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* This episode features a continuity error. When Gomer puts gas into the gold truck through the gun port, some of it splashes on Barney's pants leg. Less than a minute later, Barney leans down to examine a box with the "gold" in it and his pants are perfectly dry.
 
* This episode features a continuity error. When Gomer puts gas into the gold truck through the gun port, some of it splashes on Barney's pants leg. Less than a minute later, Barney leans down to examine a box with the "gold" in it and his pants are perfectly dry.
 
* This episode features the only appearance of Regis, played by Doodles Weaver, uncle of actress Sigourney Weaver. Doodles appeared in season two's "Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter" as George Bricker, the postman.
 
* This episode features the only appearance of Regis, played by Doodles Weaver, uncle of actress Sigourney Weaver. Doodles appeared in season two's "Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter" as George Bricker, the postman.
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* Notice when Opie first comes into the courthouse, the two men are different actors then originally (Rance Howard has been replaced).  I'm assuming that they needed a shot of Opie entering and Rance was not available.
  
 
== Character List ==
 
== Character List ==

Revision as of 17:39, 18 September 2008

Episode Info

A Black Day for Mayberry

  • Filmed: 102
  • Aired: 102
  • Original Air Date: 1963/11/11
  • Writer(s): John Whedon
  • Director: Jeffrey Hayden

Plot Summary

A top-secret gold shipment from the Denver Mint to Fort Knox is scheduled to make a stop in Mayberry, and only Andy and Barney know about it. It turns out Barney can't keep a secret and everybody in town knows about the gold. The top secret shipment is greeted with a carnival-like reception and Barney almost blows another secret when he discovers the gold is gone. What Barney did not know was that, at the last minute, the real shipment was diverted and the truck was a decoy.

Odd Facts Known by Few

  • This episode features a continuity error. When Gomer puts gas into the gold truck through the gun port, some of it splashes on Barney's pants leg. Less than a minute later, Barney leans down to examine a box with the "gold" in it and his pants are perfectly dry.
  • This episode features the only appearance of Regis, played by Doodles Weaver, uncle of actress Sigourney Weaver. Doodles appeared in season two's "Aunt Bee's Brief Encounter" as George Bricker, the postman.
  • Notice when Opie first comes into the courthouse, the two men are different actors then originally (Rance Howard has been replaced). I'm assuming that they needed a shot of Opie entering and Rance was not available.

Character List

  • Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
  • Don Knotts - Barney Fife
  • Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
  • Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
  • Jim Nabors - Gomer Pyle
  • Rance Howard - treasury agent
  • Clint Howard - Leon
  • Ken Lynch - FBI agent
  • Joe Hamilton - spectator
  • Roy Engel - spectator
  • Charles P. Thompson - Asa
  • Doodles Weaver - Regis
  • Phil Arnold - hot dog vendor
  • Alex Barringer - young boy on street
  • Leslie Barringer - young boy on street
  • Ronda Jeter - crowd member