The Best Episodes Written By James Fritzell
Every TV Episode Written by James Fritzell Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
James Fritzell Ratings Summary
The best episode written by James Fritzell is "Barney's Sidecar", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by N/A". "Barney's Sidecar" aired on 1/27/1964 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Barney's First Car".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Barney's Sidecar
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/1964
Barney buys an antique motorcycle in order to set a speed trap for speeding truckers on Highway 6. After Barney makes a complete nuisance of himself to all of Mayberry, Andy realizes that the answer may be to make the motorcycle more valuable to the town than to Barney.
Director: N/A
Writer: James Fritzell
9.5/10 2 votes#2 - Barney's First Car
Season 3 Episode 27 - Aired 4/1/1963
Barney learns that the car he's spent his life savings on is a lemon, and the little old lady he bought it from may have put one over on him. When Barney and Andy set out to return the car and arrest her, however, they find the hardest part may be just getting there.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
9.4/10 5 votes#3 - Abyssinia, Henry
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/18/1975
Everyone is happy when Henry finds out that he is being discharged and sent home, and Hawkeye and Trapper decide to literally send him off in style...
Director: Larry Gelbart
Writer: James Fritzell
9.0/10 1 votes#4 - The Mayberry Band
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1962
When Mayor Stoner decides not to cover the expense of sending the Mayberry Marching Band to their annual competition in Raleigh because he thinks they're terrible, Andy helps out by having a few of his friends from "Freddy Fleet And His Band With A Beat" step in.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
9.0/10 1 votes#5 - The Bank Job
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1962
Barney becomes convinced the Mayberry bank is ripe for a robbery and tries to prove his point by staging a fake one. When he discovers a weak spot in the security system, he unknowing relays this information to a couple of actual robbers.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
9.0/10 1 votes#6 - Man in a Hurry
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/14/1963
Malcolm Tucker, a business tycoon from Charlotte, has the unfortunate luck of having his car break down in Mayberry on a Sunday. Now he's willing to do just about anything to be on his way, including stealing Gomer's truck. Andy invites the man over for Sunday dinner to try and teach him the importance of relaxation before he does something he'll really regret.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
9.0/10 1 votes#7 - High Noon in Mayberry
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/1963
Andy gets a letter from a criminal he had wounded years before and learns the man is coming to Mayberry to see him. Barney becomes convinced the man wants revenge and enlists Gomer and Otis to secretly protect Andy, which ends up wreaking more havoc than any criminal ever could.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
9.0/10 1 votes#8 - Opie and the Spoiled Kid
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/18/1963
Opie's new friend Arnold is a spoiled brat used to getting his own way. He convinces Opie to try and get a raise in his allowance by throwing a temper tantrum, showing Andy that he must teach Arnold's father the importance of discipline before Opie picks up any more of Arnold's spoiled habits.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
9.0/10 1 votes#9 - Citizen's Arrest
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1963
A minor argument between Barney and Gomer over a traffic ticket erupts into an all-out feud that leads to reckless driving, staged burglaries, and eventually Barney's resignation from the force. Can Andy get the two friends to make up before things really get out of hand?
Director: Richard Crenna
Writer: James Fritzell
9.0/10 1 votes#10 - The Song Festers
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/24/1964
When Gomer replaces Barney in the Mayberry choir, Barney is heartbroken. Gomer hears about this and feigns illness so that Barney can sing on the night of the recital. But when Barney's pride gets in the way, the big performance threatens to become a big disaster.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: James Fritzell
9.0/10 1 votes#11 - The Education of Ernest T. Bass
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1964
Ernest T. Bass returns to Mayberry to get an education so his girlfriend will marry him. But when he meets his new teacher Helen, he falls in love with her. Now Andy has to help Helen give Ernest all the facts he needs, including the one about the true object of his affection.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: James Fritzell
8.5/10 2 votes#12 - The General Flipped at Dawn
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1974
The MASH 4077 is visted by General Steele. He wishes to move the camp 5 miles down the road. Hawkeye and Henry are charged with mutiny. And Hawkeye is also charged with impersonating a reporter.
Director: Larry Gelbart
Writer: James Fritzell
8.5/10 4 votes#13 - Change of Command
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1975
Frank settles in as commanding officer, only to have a new one appointed over his head, one that, to his chagrin, fits in very well.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: James Fritzell
8.3/10 3 votes#14 - Welcome to Korea
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1975
Trapper is shipped home while Hawkeye is on R&R. Hawkeye speeds to Kimpo with Radar to catch Trapper's plane, but they just miss him. While they are there, they pick up BJ Hunnicut and take him back to camp. On the way back, BJ is introduced to the Korean War.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#15 - Quiet Sam
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 5/1/1961
Barney is convinced that the new, mysterious farmer in town warrants further investigation. Andy finally agrees to pay a visit to the man's farm -- and finds himself drawn into a predicament he never imagined he'd find himself in.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#16 - Convicts-at-Large
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1962
Barney and Floyd stumble upon a cabin in the woods where three dangerous female convicts are hiding out. They are taken prisoner and it's Andy to the rescue when he manages to capture two of them. But it's up to Barney to get the third using all the charm he can muster, along with his best Rudolph Valentino impression.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#17 - The Darlings Are Coming
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/18/1963
A family of musicians who live in the mountains descend on Mayberry to await the arrival of their daughter Charlene's fiancee. When Andy tries to help by putting them up in the courthouse, he gets more than he bargained for when Charlene suddenly sets her sights on him.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#18 - Dogs, Dogs, Dogs
Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 4/22/1963
A pack of stray hunting dogs descends upon Mayberry at the same time that a state investigator has come to review Andy's request for more funds for the jail. Barney and Opie decide to bring the dogs to the courthouse to shelter them from a storm, not realizing that Mr. Somerset is already there.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#19 - Mountain Wedding
Season 3 Episode 31 - Aired 4/29/1963
The Darling clan is back and this time need Andy's help to wed their daughter Charlene to Dud Walsh before crazy old Ernest T. Bass makes good on his threats to kidnap her and take her for his own. Andy sets Barney up as a decoy bride while the real wedding takes place elsewhere. The plan works, until Ernest kidnaps Barney and decides he's just as good a bride as Charlene.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#20 - Ernest T. Bass Joins the Army
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1963
When Ernest T. Bass is denied from joining the army, he blames Andy and threatens to break every window in Mayberry. When Andy learns the real reason for Ernest's denial, he finds a solution that benefits everyone...except Barney.
Director: Richard Crenna
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#21 - Gomer the House Guest
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1963
Andy lets Gomer move in after he loses his job at the gas station and instantly regrets it after Gomer's night habits prove to be more than the Taylors can take. Now Andy must find a way to get Gomer's job back, or never sleep again.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#22 - A Date for Gomer
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1963
Thelma Lou's bachelorette cousin is coming to Mayberry for the town dance, and Barney decides to set her up with Gomer. On the big night, they all meet up at Thelma Lou's and everything seems to be going great, until Gomer suddenly disappears.
Director: Richard Crenna
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#23 - Up in Barney's Room
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1963
Barney has an argument with his landlady Mrs. Mendelbright and gets evicted. After moving into the courthouse and having no luck finding a new place, he decides to mend fences with Mrs. Mendelbright, only to find she has decided to sell the house and run away to get married.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#24 - My Fair Ernest T. Bass
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/1964
Andy is called to arrest Ernest T. Bass once again for disturbing one of Mrs. Wiley's socials. Sympathizing with his search for true love, Andy and Barney teach him how to act like a gentleman and bring him to Mrs. Wiley's next social. But when Ernest falls for Mrs. Wiley's niece, his true colors shine through.
Director: Earl Bellamy
Writer: James Fritzell
8.0/10 1 votes#25 - Andy's Vacation
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/9/1964
Andy decides to take a vacation in the mountains and leaves Barney to guard a prisoner the state police have brought in. Inevitably, the prisoner escapes Barney's grasp and flees into the mountains -- the very same mountains Andy is vacationing in.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: James Fritzell