The BEST episodes written by Charles Stewart

#1 - The Valley Has a Baby

Petticoat Junction - Season 6 - Episode 4

The pregnant Betty Jo is ready to have her baby but problems arise when Wendell, the conductor won't wake up and Betty Jo has to drive the train herself

#2 - Kate's Homecoming

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 30

Kate comes home and finds everything normal--there's a mix up on where to meet her, and fireworks set the Pixley depot ablaze.

#3 - Wings

Petticoat Junction - Season 6 - Episode 6

Richard Arlen and Buddy Rogers arrive for a premiere of "Wings"--40 years late.

#4 - Author! Author!

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 26

Kate Bradley becomes worried when Bobbie Jo begins associating with a strange group of friends after she wins a poetry award.

#5 - The Power of the Press

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 18

As two crusading newpapers reporters,Bobbie Jo and her boyfriend take overe the "Hooterville World Guardian."

#6 - The Barber Shop Quartet

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 20

Uncle Joe's proclivity for off-key singing prompts his dismissal from a barber shop quartet-- just before a local talent contest.

#7 - Bad Day at Shady Rest

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 26

"Deputy" Joe Carson captures a desperate bank robber with the help of Aunt Helen and a war-surplus life raft.

#8 - 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.

#9 - Birthplace of a Future President

Petticoat Junction - Season 6 - Episode 1

Betty Jo and Steve argue about where their unborn baby should be born

#10 - Cannonball for Sale

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 27

#11 - Hot Watch

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 14

Discovered in the wrong place at the wrong time, Willis and Arnold become prime suspects when their neighbor's apartment is robbed and they're caught with one of the stolen items. Mr. Drummond is convinced of his sons' innocence even though Willis' fingerprints are all over the place.

#12 - Uncle Joe and the Master Plan

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 15

Uncle Joe attempts to upgrade the facilies of the Shady Rest hotel to impress representative of a hotel association.

#13 - Alcohol and Old Lace

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 17

Opie comes home talking about a "flower-making machine" owned by sisters Clarabelle and Jennifer Morrison, the spinsters who run the local flower shop. Andy and Barney do a little investigating -- and discover the contraption is actually a still and the kindly sisters are in the moonshine business!

#14 - Cannonball, Inc.

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 6

Hooterville residents, taking over operation of the Cannonball, demand so many changes that the train's crew decides to quit.

#15 - My Pal Sam

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 28

Sam Drucker's vacation at the Shady Rest hotel turns out to be a big disappoitment for Uncle Joe.

#16 - 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.

#17 - Meet the In-Laws

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 8

Steve's parents pay an unexpected visit to meet the Bradley family--and to sample Betty's Jo highly touted cooking.

#18 - Ring-a-Ding-Ding

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 29

Betty Jo and Steve swear never to remove their wedding rings,but the next day she accidentally drops hers down the drain of the kitchen sink.

#19 - His Highness the Dog

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 16

The Shady Rest Hotel is beset by dog problems when Uncle Joe tries to make a quick buck as a dog-sitter

#20 - 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.

#21 - The Manhunt

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 2

Andy and his bumbling deputy, Barney Fife, offer to help track down an escaped convict, but the captain of the state police scoffs at the small-town sheriff's help.

#22 - Birdman of Shady Rest

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 2

A young crop-dusting pilot makes a crash landing near the Shady Rest Hotel and an equally hard impact on Kate Bradley's daughters

#23 - Hawaii Calling

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 10

Kate expects a long-distance call at Sam's store from Betty Jo and Steve in Hawaii, and Hooterville goes wild with excitement.

#24 - Girl of Our Dreams

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 22

Changes due to middle age make Uncle Joe and Sam Drucker unrecognizable to a girl they both once courted.

#25 - Kate's Day in Court

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 14

Kate decides to contest a jaywalking ticket she receives in Pixley.

#26 - The Honeymoon is Over

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 12

Newlyweds Steve and Betty Jo Elliott have first spat--over Steve's first night out with the boys.

#27 - The New Housekeeper

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 1

Sheriff Andy Taylor and his young son Opie are in need of a new housekeeper. Andy's Aunt Bee looks like the perfect candidate and moves in, but her presence causes friction with Opie.

#28 - Private Ralph Skunk

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Season 1 - Episode 3

Gomer adopts a pet skunk.

#29 - Aunt Bee the Warden

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 23

With the town jail full, Andy reluctantly decides to have the town drunk, Otis Campbell, incarcerated in Andy's own home. But when Aunt Bee takes charge as the "warden," Otis is soon howling to be locked up in the real jail!

#30 - The Singing Sweethearts

Petticoat Junction - Season 6 - Episode 2

Betty Jo reluctantly appears on a live television program as a member of "The Singing Sweethearts."

#31 - Barney's Replacement

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 2

When a rookie policeman is sent to Mayberry for training, Barney mistakenly believes the man is his replacement and quits the police force to become a vacuum-cleaner salesman.

#32 - The Inspector

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 26

When a state inspector arrives in Mayberry to check the jail and courthouse, Andy and Barney are shocked to discover he's a by-the-book stickler for rules and regulations. Things look shaky until Andy is able to demonstrate the "Mayberry way" of fighting crime.

#33 - That Was the Night That Was

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 28

Kate Bradley's Shady Rest Hotel is patronized by a guest who gives every indication of being from outer space.

#34 - The Camping Trip

Petticoat Junction - Season 7 - Episode 10

Bobby Jo's boyfriend Orrin finally manages to make friends with Uncle Joe when he rescues the old fellow from a hungry bear.

#35 - Uncle Joe Runs the Hotel

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 23

Uncle Joe takes over the Shady Rest and is almost run out of town for allegedly tossing out on old for non-payment of rent.

#36 - A Cake from Granny

Petticoat Junction - Season 6 - Episode 12

Granny's eatable gift might be the only thing to save the valley from losing their beloved train, when Bedloe returns to Hooterville with a brand-new scheme to bring about the end of the Cannonball.

#37 - Make Room for Baby

Petticoat Junction - Season 7 - Episode 1

The dog suddenly becomes a second-class citizen at the Shady Rest hotel when Steve and Betty Jo and Betty Jo move in.

#38 - Mind If We Join Your Wedding

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 7

Floyd Smoot, suddenly engaged to none other than Selma Plout, convinces Steve Elliott that he and Betty Jo should have a double wedding.

#39 - Ellie Comes to Town

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 4

When Mayberry's local pharmacist falls ill, his niece Ellie Walker steps in as a temporary replacement -- and creates turmoil with the town's resident hypochondriac.

#40 - Andy on Trial

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 29

A newspaper publishing mogul is ticketed for speeding and retaliates by sending an undercover reporter to Mayberry to dig up whatever dirt she can on Andy and his department.

#41 - Those Gossipin' Men

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 15

Aunt Bee, accused by Andy of being a hopeless gossip, sets out to prove that the men of Mayberry are even bigger rumormongers than the women.

#42 - The Guitar Player

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 3

A gifted guitar player (James Best) who has self-doubts about his musical talent gets a chance at stardom -- with a little push from Andy.

#43 - Only a Husband

Petticoat Junction - Season 6 - Episode 3

The attention lavished on the expecting Betty Jo makes Steve feel left out, so he goes fishing with uncle Joe.

#44 - Mayberry Goes Bankrupt

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 4

Will the town coffers run out of cash? It appears that way when Mayberry resident Frank Myers is stunned to discover that the township apparently owes him close to $350,000!

#45 - The Keeper of the Flame

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 14

Opie joins a secret club known as The Wildcats and is subsequently suspected of being the guilty party when the barn that the club meets in catches fire and burns to the ground.

#46 - Girls! Girls! Girls!

Petticoat Junction - Season 4 - Episode 17

Jealousy permeates the Shady Rest Hotel when the Bradley girls invite each other's boyfriends to the Turnabout Dance.

#47 - The Beauty Contest

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 16

The Mayberry town council wants to end the annual Founder's Day celebration with a beauty contest, with Andy chosen to pick the winner. The result is pandemonium as candidates of all shapes and sizes descend on the hapless "judge."

#48 - Last Train to Pixley

Petticoat Junction - Season 7 - Episode 23

Floyd retires, leaving Uncle Joe to take over the duties of running the Cannonball, once again. His strict schedule-keeping is the least of the valley's worries, as the C&FW Railroad is planning to scrap the train for a tax write-off!

#49 - The Game Warden

Petticoat Junction - Season 7 - Episode 2

Uncle Joe, caught with too many fish in his possessions by Game Warden Orrin Pike, is threatened with a jail sentence.

#50 - Pop Goes the Question

Petticoat Junction - Season 5 - Episode 5

Thanks to Uncle's Joe's loose tongue, everybody in the valley knows that steve is going to marry Betty Jo-- except Betty Jo.