The Andy Griffith Show

- Season 6

(1965)

Opie tries to get a job delivering groceries to pay for getting his bike fixed. He competes with another boy for it, but finds out the other boy needs the money to help his family.

Andy gets jealous when a big-city teacher arrives to work with Helen and ends up spending several evenings with her.

Malcolm Merriweather returns to Mayberry, announcing that he plans to live there permanently. Andy gives him the job of school crossing guard after firing Ernest T. Bass from the job for throwing rocks at cars. Ernest T. challenges Malcolm to a fight which he accepts, even though he can't fight.

Aunt Bee and her new beau go out on the town.

Andy's eager new deputy jails Aunt Bee and her friends for illegal gambling when they have a bingo game at their church bazaar.

Warren's ESP warns that a picnic will be a disaster for Andy and Helen.

A movie company is going to make film about Andy, and the Taylors take a trip to Hollywood to see the production.

The Taylors arrive in Hollywood and meet the production team that is making the movie 'Sheriff Without A Gun'.

After Helen gets upset about a publicity picture of Andy and a pretty actress from the movie, Andy tries to get back at Helen by going on a date with the actress. When Helen calls to apologize, Opie tells her about the date.

Aunt Bee wins big on a TV quiz show.

Warren's ignorance about cannons helps catch two thieves.

Opie and his new friend Tommy are having fun with the new boy's miniature walkie-talkies. They listen in on conversations and the like but Tommy has a sense of humor that not everyone appreciates. When Goober adopts a stray dog, they hide one of the walkie-talkies in the animal's collar and soon the gullible mechanic thinks he has a talking dog. Goober soon makes a fool of himself and the boys think it's quite funny. Andy tries to impress upon them that humiliating people is not funny and teaches Tommy a lesson in what it feels like to be the butt of someone's ...

Aunt Bee takes a part-time job at a printing shop that has just opened in town. When Andy notices, among other things, that they print business cards with green ink, he figures out just what they're in the business of printing!

When the old church organ heaves its last note, Warren finds an ad for a used one placed by a local farmer, and Andy gets pledges from local businessmen to supplement what's in the church fund to pay for it. When it's time to collect on the pledges, all Andy gets are excuses. But the farmer can't afford to budge on the price. The church organist herself, Clara, relies on her intuition to supply a solution.

After watching a TV show about a suave adventurer, Warren becomes like the character while sleepwalking and tries to romance Helen. When he wakes up, he doesn't remember a thing.

Warren meets Otis for the first time and tries to cure his alcoholism by introducing him to mosaic art. Surprisingly, Otis takes to it well, and even stops drinking. The only problem is that he has no artistic talent.

Barney comes back to town for the high school reunion and meets everyone, including Thelma Lou, who has also returned to Mayberry.

While Barney is back in Mayberry, a convict escapes and heads to Mayberry to get even with him for sending him to prison the year before.

Aunt Bee finds a lost antique pin after spending the insurance money she got for it. She feels like she has stolen from the insurance company, but Warren and Goober end up helping clear her conscience.

A wild west show comes to town featuring a wimpy man who is said to be related to Wyatt Earp.

Aunt Bee takes driving lessons from Goober. Although she isn't licensed to drive by herself, she moves the car for a tree trimmer and runs it into the tree.

Opie is really looking forward to the school party this year - that is until he learns that, for the first time, it's going to be a dance. The problem is that Opie can't dance. He quickly loses interest in the party and Andy doesn't think much of it until Floyd reminds him that the same happened to Andy when he was Opie's age. Aunt Bee's attempt to teach Opie a few steps proves to be just a bit outdated however. Opie is convinced he will just plain embarrass himself, but it turns out not to be so bad after all.

When a band of Gypsies comes to town and starts selling junk to people, Andy tries running them off. They put a curse on the town, saying it will not rain again until they are allowed to come back. When there is no rain for over a week, the town turns against Andy.

Goober falls hard for the new waitress at the diner, but she only has eyes for Andy.

When Aunt Bee gets a call from her niece Martha asking if she would take take care of their baby for a week while they attend a wedding, she gladly accepts. She also assures Andy that the baby will be no trouble at all. She's somewhat taken aback however when the baby cries every time she picks her up. Others seem to have no problem, including Andy. She soon finds herself asking anyone who is handy to stop by the house at feeding times, as she's convinced herself that the baby hates her. An emergency of sorts convinces her otherwise.

Andy and Helen try their matchmaking skills on Howard Sprague and the pretty new county health officer, Miss Fairchild. They find out Howard's mother keeps him on a very short leash.

Aunt Bee is asked to star in a commercial for Foster's Furniture Polish.

Goober's girlfriend Flora fills in for him at the gas station when he goes on a fishing trip. When Wally sees how she brings in the customers, he fires Goober and hires Flora.

Opie causes a stir in town when he writes a school paper on the historic Battle of Mayberry. He finds that the truth does not match the legend.

A pop singer stops in town and ends up performing a song that Aunt Bee and Clara wrote on his TV show. Unfortunately, his version of the song does not meet their approval.