The BEST episodes of The Andy Griffith Show season 8
Every episode of The Andy Griffith Show season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Andy Griffith Show season 8!
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 - A Girl for Goober
Season 8 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/25/1968
Sam and Andy call on modern technology to finally get Goober a steady girl.
#2 - Helen's Past
Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/19/1968
As Andy is looking through Helen's old newspaper clippings, he finds one of her being taken to jail by the police. He decides to keep his discovery secret until it leaks out to the school board which could destroy Helen's teaching career.
#3 - Sam for Town Council
Season 8 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/11/1968
Sam runs against Emmett for office.
#4 - Opie Steps Up in Class
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1967
After Andy sends a reluctant Opie to a swanky boy’s camp over his summer vacation, he becomes fast friends with a boy from a rich family. As a result, Andy becomes worried that Opie has grown accustomed to living a rich lifestyle during his time away from the laid back way of life in Mayberry. It is after he comes home for lunch one day Opie has his friend over that he sees how lavish a lunch Aunt Bee prepared that he decides to sit them down to explain money doesn’t make life enjoyable, being yourself does.
#5 - The Tape Recorder
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1967
Opie disobeys Andy and tape-records a bank robber's confession.
#6 - Opie's First Love
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1967
Opie has a really big crush on classmate Mary Alice Carter, but she has her eyes on hunk Fred Simpson. When Opie asks her to the dance, she says yes, not thinking Fred will ask her. When Fred asks her, she immediately says yes and has to think of a way to tell Opie she can't go with him. At the dance, Mary Alice realizes that she really wants to be with Opie and they end up together.
#7 - Aunt Bee's Cousin
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/1967
Andy learns the truth when he sees his cousin Bradford alight from a freight train but keeps quiet because Aunt Bee thinks he's a wealthy relative.
#8 - Andy's Trip to Raleigh
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1967
Andy cancels a big date with Helen in order to confer with a lawyer in Raleigh, who turns out to be a beautiful women.
#9 - Howard and Millie
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1967
Howard proposes to Millie at the bakery where she works.
#10 - Opie's Drugstore Job
Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/15/1968
Opie placed an ad in the paper asking for a job. Andy explains to his friends that he's saving for an electric guitar. When Andy goes to the drugstore, Mr. Crawford told Andy he lost his hired hand who worked the diner. So Andy recommends Opie for the job because he's reliable & trustworthy. Three weeks into the job, Opie has saved $70. Mr. Crawford was impressed with Opie that he wanted him to run the store for awhile while doing some errands. Andy comes in & wants to order some perfume for his girlfriend. Opie looks up a price for the perfume he wanted & it was $64. After Andy left the store, Opie puts the perfume back & then the bottle shatters! Opie tells Arnold what had happened. Arnold gives him the idea of buying another bottle of perfume since he's going out of town with his dad. Opie pays Arnold the $64. When Arnold brought him the perfume, Opie places it in the shelf. Andy enters & tells Mr. Crawford that he wants to buy that $64 perfume. Mr. Crawford tells Andy that
#11 - Andy's Investment
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1967
Andy opens a coin laundry to save money for Opie's college education.
#12 - Aunt Bee, the Juror
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1967
Aunt Bee, summoned for jury duty, disagrees with fellow jurors on her first case.
#13 - Goober, the Executive
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/25/1967
Goober buys the gas station with financial backing from Andy and Emmett.
#14 - Emmett's Anniversary
Season 8 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/26/1968
Emmett Clark cannot decide on a suitable anniversary gift for his spouse. Helpful friend Flora Mahlerbie {Alberta Nelson} finds a way and suggests her friend Bernie the wholesale fur man as the golden answer to Emmett's problem. Flora takes Emmett to Bernie's shop one night to haggle over furs and things. Ultimately, though, Cheapskate Emmett will not cough up the change for the pricey women's wear, even at 40% off, which leaves Flora a trifle sad.
#15 - Emmett's Brother-in-Law
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/8/1968
Emmett's brother in law wants him to leave the fix it shop and join him in selling life insurance.
#16 - Mayberry R.F.D.
Season 8 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/1/1968
Sam brings over one of his Italian friends from the war--but unbenowst to him the friend brings over his elderly father and sister--and this creates mayhem in his family and business.
#17 - Goober Goes to an Auto Show
Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/5/1968
An old friend makes Goober feel worthless.
#18 - Aunt Bee and the Lecturer
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1967
A visiting professor is attracted to Aunt Bee because she resembles his deceased wife.
#19 - Howard's Main Event
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1967
Howard, dating Millie, is threatened by her husky former boyfriend
#20 - A Trip to Mexico
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1967
Aunt Bea and her friends go to Mexico. While there, their friendships gets strained.
#21 - The Mayberry Chef
Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/1/1968
The head of a local TV station enlists Aunt Bee to do a nightly cooking show, having heard about her cooking. Although she may not exude great professionalism, she has that extra "naturalness" that they're looking for. But her main concern is that someone suitable is cooking for Andy and Opie during her absence each evening. Unable to find someone, but not wanting Aunt Bee to back out of this opportunity, Andy (with Opie) maintains the pretense that a "Mrs. Parkinson" is on the job. Andy actually does the cooking -- to his and Opie's mutual gastric discomfort. After 2 days on the job, Aunt Bee shows unusual quickness of mind in seeing through the charade and finding a resolution.
#22 - Howard, the Bowler
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1967
Howard is on a bowling hot streak. When the lights go out during the final frame of the championship game, he gets the jitters but must still finish the game.
#23 - Barney Hosts a Summit Meeting
Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/29/1968
An international summit is in the hands of Barney.
#24 - Aunt Bee's Big Moment
Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/12/1968
Aunt Bee decides that she wants to be more exciting, so she announces that she will learn to fly.
#25 - Howard's New Life
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/18/1967
Howard quits his boring job as county clerk and becomes a Caribbean island beachcomber.