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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
9/30/1963
1.
Opie the Birdman
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Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new slingshot and takes it upon himself to raise the orphaned baby birds. After adopting them with the Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod, Opie faces the difficult task of setting them free.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
10/7/1963
2.
The Haunted House
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After Opie and his friend Arnold, hit a baseball into the window of the old Rimshaw house, they hear noises and run to Andy and Barney for help. Andy sends Barney up to the house to get the ball, with Gomer. They too, hear noises, and run away. Andy decides for all three of them to go together. The ghosts turn out to be Otis and his moonshiner friend.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
10/14/1963
3.
Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army
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Ernest T. wants to join the army to get a uniform that he can wear back to the hills to impress his lovely Romenna. When he is refused induction. Ernest goes on a window breaking rampage. Andy and Barney haul him in, but the jail can't hold him. After Ernest T. tells Andy his reason for coming to town, Andy settles the whole matter by giving him one of Barney's whiplash cord uniforms to take home.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
10/21/1963
4.
The Sermon for Today
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A visiting preacher gives a sermon about taking time to relax. In trying to create an atmosphere of relaxation on a Sunday afternoon, the townfolk all end up running themselves ragged.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
10/28/1963
5.
Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee
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Briscoe Darling falls in love with Aunt Bee after she tells a poem about a rose, and gives him extra food. He plays a song for her while she's trying to sleep. She wakes up and tells him to go away. Briscoe kidnaps Aunt Bee and takes her to his place. Andy comes to rescue her.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/4/1963
6.
Gomer the House Guest
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Andy takes Gomer in after Wally fires Gomer for not doing his job right. Gomer drives Andy, Aunt Bee, and Opie crazy with all of the noise he makes.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/11/1963
7.
A Black Day for Mayberry
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Bricks of gold are bound for Fort Knox passes through the town of Mayberry from the Denver mint worth $7 million.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/18/1963
8.
Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain
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Opie is given a bike after achieving Straight As. He soon discovers that the marks were a mistake.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/25/1963
9.
A Date for Gomer
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Gomer is asked by Andy and Barney to take Thelma Lou's cousin, Mary Grace Gossage to the Chamber of Commerce Dance. Gomer leaves the house, making everybody think he was leaving because he didn't like Mary Grace, but that's all wrong. He left to go get Mary Grace some flowers. When Andy, Helen, Barney, and Thelma Lou come back, they see Gomer and Mary Grace dancing wildly in the living room.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
12/2/1963
10.
Up in Barney's Room
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Barney is kicked out of his room by Mrs. Mendlebright because he was cooking when he wasn't supposed to. He stays at the court house, and tells Andy he doesn't trust the new guy who's living with Mrs. Mendlebright. Barney apologizes for cooking when he wasn't supposed to, Mrs. Mendlebright said she'd love to have Barney back, but she's marrying the new man who just moved in. It turns out the man is a con who just wants her money.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
12/16/1963
11.
Citizen's Arrest
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Barney gives Gomer a ticket for making an illegal U-Turn, but when Barney does it, Gomer yells ""CITIZENS ARREST!"" Gomer said Barney did something illegal himself. Andy agrees, and says that he'd be happy to pay the money for Barney's own ticket. Barney locks himself in jail, and decides to quit. Gomer thinks of a plan to get them back together.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
12/30/1963
12.
Opie and His Merry Men
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Opie and his friends dash off to the woods to play Robin Hood when they find a person that is hungry. The person tells the story of Robin Hood to the boys and fills them in on stealing stuff. The boys starts taking food items to the woods for that person.
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Director:
Dick Crenna
Writer:
John Whedon
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Guest starring:
Joey Scott,
Douglas Fowley
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/6/1964
13.
Barney and the Cave Rescue
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Barney is made fun of by the town after he mistakes the owner of the Mayberry bank as a robber. Andy decides to cheer him up by taking him, Helen, and Thelma Lou on a picnic. Andy and Helen go into Lost Lovers Cave and get trapped when it almost collapses. Barney gets a bunch of people to save them. Andy and Helen find another way out of the cage, and realize what would happen, if they didn't find Andy and Helen trapped in the cave, so they decide to go back in the cave so Barney won't be made fun of.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/13/1964
14.
Andy and Opie's Pal
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Andy pays more attention to a fatherless new boy in town and Opie gets jealous.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/20/1964
15.
Aunt Bee the Crusader
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Aunt Bee and most of the women in town rally against Andy when Andy tries to evict a much beloved butter and egg man. In the end, of course, Andy is vindicated.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/27/1964
16.
Barney's Sidecar
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Barney comes back from a police auction with a motorcycle and sidecar. His intention is to use it for patrols. After he upsets the whole town, Andy has to find a way to convince Barney to give up the bike.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
2/3/1964
17.
My Fair Ernest T. Bass
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Andy tries to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear when he takes it upon himself to turn Ernest T. into a presentable gentleman. The big test comes at Mrs. Wiley's weekly reception when Andy tries to pass him off as his cousin. Even Andy is surprised at E.T.'s progress when Mrs. Wiley places his accent as being definitely Back Bay Bostonian, but the whole scheme blows up when Bass smashes a vase over the head of a man who won't allow him to cut in for a dance with his chosen woman.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
2/10/1964
18.
Prisoner of Love
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A lady prisoner woos Andy and Barney.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
2/17/1964
19.
Hot Rod Otis
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Otis buys a car and puts Mayberry in danger.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
2/24/1964
20.
The Song Festers
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Gomer's singing out does Barney's.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/2/1964
21.
The Shoplifters
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Barney poses as a mannequin to catch a thief.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/9/1964
22.
Andy's Vacation
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A grumpy Andy agrees to take a few days off and heads up to the lake to relax. With Barney and Gomer in charge, they manage to capture--and lose--an escaped convict. When the criminal runs into Andy in the woods, he's recaptured by the sheriff. Naturally, Barney and Gomer mistakenly set him free again.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/16/1964
23.
Andy Saves Gomer
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Andy 'saves' Gomer's life (or so Gomer thinks) by putting out a little trash can fire at Wally's Station. Gomer takes it upon himself to repay Andy by doing some outrageous and funny favors for him. Finally Andy sets up a plan for Gomer to save his life, therefore repaying his debt. A classic!!
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/23/1964
24.
Bargain Day
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To save money, Aunt Bee buys a side of beef from a discount butcher shop. When she gets it home, the freezer doesn't work right but she won't pay 'the man' from Mount Pilot to come and fix it.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/30/1964
25.
Divorce, Mountain Style
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Barney interferes in a strange mountain divorce.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
4/6/1964
26.
A Deal is a Deal
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Opie becomes involved in a sales scam.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
4/13/1964
27.
Fun Girls
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Andy and Barney are working late at the courthouse, when they get a visit from two wild women. Out of pure kindness, they drive the ""fun girls"" home, but don't know that Helen and Thelma Lou saw them leaving town.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
4/20/1964
28.
The Return of Malcolm Merriweather
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When Malcolm Merriweather returns to Mayberry, Andy hires him to help Aunt Bee with the housework so she can be a 'lady of leisure'. She goes from being overworked to feeling unneeded.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
4/27/1964
29.
The Rumor
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When Barney sees Andy kissing Helen in a jewelry store, he gets the idea that they are engaged. So he starts planning an engagement party and gets the whole town involved just to find out that Helen was buying a graduation present for her neice.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
5/4/1964
30.
Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt
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After Gomer naively tells Thelma Lou that Barney thinks ""he has her in his hip pocket."" Thelma Lou decides to teach Barney a lesson by flirting with Gomer. Things quickly get out of hand.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
5/11/1964
31.
Back to Nature
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Andy, Barney, and Gomer take a group of boys camping in the mountains to show them some them the pioneer life. Barney winds up getting himself and Gomer lost in the woods. Andy finds them and tricks Barney into following a "Red Crested Web Footed Lake Loon" back to the camp.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
5/18/1964
32.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
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Gomer comes to the courthouse one day and announces that he has decided to join the Marines. He believes this is a test to see if he has what it takes to be a man. Because of his naivete, Gomer at first does not fair well. After Andy has a little talk with the Drill Instructor, he leaves him with the impression that Gomer is related to a prominent Marine General. The DI takes Gomer under his wing and gets him in shape.
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