My Friend, the Mayor 

Paul Hartman (Emmett Clark), Don Knotts (Barney Fife) and George Lindsay (Goober Pyle) all reprising their famous Andy Griffith Show roles. Andy Sawyer's three friends, Goober, Emmett, and ... See full summary »

Director:

Lee Philips

Writer:

Aaron Ruben

Stars:

Andy Griffith, Lee Meriwether, Ann Morgan Guilbert

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Andy Griffith	...	Andy Sawyer
Lee Meriwether	...	Lee Sawyer
Ann Morgan Guilbert	...	Nora
Lori Rutherford	...	Lori Sawyer
Marty McCall	...	T.J. Sawyer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Glen Ash	...	Buff MacKnight
Paul Hartman	...	Emmett Clark
Don Knotts	...	Barney Fife
George Lindsey	...	Goober Pyle

Storyline

Paul Hartman (Emmett Clark), Don Knotts (Barney Fife) and George Lindsay (Goober Pyle) all reprising their famous Andy Griffith Show roles. Andy Sawyer's three friends, Goober, Emmett, and Barney, come to visit from out of town to welcome Andy back to Greenwood however that is not their sole reason for coming. Emmett and Goober along with Buff MacKnight (new character played by Glen Ash) all have ideas of expanding their one store business into a chain on a site up for re-zoning. Barney has the same idea opening a restaurant believing that he has state wide celebrity status and his famous name will entice the general public to eat at a restaurant he wants to build on that site. While each has the same idea, each decides to keep it from the other three to use the power of bribery, friendship and Andy's new position as mayor to persuade the town council to accept their bid. After subtly warning each of them that there may be other bidders, he is put in a less than ideal position to ...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The character played by Don Knotts, apparently "Barney Fife" from the old show, is never addressed or referred to by any name, even though he calls Andy by the nickname "Ange" just like Barney did in the first Andy Griffith Show. The closest anyone comes is when Andy's young son just says he's Andy's "old friend".

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Connections

References The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 January 1971 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ADA Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1