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The Andy Griffith Show Episode 43: The Pickle Story

Originally Aired on Dec 18, 1961.   Average User Rating: 8.9 out of 10  (16155 entries).

It's canning time again, and Aunt Bee has put up another batch of pickles. After realizing the only thing they're good for is killing flies brave enough to land on them, Andy and Barney decide to substitute store-bought for her homemade and hand the originals to travelers passing through Mayberry. After the switch, Bee decides to enter her pickles in the county fair. Unfortunately, the perennial winner is Clara Johnson, Bee's best friend, and she has her heart set on winning her 12th blue ribbon in a row. Andy and Barney have no choice but to destroy all eight jars before she can enter, so they eat night and day until all the pickles are gone. They do their work proudly, but Bee decides that since the boys liked them so much, she will make a double batch.

comment about 'The Pickle Story' posted 3/23/2007 12:59:30 AM PST:

" The Pickle Story episode has always been on my top ten list." - Steve from Missouri

comment about 'The Pickle Story' posted 2/28/2007 6:57:23 PM PST:

"I have always enjoyed this episode. The whole thing brings laughter big time." - Ruth Midgyette from Chillicothe, MO

comment about 'The Pickle Story' posted 2/17/2007 8:18:32 PM PST:

"This episode has a wonderful moral. It shows the lengths Barney and Andy go to in order to spare Aunt Bee's feelings about her less-than-edible homemade pickles. I love Barney's description of the pickles when he calls them "kerosene cucumbers". Excellent story. " - Ruth from Milwaukee

comment about 'The Pickle Story' posted 10/30/2006 12:06:06 AM PST:

"Just as Popeye has done to promote the sale of spinach more than any living person, this particular episode of 'The Andy Griffith Show' has probably done more to promote the sale of all pickles. I wouldn't doubt it." - The Lizard Freak from Salem, Massachusetts

comment about 'The Pickle Story' posted 10/29/2006 11:49:13 PM PST:

"Very good episode, very funny." - Mr. D. from Massachusetts

comment about 'The Pickle Story' posted 10/15/2006 6:55:38 PM PST:

"This is the best episode EVER!!!" - Rob Collins from Maryland