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The Best Episodes of Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3

Every episode of Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 15 - Howard the Dream Spinner
    7.7/10(48 votes)

    S3:E15

    Howard becomes to hose of a local literary program and becomes attached to an anonymous girl named Melissa whom Goober and Emmett created

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writer:Bob Mosher

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  2. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 13 - The Bicycle Club
    7.6/10(52 votes)

    S3:E13

    The men make a bicycle club without telling Emmett. When Emmett finds out about it from Millie, he's determined to show them that he can still shine at his age.

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writer:Walter Black

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  3. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 22 - Howard the Swinger
    7.5/10(49 votes)

    S3:E22

    Howard moves into a swinging singles apartment

    Director:Elliott Lewis
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  4. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 6 - Hair
    7.4/10(41 votes)

    S3:E6

    Emmett tries to look young by buying a Toupee

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  5. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 7 - Millie the Best-Dressed Woman
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    S3:E7

    Great news comes from the Mt.Pilot Press....Millie is declared the best dressed woman in ALL of the area! Everyone is very happy about this. Soon, the woman start copying Millie's styles and clothing she wears...including miniskits! The men strongly object, and Sam must tell Millie to stop. That night, the woman who she has been getting the fashions visits....and is in completly different clothes! Millie finds out that you should wear what you want to wear in this episode.

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writer:Bob Mosher

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  6. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 14 - Mike's Project
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    S3:E14

    Sam's help on Mike's Project goes overboard when he gets into a dispuit with another boy's father.

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  7. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 11 - Community Spirit
    7.3/10(39 votes)

    S3:E11

    Goober, Howard, and Emmett paint Sam's house against his wishes.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Bob Mosher

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  8. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 16 - Millie's Egg Farm
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    S3:E16

    Millie opens up and Egg Farm and finds it very hard work.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  9. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 18 - The Moon Rocks
    7.3/10(38 votes)

    S3:E18

    Sam gets his friend at NASA to bring the moon rock to Mayberry so Howard can have a private showing.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  10. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 23 - Mike's Car
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    S3:E23

    Sam lets Mike buy Goober's old car.

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  11. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 25 - The City Planner
    7.3/10(39 votes)

    S3:E25

    When the representative of the company City Planners turns out to be an attractive woman, everyone worries about Sam spending so much time with her.

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writers:Bob Mosher, Charles Stewart

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  12. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 2 - Sensitivity Training
    7.2/10(40 votes)

    S3:E2

    An encounter group comes to Mayberry

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  13. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 26 - Emmett's Invention
    7.2/10(47 votes)

    S3:E26

    A large company wants to buy the rights to Emmett's old invention

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  14. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 10 - Millie's Dream
    7.0/10(37 votes)

    S3:E10

    Howard is made very jumpy at Sam and his camping trip, due to Millie having bad dreams about the trip.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Gene Thompson

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  15. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 19 - The World Traveler
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    S3:E19

    Emmett designs a cheap European tour for his wife.

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  16. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 3 - Goober's New Gas Station
    6.9/10(41 votes)

    S3:E3

    Goober finally opens his new gas station in Mayberry! Everything goes fine and dandy until Howard discovers some old reltics under the gas station- DINOSAUR BONES! He is eager to recover them, but recovering them would mean tearing parts of the road around the gas station, and Goober won't allow it! Howard wants to make a mueseum with these bones, but wants to get all of them, so he sneaks to the gas station in the middle of the night. And he's caught! Gooober almost presses charges! Howard then opens the first natural science muesum ever in Mayberry, but it's a bust, because most of the bones from the dinosaur are still buried. Seeing how upset Howard is, Goober has the other bones recovered and all is once again well in Mayberry.

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writers:Bob Ross, Dave Evans

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  17. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 4 - The New Housekeeper
    6.5/10(44 votes)

    S3:E4

    Sam gets a new housekeeper, a former Army officer

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  18. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 9 - Goober the Housekeeper
    6.5/10(41 votes)

    S3:E9

    Goober housesits at a rich man's house, and falls in love with a rich girl, only to find out the only reason the girl's mother likes him is because she thinks he's rich.

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writer:Bob Mosher

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  19. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 1 - Emmett's Domestic Problem
    6.3/10(46 votes)

    S3:E1

    Emmett's wife joins a women's lib group.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  20. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 17 - The Kid from Hong Kong
    6.3/10(42 votes)

    S3:E17

    Mike becomes the foster father of a little girl in Hong Kong

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writers:Sam Locke, Milton Pascal

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  21. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 20 - Goober the Elder
    6.3/10(35 votes)

    S3:E20

    Goober is elected a church elder, only to be caught in a scandal in which he used the church money for gambling.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writers:Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant

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  22. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 5 - All for Charity
    6.2/10(49 votes)

    S3:E5

    Sam and Emmett help put on a show for the church.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Bob Mosher

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  23. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 24 - Goober the Hero
    6.2/10(36 votes)

    S3:E24

    Goober gets lost in a cave.

    Director:Hal Cooper
    Writer:Bob Mosher

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  24. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 21 - Alice and the Professor
    6.0/10(36 votes)

    S3:E21

    Alice's harp teacher asks her to marry him.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writers:Bob Mosher, Charles Stewart

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  25. Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 Episode 8 - Howard's Nephew
    5.9/10(46 votes)

    S3:E8

    Howard's hippie nephew visits him

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Bob Mosher

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Howard the Dream Spinner" is the best rated episode of "Mayberry R.F.D." season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by Hal Cooper and written by Bob Mosher, it aired on 12/28/1970. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Bicycle Club".