TV Guide: Frances Bavier

The Manhunt

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:30:00 -0400

Mon Oct 20 06:30 PM TVLAND Mayberry is swarming with state troopers hunting an escaped convict, but they won't allow Andy and Barney to help, so the two take matters into their own hands. Capt. Barker: Ken Lynch. Morgan: Mike Steen. Emma: Cheerio Meredith. Cal: Norman Leavitt. Dirksen: Frank Gerstle. Mrs. Fife: Lillian Culver. Loafer: Frank Challee. Barney: Don Knotts. Bee: Frances Bavier. Opie: Ronny Howard.

The New Housekeeper

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0400

Mon Oct 20 06:00 PM TVLAND In the series' debut episode, which first aired on Oct. 10, 1960, the Taylor's housekeeper, Rose, leaves to get married. Andy then asks Aunt Bee to come live with them, but Opie refuses to accept her. In another major storyline, Andy hires Barney to be his deputy. Rose: Mary Treen. Emma: Cheerio Meredith. Wilbur: Frank Ferguson. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier. Opie: Ronny Howard. Barney: Don Knotts. Andy: Andy Griffith.

Opie's Job

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:30:00 -0400

Sun Oct 19 10:30 PM TVLAND Opie competes against Billy Crenshaw (John Bangert) for a grocery-store job and then learns the boy needs the money more than he does. This episode kicked off the series' sixth season and was the first to air in color. Doakes: Norris Goff. Karen: Ronda Jeter. Opie: Ronny Howard. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier. Goober: George Lindsey.

Banjo-Playing Deputy

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Sun Oct 19 10:00 PM TVLAND Andy hires an out-of-work banjo player (Jerry Van Dyke) as a part-time deputy, but he proves too incompetent to even fill Barney's shoes. Lee Van Cleef appears in a minor role. His appearance came a year before his big splash in “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” This episode ended the series' fifth season and was the last one shot in black and white. Dancer: Sylvia Lewis. Miss Bedloe: Hope Summers. Miss Roundtree: Mary Lansing.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:30:00 -0400

Sat Oct 18 01:30 PM AMC

Andy Griffith Show

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0400

Wed Oct 15 06:00 PM TVLAND

The Case of the Punch in the Nose

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:00:00 -0400

Tue Oct 14 06:00 PM TVLAND Tempers flare when Barney reopens a long-forgotten case in which Charlie Foley (Frank Ferguson) charged Floyd with assault. When Barn restages the event, it erupts into a frenzy of nose punching. Gilly: Larry Hovis. Floyd: Howard McNear. Goober: George Lindsey.

Guest in the House

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:30:00 -0400

Tue Oct 14 05:30 PM TVLAND Helen grows jealous when an attractive friend (Jan Shutan) of the Taylor family---who's just broken her engagement---pays a visit. Frank: George Spence. Helen: Aneta Corsaut. Goober: George Lindsey. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier.

TV or Not TV

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0400

Tue Oct 14 05:00 PM TVLAND Thieves, out to rob the Mayberry bank, pose as Hollywood producers who want to make a TV show based on Andy, the sheriff without a gun. Gavin MacLeod, who would star on “Mary Tyler Moore” five years later, appears. Allen: George Ives. Pat: Barbara Stuart. Asa: Charles Thompson. Barney: Don Knotts. Goober: George Lindsey.

Barney Runs for Sheriff

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:00:00 -0400

Sun Oct 12 11:00 PM TVLAND Barney runs for sheriff when it appears Andy will take a job out of town, but the position falls through---and Andy discovers he's missed the election filing deadline, leaving Barney the only candidate on the ballot. Floyd: Howard McNear. Thelma Lou: Betty Lynn. Goober: George Lindsey.

Goober Takes a Car Apart

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:00:00 -0400

Sat Oct 11 10:00 AM TVLAND Andy asks Goober to answer the phone while he's away, so the mechanic takes a car apart and reassembles it in the courthouse in order to handle both jobs. Larry Hovis, who eight months later starred in “Hogan's Heroes,” guest stars as Gilly Walker, the car owner. Sheriff Jackson: Wally Englehardt. Watson: Buck Young. Goober: George Lindsey.