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TCNW 881: A Medal for Opie

by on March 10, 2026

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:46:00

A Medal for Opie was the 51st episode filmed and the 51st aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E19)

We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about A Medal for Opie.

Plot Summary A Medal for Opie:

Opie has his heart set on winning a medal in the annual Sheriff’s Boys’ Day race. Under the tutelage of legendary fifty-yard-dash winner Barney Fife, Opie enters the race confident of a win. When the day is done, however, Opie comes up empty. Andy finds Opie sulking at home, and the two have a heart-to-heart about the value of good sportsmanship.

We’ll review some notes and “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode A Medal for Opie.

We’ll go over the trivia questions from Paul Mulik with the topic: It’s a Trap!

For more trivia, there is a link in our show notes to A Metal for Opie trivia at MeTV.com.

TCNW 881: A Medal for Opie
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TCNW 880: Mayberry Days Trivia 1999

by on March 3, 2026

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:40:12

To celebrate the birthday of Ron Howard (Opie Taylor) who turned 72 years old on March 1, 2026, we’re gonna party like it’s 1999.

There are 24 questions and each it worth one point. Keep up with your score and see how you do. Some of our best trivia experts only got 8 or 9 of these and most of us got between zero and 2. They are hard questions for sure.

Do you best and just enjoy knowing that somebody would have gotten almost all these answers correct at the World Series of Mayberry trivia at Mayberry Days.

TCNW 880: Mayberry Days Trivia 1999
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TCNW 879: Jailbreak

by on February 24, 2026

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:39:49

Jailbreak was the 50th episode filmed and the 50th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E18)

We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “Jailbreak .”

Plot Summary Jailbreak :

A team of convicts is on the loose, and the state police arrive ridiculing Sheriff Taylor and Barney. Andy cracks the case by focusing on the smallest details: a trailer hitch and an offhand remark by the dry cleaner about a suit with dog hairs. This leads to the convict’s accomplice, but only after Barney somehow manages to let the one convict they have captured escape.

We’ll review some notes and “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode Jailbreak.

We’ll go over the trivia questions related to Jailbreak.

TCNW 879: Jailbreak
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TCNW 878: The Jinx

by on February 17, 2026

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:46:54

The Jinx was the 49th episode filmed and the 49th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S2.E17)

We’ll play Mayberry trivia all about “The Jinx.”

Plot Summary The Jinx:

Barney gets the whole town on guard when he declares Henry Bennett to be a jinx. No matter how Andy tries to convince the town otherwise, Bennett’s mere presence seems to consistently coincide with disaster. Even Andy gives up after a drawing fixed in Bennett’s favor fails. Andy then explains to him that a man with as many friends as he has must be lucky.

We’ll review some notes and “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode The Jinx.

We’ll go over the answers to the trivia questions.

We’ll play some trivia with the topic “Oh, you’re funny, you are!” by Paul Mulik.

Closing out the episode with NEW Mayberry music by Kent Summerlin called, “Mayberry Mischief.”

TCNW 878: The Jinx
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TCNW 877: Love and Laughter, A Valentine’s Day in Mayberry

by on February 10, 2026

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Host: Allan Newsome
Running time: 0:31:14

Even in a town where the biggest crime might be a misplaced pickle jar, love found its way into Mayberry’s gentle rhythms. From puppy crushes to long-term romances, the show wove sweetness into its most memorable plots.

One of the earliest and most charming arcs of affection comes from young Opie Taylor. In Season 5’s “Opie Loves Helen,” he awkwardly but adorably develops a crush on his schoolteacher, Miss Helen Crump — even going so far as buying her a gift with his hard-earned 74 cents! Opie’s loves continued into season 8, where in “Opie’s First Love” he musters the courage to ask classmate Mary Alice Carter to a party — a classic tween drama complete with dance plans and mixed signals.

Aunt Bee Taylor’s love life also got its share of spotlight. From an old beau, Roger Hanover, returning to Mayberry to court her to trying out the idea of marriage with dry-cleaner Fred Goss, Aunt Bee was hit by Cupid’s arrow from time to time.

This episode we’ll explore how Andy & Helen and Barney & Thelma Lou romances didn’t rush it, and as fans know, but ultimately end up together. Love in Mayberry wasn’t about drama or high stakes — it was about sincerity, community support, awkward moments, and personal growth.

We’ll play some trivia with the topic “Oh, you’re funny, you are!” by Paul Mulik.

To wrap things up a song for Jenny Boone from her husband Fred. The lyrics are by my friend Ronnie Felker but it is most certainly Fred’s ‘hort’ speakin’ to Jenny’s ‘hort.’

TCNW 877: Love and Laughter, A Valentine’s Day in Mayberry
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