10.0/101 votes#1 - Weed Wars
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1981
Drug syndicates are being reckless on the road and loose with the law. A boy puts a hex on Ponch for asking him too many questions.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Rudolph Borchert
10.0/101 votes#2 - Butch Cassidy
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1958
When Butch Cassidy is released from prison, Jim Hardie, who sent him to prison, is tasked with asking him to work for Wells Fargo. While on a train, Butch meets an outlaw friend, Idaho, who with others are planning to rob the train.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: D.D. Beauchamp
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#3 - The Apache Kid
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 1/7/1957
Charles Bronson as Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Mort Briskin
9.0/101 votes#4 - The Haunted House
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1963
Barney is sent into a reputed "haunted" house to retrieve Opie's baseball and sees things that make even the skeptical Andy wonder if there really are ghosts, until Andy discovers who's really doing the haunting.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Harvey Bullock
9.0/101 votes#5 - Hot Rod Otis
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 2/17/1964
Andy and Barney are horrified to learn that Otis, the town drunk, has just bought a new car. After he passes out one night after a party, Andy and Barney put him in his usual jail cell and pretend that he is dead to teach him a lesson. Little do they know Otis may have already learned it.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Harvey Bullock
9.0/101 votes#6 - The Song Festers
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/24/1964
When Gomer replaces Barney in the Mayberry choir, Barney is heartbroken. Gomer hears about this and feigns illness so that Barney can sing on the night of the recital. But when Barney's pride gets in the way, the big performance threatens to become a big disaster.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/101 votes#7 - Gomer the House Guest
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1963
Andy lets Gomer move in after he loses his job at the gas station and instantly regrets it after Gomer's night habits prove to be more than the Taylors can take. Now Andy must find a way to get Gomer's job back, or never sleep again.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/101 votes#8 - My Fair Ernest T. Bass
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/1964
Andy is called to arrest Ernest T. Bass once again for disturbing one of Mrs. Wiley's socials. Sympathizing with his search for true love, Andy and Barney teach him how to act like a gentleman and bring him to Mrs. Wiley's next social. But when Ernest falls for Mrs. Wiley's niece, his true colors shine through.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: James Fritzell
7.8/105 votes#9 - Ceasefire
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/18/1973
General Clayton calls to say that a ceasefire is to be declared. The camp celebrates, Klinger gives away his dresses and locals start to take pieces of the camp. But Trapper does not believe it. Hawkeye claims he is married to avoid promises he made to several nurses. The party to celebrate the cease-fire, which never really took place, is interrupted by incoming wounded.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Larry Gelbart
7.0/101 votes#10 - Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1963
While having dinner at the Taylor household, mountain man Briscoe Darling (Denver Pyle) mistakes Aunt Bee's usual hospitality for affection and whisks her away to his cabin to marry her, quite against her wishes. But when Aunt Bee takes it upon herself to "civilize" him, he wonders if hospitality is all it's cracked up to be.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: James Fritzell
7.0/101 votes#11 - Prisoner of Love
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/10/1964
While guarding a gorgeous jewel thief one night, Andy nearly falls for her seductive charms. He decides to go home and leaves Barney to guard her for the night. But when it suddenly occurs to Andy what the thief's real plans are, he realizes he may not be able to warn Barney in time.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Harvey Bullock
7.0/104 votes#12 - Love Story
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1973
Radar gets a Dear John recording from home. Hawkeye and Trapper try to set him up with a date, but fail. Radar is taken by a new nurse at the camp and she is into poetry and music, so they coach him. Margaret wants to stop the relationship, so Hawkeye and Trapper get between her and Frank until she relents. Radar's "Ahhhh, Bach!" and "That's highly significant," quotes win him the girl.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Larry Gelbart
6.3/103 votes#13 - Superstar / Salem
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/1978
In "Superstar" an accountant wishes to become a baseball Superstar. In "Salem" a couple's wish to live with simple and old fashioned morality and values lands them in Salem Massachusetts leading them to wonder which time is better.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Ron Friedman
6.0/102 votes#14 - The Over the Hill Caper / Poof! You're a Movie Star
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/15/1978
In "The Over-the-Hill Caper" an elderly man's fantasy is to reunite his old gang and pull off one last caper. In "Poof, You're a Movie Star" Shirley Russell wishes to become a movie star when the director demands more than she can offer.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Tim Maschler
6.0/101 votes#15 - Fool for a Client / Double Your Pleasure
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/15/1978
In "Fool for a Client" a brilliant yet insecure lawyer wishes to experience the excitement of a big courtroom trial. In "Double Your Pleasure" the winner of a raffle ticket for a weekend on Fantasy Island is caught between two girls - twins no less.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Ron Friedman
6.0/101 votes#16 - Class of '69 / The Pug
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1979
In ""Class of '69"" An overweight woman wishes to become thin in order to overcome her humiliation 10 years ago. And in ""The Pug"" Mitch Lee wishes to see his father fight for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Steve Fisher
6.0/102 votes#17 - War of Illusions
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/8/1985
When Philip and Diana install a high tech computer capable of launching a final victory over Earth, the Resistance's only hope at retaliation is a teenaged computer whiz.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: John Simmons
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"Weed Wars" is the best rated episode directed by Earl Bellamy. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Rudolph Borchert. It aired on 10/31/1981 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Butch Cassidy".