The Best Episodes Written By Frank Tarloff

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.2/10(5 votes)

   #1 - Christmas Story

   S1:E1112/19/1960

   Mayberry's local "Scrooge," storeowner Ben Weaver, manages to have harmless bootlegger Sam Muggins thrown into jail on Christmas -- but the Mayberry folks manage to celebrate Christmas with Sam in a most unusual way.

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   Writer:Frank Tarloff

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   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Opie and the Bully

   S2:E110/2/1961

   Sheriff Andy Taylor must decide whether to intervene or let the problem work itself out when a bully harasses his son Opie at school.

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   Writer:Frank Tarloff

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Ellie Saves a Female

   S1:E274/17/1961

   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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   Writer:Frank Tarloff

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Andy and Opie, Housekeepers

   S1:E233/13/1961

   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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   Writer:Frank Tarloff

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #5 - A Medal for Opie

   S2:E192/12/1962

   Opie has his heart set on winning a medal in the annual Sheriff's Boys Day race -- so he seeks training tips from an expert in the field: legendary 50-Yard Dash champion Barney Fife!

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   Writer:Frank Tarloff

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Andy Saves Barney's Morale

   S1:E202/20/1961

   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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   Writer:Frank Tarloff

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   8.0/10(5 votes)

   #7 - Irresistible Andy

   S1:E510/31/1960

   It's the annual church picnic, and when Andy invites Ellie to the event, he begins to suspect that she has marriage on her mind -- so he hastily arranges for three of Mayberry's most eligible bachelors to lavish attention on her.

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   Writer:Frank Tarloff

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Andy, the Marriage Counselor

   S1:E182/6/1961

   Mayberry newcomers Fred and Jeannie Boone are constantly causing domestic disturbances with their fighting, so Andy decides to play marriage counselor to the bickering couple -- with disastrous results.

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   Writer:Frank Tarloff

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #9 - A Feud is a Feud

   S1:E912/5/1960

   Andy hopes to finally bring peace to two of the county's longtime feuding families, the Carters and the Wakefields -- by arranging a duel between the two patriarchs of the quarreling clans!

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   Writer:Frank Tarloff

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