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Season 4 – The Andy Griffith Show

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Andy Taylor is the widower sheriff of the small, sleepy North Carolina town of Mayberry. Andy and son Opie live with Aunt Bee, who takes care of the family. Andy's deputy is his bumbling but neurotically hilarious cousin, Barney Fife. Among Andy's Mayberry friends is the town's resident barber, Floyd.
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Episode 1 Aired Sep 30, 1963 Opie the Birdman Opie takes on the job of raising three baby birds after he accidentally kills the mother bird and learns important life lessons along the way. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 7, 1963 The Haunted House Andy, Barney, and Gomer look for a lost baseball while exploring a supposedly haunted house and experience some strange events inside. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 14, 1963 Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army Mountain man Ernest T. Bass goes on a window-breaking ruckus around town after the army refuses to accept him in their ranks. When Andy and Barney arrest him, he explains to them that he wants a uniform to attract women. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 21, 1963 The Sermon for Today A preacher urges the residents of Mayberry to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 28, 1963 Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee Briscoe Darling decides to court and marry Aunt Bee after he is treated to her hospitality and home cooking. When he resorts to kidnapping, Andy rescues Aunt Bee and convinces her to make Briscoe work hard to clean up their home. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 4, 1963 Gomer the House Guest Gomer moves in with Andy after he loses his job at the filling station. Before long, the Taylor house turns into another filling station as Gomer's customers line up to get their cars looked at in Andy's driveway. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 11, 1963 A Black Day for Mayberry Barney lets it slip that a top-secret shipment of gold will make its way through Mayberry on the way to Fort Knox. Everyone in town soon knows about the gold and welcomes it with a carnival-like reception. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 18, 1963 Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain Opie gets straight A's on his report card, much to Andy's delight. But when Opie finds out that his teacher made an error, he cannot figure out how to tell the truth without disappointing his father. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 25, 1963 A Date for Gomer Thelma Lou refuses to go with Barney to the town's upcoming dance unless he gets her visiting cousin Mary Grace a date. Just when he and Barney are about to give up, Gomer appears. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 2, 1963 Up in Barney's Room Barney moves into the courthouse jail after his landlady evicts him. When he learns that she is planning to sell her home and marry someone she just met, Barney suspects that she is the victim of a con man. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 16, 1963 Citizen's Arrest Gomer makes a citizen's arrest of Barney for an illegal U-turn, the same violation Barney has ticketed him for, causing him to overreact and resign as deputy. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 30, 1963 Opie and His Merry Men Opie and his friends take their roles as Robin Hood's men seriously when they befriend a hobo. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 6, 1964 Barney and the Cave Rescue Barney organizes a rescue party when Andy and Helen become trapped in a cave after it collapses. Unbeknownst to Barney, the two have already escaped, but decide to go back into the cave to save him from becoming a laughingstock. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 13, 1964 Andy and Opie's Pal Opie becomes jealous when he thinks Andy likes Trey, his new best friend, more than him. Andy then decides to teach Opie a lesson in friendship. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 20, 1964 Aunt Bee the Crusader Aunt Bee organizes a protest to keep Mr Frisby, the local egg farmer, from getting evicted because of a highway project. However, unbeknownst to her, Mr Frisby is hiding a big secret. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 27, 1964 Barney's Sidecar Barney adds a vintage motorcycle to the rolling stock of the Mayberry Sheriff's Department. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 3, 1964 My Fair Ernest T. Bass A mountain-bred would-be Romeo is brought into Andy's home to be taught some manners. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 10, 1964 Prisoner of Love Andy and Barney fall for the charms of a female prisoner who threatens to crumble the security of the Mayberry jail. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 17, 1964 Hot Rod Otis Otis Campbell acquires a car and threatens the lives and limbs of Mayberry's pedestrian population. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 24, 1964 The Song Festers Choir director John Masters decides to give Gomer the solo in the upcoming concert instead of Barney. Gomer fakes laryngitis when he learns how important the part is to Barney. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 2, 1964 The Shoplifters Barney disguises himself as a dummy in an attempt to solve a series of thefts in a Mayberry department store. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 9, 1964 Andy's Vacation Andy goes on vacation, leaving Barney and Gomer in charge of Mayberry. However, Andy cannot enjoy his rest as Barney and various townspeople interrupt his peace. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 16, 1964 Andy Saves Gomer Gomer believes that Andy has saved his life after Andy wakes him to put out a small fire at the filling station. Indebted, Gomer dedicates himself to repaying Andy in return. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 23, 1964 Bargain Day Aunt Bee buys a side of beef from a discount butcher shop to save money. When she gets home, she discovers that her bargain freezer does not work. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 30, 1964 Divorce, Mountain Style Charlene Darling-Wash wants to perform a mountain ritual to divorce Dud Wash and marry Andy. When Barney discovers a way to counteract the ritual with another ritual, Andy decides to fight fire with fire. Details Episode 26 Aired Apr 6, 1964 A Deal Is a Deal Opie and his friends become involved in a scheme selling worthless salve. Barney and Gomer disguise themselves and head to Mount Pilot to fool two salve cons into buying all their salve back. Details Episode 27 Aired Apr 13, 1964 Fun Girls Two fun-loving girls from Mount Pilot interrupt Andy and Barney, who are working late doing inventory. They end up in hot water when Helen and Thelma Lou see them with the other girls. Details Episode 28 Aired Apr 20, 1964 Return of Malcolm Merriweather Aunt Bee feels unneeded when Malcom Merriweather returns to Mayberry and gets enlisted to help at the Taylor House to give Aunt Bee a break from work. Details Episode 29 Aired Apr 27, 1964 The Rumor Barney sees Andy and Helen sneaking a kiss in the jewelry store and tells everyone they are engaged. Aunt Bee redecorates Andy's room to make it more appropriate for a bride and throws a surprise party for them. Details Episode 30 Aired May 4, 1964 Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt Thelma Lou uses Gomer and flirts with him to make Barney jealous after he says that he has her in his hip pocket. Things escalate when she slips and kisses Gomer on the cheek. Details Episode 31 Aired May 11, 1964 Back to Nature Andy, Barney, and Gomer take Opie and a couple of his friends on a camping trip. When Opie leaves early in the morning to pick berries, Barney and Gomer go looking for him but end up getting lost in the woods. Details Episode 32 Aired May 19, 1964 Gomer Pyle USMC Gomer enlists and joins the Marines to test himself as a man, with Andy driving him to the base for his first day at boot camp. When Andy learns that the sergeant plans to get Gomer home, he tries to prevent Gomer from getting kicked out. Details
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Season Info

Director
Coby Ruskin, Richard Crenna, Jeffrey Hayden, Earl Bellamy, Aaron Ruben
Executive Producer
Sheldon Leonard
Screenwriter
James Fritzell, John Whedon, Bill Idelson, Aaron Ruben, Everett Greenbaum, Harvey Bullock, Sam Bobrick
Network
CBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 30, 1963
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