4.7/10274 votesLoading...#1 - Mayberry R.F.D.
Season 8 Episode 30 - Aired 4/1/1968
Sam brings over one of his Italian friends from the war--but unbenowst to him the friend brings over his elderly father and sister--and this creates mayhem in his family and business.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Bob Ross
5.9/10239 votesLoading...#2 - Wyatt Earp Rides Again
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 1/31/1966
A wild west show comes to town featuring a wimpy man who is said to be related to Wyatt Earp.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jack Elinson
5.9/10233 votesLoading...#3 - A Baby in the House
Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 3/7/1966
Aunt Bee is thrilled to be able to help out her niece by babysitting her infant baby. Unfortunately the baby cries only when Aunt Bee picks her up and not when anyone else does it. This makes Aunt Bee terribly upset until a minor crisis occurs and she finally understands what she was doing wrong.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Bill Idelson, Sam Bobrick
5.9/10228 votesLoading...#4 - The Wedding
Season 8 Episode 26 - Aired 3/4/1968
Howard's mother decides to get married and move to Mt. Pilot. Howard is so glad to have the house to himself that he decides to throw a couples party, but Helen ends up being the only female there.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Joseph Bonaduce
6.0/10227 votesLoading...#5 - Girl-Shy
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 12/20/1965
Warren is truly shy around women except when he is sleep walking. When he sleepwalks he turns into a Lothario of the first order--and his new conquest-to-be is Helen!
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Bill Idelson, Sam Bobrick
6.1/10234 votesLoading...#6 - A Warning from Warren
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1965
Warren is convinced he has e.s.p. and feels that Andy and Helen are in grave danger if they go to the lake. He tries to warn them but they do not take him seriously. He takes it upon himself (with Goober's help) to "protect" them.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen
6.2/10231 votesLoading...#7 - The Cannon
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1965
The governor comes to town for founders day. The mobile state museum is brought to town for the event. Goober and Warren are supposed to guard the museum and end up firing the old Civil War cannon at two crooks who are attempting to burglarize the museum.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jack Elinson
6.3/10238 votesLoading...#8 - A Man's Best Friend
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/1965
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.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Ben Joelson, Art Baer
6.3/10215 votesLoading...#9 - Otis the Artist
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1966
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!
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen
6.3/10234 votesLoading...#10 - The Gypsies
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 2/21/1966
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.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Roland MacLane
6.3/10190 votesLoading...#11 - Opie's Most Unforgettable Character
Season 7 Episode 29 - Aired 4/3/1967
Opie has a hard time finishing one of his homework assignments.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Michael Morris
6.4/10357 votesLoading...#12 - Banjo-Playing Deputy
Season 5 Episode 32 - Aired 5/3/1965
Andy feels responsible when a banjo player loses a job at the carnival, and tries to help him get back on his feet. The man only succeeds in making a mess of things and quickly loses his self-confidence, until he hears about a couple of purse robbers who are on the loose at the carnival.
Director: Coby Ruskin
Writer: Bob Ross
6.4/10239 votesLoading...#13 - The Bazaar
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1965
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.
Director: Sheldon Leonard
Writer: Ben Joelson, Art Baer
6.4/10207 votesLoading...#14 - The Church Benefactors
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 1/22/1968
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.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Robert C. Dennis, Earl Barret
6.4/10197 votesLoading...#15 - Sam for Town Council
Season 8 Episode 27 - Aired 3/11/1968
Sam runs against Emmett for office.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
6.5/10221 votesLoading...#16 - The Church Organ
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 12/13/1965
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.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Paul Wayne
6.5/10234 votesLoading...#17 - The Senior Play
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1966
Helen and the students of the senior class put on a play but the principal objects to it--and to Helen's involvement with such "scandalous" things--until she figures out a way to show him that what is scandalous is all relative.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Sid Morse
6.5/10197 votesLoading...#18 - The Statue
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1967
When Howard suggests Mayberry erect a statue of Andy’s ancestor Seth Taylor in honor of all the work he did to make the town the quaint place it turned out to be. However, after a local artist completes the statue and earns the praise of the Taylor’s and everyone else in town, Andy and Aunt Bee get a big shock when Mr. Simmons lets them in on a secret that Seth Taylor worked with his ancestor to swindle the town out of a large amount of money. At first Andy and Bee want to keep this secret under raps, but she soon admits what Seth did during the unveiling speech. In the end, Floyd saves the day by saying that while Seth wasn’t the hero everybody thought he was; he still played a large part in making Mayberry the town what it is today.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Fred S. Fox
6.5/10190 votesLoading...#19 - Aunt Bee and the Lecturer
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1967
A visiting professor is attracted to Aunt Bee because she resembles his deceased wife.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Michael Morris
6.5/10207 votesLoading...#20 - Emmett's Brother-In-Law
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 1/8/1968
Emmett's brother in law wants him to leave the fix it shop and join him in selling life insurance.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: James L. Brooks
6.6/10227 votesLoading...#21 - Andy's Rival
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1965
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.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Laurence Marks
6.6/10215 votesLoading...#22 - The Foster Lady
Season 6 Episode 27 - Aired 3/21/1966
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.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jack Elinson, Iz Elinson
6.6/10223 votesLoading...#23 - A Singer in Town
Season 6 Episode 30 - Aired 4/11/1966
When a famous singer visits Mayberry, Aunt Bee and Clara see their ticket to stardom!
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Stan Dreben, Howard Merrill
6.6/10218 votesLoading...#24 - Opie's Girlfriend
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1966
Helen's niece comes for a visit and proves to be both very pretty and very talented in athletics. Trouble is that she beats Opie in almost every sport there is. She actually really likes Opie as a BOY and needs her Aunt Helen to help her to get Opie to like her.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Budd Grossman
6.6/10250 votesLoading...#25 - Opie Finds a Baby
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1966
Opie and Arnold find an abandoned infant on the courthouse steps.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: Stan Dreben, Sid Mandel
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"Mayberry R.F.D." is the worst rated episode of "The Andy Griffith Show". It scored 4.7/10 based on 274 votes. Directed by Peter Baldwin and written by Bob Ross, it aired on 4/1/1968. This episode scored 1.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Wyatt Earp Rides Again".