The BEST episodes of The Andy Griffith Show season 6
Every episode of The Andy Griffith Show season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Andy Griffith Show season 6!
Down-home humor and an endearing cast of characters helped make The Andy Griffith Show one of the most beloved comedies in the history of TV. The show centered around widower Andy Taylor, who divided his time between raising his young son Opie, and his job as sheriff of the sleepy North Carolina town, Mayberry. Andy and Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee, who serves as a surrogate mother to both father and son. Andy's nervous cousin, Barney Fife, is his deputy sheriff whose incompetence is tolerated because Mayberry is virtually crime-free.
#1 - Aunt Bee, the Swinger
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1965
Aunt Bee and a retired politician experience a very fast-paced relationship.
#2 - Aunt Bee on TV
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1965
While the Taylors were in Hollywood, Aunt Bee won $4800 worth of prizes on a game show. She is the envy of Mayberry, until she her friends think that she's gloating about her winnings. The IRS comes to call, telling Andy that he'll have to pay over $1100 in taxes for the winnings. Aunt Bee sells most all of the prizes to pay the taxes. Worth noting in this episode is that Howard McNear (Floyd the barber), who had suffered a stroke, has a particularly shaky scene, when he's checking out Bee's new dishwasher.
#3 - Aunt Bee Learns to Drive
Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/7/1966
Aunt Bee is frustrated at always having to rely on other people (notably Andy) for a ride. When she sees a car that Goober is selling she decides to finally learn how to drive and by this car!
#4 - Aunt Bee Takes a Job
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/6/1965
Feeling bored and lonely in the afternoons, Aunt Bee asks Andy if it would be alright if she get an afternoon job. After looking through the want ads, she gets hired at a printing company, not knowing that her bosses are counterfeiters.
#5 - The County Clerk
Season 6 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/14/1966
Andy and Helen try to play matchmaker for Howard Sprague, the county clerk, but his mother wants to keep him close to home (and to her).
#6 - Goober's Replacement
Season 6 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/28/1966
Goober goes on vacation and can't find anyone to replace him at Wally's Gas Station. His new sweetheart, Flora, who used to work at the diner is now available to fill in for him. Business booms while he is gone and she ends up with Goober's job after he quits. Flora becomes obssessed with increasing business at the station and doesn't notice that Goober hasn't been able to find anything else. It takes Andy's country logic to make her realize that she needs to have her priorities straight and make sure her sweetheart is happy!
#7 - The Foster Lady
Season 6 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/21/1966
In search of a "real person" for his Foster Furniture Polish, Mr. Foster thinks Aunt Bee has what it takes to make his t.v. commercials memorable.
#8 - The Battle of Mayberry
Season 6 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/4/1966
Opie does some investigative reporting for an essay on the Battle of Mayberry but finds getting at the truth is harder than he imgagined.
#9 - Lost and Found
Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/24/1966
Aunt Bee loses a piece of jewelry then turns it into the insurance office to collect a claim on it. Then she eventually finds the jewelry. She spends the money that the insurance gave her.
#10 - A Singer in Town
Season 6 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/11/1966
When a famous singer visits Mayberry, Aunt Bee and Clara see their ticket to stardom!
#11 - Taylors in Hollywood
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1965
The Taylors visit Hollywood and get to see the making of "Sheriff Without a Gun".
#12 - The Return of Barney Fife
Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/10/1966
Barney Fife returns home to Mayberry for a brief visit only to discover that his former girlfriend Thelma Lou has married. Fortunately for Barney, sweet Nettie Albright, a secret admirer from days gone by, shows up at Barney's high school reunion dance to save the day.
#13 - The Bazaar
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1965
Warren, enforcing a gambling ordinance to the letter of the law, arrests Aunt Bee and her women friends (meaning, most of Mayberry) for running a Bingo game. Everyone's furious at Warren, particularly Andy, who becomes even more frustrated when Warren resists pleas to drop the charges (in fact, the deputy really digs into his position). Aunt Bee and her friends soon demand a trial. Later, the men of Mayberry (with their children in tow, some of them crying) bother Andy and Opie at home when Warren still won't drop the charges. Eventually, the charges are dropped and Aunt Bee's good name is cleared once more.
#14 - Malcolm at the Crossroads
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1965
To get his mind off throwing rocks through windows, Ernest T. Bass is given the job of being a traffic cop. However, when Ernest T. begins throwing bricks through car windows, Malcom Merriweather is assigned Ernest T.'s task, causing Ernest T. to vow for revenge.
#15 - A Warning from Warren
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1965
Warren is convinced he has e.s.p. and feels that Andy and Helen are in grave danger if they go to the lake. He tries to warn them but they do not take him seriously. He takes it upon himself (with Goober's help) to "protect" them.
#16 - The Cannon
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1965
The governor comes to town for founders day. The mobile state museum is brought to town for the event. Goober and Warren are supposed to guard the museum and end up firing the old Civil War cannon at two crooks who are attempting to burglarize the museum.
#17 - Off to Hollywood
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1965
When Andy receives a $1000.00 dollars for the rights to a story about him - "Sheriff Without a Gun" - that will be filmed in Hollywood, he wants to put it in the bank. Opie, Aunt Bee and Helen all insist he do something fun with it. When they come up with the idea of a trip to Hollywood, the entire town gets involved in sending them off.
#18 - The Legend of Barney Fife
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/17/1966
Warren gets to meet his idol Barney Fife. Barney is thrilled to have someone worship him (at long last!) but tries to sneak out of town when a real case needs to be dealt with involving an escaped convict.
#19 - Opie's Job
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1965
Opie and another boy compete for a job at the Grocery store.
#20 - The Gypsies
Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/21/1966
Andy orders a group of gypsies out of town after they bother the residents. They soon set up camp outside of Mayberry and place a "curse" on the area in the form of a drought. Everything's later revealed to be nothing more than a hoax, as the gypsies are using a radio to enact their scheme.
#21 - Wyatt Earp Rides Again
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/31/1966
A wild west show comes to town featuring a wimpy man who is said to be related to Wyatt Earp.
#22 - Andy's Rival
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1965
Frank, a teacher from Raleigh comes to Mayberry for a visit. He and Helen get along fine, and Andy suspects something is going on between them.
#23 - A Man's Best Friend
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/1965
Opie makes friends with Tommy, the new kid in town. Tommy is a bit mischevious, climbing up on the roof of Andy's building, and taking out a gun from Andy's gun rack even after Andy warns him TWICE not to. Goober gets a dog which he names "Spot" (because there are no spots). Tommy hides one of his walkie-talkies in Spot's collar and he and Opie lead Goober on to thinking that Spot can talk. The tables are turned, however, when Andy uses Tommy's love of horses to teach him a lesson.
#24 - The Church Organ
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/13/1965
Clara pleads for a new church organ and Andy gets everyone to pledge money to help buy one, but when the pledges come due no one wants to pay up.
#25 - Otis, the Artist
Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1966
Warren decides that Otis needs some constructive rehabilitation activity - so he has him take up art. Otis works hard on a large mosaic of a cow that he is proud of and gives it as a gift to the Taylors. Much to Andy's embarrassment, Otis wants them to hang it up on their living room mantle!