Any other fans of 'The Andy Griffith Show' out there? (Color seasons 6-8 added)

<p>If so, share your favorite episode, scene or line. Here's my faves:<br><br><strong><u>Best episode, Season 1</u> 'Cyrano Andy':</strong> Some classic early Don Knotts stuff in this one. His scenes in the back room of the pharmacy with Elinor Donahue are pure gold. Too bad Miss Ellie left the show after one season. She was some serious eye candy and could have really stirred things up with the men of Mayberry had she stayed in town. <br><br><strong><u>Runner-up, Season 1</u> 'Stranger in Town':</strong> Barney suspects the stranger is a spy and tries to trip him up with unexpected questions in badly mispronounced German and Spanish. 'Sprecken da doich'?<br><br><strong><u>Best episode, Season 2</u> 'Barney and the Choir':</strong> OK, by now you've figured out I'm a big Don Knotts fan. His Barney Fife is one of the most iconic characters in television history. Barney's off-key warbling (and his ignorance of it) is the comic focus here. The final concert scene is one of the best of the entire TAGS run.</p>
<p><strong><u>Runner-up, Season 2</u> 'The Clubmen':</strong> The Esquire Club?....<u>THE</u> Esquire Club?!? Andy and Barney are prospective members. Of course, Barney blows their chances by being....well, by being Barney.<br><br><strong><u>Best episode, Season 3</u> 'Convicts at Large':</strong> Probably my favorite all-time TAGS episode. Big Maude.... Al....burnt hamburgers....the concluding Tango. What a hoot!<br><br><strong><u>Runner-up, Season 3</u> 'The Darlings are Coming':</strong> Just edges out 'The Bed Jacket' and 'Mountain Wedding'. We're introduced to the Darling family, mountain folk who make the citizenry of Mayberry seem cosmopolitan by comparison. Bluegrass legends, the Dillards, play the stone-faced Darling Boys.<br><br><strong><u>Best episode, Season 4</u> 'My Fair Ernest T. Bass':</strong> This episode showcases Howard Morris's bizarre Ernest T. Bass character. Morris is always a stitch (or a "creech-ter") but he really shines here. Will he change his ways to win the heart of his beloved Ro-meena?<br><br><strong><u>Runner-up, Season 4</u> 'Fun Girls':</strong> Meet Daphne and Skippy, two wacky bimbos who almost come between Andy/Helen and Barney/Thelma Lou. "Oh Bernie, you're a SCREAM!!!" I believe this episode also marks the first appearance of George Lindsey as Gomer Pyle's clueless cousin Goober.<br><br><strong><u>Best episode, Season 5</u> 'Three Wishes for Opie':</strong> One of the more creative TAGS story lines. Barney is front and center again, this time dealing with the 'supernatural'....much kooky fun ensues.<br><br><strong><u>Runner-up, Season 5</u> 'Goober and the Art of Love':</strong> 'The Arrest of the Fun Girls' or 'The Education of Ernest T. Bass' are obvious choices here, but let's finish with an under-appreciated episode that packs a lot of laughs. The 'peeping Goober' scene on Helen's front porch is hilarious.</p><strong><u>Best episode, Season 6</u> 'Aunt Bee Takes A Job':</strong> No real standout episodes in the first color (and my least favorite) season of TAGS. This moderately amusing one finds Andy piecing together a puzzle regarding a counterfeiting ring that involves (gasp!) Aunt Bee. I'm not sure if there's another series episode that features Andy shooting at somebody so, if nothing else, that merits a look-see. <br><strong><u><br>Runner-up, Season 6</u> 'The Return of Barney Fife':</strong> No Barney, you can't go home again. One of only five Don Knotts appearances during the final three 'color' seasons. The magic is gone somehow as Knotts tries too hard and ends up caricaturing a caricature. This somewhat melancholy episode closes the book on the Barney-Thelma Lou romance and is largely notable for that.<br><br><strong><u>Best episode, Season 7</u> 'Dinner at Eight':</strong> How many times can Andy eat a spaghetti dinner in one evening? Only Goober knows for sure. A silly premise that amuses, mainly because of Andy's increasing ire that builds to a point where you fear he just might (as he threatens) kill Goober. Do YOU know the secret ingredient?<br><br><strong><u>Runner-up, Season 7</u> 'A Visit to Barney Fife':</strong> The one colorized episode with Don Knotts that works, though it pales in comparison to anything in seasons 1-5. An unusual non-Mayberry setting helps here as does the introduction of a goofy criminal family that adopts Barney as one of their own. A return to the tried and true 'Barney screws up, Andy bails him out and gives Barney the credit' formula that worked so well throughout the series.<br><br><strong><u>Best episode, Season 8</u> 'Howard's Main Event':</strong> Jack Dodson's Howard Sprague character is reviled by many TAGS fans, but he's kind of grown on me over the years. Kind of Mayberry's version of Charlie Brown, he's so dang sincere that his shortcomings can be forgiven. This is Howard at his best as he turns on the charm to woo Millie from the bakery then stands up to her old beau, a bully who can't seem to take no for an answer. If you don't like Howard, you'll get a hearty chuckle from the last scene in this episode.<br><br><strong><u>Runner-up, Season 8</u> 'Opie's First Love':</strong> I resisted temptation to select another Howard Sprague episode and settled on this ode to young love. Ronnie Howard's performance presages his Richie Cunningham character a few years down the road. It won't be long before he's cavorting with Ralph and Potsie, trying to score with chicks in tight sweaters on 'Happy Days'. This is the end of the innocence.........

Right here Scott. Love the show.<br>My favorite would have to be Citizen's Arrest. The Darling's episodes are always hilarious and I too like the Barney singing ones too.<br>John

"Hooow do you do mrs wiiiiley?" <br><br>
I don't think I've ever flipped channels and passed an Andy Griffith show.<br><br>
Tim

I'm an Andy Griffith guru, I have seen every episode too many times, I know all of the lines by memory. I have a complete collection on VHS. Anybody want to try and stump me? Ask me any trivia question from any of the episodes.<br><br>
My favorite episode is when drunken Otis rides a cow into town, and thinks that it is a horse. My least favorite episodes are when Helen gets mad at Andy. Usually because Barney mistakenly starts the rumor that Helen and Andy are getting married.<br><br>
BTW Helen Crump (real name Anita Corsaut) played opposite Steve McQueen in the Horror movie "The Blob" <br><br>
I also consider my self an expert on the Honeymooners, and it would be hard, or almost impossible to stump me on Honeymooner trivia.<br><br>
I watched way too much TV in my life.......I only wish that my education had stuck in mind like old TV programs do, I even remember the commercials from the 50's and 60's.<br><br>
Thanks for posting.....Michael<br><br>

I loved the one where Goober was put in charge of the Sheriff's office and his gas station cronies kept bugging him with repairs and he ended up rebuilding an entire car in the office! The black and whites were the best, once Barney left and Opie got older the magic started to leave...what chemistry!!

Hands down, my favorite episode is the one with Mr. McBeevy, the guy Opie supposedly makes up. What a great lesson in parenting and trust.

I use to love watching that show about twenty years ago. After I had seen every episode about three or four times I can't watch it anymore. I don't hate it though.

There are so many to list, but that episode where Opie kills a little bird in the<br>tree, and Andy teaches him a good lesson in life.<br><br>ANY episode where little Leon offers the Mayberrians a bite of his<br>peanut butter sandwich!<img src="http://static.yuku.com/domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif"><br><br>Just too many to list, but the above sticks out.

it's a great show.<br>The episode where Opie breaks a rose that aunt Bee had grown for a rose tournament and than gets a picture of it for aunt Bee.

"The 'peeping Goober' scene on Helen's front porch is hilarious."<br><br>"HE'S GONNA DO IT! HE'S GONNA DO IT!!! YEAH ANDAYYYYYY!!!!!"<br><br>My favorite episode featured Julie Adams as the county nurse. I could look at her all day.<br><br>I never cared for Helen, she seemed too severe to me. Andy's previous gals were all better, Miss Ellie, Miss Peggy, even that lady lawyer from Raleigh.<br><br>The show itself was a parenting handbook.<br>I think the show's creative well ran dry when they concocted storylines revolving around Howard Sprague. What were they thinking?<br>