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S8 E20 The Church Benefactor

Comedy

TV-G

25m

Jan 14, 1968

Featuring:Andy Griffith

A $500 bequest to the Mayberry church almost provokes a schism over how to spend it.

Season 8, 30 Episodes

Opie's First Love,

Mary Alice Carter accepts Opie's invitation to a party but rejects him at the eleventh hour for another.

Howard, The Bowler,

Howard, a last minute substitution for a bowling team sponsored by Emmett's fix-it shop, astonishes everyone by bowling a perfect game.

Trip to Mexico,

Aunt Bee goes to Mexico with her two best friends but the trip tests their friendship.

Andy's Trip to Raleigh,

Andy doesn't tell Helen that the lawyer he worked with in Raleigh is a beautiful woman.

Opie Steps Up In Class,

Andy sends Opie to an affluent boys' camp.

Howard's Main Event,

Howard begins dating Millie but her ex-boyfriend still carries a torch and threatens him.

Aunt Bee, The Juror,

Aunt Bee, summoned for jury duty, disagrees with fellow jurors on her first case.

The Tape Recorder,

Opie disobeys Andy and secretly tape-records a bank robber's confession.

Opie joins a rock 'n' roll group and starts getting failing grades in school.

Aunt Bee And The Lecturer,

A charming lecturer is enamored with Aunt Bee who reminds him of his late wife.

Andy's Investment,

Andy opens a coin laundry to save money for Opie's college education.

Howard and Millie,

Howard proposes to Millie after three months of dating but soon realizes they may be rushing it.

Aunt Bee's Cousin,

Andy learns his cousin Bradford is a broke phony, but keeps quiet because Aunt Bee thinks he's a wealthy relative.

Suppose Andy Gets Sick,

Andy catches the flu and Goober takes over as his deputy.

Howard's New Life,

Howard quits his boring job as county clerk and becomes a Caribbean island beachcomber.

Goober, The Executive,

Goober buys the gas station with financial backing from Andy and Emmett.

The Mayberry Chef,

Aunt Bee hosts a TV cooking show and Andy and Opie must fend for themselves.

Emmett's Brother-in-Law,

Emmett is needled into becoming an insurance salesman by his wife and her brother, a successful broker.

Opie's Drugstore Job,

Opie breaks a bottle of expensive perfume on his new job as a drug clerk.

The Church Benefactor,

A $500 bequest to the Mayberry church almost provokes a schism over how to spend it.

Barney Hosts A Summit Meeting,

Barney Fife is on the spot when he gets Andy to let him use the Taylor home for an American-Russian summit meeting.

Goober Goes to the Auto Show,

Goober tries to impress an old mechanics' school friend by treating him to a lavish dinner and claiming to own a chain of gas stations.

Aunt Bee's Big Moment,

Aunt Bee does well with her flying lessons until the instructor tells her she's ready to go solo -- then she becomes terrified.

Andy learns that his girlfriend, Helen, was once arrested for carrying a gun, gambling and keeping company with a hoodlum.

Emmett's Anniversary,

Emmett plans to surprise his wife with a mink coat for their 25th wedding anniversary, but she thinks he's not faithful because of his furtive ways.

Howard's mother remarries and moves away, so Howard remodels their home into a bachelor pad and tries to throw a swinging party.

Sam For Town Council,

Sam Jones is urged by Andy and his other Mayberry neighbors to run for Town Council.

Sam Jones' son Mike idolizes Opie and doesn't understand why he prefers to spend time with a girl instead of him.

A Girl For Goober,

Andy and Sam want to find a girlfriend for Goober and convince him to try a computer dating service.

Sam Jones invites a buddy from Italy to help him work his farm but does not expect his family to come too.

Details

The Andy Griffith Show

Comedy

TV-G

8 Seasons

26m

This classic series takes us to America's favorite small town, Mayberry. "The Andy Griffith Show" serves up wit and warmth as Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and bumbling Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts) solve the town's misdeeds.

Featuring:Andy Griffith

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