Andy needs someone to stay at the courthouse while he's at a conference. Barney is out of town and all other prospects are unable to help. Goober offers and against his better judgment Andy agrees .
The conference centers on traffic safety and Andy meets with the Sheriff and deputy who are interested in making traffic safety a priority.
Back at the courthouse Goober is still in demand as a auto mechanic. He actually seems like a savant when it comes to cars . Nothing else! He takes a car apart in the courthouse! He also puts it back together. Andy returns to find the car still in the courthouse and panics when Aunt Bee tells him the men he met at the conference are dropping by to see him. He tries to dismantle the car but they walk in . Initially surprised they end up thinking it's a fine idea! Putting the traffic safety campaign into immediate effect! Have people been stopping by to see it they ask? Goober replied nonstop! They also ask him to do the same for them.
So it all works out. Yes not something you want everyday but it ends up ok and made things interesting.
So my problem with the episode is something that is getting too common on TAGS. Andy's irritability is not funny. He's no Fred Mertz! There is a way to be a grouch or easily irritated and make it funny. Many can do it Andy Griffith couldn't. He did many things well but not that although he did it better on Matlock . He also at the end holds a rifle on Goober ordering him to take the car apart . I doubt that would have been funny even back then .
The conference centers on traffic safety and Andy meets with the Sheriff and deputy who are interested in making traffic safety a priority.
Back at the courthouse Goober is still in demand as a auto mechanic. He actually seems like a savant when it comes to cars . Nothing else! He takes a car apart in the courthouse! He also puts it back together. Andy returns to find the car still in the courthouse and panics when Aunt Bee tells him the men he met at the conference are dropping by to see him. He tries to dismantle the car but they walk in . Initially surprised they end up thinking it's a fine idea! Putting the traffic safety campaign into immediate effect! Have people been stopping by to see it they ask? Goober replied nonstop! They also ask him to do the same for them.
So it all works out. Yes not something you want everyday but it ends up ok and made things interesting.
So my problem with the episode is something that is getting too common on TAGS. Andy's irritability is not funny. He's no Fred Mertz! There is a way to be a grouch or easily irritated and make it funny. Many can do it Andy Griffith couldn't. He did many things well but not that although he did it better on Matlock . He also at the end holds a rifle on Goober ordering him to take the car apart . I doubt that would have been funny even back then .