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 4 Episodes
E1
Opie decides to raise a nest of baby birds after accidentally killing their mother with his new slingshot and ends up le…
E2
Barney is sent into a reputed "haunted" house to retrieve Opie's baseball and sees things that make even the skeptical A…
E3
When Ernest T. Bass is denied from joining the army, he blames Andy and threatens to break every window in Mayberry. Whe…
E4
A visiting minister preaches the importance of relaxation and inspires Aunt Bee, Andy, and Barney to throw a Sunday afte…
E5
While having dinner at the Taylor household, mountain man Briscoe Darling (Denver Pyle) mistakes Aunt Bee's usual hospit…
E6
Andy lets Gomer move in after he loses his job at the gas station and instantly regrets it after Gomer's night habits pr…
E7
All of Mayberry turns out to welcome a truck carrying gold to Fort Knox as it passes through town. When Barney sneaks a …
E8
Opie finally gets a good grade in math, and Andy is so proud he tells everyone in town. But when Opie's teacher tells hi…
E9
Thelma Lou's bachelorette cousin is coming to Mayberry for the town dance, and Barney decides to set her up with Gomer. …
E10
Barney has an argument with his landlady Mrs. Mendelbright and gets evicted. After moving into the courthouse and having…
E11
A minor argument between Barney and Gomer over a traffic ticket erupts into an all-out feud that leads to reckless drivi…
E12
Opie and his friends decide to play Robin Hood to a friendly hobo they meet in the local woods and take food from their …
E13
The day of the town picnic, Barney watches as Andy and Helen go wandering into a cave just before the entrance collapses…
E14
After becoming jealous of the attention Andy give to the new boy in town, Opie comes to Andy wrapped in bandages and tel…
E15
Aunt Bee's friend Mr. Frisby tells her his house is about to be demolished to make way for a new highway. She decides to…
E16
Barney buys an antique motorcycle in order to set a speed trap for speeding truckers on Highway 6. After Barney makes a …
E17
Andy is called to arrest Ernest T. Bass once again for disturbing one of Mrs. Wiley's socials. Sympathizing with his sea…
E18
While guarding a gorgeous jewel thief one night, Andy nearly falls for her seductive charms. He decides to go home and l…
E19
Andy and Barney are horrified to learn that Otis, the town drunk, has just bought a new car. After he passes out one nig…
E20
When Gomer replaces Barney in the Mayberry choir, Barney is heartbroken. Gomer hears about this and feigns illness so th…
E21
Andy and Barney must find a shoplifter that's been hitting Ben Weaver's store, so Barney volunteers to dress up as a man…
E22
Andy decides to take a vacation in the mountains and leaves Barney to guard a prisoner the state police have brought in.…
E23
After Andy extinguishes a small fire that started at the filling station while Gomer was napping, Gomer believes Andy sa…
E24
Aunt Bee decides to buy 150 pounds of beef at a discount from a new butcher in town. She stores in in her "discount" fre…
E25
Charlene Darling returns to Mayberry and announces that she has divorced her husband and now, according to folklore, mus…
E26
When Opie and his friends are scammed into selling a useless skin ointment, Barney and Gomer try to help convince the co…
E27
Helen and Thelma Lou are horrified to see Andy and Barney escorting a couple of "fun girls" from Mount Pilot the night b…
E28
Everybody's favorite Englishman Malcolm Merriweather stops by Mayberry once again. This time he's having trouble finding…
E29
After Barney sees Andy and Helen kissing in a jewelery store, he becomes convinced they are secretly engaged and decides…
E30
After an off-hand comment puts Barney in the doghouse with Thelma Lou, he sees her spending her free time with Gomer ins…
E31
While on a camping trip with Opie and his friends, Barney brags to Gomer about his outdoor skills and promptly gets them…
E32
Gomer decides to join the Marines, and Andy helps out by secretly convincing the drill instructor that Gomer is the son …
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