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The Andy Griffith Show offered some of its best-ever episodes during the series' third season on the air. Highlights include "Andy and the New Mayor," introducing Parley Baer as Mayberry's freshly elected mayor, Roy Stone; "The Cow Thief," in which sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts) stumble onto the hilarious (but logical!) modus operandi of the title character; "Barney Mends a Broken Heart," treating viewers to their first glimpse of those "fun girls" Daphne (Jean Carson) and Skippy (Joyce Jameson); "Floyd, the Gay Deceiver," wherein barber Floyd Lawson (Howard McNear) confesses to being a cad in his dealings with a mail-order sweetheart; "One-Punch Opie," or how Andy's son Opie Taylor (Ronny Howard) conquers a tough kid without a single punch; "Barney and the Governor," wherein Barney tickets the governor's car and gets good and drunk in anticipation of being dismissed (which, of course, he isn't); "The Loaded Goat," illustrating the consequences of allowing a goat to wander too near a box of dynamite; "The Darlings Are Coming," Mayberry's first encounter with those musically talented hillbillies, the Darling Family; "Andy's English Valet," the debut appearance of the "veddy proper" Malcolm Merriwether (Bernard Fox); and "Mountain Wedding," affording the world its first glimpse of rock-hurling village idiot Ernest T. Bass (Howard Morris, who also directed several Andy Griffith episodes).

Season 3 features two more attempts by the series' writers to pair off widower Andy Taylor with an eligible female. Joanna Moore appears in four episodes as new county nurse Peggy McMillan, whose efforts to land Andy are no more successful than those of her season two predecessor, nurse Mary Simpson. Conversely, the episode "Andy Discovers America" brings Andy face-to-face with his son Opie's much-despised "old lady" schoolteacher -- who turns out to be a very attractive young lady by the name of Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut). And it is clear from the get-go that Andy and Helen will remain an item for some time to come.

Arguably the season's best episode is the Emmy-nominated "Man in a Hurry," which allows us to see the familiar characters of Mayberry through the eyes of a nonplussed outsider, a dyspeptic businessman played by Robert Emhardt. As a bonus, this episode marks the very first appearance of that celebrated, nasal-voiced gas station attendant, Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors). Rated as the sixth most popular show on American television during the 1962-1963 season, The Andy Griffith Show also took home a third consecutive Emmy award for supporting actor Don Knotts.

Product Details

• UPC: 097360473049
• Source: PARAMOUNT
• Region Code: 1
• Aspect Ratio: Pre-1954 Standard (1.33.1)
• Presentation: B&W
• Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Language: English
• Time: 13:28:00
• Sales Rank: 3,980

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and Opie - Bachelors
• The Andy Griffith Show: Mr. McBeevee
• The Andy Griffith Show: Andy's Rich Girlfriend
• The Andy Griffith Show: Barney Mends a Broken Heart
• The Andy Griffith Show: Andy and the New Mayor
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Cow Thief
• The Andy Griffith Show: Lawman Barney
• The Andy Griffith Show: Opie's Rival
• The Andy Griffith Show: Floyd, the Gay Deceiver
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Mayberry Band
• The Andy Griffith Show: Convicts at Large
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Bed Jacket
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Bank Job
• The Andy Griffith Show: One-Punch Opie
• The Andy Griffith Show: Man in a Hurry
• The Andy Griffith Show: High Noon in Mayberry
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Loaded Goat
• The Andy Griffith Show: Class Reunion
• The Andy Griffith Show: Rafe Hollister Sings
• The Andy Griffith Show: Barney and the Governor
• The Andy Griffith Show: Opie and the Spoiled Kid
• The Andy Griffith Show: Andy Discovers America
• The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee's Medicine Man
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Great Filling Station Robbery
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Darlings are Coming
• The Andy Griffith Show: Andy's English Valet
• The Andy Griffith Show: Barney's First Car
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Rivals
• The Andy Griffith Show: A Wife for Andy
• The Andy Griffith Show: Dogs, Dogs, Dogs
• The Andy Griffith Show: Mountain Wedding
• The Andy Griffith Show: The Big House

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