The BEST episodes written by David Adler
#1 - Brother's Keeper
Silk Stalkings - Season 4 - Episode 16
When Lorraina Garvey is found stabbed to death, the only clue Chris and Rita have is a call placed to the station reporting a red corvette leaving the murder site just about the time of the murder. At the crime scene, Rita finds an appointment book with the name Michael written in it many times. Upon talking to Lorraina's personal assistant, Rita discovers that the man in the book is Michael Ferraro--one of her old foster brothers. When Rita talks to Michael, he gives her a bogus alibi; and as he leaves, Rita notices that he owns a red corvette. While Donovan and everyone else just want to convict Michael, Rita believes that he is really innocent, and wants to help him. Meanwhile, Chris must nurse his aching back back to health after he his fall from a ladder while helping Rita paint her house.
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#2 - The Curious Thing About Women
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1 - Episode 16
Rob uses Laura's habit of opening his mail as the basis for a sketch on The Alan Brady Show.
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#3 - 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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#4 - 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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#5 - To Tell or Not to Tell
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1 - Episode 8
Rob wonders if Laura will go back into show business after she's offered a dancing job on the Alan Brady Show.
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#6 - 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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#7 - Opie and the Bully
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 1
Sheriff Andy Taylor must decide whether to intervene or let the problem work itself out when a bully harasses his son Opie at school.
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#8 - A Medal for Opie
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 2 - Episode 19
Opie has his heart set on winning a medal in the annual Sheriff's Boys Day race -- so he seeks training tips from an expert in the field: legendary 50-Yard Dash champion Barney Fife!
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#9 - Andy and Opie, Housekeepers
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 23
Aunt Bee must leave Mayberry to care for a sick cousin, but not before scolding Andy and Opie for their messy housekeeping habits. The two are determined to clean house before she returns -- a project that suddenly accelerates when she phones to say she'll be coming home earlier than expected!
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#10 - Sally Is a Girl
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1 - Episode 13
Laura encourages Rob to start treating Sally like a lady after seeing her treated like a guy around the office.
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#11 - A Feud is a Feud
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 9
Andy hopes to finally bring peace to two of the county's longtime feuding families, the Carters and the Wakefields -- by arranging a duel between the two patriarchs of the quarreling clans!
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#12 - Irresistible Andy
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 5
It's the annual church picnic, and when Andy invites Ellie to the event, he begins to suspect that she has marriage on her mind -- so he hastily arranges for three of Mayberry's most eligible bachelors to lavish attention on her.
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#13 - Andy, the Marriage Counselor
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 - Episode 18
Mayberry newcomers Fred and Jeannie Boone are constantly causing domestic disturbances with their fighting, so Andy decides to play marriage counselor to the bickering couple -- with disastrous results.
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