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The Best Episodes of The Andy Griffith Show Season 6

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Every episode of The Andy Griffith Show Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Andy Griffith Show Season 6!

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. 8.1/10(269 votes)

    #1 - The Legend of Barney Fife

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    S6:E18

    Warren gets to meet his idol Barney Fife. Barney is thrilled to have someone worship him (at long last!) but tries to sneak out of town when a real case needs to be dealt with involving an escaped convict.

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  2. 8.0/10(296 votes)

    #2 - The Return of Barney Fife

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    S6:E17

    Barney Fife returns home to Mayberry for a brief visit only to discover that his former girlfriend Thelma Lou has married. Fortunately for Barney, sweet Nettie Albright a secret admirer from days gone by shows up at Barney's high school reunion dance to save the day.

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  3. 7.5/10(266 votes)

    #3 - Opie's Job

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    S6:E1

    Opie and another boy compete for a job at the Grocery store.

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  4. 7.4/10(222 votes)

    #4 - The Battle of Mayberry

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    S6:E29

    Opie does some investigative reporting for an essay on the Battle of Mayberry but finds getting at the truth is harder than he imgagined.

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  5. 7.3/10(221 votes)

    #5 - Aunt Bee Takes a Job

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    S6:E13

    Feeling bored and lonely in the afternoons, Aunt Bee asks Andy if it would be alright if she get an afternoon job. After looking through the want ads, she gets hired at a printing company, not knowing that her bosses are counterfeiters.

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  6. 7.1/10(233 votes)

    #6 - Aunt Bee, the Swinger

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    S6:E4

    Aunt Bee and a retired politician experience a very fast-paced relationship.

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  8. 7.0/10(234 votes)

    #7 - The Hollywood Party

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    S6:E9

    Andy has some explaining to do to Helen when photographs of him getting cozy with a famous and attractive Hollywood starlet make it back to Mayberry.

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  9. 7.0/10(231 votes)

    #8 - Aunt Bee Learns to Drive

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    S6:E21

    Aunt Bee is frustrated at always having to rely on other people (notably Andy) for a ride. When she sees a car that Goober is selling she decides to finally learn how to drive and by this car!

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    Director:Lee Philips
  10. 7.0/10(223 votes)

    #9 - Look Paw, I'm Dancing

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    S6:E22

    Opie wants to attend his first dance but first must learn how to dance.

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    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:Ben Starr
  11. 7.0/10(230 votes)

    #10 - Eat Your Heart Out

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    S6:E24

    Poor Andy Taylor. What's he to do when Goober's new sweetheart starts making cow eyes at him? What else? HEAD FOR THE HILLS! Her name is Flora Mahlerbie, Mayberry's attractive new waitress. She charms the patrons all, serves fine pies and juggles her dishes admirably all while managing to remember what the daily blueplate special is. Goober goes for her in a big way but fickle Flora has her eye on anxious Andy. Head for the hills Andy!! "Flora if you wanna be stuck on someone PLEASE be stuck on Goober cause he's crazy over you! You gonna git me in ALL kinds of trouble..."

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  12. 6.9/10(245 votes)

    #11 - Taylors in Hollywood

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    S6:E8

    The Taylors visit Hollywood and get to see the making of Sheriff Without a Gun.

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  13. 6.9/10(225 votes)

    #12 - Aunt Bee on TV

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    S6:E10

    While the Taylors were in Hollywood, Aunt Bee won $4800 worth of prizes on a game show. She is the envy of Mayberry, until she her friends think that she's gloating about her winnings. The IRS comes to call, telling Andy that he'll have to pay over $1100 in taxes for the winnings. Aunt Bee sells most all of the prizes to pay the taxes. Worth noting in this episode is that Howard McNear (Floyd the barber), who had suffered a stroke, has a particularly shaky scene, when he's checking out Bee's new dishwasher.

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  14. 6.8/10(248 votes)

    #13 - Malcolm at the Crossroads

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    S6:E3

    To get his mind off throwing rocks through windows, Ernest T. Bass is given the job of being a traffic cop. However, when Ernest T. begins throwing bricks through car windows, Malcom Merriweather is assigned Ernest T.'s task, causing Ernest T. to vow for revenge.

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  15. 6.8/10(211 votes)

    #14 - Lost and Found

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    S6:E19

    Aunt Bee loses a piece of jewelry then turns it into the insurance office to collect a claim on it. Then she eventually finds the jewelry. She spends the money that the insurance gave her.

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  16. 6.8/10(228 votes)

    #15 - The County Clerk

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    S6:E26

    Andy and Helen try to play matchmaker for Howard Sprague, the county clerk, but his mother wants to keep him close to home (and to her).

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  17. 6.7/10(233 votes)

    #16 - Off to Hollywood

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    S6:E7

    When Andy receives a $1000.00 dollars for the rights to a story about him "Sheriff without a gun" that will be filmed in Hollywood, he wants to put it in the bank. Opie, Aunt Bee and Helen all insist he do something fun with it. When they come up with the idea of a trip to Hollywood, the entire town gets involved in sending them off.

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  18. 6.7/10(212 votes)

    #17 - Goober's Replacement

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    S6:E28

    Goober goes on vacation and can't find anyone to replace him at Wally's Gas Station. His new sweetheart, Flora, who used to work at the diner is now available to fill in for him. Business booms while he is gone and she ends up with Goober's job after he quits. Flora becomes obssessed with increasing business at the station and doesn't notice that Goober hasn't been able to find anything else. It takes Andy's country logic to make her realize that she needs to have her priorities straight and make sure her sweetheart is happy!

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  19. 6.6/10(232 votes)

    #18 - Andy's Rival

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    S6:E2

    Frank, a teacher from Raleigh comes to Mayberry for a visit. He and Helen get along fine, and Andy suspects something is going on between them.

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  20. 6.6/10(219 votes)

    #19 - The Foster Lady

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    S6:E27

    In search of a "real person" for his Foster Furniture Polish, Mr. Foster thinks Aunt Bee has what it takes to make his t.v. commercials memorable.

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  21. 6.6/10(229 votes)

    #20 - A Singer in Town

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    S6:E30

    When a famous singer visits Mayberry, Aunt Bee and Clara see their ticket to stardom!

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  22. 6.5/10(228 votes)

    #21 - The Church Organ

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    S6:E14

    Clara pleads for a new church organ and Andy gets everyone to pledge money to help buy one, but when the pledges come due no one wants to pay up.

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    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:Paul Wayne
  23. 6.4/10(245 votes)

    #22 - The Bazaar

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    S6:E5

    Warren, enforcing a gambling ordinance to the letter of the law, arrests Aunt Bee and her women friends (meaning, most of Mayberry) for running a Bingo game. Everyone's furious at Warren, particularly Andy, who becomes even more frustrated when Warren resists pleas to drop the charges (in fact, the deputy really digs into his position). Aunt Bee and her friends soon demand a trial. Later, the men of Mayberry (with their children in tow, some of them crying) bother Andy and Opie at home when Warren still won't drop the charges. Eventually, the charges are dropped and Aunt Bee's good name is cleared once more.

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  24. 6.3/10(244 votes)

    #23 - A Man's Best Friend

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    S6:E12

    Opie makes friends with Tommy, the new kid in town. Tommy is a bit mischevious, climbing up on the roof of Andy's building, and taking out a gun from Andy's gun rack even after Andy warns him TWICE not to. Goober gets a dog which he names ""Spot"" (because there are no spots). Tommy hides one of his walkie-talkies in Spot's collar and he and Opie lead Goober on to thinking that Spot can talk. The tables are turned, however, when Andy uses Tommy's love of horses to teach him a lesson.

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  25. 6.3/10(219 votes)

    #24 - Otis the Artist

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    S6:E16

    Warren decides that Otis needs some contructive rehabilitation acitivity-so he has him take up art. Otis works hard on a large mosaic of a cow that he is proud of-and he gives it as a gift to the Taylors. Much to Andy's embarrassment, Otis wants them to hang it up on their living room mantel!

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  26. 6.3/10(238 votes)

    #25 - The Gypsies

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    S6:E23

    Andy orders a group of gypsies out of town after they bother the residents. They soon set up camp outside of Mayberry and place a "curse" on the area in the form of a drought. Everything's later revealed to be nothing more than a hoax, as the gypsies are using a radio to enact their scheme.

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"The Legend of Barney Fife" is the best rated episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" season 6. It scored 8.1/10 based on 269 votes. Directed by Alan Rafkin and written by Harvey Bullock, it aired on 1/17/1966. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Return of Barney Fife".