1. THE NEW HOUSEKEEPER
Air Date: 10-03-63.
Andy and Opie make room in their home (and hearts) for a new housekeeper: Andy's Aunt Bee.
*Look For: Photo of Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier) as a young woman hanging to the right of the kitchen door.
*Factoid: Opie mentions his dog Gulliver. As a boy, Ron Howard had a dog named Gulliver.

2. THE MANHUNT
Air Date: 10-10-60.
The state police ask Andy and Barney to step aside while they search for an escaped convict in Mayberry.
*Look For: The only appearance of Barney's Mother, played by Lillian Culver. Otis Campbell in the Mayberry choir.

3. THE GUITAR PLAYER
Air Date: 10-17-60.
Andy schemes to help a young local guitarist (James Best).
*Factoid: James Best would go on to play Sheriff Coltrane in "The Dukes of Hazzard" among many other guest-starring roles in TV and film.

4. ELLIE COMES TO TOWN
Air Date: 10-24-60.
Andy is smitten by Mayberry's new "pharmacy gal"--Miss Ellie Walker (Elinor Donahue).
*Look For: Barney reciting the "sheriff's rules" to Andy and Ellie and Opie making faces at each other in the drugstore window.

5. IRRESISTIBLE ANDY
Air Date: 10-31-60.
Andy comes to believe that Ellie is a "deadly female hunter" out to marry him.
*Look For: Barney wears his signature "salt & pepper" suit for the first time in this episode.

6. RUNAWAY KID
Air Date: 11-07-60.
Opie befriends an eight-year-old runaway.

7. ANDY THE MATCHMAKER
Air Date: 11-14-60.
Andy, trying to lift Barney's spirits, stages a minor robbery and tries to match his deputy with a shy seamstress.
*Factoid: The Snappy Lunch (mentioned in this episode) was actually one of Andy's favorite eating spots when he was in High School.

8. OPIE'S CHARITY
Air Date: 11-28-60.
Andy becomes upset when Opie contributes a measly three cents to the Underprivileged Children's drive.

9. A FEUD IS A FEUD
Air Date: 12-05-60.
Andy strives to end a long-running feud between two neighboring families.
*Look For: Andy wearing a night-cap to bed.

10. ELLIE FOR COUNCIL
Air Date: 12-1260.
Ellie's decision to run for town council sparks a battle of the sexes.
*Look For: Mary Treen as Sam's unnamed wife. She played Andy's housekeeper, Rose, in the first episode.

11. CHRISTMAS STORY
Air Date: 12-1960.
A modern-day Scrooge (businessman Ben Weaver) causes trouble on Christmas Eve.
*Factoid: This was the only Christmas episode and the first directed by Bob Sweeney.
*Blooper: Andy incorrectly reads a letter from the Hubacher Brothers as "Merry Christmas" instead of "Greetings" from State Prison.

12. STRANGER IN TOWN
Air Date: 12-2660.
Mayberrians (especially Barney) become suspicious of a stranger who seems to possess knowledge about everyone.
*Look For: Walter Baldwin, making his only appearance as Floyd the Barber before Howard McNear assumed the role.

13. MAYBERRY GOES HOLLYWOOD
Air Date: 01-0261.
Almost everyone puts on airs when a Hollywood film crew decides to use Mayberry as the backdrop for a movie.
*Look For: The town council is all men. Ellie must have lost her bid in episode #12.

14. THE HORSE TRADER
Air Date: 01-0961.
Ignoring his own advice to Opie, Andy plays fast and loose with the facts when trying to sell the old town cannon.
*Look For: Lucille Ball on the cover of TV Guide on the magazine rack at Walker's Drug Store.

15. THOSE GOSSIPIN' MEN
Air Date: 01-1661.
After Andy teases the fairer sex about gossiping, Aunt Bee pulls a prank to prove that men are gossips, too.
*Look For: Lucille Ball on the cover of TV Guide on the magazine rack at Walker's Drug Store, again!

16. THE BEAUTY CONTEST
Air Date: 01-2361.
Andy is chosen to be the sole judge of a local beauty pageant. The entrants include Floyd's niece, the mayor's daughter and Ellie Walker.
*Look For: Floyd Singing, "Hail to Thee, Miss Mayberry".

17. ALCOHOL AND OLD LACE
Air Date: 01-3061.
Andy and Barney, on a still-smashing spree, are surprised when a trail leads them to two spinster sisters.
*Look For: Barney eating "spiked" preserves on toast.

18. ANDY THE MARRIAGE COUNSELOR
Air Date: 02-1061.
Andy counsels a Mayberry couple who are constantly bickering with each other
*Guest Star: Fred Boone is played by veteran actor, Jesse White, best known as the Maytag repairman.

19. MAYBERRY ON RECORD
Air Date: 02-1361.
Andy becomes suspicious when a record promoter comes to town to gather material for a folk music album
*Guest Star: Hugh Marlowe, who played Ellery Queen on TV during the 50s, plays Mr. Maxwell. Best known as Jim Matthews on the soap, Another World.

20. ANDY SAVES BARNEY'S MORALE
Air Date: 02-2061.
Barney's overzealous policing enrages the people of Mayberry.
*Listen For: "The Manhunt" music is played at the end of this episode. It's in this episode that it becomes "Barney's Theme".

21. ANDY AND THE GENTLEMAN CROOK
Air Date: 02-2761.
An infamous con artist, held temporarily in Mayberry, manages to enchant everyone except Andy.
*Look For: Andy tells Opie and Barney his own version of "Jack and the Beanstalk".

22. CYRANO ANDY
Air Date: 03-0661.
Andy tries to help Barney express his lovestruck feelings for Thelma Lou
*Dont Miss: "Cassanova" Barney's seduction of Ellie.

23. ANDY AND OPIE, HOUSEKEEPERS
Air Date: 03-1361.
Andy and Opie go to great lengths to show Aunt Bee what a mess they'd be without her.
*Look For: Hope Summers makes her first appearance as neighbor, Bertha Edwards. She will ultimately return as Bee's friend, Clara Edwards.

24. THE NEW DOCTOR
Air Date: 03-2761.
A handsome new doctor arouses suspicion in Aunt Bee and Barney and jealousy in Andy.

25. A PLAQUE FOR MAYBERRY
Air Date: 04-03-61.
Mayor Pike (Dick Elliott) and the townspeople are shocked to discover that the last living descendant of Revolutionary War hero, Nathan Tibbs, is Mayberry's town drunk, Otis Campbell.
*Dont Miss: "The Barney Fife Peter Piper Nose-pinching Test for Drunks."
*Look For: The actresses who play Mrs. Bixby (Isabel Randolph) and Mrs. Harriett Wicks (Carol Veazie) both appeared at different times on the Dick Van Dyke show as Laura Petrie's mother.

26. THE INSPECTOR
Air Date: 04-10-61.
A by-the-book courthouse inspector condemns Andy and Barney's lack of proper procedure while Andy deals with a local bootlegger.
*Dont Miss: Barney plays checkers with himself.

27. ELLIE SAVES A FEMALE
Air Date: 04-17-61.
Ellie encourages and helps a female farmhand to express her femininity.
*Dont Miss: See what happens when Ellie sprays "Midnight Madness" perfume on Andy.

28. ANDY FORECLOSES
Air Date: 04-24-61.
Grumpy businessman Ben Weaver insists that Andy foreclose on a down-on-his-luck neighbor.
*Dont Miss: Barney's attempt to sell an old suit at the rummage sale.
*Look For: The Scobey family is played by the same actors who played The Muggins family in the Christmas episode.

29. QUIET SAM
Air Date: 05-01-61.
Barney is suspicious that Mayberry's mysterious new farmer (William Schallert) is up to no good and growing marijuana. He's shocked to find out what's really going on at Sam Becker's farm.
*Guest Star: William Schallert played Patty Duke's father in "The Patty Duke Show" in addition to a variety of other television and film roles.
*Factoid: This was the first episode by the prolific writing team of Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum.

30. BARNEY GETS HIS MAN
Air Date: 05-08-61.
An escaped convict vows revenge on the man who sent him back to prison--Barney Fife.
*Dont Miss: The hilarious scene where Barney uses his "body as a weapon" to capture the crook.

31. THE GUITAR PLAYER RETURNS
Air Date: 05-15-61.
Mayberry guitarist Jim Lindsey (James Best), a success as a solo artist, returns to a hero's welcome. However, Andy suspects trouble.

32. BRINGING UP OPIE
Air Date: 05-22-61.
Aunt Bee, believing that the jailhouse environment is adversely affecting Opie, forbids the lad to spend time at the courthouse.
*Listen For: Background music by Earle Hagen and crew during the "kick the can" sequence.