dared to break…
E15
Barney believes his job is on the line when he accidentally gives the governor's car a parking ticket. When he learns th…
E16
Malcolm Tucker, a business tycoon from Charlotte, has the unfortunate luck of having his car break down in Mayberry on a…
E17
Andy gets a letter from a criminal he had wounded years before and learns the man is coming to Mayberry to see him. Barn…
E18
Cy Hudgins has a pet goat with a taste for dynamite and Andy and Barney are forced to put it in a padded cell until the …
E19
Andy and Barney reminisce about old flames and decide to throw a class reunion. When the big night finally comes, they b…
E20
Rafe Hollister stops by the auditions for the Ladies League Musicale and shocks everyone with his beautiful voice. But M…
E21
Opie's new friend Arnold is a spoiled brat used to getting his own way. He convinces Opie to try and get a raise in his …
E22
Andy suggests to Gomer that he hire a troubled young man named Jimmy to help out at Wally's gas station. But everyone so…
E23
Opie complains to Andy about how his new history teacher Ms. Crump is a mean old woman who likes to assign extra homewor…
E24
Aunt Bee becomes depressed about her age and falls for the charms of Colonel Harvey, a traveling medicine man selling a …
E25
A family of musicians who live in the mountains descend on Mayberry to await the arrival of their daughter Charlene's fi…
E26
A tourist from England causes a traffic accident and finds himself unable to pay the damages, so Andy decides to let the…
E27
Barney learns that the car he's spent his life savings on is a lemon, and the little old lady he bought it from may have…
E28
Opie develops a case of puppy love for a girl in his class, but is crushed to find she isn't interested. Barney tries to…
E29
Barney believes it's time for Andy to get married and sets Andy up with Opie's teacher, Ms. Crump. When Barney decides s…
E30
A pack of stray hunting dogs descends upon Mayberry at the same time that a state investigator has come to review Andy's…
E31
The Darling clan is back and this time need Andy's help to wed their daughter Charlene to Dud Walsh before crazy old Ern…
E32
Andy is told to keep two big-time bandits in his jail until detectives from Tennessee come to get them. Knowing that the…
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