The BEST episodes directed by Bob Sweeney
#1 - Christmas Story
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 11
Mayberry's local "Scrooge," storeowner Ben Weaver, manages to have harmless bootlegger Sam Muggins thrown into jail on Christmas -- but the Mayberry folks manage to celebrate Christmas with Sam in a most unusual way.
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#2 - Samantha
Dynasty - Season 3 - Episode 12
Back in Denver, Blake continues his frantic search for Steven with the help of psychic Jason Dehner. Blake refuses to believe his son is dead, and Krystle is worried about his erratic behavior. Seeing how much she loves Blake, Fallon reconciles with Krystle. Blake refuses to attend the memorial service Alexis has arranged for their son. Alexis seduces Mark. Sammy Jo, now preferring to be called Samantha, appears at the Carrington household with a baby. The child is Steven's son.
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#3 - Bringing Up Opie
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 32
After being scolded by Aunt Bee, Opie decides to run away from home -- a plan that quickly turns into a series of eye-opening, and sometimes dangerous, adventures for Opie and a scare for both Aunt Bee and Andy.
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Fantasy Island - Season 7 - Episode 8
In "Random Choices" a billionaire shipping tycoon with a great lust for life wishes to seek out people who desperately need help so he can use his vast wealth and influence to change their lives. And in "My Mother, the Swinger" a woman who dedicated her life to raising her children wishes to become a swinger.
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Fantasy Island - Season 7 - Episode 7
In "The Wedding Picture" a woman, unhappy with her marriage, wishes to relive her wedding day to determine if she did indeed marry the wrong man. And in "Castaways" a man wishes to spend the weekend on a desert Island with a gorgeous model.
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Fantasy Island - Season 7 - Episode 21
In "Bojangles and the Dancer" a married couple come to the Island with a mixed agenda - he is intent upon performing with his idol, Mr. Bojangles - she, however, is intent upon keeping him from fulfilling his fantasy for fear it may kill him. And in "Deuces Are Wild" two sisters hope to fulfill their lifelong fantasy - to be taken seriously.
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#9 - Crime-Free Mayberry
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 7
Two crooks masquerade as an FBI agent and a professional photographer in a scheme to honor the Mayberry Sheriff's Department for preserving the community's low crime rate -- but they actually have their eye on the town bank.
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#10 - High Noon in Mayberry
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 3 - Episode 17
Andy gets a letter from a criminal he had wounded years before and learns the man is coming to Mayberry to see him. Barney becomes convinced the man wants revenge and enlists Gomer and Otis to secretly protect Andy, which ends up wreaking more havoc than any criminal ever could.
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#11 - Odds on a Dead Pigeon
Scarecrow and Mrs. King - Season 2 - Episode 17
A vindictive parolee hires a look-alike to impersonate Amanda and kill off agents - and Lee is next on the list.
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#12 - The Bank Job
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 3 - Episode 13
Barney becomes convinced the Mayberry bank is ripe for a robbery and tries to prove his point by staging a fake one. When he discovers a weak spot in the security system, he unknowing relays this information to a couple of actual robbers.
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#13 - Andy Forecloses
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 28
Andy, faced with the unpleasant task of serving an eviction notice on a family who has fallen on hard times, tries desperately to come up with a way for the tenants to keep their home.
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#14 - Murder Between Friends
Scarecrow and Mrs. King - Season 2 - Episode 22
Amanda quits her job and joins a security agency; unaware it's a front for mercenaries planning to abduct an African president.
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#15 - Sheriff Barney
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 12
When Barney gets an offer to become the sheriff of nearby Greendale, Andy decides to let him be the sheriff of Mayberry for a day to give him a taste of what the top law-enforcement spot entails.
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Fantasy Island - Season 6 - Episode 4
In "The Angel's Triangle" Michael, the angel of death, spares Brent Harris in a horse accident because he has always loved Catherine Harris and doesn't want to see her hurt. And in "Natchez Bound" Las Vegas blackjack dealer Jenny Ryan wishes to spend her weekend aboard a Mississippi riverboat.
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#18 - The Reluctant Target
Hogan's Heroes - Season 2 - Episode 30
Klink becomes convinced that he is marked for assassination by a mysterious "Mr. X" after a series of close calls at the stalag. Could Hogan be behind the threats? Yes... but it's all part of a plan to masquerade as Klink in order to help a valuable underground agent escape from the camp!
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#19 - Ellie Saves a Female
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 27
Ellie Walker takes pity on a shy tomboy named Frankie Flint and is determined to give a "Cinderella" makeover to the young girl -- much to her gruff father's displeasure.
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#20 - Quiet Sam
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 29
Barney is convinced that the new, mysterious farmer in town warrants further investigation. Andy finally agrees to pay a visit to the man's farm -- and finds himself drawn into a predicament he never imagined he'd find himself in.
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#21 - Drums Along the Dusseldorf
Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 30
A German truck carrying an experimental jet fuel is the latest target for Hogan and the gang. But when all efforts to sabotage the shipment fail, Carter decides to get down to business with the remaining weaponry at hand --- a bow and arrow!
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#22 - It's Dynamite
Hogan's Heroes - Season 6 - Episode 10
Hogan's plot to hijack a dynamite truck takes a different tack when the truck makes an unscheduled stop.
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#24 - Andy and the Gentleman Crook
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 21
A notorious, nationally known con man dubbed "Gentleman Dan" becomes a hero of epic proportions to Aunt Bee, Opie and Barney when he is held for two days in the Mayberry jail.
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#25 - Cooter's Confession
The Dukes of Hazzard - Season 6 - Episode 22
When Jonas Jones, a good friend of Cooter's, is framed for hijacking, Cooter takes the rap for him but the Dukes dig into this and track down Jonas to find the real hijackers.
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#26 - Don't Just Do Something, Stand There
That Girl - Season 1 - Episode 1
Ann's five years of being an independent woman actress begins when she meets Donald Hollinger, a magazine reporter, in one of her in-between jobs as a candy clerk. She gets a job in a perfume commercial where she plays a woman who gets kidnapped by two robbers. Donald happens to see the act and thinks that Ann is in real trouble, so he saves her only to get serious flack from her. But with that incident aside, Ann and Donald find out that they really belong together.
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#27 - Barney and the Choir
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 20
Things hit a sour note when Barney joins the Mayberry choir -- and it's quickly determined that his singing voice isn't exactly harmonious to the other members of the group.
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#28 - I'm A Family Crook -- Don't Shoot!
Hawaii Five-O - Season 5 - Episode 13
A husband and wife team of scam merchants get caught between some of Hawaii's most powerful mobs.
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#30 - Robot P. Coltrane
The Dukes of Hazzard - Season 7 - Episode 4
A couple of thieves bring an advanced robot - that they stole for a ransom - through Hazzard County and Boss decides to buy it off them, fires Rosco, and make it the new sheriff: Robot P. Coltrane.
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#31 - Man in a Hurry
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 3 - Episode 16
Malcolm Tucker, a business tycoon from Charlotte, has the unfortunate luck of having his car break down in Mayberry on a Sunday. Now he's willing to do just about anything to be on his way, including stealing Gomer's truck. Andy invites the man over for Sunday dinner to try and teach him the importance of relaxation before he does something he'll really regret.
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#32 - Barney on the Rebound
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 5
After a disagreement with Thelma Lou, Barney unwittingly falls under the spell of the female half of a scheming con team and Andy must attempt to save the day.
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#33 - Convicts at Large
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 3 - Episode 11
Barney and Floyd stumble upon a cabin in the woods where three dangerous female convicts are hiding out. They are taken prisoner and it's Andy to the rescue when he manages to capture two of them. But it's up to Barney to get the third using all the charm he can muster, along with his best Rudolph Valentino impression.
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#34 - The Great Filling Station Robbery
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 3 - Episode 22
Andy suggests to Gomer that he hire a troubled young man named Jimmy to help out at Wally's gas station. But everyone soon suspects Jimmy of being a thief after valuable items start disappearing from the station. Andy believes Jimmy is innocent but must prove it, even when all the evidence is against him.
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#35 - Fallon's Father
Dynasty - Season 2 - Episode 4
Alexis urges Blake to make up with Steven who, she tells him, is his only child because Fallon is not his daughter. Blake learns that Cecil Colby closed a business deal without consulting him. His associates do not want to deal with an accused murderer. Alexis urges Cecil to speak with Blake so that Steven may be put back in the family will. She threatens to reveal their past affair if he doesn't. Alexis further reveals that Colby is Fallon's father. Claudia tells Dr. Nick Toscanni of her affair with Steven. Steven drunkenly falls at the mansion, hitting his head on the pool diving board. Nick pulls Steven's unconscious body from the pool and rushes him to the hospital. Steven is diagnosed with possible brain damage.
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#36 - The Hazzardgate Tape
The Dukes of Hazzard - Season 5 - Episode 5
Boss double-crosses the Bosses of a few neighboring counties and their out to get him. The Dukes let him hold up on the farm until Vance plans to expose them by tape-recording their scheme. Mel Tillis performs at the Boar's Nest.
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#37 - Everybody Loves a Snowman
Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 14
An American military captain and his crew hiding out at Stalag 13 face capture when Major Hochstetter and his search party zero in on the POW camp --- and its elaborate tunnel system to freedom is threatened with exposure.
#38 - Andy Saves Barney's Morale
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 20
When Andy has to leave Mayberry for the day to testify in a court case held in a neighboring town, Deputy Barney Fife is left in charge of the sheriff's department -- and he proceeds to arrest everyone in Mayberry!
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#39 - The Merchant of Mayberry
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 22
Weaver's Department Store in Mayberry has some new competition -- in the form of Bert Miller, a traveling salesman who sets up shop in the town with a little help from Andy.
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#40 - Barney Gets His Man
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 30
Barney's reputation as a deputy soars when he inadvertently helps capture Eddie Brooke, an escaped convict. But Brooke vows to escape again and head straight back to Mayberry to exact his revenge.
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#41 - The Cow Thief
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 3 - Episode 5
Two cows suddenly go missing in Mayberry and Mayor Stoner has decided to bring in a professional investigator to solve the crime. The investigator's conclusion goes along with what the rest of the town already suspects, but Andy has his own idea of what happened, an idea just crazy enough to be true.
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#42 - A Russian Is Coming
Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 12
Hogan and his men face the difficult task of returning a Soviet pilot to his homeland --- especially when the fanatical, demanding Russian refuses to follow the usual escape route to England.
#43 - Hot Money
Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 9
Stalag 13 becomes the site for a German counterfeiting factory that will produce both American and British currencies. But Sergeant Schultz's sticky fingers inadvertently tip Hogan off to the scheme when Schultzy spends some of the "funny money" gambling at the prisoners' casino.
#44 - How to Win Friends and Influence Nazis
Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 7
A famed scientist is recruited by the Germans to develop a revolutionary new metal alloy for the Nazi war machine --- so Hogan and the gang must distract the doctor --- or worse --- to keep him from accomplishing his task.
#45 - An Evening of Generals
Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 13
Hogan and his men have cleverly rigged the tabletop centerpieces to explode during a banquet for Germany's top generals --- unaware the one of the guests at the banquets is an invaluable spy working undercover for the Allies.
#46 - Mr. McBeevee
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 3 - Episode 1
Opie tells Andy about his new friend Mr. McBeevee, who Andy believes to be a figment of Opie's imagination. But when Andy begins to suspect Opie is using his new-found friend as an excuse to lie, he decides to set the record straight and prove Mr. McBeevee doesn't really exist. Or does he?
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#47 - Mountain Wedding
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 3 - Episode 31
The Darling clan is back and this time need Andy's help to wed their daughter Charlene to Dud Walsh before crazy old Ernest T. Bass makes good on his threats to kidnap her and take her for his own. Andy sets Barney up as a decoy bride while the real wedding takes place elsewhere. The plan works, until Ernest kidnaps Barney and decides he's just as good a bride as Charlene.
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#48 - One in Every Crowd
Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 10
When Hogan and his men set out to destroy the Germans' new S-5 gun that's being guarded at Stalag 13, they uncover more then they bargained for --- a traitor amongst their ranks who has gone to Colonel Klink to report on Hogan's planned sabotage.
#49 - The Hearing
Dynasty - Season 2 - Episode 13
Blake has been doing some research on Nick and finds out that Nick's brother Giani worked for Denver-Carrington, but was killed in the Mideast problems. Alexis starts trying to help Fallon in her ""battle"" against Krystle but Fallon doesn't want her help. Blake goes to a kind of trial against Logan Rhinewood, but with no luck. Fallon and Jeff are not getting along; Jeff doesn't care about Fallon, and Fallon is deeply in love with Nick. Blake gets an anonymous letter saying: ""Why do so many frustrated wives end up in bed with their shrinks? Ask your wife."" Blake also gets his sight back, but the only one who gets to know about it is Joseph.
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#50 - Monkey Business
Hogan's Heroes - Season 3 - Episode 29
Carter returns from an unsuccessful mission with a new pal in tow --- a runaway chimpanzee from the local bombed-out zoo. The men of Stalag 13 decide to make "Freddy" their barracks mascot --- but Hogan sees a more practical use for the happy-go-lucky chimp.