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The Best Episodes of The Andy Griffith Show Season 8

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The Best Episodes of The Andy Griffith Show Season 8

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 - Opie's First Love

    S8:E1

    Opie has a really big crush on classmate Mary Alice Carter, but she has her eyes on hunk Fred Simpson. When Opie asks her to the dance, she says yes, not thinking Fred will ask her. When Fred asks her, she immediately says yes and has to think of a way to tell Opie she can't go with him. At the dance, Mary Alice realizes that she really wants to be with Opie and they end up together.

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    Director:Lee Philips
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    #2 - Howard the Bowler

    S8:E2

    Howard is on a bowling hot streak. When the lights go out during the final frame of the championship game, he gets the jitters but must still finish the game.

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    #3 - A Trip to Mexico

    S8:E3

    Aunt Bea and her friends go to Mexico. While there, their friendships gets strained.

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    #4 - Andy's Trip to Raleigh

    S8:E4

    Andy cancels a big date with Helen in order to confer with a lawyer in Raleigh, who turns out to be a beautiful women.

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    #5 - Opie Steps Up in Class

    S8:E5

    After Andy sends a reluctant Opie to a swanky boy’s camp over his summer vacation, he becomes fast friends with a boy from a rich family. As a result, Andy becomes worried that Opie has grown accustomed to living a rich lifestyle during his time away from the laid back way of life in Mayberry. It is after he comes home for lunch one day Opie has his friend over that he sees how lavish a lunch Aunt Bee prepared that he decides to sit them down to explain money doesn’t make life enjoyable, being yourself does.

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    #6 - Howard's Main Event

    S8:E6

    Howard, dating Millie, is threatened by her husky former boyfriend

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    #7 - Aunt Bee, the Juror

    S8:E7

    Aunt Bee, summoned for jury duty, disagrees with fellow jurors on her first case.

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    Director:Lee Philips
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    #8 - The Tape Recorder

    S8:E8

    Opie disobeys Andy and tape-records a bank robber's confession.

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    #9 - Opie's Group

    S8:E9

    Opie joins a rock-and-roll group and starts getting failing grades in school.

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    Director:Lee Philips
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    #10 - Aunt Bee and the Lecturer

    S8:E10

    A visiting professor is attracted to Aunt Bee because she resembles his deceased wife.

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    #11 - Andy's Investment

    S8:E11

    Andy opens a coin laundry to save money for Opie's college education.

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    #12 - Howard and Millie

    S8:E12

    Howard proposes to Millie at the bakery where she works.

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    #13 - Aunt Bee's Cousin

    S8:E13

    Andy learns the truth when he sees his cousin Bradford alight from a freight train but keeps quiet because Aunt Bee thinks he's a wealthy relative.

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    #14 - Suppose Andy Gets Sick

    S8:E14

    Andy catches the flu and Goober takes over as his deputy.

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    #15 - Howard's New Life

    S8:E15

    Howard quits his boring job as county clerk and becomes a Caribbean island beachcomber.

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    #16 - Goober the Executive

    S8:E16

    Goober buys the gas station with financial backing from Andy and Emmett.

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    #17 - The Mayberry Chef

    S8:E17

    The head of a local TV station enlists Aunt Bee to do a nightly cooking show, having heard about her cooking. Although she may not exude great professionalism, she has that extra ""naturalness"" that they're looking for. But her main concern is that someone suitable is cooking for Andy and Opie during her absence each evening. Unable to find someone, but not wanting Aunt Bee to back out of this opportunity, Andy (with Opie) maintains the pretense that a ""Mrs. Parkinson"" is on the job. Andy actually does the cooking -- to his and Opie's mutual gastric discomfort. After 2 days on the job, Aunt Bee shows unusual quickness of mind in seeing through the charade and finding a resolution.

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    #18 - Emmett's Brother-In-Law

    S8:E18

    Emmett's brother in law wants him to leave the fix it shop and join him in selling life insurance.

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    #19 - Opie's Drugstore Job

    S8:E19

    Opie gets a job working at the drugstore and learns that everyone makes mistakes.

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    Director:Lee Philips
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    #20 - The Church Benefactors

    S8:E20

    The Church Members must decide what to purchase with the $500 that's willed to the church. The choice is between Choir robes and repairing the church's foundation.

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    #21 - Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting

    S8:E21

    An international summit is in the hands of Barney.

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    Director:Lee Philips
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    #22 - Goober Goes to an Auto Show

    S8:E22

    An old friend makes Goober feel worthless.

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    #23 - Aunt Bee's Big Moment

    S8:E23

    Aunt Bee decides that she wants to be more exciting, so she announces that she will learn to fly.

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    #24 - Helen's Past

    S8:E24

    As Andy is looking through Helen's old newspaper clippings, he finds one of her being taken to jail by the police. He decides to keep his discovery secret until it leaks out to the school board which could destroy Helen's teaching career.

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    Director:Lee Philips
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    #25 - Emmett's Anniversary

    S8:E25

    Emmett Clark cannot decide on a suitable anniversary gift for his spouse. Helpful friend Flora Mahlerbie {Alberta Nelson} finds a way and suggests her friend Bernie the wholesale fur man as the golden answer to Emmett's problem. Flora takes Emmett to Bernie's shop one night to haggle over furs and things. Ultimately, though, Cheapskate Emmett will not cough up the change for the pricey women's wear, even at 40% off, which leaves Flora a trifle sad.

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Opie's First Love" is the best rated episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" season 8. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Lee Philips and written by Doug Tibbles, it aired on 9/11/1967. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Howard the Bowler".