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The Best Episodes of The Andy Griffith Show

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The Best Episodes of The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed...

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  1. Background image for Opie and the Carnival
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Opie and the Carnival

    S5:E31

    Opie goes to the carnival to try and win a present for Andy's birthday but ends up spending all his money on a crooked shooting gallery. When Andy hears about it, he visits the gallery himself to teach the operators a lesson in straight shooting.

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  2. Background image for Only a Rose
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Only a Rose

    S7:E12

    Aunt Bee is totally excited about her rose that she has been growing for over a year for the annual flower show. While Opie and Arnold are playing, however,they accidently destroy it.

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  3. Background image for Opie's Most Unforgettable Character
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Opie's Most Unforgettable Character

    S7:E29

    Opie has a hard time finishing one of his homework assignments.

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  4. Background image for Alcohol and Old Lace
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Alcohol and Old Lace

    S1:E17

    Opie comes home talking about a "flower-making machine" owned by sisters Clarabelle and Jennifer Morrison, the spinsters who run the local flower shop. Andy and Barney do a little investigating -- and discover the contraption is actually a still and the kindly sisters are in the moonshine business!

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  5. Background image for Convicts-at-Large
    9.3/10(762 votes)

    #5 - Convicts-at-Large

    S3:E11

    Barney and Floyd stumble upon a cabin in the woods where three dangerous female convicts are hiding out. They are taken prisoner and it's Andy to the rescue when he manages to capture two of them. But it's up to Barney to get the third using all the charm he can muster, along with his best Rudolph Valentino impression.

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  6. Background image for The Pickle Story
    9.1/10(686 votes)

    #6 - The Pickle Story

    S2:E11

    Andy and Barney are horrified when Aunt Bee decides to enter her prized pickles -- with a taste described as "kerosene cucumbers" -- in a county fair contest, hoping to claim first prize over the competition's perennial winner.

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  8. Background image for Barney's First Car
    9.1/10(619 votes)

    #7 - Barney's First Car

    S3:E27

    Barney learns that the car he's spent his life savings on is a lemon, and the little old lady he bought it from may have put one over on him. When Barney and Andy set out to return the car and arrest her, however, they find the hardest part may be just getting there.

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  9. Background image for The Haunted House
    9.1/10(671 votes)

    #8 - The Haunted House

    S4:E2

    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.

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  10. Background image for Stranger In Town
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Stranger In Town

    S1:E12

    Ed Sawyer, a mysterious stranger, arrives in Mayberry and disrupts the lives of the townspeople because he appears to know everyone's name, intimate details about their lives, and other startling facts about them.

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    Director:Don Weis
  11. Background image for Those Gossipin' Men
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Those Gossipin' Men

    S1:E15

    Aunt Bee, accused by Andy of being a hopeless gossip, sets out to prove that the men of Mayberry are even bigger rumormongers than the women.

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  12. Background image for Andy Saves Barney's Morale
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Andy Saves Barney's Morale

    S1:E20

    When Andy has to leave Mayberry for the day to testify in a court case held in a neighboring town, Deputy Barney Fife is left in charge of the sheriff's department -- and he proceeds to arrest everyone in Mayberry!

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    Director:Bob Sweeney
  13. Background image for Andy and the Gentleman Crook
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Andy and the Gentleman Crook

    S1:E21

    A notorious, nationally known con man dubbed "Gentleman Dan" becomes a hero of epic proportions to Aunt Bee, Opie and Barney when he is held for two days in the Mayberry jail.

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  14. Background image for Andy and Opie, Housekeepers
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Andy and Opie, Housekeepers

    S1:E23

    Aunt Bee must leave Mayberry to care for a sick cousin, but not before scolding Andy and Opie for their messy housekeeping habits. The two are determined to clean house before she returns -- a project that suddenly accelerates when she phones to say she'll be coming home earlier than expected!

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    Director:Bob Sweeney
  15. Background image for A Plaque for Mayberry
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - A Plaque for Mayberry

    S1:E25

    The Women's Historical Society is all set to throw a celebration in honor of the last living descendant of a Revolutionary War hero named Nathan Tibbs, who has been traced to Mayberry. But their excitement turns to horror when they discover that the intended honoree is the town drunk, Otis Campbell.

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  16. Background image for Ellie Saves a Female
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Ellie Saves a Female

    S1:E27

    Ellie Walker takes pity on a shy tomboy named Frankie Flint and is determined to give a "Cinderella" makeover to the young girl -- much to her gruff father's displeasure.

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    Director:Bob Sweeney
  17. Background image for Andy Forecloses
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Andy Forecloses

    S1:E28

    Andy, faced with the unpleasant task of serving an eviction notice on a family who has fallen on hard times, tries desperately to come up with a way for the tenants to keep their home.

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  18. Background image for Barney Gets His Man
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Barney Gets His Man

    S1:E30

    Barney's reputation as a deputy soars when he inadvertently helps capture Eddie Brooke, an escaped convict. But Brooke vows to escape again and head straight back to Mayberry to exact his revenge.

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  19. Background image for Bringing Up Opie
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Bringing Up Opie

    S1:E32

    After being scolded by Aunt Bee, Opie decides to run away from home -- a plan that quickly turns into a series of eye-opening, and sometimes dangerous, adventures for Opie and a scare for both Aunt Bee and Andy.

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  20. Background image for Man in a Hurry
    9.0/10(660 votes)

    #19 - Man in a Hurry

    S3:E16

    Malcolm Tucker, a business tycoon from Charlotte, has the unfortunate luck of having his car break down in Mayberry on a Sunday. Now he's willing to do just about anything to be on his way, including stealing Gomer's truck. Andy invites the man over for Sunday dinner to try and teach him the importance of relaxation before he does something he'll really regret.

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  21. Background image for The Education of Ernest T. Bass
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The Education of Ernest T. Bass

    S5:E4

    Ernest T. Bass returns to Mayberry to get an education so his girlfriend will marry him. But when he meets his new teacher Helen, he falls in love with her. Now Andy has to help Helen give Ernest all the facts he needs, including the one about the true object of his affection.

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  22. Background image for Barney's Bloodhound
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Barney's Bloodhound

    S5:E6

    Barney buys an old bloodhound to help him and Andy track down a prison escapee, but he only succeeds in getting them both taken hostage. That's when Andy remembers the dog's one pet peeve.

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  23. Background image for Barney's Uniform
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Barney's Uniform

    S5:E8

    Barney angers a local businessman who threatens to break every bone in his body if he sees him out of uniform, so Barney starts wearing his uniform everywhere. Andy has an idea to help him by changing a little more than his clothes.

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  24. Background image for Opie's Fortune
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Opie's Fortune

    S5:E9

    Opie finds a change purse with $50 and Andy tells him he can keep it if no one claims it in seven days. On the seventh day the owner comes looking for the money, and Andy discovers Opie has already spent it.

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  25. Background image for Three Wishes for Opie
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Three Wishes for Opie

    S5:E14

    Opie makes three wishes on a "magic lamp" Barney bought. When one of his wishes doesn't come true, Barney dismisses the whole thing. Opie learns there are many different ways for a wish to be granted.

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  26. Background image for Otis Sues the County
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Otis Sues the County

    S5:E15

    Otis is talked into suing the county by a shady lawyer, thinking Andy will support his efforts to attract more money for the courthouse. To his surprise, Andy decides to fight the case.

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    Director:Howard Morris
    Writer:Bob Ross

Best Episodes Summary

"Opie and the Carnival" is the best rated episode of "The Andy Griffith Show". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Coby Ruskin and written by Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen, it aired on 4/26/1965. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Only a Rose".