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CBS
Mar 13, 1967
26 m

CBS
Mar 13, 1967
26 m

The Andy Griffith Show

Summary The Andy Griffith Show is definitely a TV classic. It ran from 1960 to 1968, producing 249 episodes.The main character, Andy (Andy Griffith), was a widowed father of the polite little boy named Opie (Ron Howard) and is a sheriff, who works with nervous and very suspecting Barney Fife (Don Knotts). They all live in the nice southern town...

Directed By: Lee Philips

Written By: Leo Townsend, Pauline Townsend, Sheldon Leonard, Aaron Ruben, Danny Thomas

CBS
Mar 13, 1967
26 m

CBS
Mar 13, 1967
26 m

The Andy Griffith Show

S7 • Episode 26

Opie's Piano Lesson

Air Date: Mar 13, 1967

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Summary The Andy Griffith Show is definitely a TV classic. It ran from 1960 to 1968, producing 249 episodes.The main character, Andy (Andy Griffith), was a widowed father of the polite little boy named Opie (Ron Howard) and is a sheriff, who works with nervous and very suspecting Barney Fife (Don Knotts). They all live in the nice southern town...

Created By: Sheldon Leonard, Aaron Ruben, Danny Thomas

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Episode 1 • Sep 12, 1966 • 30 m

Opie's Girlfriend

Helen's visiting niece Cynthia feigns helplessness to charm Opie, even though she is athletically superior to him.

Episode 2 • Sep 19, 1966 • 30 m

When Andy nominates Howard for membership in the local lodge, Howard's mother tries to prevent it by spreading a false rumor.

Episode 3 • Sep 26, 1966 • 30 m

The Barbershop Quartet

When Howard becomes unavailable to sing in a Barbershop Quartet contest, Andy reluctantly drafts a prisoner to fill in.

Episode 4 • Oct 3, 1966 • 30 m

Andy is drafted to umpire a baseball game and then is shunned by the entire town when his call causes Mayberry to lose.

Episode 5 • Oct 10, 1966 • 30 m

Aunt Bee's Crowning Glory

Aunt Bee shocks the town with her new blonde wig and becomes the object of a visiting minister's attention.

Episode 6 • Oct 17, 1966 • 30 m

The Darling Fortune

Episode 7 • Oct 31, 1966 • 30 m

Mind Over Matter

After Goober is involved in a minor traffic accident, Floyd and Aunt Bee convince him he has whiplash.

Episode 8 • Nov 7, 1966 • 30 m

Politics Begin at Home

Aunt Bee and Howard Sprague both run for the same seat on the town council.

Episode 9 • Nov 14, 1966 • 30 m

The Senior Play

Helen and her students try to close the generation gap by showing that today's kids are no different than yesterday's.

Episode 10 • Nov 21, 1966 • 30 m

Opie Finds a Baby

Opie and Arnold find an abandoned baby on the courthouse steps. Afraid that it will be sent to an orphanage, they try to find a home for it.

Episode 11 • Nov 28, 1966 • 30 m

Big Fish in a Small Town

After beginner angler Howard lands legendary carp "Old Sam," he discovers he has spoiled fishing for everyone by catching The Big One.

Episode 12 • Dec 5, 1966 • 30 m

Aunt Bee has a rose that she thinks will finally win her first place in the annual Garden Club contest until Opie accidentally destroys it.

Episode 13 • Dec 12, 1966 • 30 m

Otis, the Deputy

Otis and Howard try to rescue Andy when he is held captive by two desperate bank robbers on the run.

Episode 14 • Dec 19, 1966 • 30 m

Goober Makes History

Goober annoys everyone when he becomes convinced his new beard makes him an intellectual.

Episode 15 • Dec 26, 1966 • 30 m

A New Doctor in Town

Mayberry has a new doctor in town who runs into difficulty being accepted because no one wants to be his first patient.

Episode 16 • Jan 2, 1967 • 30 m

Don't Miss a Good Bet

A slick con man comes to town and dupes several people, including Andy.

Episode 17 • Jan 9, 1967 • 30 m

Dinner at Eight

Three friends cook three different dinners for Andy in one night.

Episode 18 • Jan 16, 1967 • 30 m

A Visit to Barney Fife

Andy takes a trip to Raleigh to visit Barney and ends up making him a hero by solving a series of robberies.

Episode 19 • Jan 23, 1967 • 30 m

Barney Comes to Mayberry

Episode 20 • Jan 30, 1967 • 30 m

Andy's Old Girlfriend

Helen gets jealous when an old girlfriend of Andy's returns to Mayberry.

Episode 21 • Feb 6, 1967 • 30 m

Aunt Bee's Restaurant

Aunt Bee enters the business world when she becomes part owner of a Chinese restaurant.

Episode 22 • Feb 13, 1967 • 30 m

Floyd's Barbershop

Floyd decides to close the barbershop after Howard buys the building and raises the rent.

Episode 23 • Feb 20, 1967 • 30 m

After the town has a statue made honoring a heroic Taylor ancestor, they find out he was a swindler.

Episode 24 • Feb 27, 1967 • 30 m

Helen, the Authoress

Andy gets jealous when a publisher buys Helen's book for children.

Episode 25 • Mar 6, 1967 • 30 m

When the milkman gets a truck to do his deliveries, Opie is asked to care for his old delivery horse, Dolly. After she refuses to eat for several days, they figure out what's wrong.

Episode 26 • Mar 13, 1967 • 26 m

Opie's Piano Lesson

Opie's piano lessons clash with football practice.

Episode 27 • Mar 20, 1967 • 30 m

Howard, the Comedian

Howard does a successful comedy act on a TV amateur hour telling jokes about the people in Mayberry. Everyone in town gets upset when they take the jokes seriously.

Episode 28 • Mar 27, 1967 • 30 m

Howard volunteers to be a boy's 'Big Brother' but gets distracted by his pretty older sister.

Episode 29 • Apr 3, 1967 • 30 m

Opie's Most Unforgettable Character

Andy's feelings are hurt when Opie doesn't pick him as the subject of his high-school paper.

Episode 30 • Apr 10, 1967 • 30 m

Goober's Contest

Goober holds a contest at the filling station. An error at the printer's causes one coupon to be worth $200 instead of $10 or less.

8 Seasons

Top Cast

Andy Griffith

Andy Taylor

Ron Howard

Opie Taylor, Opie Tayor

Don Knotts

Barney Fife

Frances Bavier

Aunt Bee Taylor, Aunt Bee

Colin Male

Announcer, Game Warden, Self - Announcer

George Lindsey

Goober Pyle, Goober

Howard McNear

Floyd Lawson, Floyd Colby, Floyd, The Barber

Tom Jacobs

Townsman, Audience Member, Cleaver

Aneta Corsaut

Helen Crump

Jack Dodson

Howard Sprague, Ed Jenkins

Hal Smith

Otis Campbell

Hope Summers

Clara Edwards, Clara Johnson, Bertha Edwards, Miss Bedloe

Betty Lynn

Thelma Lou

Jim Nabors

Gomer Pyle

Paul Hartman

Emmett Clark

Mary Lansing

Martha Clark, Mrs. Rodenbach, A crusader, Dorothy, Mary, Miss Primrose, Miss Roundtree, Mrs. Lukens, Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Rodenbach - Ladies' Aid Church Committee Member, Party Guest, Store Customer

Burt Mustin

Jud Fletcher, Jud, Judd, Jubal, Mr. Crowley, Old Geezer, Sam Benson

Robert McQuain

Joe Waters, Bill, Fletch Roberts, Ike Gordon, Jim Baker, Lieutenant, Manicure Customer, Newlywed Man, One of the Jenkins men, Postal Clerk, Sgt. Johnson

Richard Keith

Johnny Paul Jason, Carter French, Johnny Paul

Joseph Crehan

Townsman, Audience Member, Citizen, Council Member, Councilman, Diner Patron, Franklin, Medicine Show Spectator, Singing Townsman, Spectator at Contest, Town Councilman, Townsman at Scene

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