The Best Episodes Written By Ben Joelson

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (2)

   S1:E161/21/1978

   (Part 2) The Love Boat sets sail with two famous Hollywood stars, married couple Roz Rogers and Bill Klieg who need to find a balance between their professional and personal lives. An inept team of thieves board the ship and try numerous tactics to steal the Star of Kashmir, an expensive jewel brought aboard the ship by Ms. Rogers. Two childhood friends from a school for the blind meet up on the ship - only one of them isn't blind anymore. But that's not the only secret he is keeping from his friend. A philandering husband looks like he will be found out when he boards the ship with both his wife and his mistress.

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - Hollywood Royalty/The Caper/The Eyes of Love/Masquerade (1)

   S1:E151/21/1978

   (Part 1) The Love Boat sets sail with two famous Hollywood stars, married couple Roz Rogers and Bill Klieg who need to find a balance between their professional and personal lives. An inept team of thieves board the ship and try numerous tactics to steal the Star of Kashmir, an expensive jewel brought aboard the ship by Ms. Rogers. Two childhood friends from a school for the blind meet up on the ship - only one of them isn't blind anymore. But that's not the only secret he is keeping from his friend. A philandering husband looks like he will be found out when he boards the ship with both his wife and his mistress.

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   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Opie's Fortune

   S5:E911/16/1964

   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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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - Opie's Job

   S6:E19/13/1965

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

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #5 - TV or Not TV

   S5:E233/1/1965

   An article written up about Andy attracts the attention of a Hollywood film crew who come to make a television show about him. Andy is flattered, until he notices the crew's strange fascination with the Mayberry town bank.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau

   S5:E273/29/1965

   Andy and Barney go to investigate the man who Aunt Bee has told them she is dating and find out that not only is he married with children, but he has never dated Aunt Bee.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Supersonic Boom

   S3:E610/28/1967

   KAOS attacks the CONTROL headquarters with a sonic boom and threatens to use it on New York City.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - A Good & Faithful Servant/Secret Life of Burl Smith/Tug of War/Designated Lover

   S2:E212/17/1979

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Julie's Dilemma/Who's Who?/Rocky

   S2:E39/23/1978

   Julie's parents arrive on board the Pacific Princess and announce their plans to divorce; an author of morally uplifting pamphlets and a prim censor fall in love while sharing a cabin; a young girl's tomboy image falters after she receives her first kiss.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Bazaar

    S6:E510/11/1965

    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.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Marooned (2)

    S2:E29/16/1978

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Stimulation of Stephanie/The Next Step/ Life Begins at 40

    S3:E1412/1/1979

    A professor studies the causes of sexual stimulation, but doesn't realize that his test subject is in love with him. A woman tries to help her ex-football star husband move on after he gets cut by his team. Gopher accidentally aggravates the man with his comments. A woman books the honeymoon suite and schedules a reception, despite the fact that she isn't seeing anyone. She hopes that she can find a husband before her 40th birthday in a few days. Julie tries to talk her out of the wedding, and teach her that her self-worth shouldn't be based on her marital status.

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13. 

    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Eat Your Heart Out

    S6:E242/28/1966

    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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14. 

    2.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Oh, Dale!/The Main Event/A Tasteful Affair

    S1:E210/1/1977

    A man must pose as a woman to gain passage on the ship so that he can pursue an ex-girlfriend. A bickering married couple gets trapped in the elevator. A detective falls for a married woman whose husband has hired him to trail her.

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    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Help, Murder/Isaac the Groupie/Mr. Popularity

    S1:E510/22/1977

    A woman gets the wrong idea from her husband's secretive behavior and fears that he is plotting to murder her. Isaac begins a whirlwind romance with an internationally known singer. A couple suspects that a painfully boring passenger is actually a wanted jewel thief.

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