The Andy Griffith Show Searchable Episode Guide

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 227: A Trip to Mexico

Originally Aired on Sep 25, 1967.   Average User Rating: 1.3 out of 10  (282 entries).

Aunt Bee wins a trip to Mexico and takes her two closest friends, Clara and Myrtle, with her. Ny the time they return, the threesome are no longer speaking. Andy gets all three women together to look at the photos from the trip. The good memories outweigh the bad, and the ladies forget their differences and make up.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 228: The Tape Recorder

Originally Aired on Oct 30, 1967.   Average User Rating: 8 out of 10  (35 entries).

Opie and Arnold bug one of the jail cells with a new tape recorder and end up taping information that leads to the whereabouts of money stolen from a bank in Raleigh. When Opie takes the information to his father, Andy refuses to listen, telling Opie it would be a violation of the law. In the end, Andy manages to solve the case on his own without violating anybody's rights.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 229: Opie's Group

Originally Aired on Nov 6, 1967.   Average User Rating: 3.7 out of 10  (80 entries).

Opie joins a local rock group as the new guitar player. Before long his grades suffer and Clara, Opie's former piano instructor, speaks to him about his priorities. Clara becomes the band manager in exchange for Opie's promise to pay more attention to schoolwork.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 230: Aunt Bee and the Lecturer

Originally Aired on Nov 13, 1967.   Average User Rating: 4.1 out of 10  (74 entries).

Aunt bee catches the eye of Professor Hubert St.John, a visiting lecturer who soon expresses intrest in marrying Bee. Bee declines when she realizes that his interest in her is mainly due to the remarkable similarities she possesses to his first wife.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 231: Andy's Investment

Originally Aired on Nov 20, 1967.   Average User Rating: 6.4 out of 10  (20 entries).

Andy opens a laundromat to help earn money for Opie's college education. The business soon monopolizes his time, so Andy decides to sell.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 232: Suppose Andy Gets Sick

Originally Aired on Dec 11, 1967.   Average User Rating: 7.8 out of 10  (53 entries).

The town is near martial law when the Police Emergency Committee--made up of Goober, Emmett, and Howard--forms after Andy succumbs to the flu and must take several days of bed rest. Goober sets a record, issuing fourteen tickets in one day. When he's not writing tickets, he is bothering Andy. Fed up with the costant annoyance, Andy drags himself out of bed and back to work.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 233: Howard and Millie

Originally Aired on Nov 27, 1967.   Average User Rating: 4.8 out of 10  (96 entries).

Howard and Millie decide to tie the knot and ask Andy and Helen to be best man and maid of honor. The four travel to Millie's home in West Virginia for the wedding, but by the time they arrive, the couple has second thoughts and the wedding is called off.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 234: Aunt Bee's Cousin

Originally Aired on Dec 4, 1967.   Average User Rating: 1.3 out of 10  (253 entries).

Aunt Bee prepares for a visit from her globe-trotting cousin Bradford. Andy sees him arrive hobo-style, hopping out of a freight car. Andy tries to protect both Bee's feelings and her pocketbook by convincing Bradford to leave before Bee discovers the truth.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 235: Howard's New Life

Originally Aired on Dec 18, 1967.   Average User Rating: 6.2 out of 10  (83 entries).

Howard throws caution to the wind, leaving Mayberry, and moves to a CCaribbean paradise. Renting a shack on the beach, he realizes that island life is not for him and returns to rediscover his true pot of gold in his old hometown.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 236: Emmett's Brother-in-Law

Originally Aired on Jan 8, 1968.   Average User Rating: 5.2 out of 10  (70 entries).

Dub Taylor plays the role of an obnoxiuos insurance salesman who tries to help his sister by getting her husband, Emmett, involved in insurance. Emmett tries, but his heart isn't in it. Emmett returns to his true love--his fix it shop. His wife finds him there late one night, trying to coax an appliance back to life.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 237: The Mayberry Chef

Originally Aired on Jan 1, 1968.   Average User Rating: 6.7 out of 10  (33 entries).

Aunt Bee gets her own cooking show on local WZAZ-TV, Channel 12, Silver City. She sees that her outside interests conflict with her first priority--her family--so she gives up the show for her boys.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 238: The Church Benefactorsm

Originally Aired on Jan 22, 1968.   Average User Rating: 7.5 out of 10  (42 entries).

The church members struggle with the choice of how $500 endowed to the church should be spent. The choice comes down to new choir robes or the repair of the church foundation. Just after the Reverend Tucker decides in favor of spending the money on repairs, Howard comes in with a compromise that allows for both.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 239: Opie's Drugstore Job

Originally Aired on Jan 15, 1968.   Average User Rating: 6.6 out of 10  (31 entries).

Opie takes a job at the drugstore to earn money to buy a new electric guitar. The model of responsibility, Opie is left alone to watch the store and accidently breaks a display bottle of expensive perfume. Afraid he's let down his boss Mr. Crawford, Opie gets Arnold to buy a replacement. He then learns that the display bottle was not filled with perfume, but only colored water.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 240: Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting

Originally Aired on Jan 29, 1968.   Average User Rating: 4.1 out of 10  (931 entries).

Barney is sent to Mayberry to arrange accommodations for an upcoming U.S.--Soveit summit. When Barney fails to secure a suitable home, Andy volunteers his. The meeting starts of badly--the quarters are cramped, the neighbors are bothersome--and all looks lost when both sides end up at the kitchen table for a midnight meeting over Aunt Bee's cold fried chicken. The result is a huge success, and Barney earns another feather in his fedora.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 241: Mayberry R.ED. Spin-off pilot

Originally Aired on Apr 1, 1968.   Average User Rating: 1.3 out of 10  (159 entries).

This episode features Ken Berry in the role of gentleman farmer Sam Jones. It aired as the final episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" and was used as the spinoff for the series of the same name. The story centered around Sam hiring an immigrant Italian family to work the farm. The family finds it difficult to adapt to its new surroundings.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 242: Goober Goes to the Auto Show

Originally Aired on Feb 5, 1968.   Average User Rating: 7.9 out of 10  (135 entries).

Goober meets an old friend who appears successful. Goober tells the friend lies about his own wealth, but discovers his friend has lied also about the same thing. Andy goads Goober into coming clean, but Goober thinks better of it and leaves quietly, saving his friend from embarrassment.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 243: Aunt Bee's Big Moment

Originally Aired on Feb 12, 1968.   Average User Rating: 2.7 out of 10  (198 entries).

Aunt Bee decides her life needs a little more excitement, so she enrolls in flying lessons. After facing her fears, she solos successfully and decides to give up the sky for her place in the home.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 244: Helen's Past

Originally Aired on Feb 19, 1968.   Average User Rating: 1.8 out of 10  (593 entries).

Helen is dragged before the school board when word of a prior arrest is leaked by none other than Andy. Helen defends herself by stating that her prior arrest came ehile investigating organized crime for her college journalism thesis. Cleared of all charges, Helen is reinstated.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 245: Emmett's Anniversary

Originally Aired on Feb 26, 1968.   Average User Rating: 6.7 out of 10  (23 entries).

In a quandary over what to get his wife, Martha for their anniversary, Emmett decides to buy her the fur she's always wanted. Trying to save a few dollars, he goes to Mount Pilot to see Flora's friend in the fur business. While Emmett is sneaking off with Flora, he is spottted by his wife, who thinks he is having an affair. Andy spills the beans to save Emmett's hide, but the plot thickens when Emmett decides against the mink and, with Martha expecting a fur, he returns with a bathrobe. He and Andy do some fancy talking, and Emett rushes back to Mount Pilot to buy the fur.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 246: The Wedding

Originally Aired on Mar 4, 1968.   Average User Rating: 4.1 out of 10  (84 entries).

Howard is finally free when his domineering mother remarries. Left with the house, Howard goes wild, turning it into a swinging bachelor pad. He throws a party, but only he, Goober, Emmett, Andy, and Helen attend.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 247: Sam for Town Council

Originally Aired on Mar 11, 1968.   Average User Rating: 4 out of 10  (22 entries).

It's Sam Jones vs. Emmett Clark in a showdown for the town council seat vacated by Herb Bradshaw. Emmett proves to be a wily campaigner, but honest Sam prevails.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 248: Opie and Mike

Originally Aired on Mar 18, 1968.   Average User Rating: 3.1 out of 10  (48 entries).

Opie comes to the aid of Sam's son Mike, when he's bullied by Edgar Watson. Opie plays buddy to Mike until he spots the new girl in town, Heatner Campbell.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 249: A Girl for Goober

Originally Aired on Mar 25, 1968.   Average User Rating: 6.2 out of 10  (71 entries).

A misunderstanding occurs when Goober applies to a computer dating service. Filling in queries about the number of books he reads monthly, Goober answers thirty. This is true, if comic books count. As far as painting is concerned, he enjoys it. He once painted a barn. As a result, Goober is paired with Dr. Edith Gibson. Even with Goober's new hairstyle, Edith sees through his veneer and they realize the date was a mistake. The two manage to become fast friends over Morelli's famous pounded steak(pounded right on the premises).