The Andy Griffith Show Searchable Episode Guide

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 53: Guest of Honor

Originally Aired on Feb 26, 1962.   Average User Rating: 3.2 out of 10  (263 entries).

It's Founder's Day again, and thistime the celebrration centers on honoring the first vistor to town with the key to the city. Unfortunately, the first person to drive in is Sheldon Davis, an expert pickpocket and petty thief. When Andy runs a check on him and finds the truth about their "Guest of Honor" he decides not to tell anyone and just keep a close eye on him until the day is over and he can run him out of town. Barney messes everything up and ends up letting him have the keys to all the business in the city. Andy foils his plan in the end and cathces him red handed.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 97: Gomer the House Guest

Originally Aired on Nov 4, 1963.   Average User Rating: 8.5 out of 10  (116 entries).

Wally fires Gomer for talking too much and working to little, and since Gomer lives in the back of the gas station, the firing is also an eviction. Andy offers to take Gomer in, which is when the trouble starts. Before long, the Taylor house has become Wally's West, as Gomer's customers line up for repairs in Andy's driveway. Andy is able to prove to Wally that Gomer is the reason many of his customers come in, so Wally hires him back and Andy's life returns to normal.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 107: Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.

Originally Aired on May 18, 1964.   Average User Rating: 7.7 out of 10  (101 entries).

In this episode Gomer joins the Marines. Andy tags along for his first day at boot camp, and, realizing how important it is for Gomer to succed, plants the idea in the head of Drill Sergeant Carter that Gomer is related to Marine General Lucis Pyle. Carter, thinking he's being tested, takes Gomer under his wing and is stuck with him from that point on.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 137: Goodbye Sheriff Taylor

Originally Aired on Nov 23, 1964.   Average User Rating: 5 out of 10  (90 entries).

Andy leaves Barney in charge when he goes to Raleigh to interview for another job. Barney immediately starts searching for new deputies. The only guys who show up are Judd, Goober, and Otis. By the time Andy returns, the whole town has practically been turned upside down. Barney tries to cover it up, but Floyd can't mind his tongue and spills the beans.

The Andy Griffith Show Episode 144: Goober Takes a Car Apart

Originally Aired on Jan 11, 1965.   Average User Rating: 7.7 out of 10  (87 entries).

Goober promises to mind the phone while Andy is away, but he gets tied up working on Gilly Walker's car. When both Andy and Gilly demand he live up to his promises, Goober decides to kill two birds with one stone by taking Gilly's car apart, reassembling it in the sheriff's officer, and working on it there. Andy returns just in time for the test run and blows his stack. Before Goober can get the car outside again, some state patrolmen show up and mistake Goober's project for a clever car saftey exhibit.