Alcohol and Old Lace was the 17th episode filmed and the 17th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E17)
Plot Summary Alcohol and Old Lace:
Based on an idea from a Broadway play, Andy and Barney run down moonshiners with the help of the Morrison sisters, Jennifer and Clarabelle. After Opie describes their “flower-making machine” the lawmen realize that the Morrison sisters are themselves running a still and promptly destroy it.
We’ll review some notes and “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode Alcohol and Old Lace.
There’s a report on Mayberry Meet-up 12 that was held just this past weekend.
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Andy Saves Barney’s Morale was the 16th episode filmed and the 20th aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E20)
Plot Summary Andy Saves Barney’s Morale:
When Andy is called out of town, Barney gets his first chance as Actin’ Sheriff of Mayberry and jails twenty citizens, including the bank president, Mayor Pike, and Aunt Bee. Andy returns and promptly dismisses all the prisoners. Barney is so discouraged that he threatens to quit, so Andy spreads the word that he might have to let Barney go. The citizens return, jail themselves, and demand they be tried as charged.
We’ll review “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode Andy Saves Barney’s Morale.
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Those Gossipin’ Men was the 15th episode filmed and aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E15)
Plot Summary Those Gossipin’ Men:
Aunt Bee teaches Andy a lesson after he ridicules the Mayberry women for being such terrible gossips. 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 males 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.”
We’ll review “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode Those Gossipin’ Men.
Then we’ll play some Mayberry trivia from Paul Mulik with this week’s topic: injuries.
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The Horse Trader was the 14th episode filmed and aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E14)
Plot Summary The Horse Trader:
Andy proves fallible when he cons a traveling antique dealer into buying the town’s old cannon with a fabulously 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 amends for his bad dealings.
We’ll review “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode The Horse Trader.
Then we’ll play some Mayberry trivia from Paul Mulik with this week’s topic: nicknames.
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Mayberry Goes Hollywood was the 13th episode filmed and aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E13)
Plot Summary Mayberry Goes Hollywood:
A Hollywood producer visits Mayberry and, taken with the town’s charm, 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 appeal was to him: the townspeople’s simple, honest, down-to-earth ways.
We’ll review “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode Mayberry Goes Hollywood.
Then we’ll play some Mayberry trivia from Paul Mulik related to Bodies of Water.
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The Christmas Story was the 10th episode filmed and the 11th episode aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E11)
Plot Summary The Christmas Story:
Andy and Barney keep the spirit of Christmas alive for Sam Muggins and his family after the town Scrooge, Ben Weaver, demands Andy keep Muggins incarcerated for running a still. After being accidentally inoculated with a little of the courthouse’s Christmas spirit, Weaver comes around and manages to get himself arrested so he can bring gifts for all.
We’ll review “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode The Christmas Story and see what we can learn.
Then we’ll play some Mayberry trivia submitted by trivia expert Paul Mulik.
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Stranger in Town was the 10th episode filmed and the 12th episode aired of The Andy Griffith Show. (S1.E12)
Plot Summary – Stranger in Town:
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, and things. Andy finally confronts Sawyer and learns that he is neither a foreign spy nor a spook, but only a man without a home.
We’ll review “Odd Facts Known by Few” related to the episode Stranger in Town and see what we can learn.
Then we’ll play some Mayberry trivia submitted by trivia expert Paul Mulik.
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