The BEST episodes written by John Whedon
#1 - The Third One from the Left
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 3 - Episode 14
Rob tries to stop a guest star from falling in love with him.
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#2 - The Night the Roof Fell In
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 2 - Episode 9
Rob and Laura have a terrible fight, after each has experienced a difficult day - and each remember the fight very differently.
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#3 - The Sermon for Today
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 4 - Episode 4
A visiting minister preaches the importance of relaxation and inspires Aunt Bee, Andy, and Barney to throw a Sunday afternoon band concert. When it ends up being more work than they imagined, it leaves them wondering if they'll ever have time to relax again.
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#4 - Beaver's Bad Day
Leave It to Beaver - Season 1 - Episode 34
An incident at the park leads to Beaver ripping the pants on his gray flannel suit. When he's questioned by Ward and June he makes up a wild story that his parents quickly see through. Lectured in telling the truth, Beaver does just that when the pants of his other suit are ripped but Ward and June don't believe him.
#5 - Andy Discovers America
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 3 - Episode 23
Opie complains to Andy about how his new history teacher Ms. Crump is a mean old woman who likes to assign extra homework. Andy tells Opie it's not important if he doesn't know every answer, which leaves Opie believing history isn't important. Now Andy has to show Opie, and his class, how much history matters before Ms. Crump decides to quit.
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#6 - A Black Day for Mayberry
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 4 - Episode 7
All of Mayberry turns out to welcome a truck carrying gold to Fort Knox as it passes through town. When Barney sneaks a closer look at the loot, he sees that there may not be as much to celebrate as everyone thought.
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#7 - The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 5 - Episode 19
Alan humiliates Mel after Mel forgets to tell him about a change in this week's script. Rob tries to get Mel to stick up for himself, but his efforts backfire.
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#8 - A Deal is a Deal
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 4 - Episode 26
When Opie and his friends are scammed into selling a useless skin ointment, Barney and Gomer try to help convince the company their product is more valuable than they think. When the scheme backfires, however, the whole gang learns a lesson in the art of the deal.
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#9 - Aunt Bee, the Crusader
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 4 - Episode 15
Aunt Bee's friend Mr. Frisby tells her his house is about to be demolished to make way for a new highway. She decides to help her friend and campaigns to halt the county's plans, despite the fact that Andy is the one who must serve the eviction.
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#10 - Opie and His Merry Men
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 4 - Episode 12
Opie and his friends decide to play Robin Hood to a friendly hobo they meet in the local woods and take food from their own cupboards to give to him. Andy decides to meet the man and ends up teaching them all a lesson in who the rich and poor really are.
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#11 - Bargain Day
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 4 - Episode 24
Aunt Bee decides to buy 150 pounds of beef at a discount from a new butcher in town. She stores in in her "discount" freezer, which immediately breaks down. With her beef about to go bad, she learns that the only one in town with a freezer bug enough to save her beef is her original butcher.
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That Girl - Season 3 - Episode 18
Donald tries to help Ann out of an IRS mess but gets into a mess himself involving flour.
#13 - Opie's Ill-Gotten Gain
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 4 - Episode 8
Opie finally gets a good grade in math, and Andy is so proud he tells everyone in town. But when Opie's teacher tells him she made a mistake and his grade is actually an F, he goes home to tell Andy the bad news, only to find Andy has bought him a shiny new bicycle.
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#14 - Scratch My Car and Die
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 3 - Episode 26
Rob buys a new car that he loves but won't let anyone touch, but an emergency forces Laura to use the car.
#15 - Aunt Bee's Medicine Man
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 3 - Episode 24
Aunt Bee becomes depressed about her age and falls for the charms of Colonel Harvey, a traveling medicine man selling a magic elixir to restore her youth. By the time Andy and Barney discover the secret behind the elixir, they find he has gotten the entire Ladies Aid Church Committee under his spell!
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#16 - Where You Been, Fassbinder?
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1 - Episode 25
An old high school friend visits Sally on her birthday.
#17 - Turtles, Ties, and Toreadors
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 3 - Episode 11
Rob hires a Spanish maid, but when she arrives, not only does she not speak English, but she has a broken arm.
#18 - Viva Petrie
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 5 - Episode 9
Maria (the Petrie's previous maid) tells her friend Manuel to go to the Petrie's so that Rob can help him find him a job.