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Burke on Mayberry #17 = Those Gossipin’ Men

Running time: 11:40

In this “The Andy Griffith Show” episode which originally aired on January 16, 1961, Aunt Bee teaches Andy a lesson after he ridicules the Mayberry women for being such terrible gossipers. Bee sets a trap to prove the men are just as bad by planting the seed of a rumor that ends up leading most of the Mayberry men to the hotel room of a mild-mannered shoe salesman. The men are convinced he is a talent scout for the fictitious TV show “Manhattan Show Time.” Be sure to visit www.BurkeOnMayberry.com to get the answer to this episode’s trivia question!

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Burke on Mayberry #16 = The Horse Trader

Running time: 12:15

In this “The Andy Griffith Show” episode which originally aired on January 9, 1961, Andy cons a traveling antique dealer into buying the town’s old cannon with a wild, fictional story of the cannon’s glorious past. Opie follows his father’s example and cons a friend of his into trading roller skates for some “licorice seeds” that Opie got in a bad trade for his cap pistol. Andy, again seeing his own actions mirrored by his son, turns around and makes ammends for his bad dealings. Be sure to visit www.BurkeOnMayberry.com to get the answer to this episode’s trivia question!

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Burke on Mayberry #15 = Mayberry Goes Hollywood

Running time: 7:30

In this “The Andy Griffith Show” episode which originally aired on January 2, 1961, a Hollywood producer visits Mayberry and decides to use it as the setting of a new film. The town members become screen-struck and busily go about giving Mayberry a face-lift, changing everything the producer liked. Just before the citizens are about to cut down a landmark oak tree, the producer stops them and tells them what Mayberry’s initial appeal was to him. Be sure to visit www.BurkeOnMayberry.com to get the answer to this episode’s trivia question!

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Burke on Mayberry #14 = Stranger in Town

Running time: 7:24

In this “The Andy Griffith Show” episode which originally aired on December 26, 1960, Ed Sawyer, a mysterious stranger, arrives in Mayberry and puts the entire town on edge when he displays an eerie familiarity with the town’s people, places, happenings. Andy finally confronts Sawyer and learns that he is neither a foreign spy nor a spook, but only a man without a home. Be sure to visit www.BurkeOnMayberry.com to get the answer to this episode’s trivia question!

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