Andy Discover's America is one of the best episodes of the series, among many as good or better. What is interesting to me is that early in the episode Andy tells Opie and Barney that he was never good in history and then rattles off a pretty well informed historical incident later in the episode concerning Paul Revere to get the boys interested history. Nitpicking I know...
I also agree with an earlier review concerning Helen Crump's tongue lashing of Andy. Definitely a bit over the top, but I suppose Aneta Corsaut was going for broke. Apparently this was intended to be a one time appearance but the producers liked her performance so much that she remained in the show for the rest of its run.
Review of Andy Discovers America
