Barney is sure a gun duel is in the offing when an ex-con comes to town.

Barney puts a ticket on the governor's car and refuses to tear it up.

When a new boy moves into town, Opie must either learn how to box or lose the respect of his peers.

Barney sets out to prove that Opie's piggy bank is safer than the Mayberry bank.

Andy goes to great lengths to get Aunt Bee the bed jacket she wants for her birthday.

Three female escaped convicts imprison Barney and Floyd in a remote cabin.

Opie becomes jealous when his father appears to be paying special attention to a girl.

The local barber misrepresents his worldly goods to a wealthy widow who decides to visit him.

Andy and Opie face the difficult problem of helping an old milk-wagon horse find contentment in retirement.

Helen writes a children's book that is accepted for publication.

The Taylors find out that their heroic ancestor, immortalized in a statue, was actually a crook.

Floyd decides to give up his Mayberry barbershop when Howard buys the building and raises the rent.

Mayberry fears disaster when Andy discovers a farmer's goat has eaten a meal of dynamite.

A high-powered businessman's car breaks down in low-powered Mayberry.

The Mayberry band, which has more flats than sharps, gets ready for its annual trip to the state band competition.

Barney loses his self-confidence when two farmers ignore his warning.

Peggy McMillan breaks a date with Andy and Barney tries to console him.

When Aunt Bee goes away for a visit, Andy and Opie discover the problems of bachelorhood.

The new mayor of Mayberry is critical of Andy's work as sheriff.

Peggy McMillan and Andy get along fine until he learns her father is rich.

When Opie starts talking about Mr. McBeevee, Andy and Barney suspect he has an imaginary friend.

Mayberry native Gomer Pyle joins the U.S. Marine Corps and is stationed at Camp Henderson, Calif., reporting to drill sergeant Vince Carter.

Considered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives Rob Petrie, a writer on the fictional Alan Brady Show. He's happily married to former dancer Laura, and they have a young son, Ritchie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work -- where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley -- or at home.

A nightclub entertainer has his hands full trying to balance career and family.