Ellie Comes to Town (TAGS Episode)

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Episode Info

Ellie Comes to Town

  • Filmed: 6
  • Aired: 4
  • Original Air Date: 1960/10/24
  • Writer(s): Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart
  • Director: Don Weis

Plot Summary

The first outsider to move to town, Ellie May Walker, Ph.G(Pharmacy Gal), arrives to help her uncle at Walker's Drug Store. Before long she is faced with adapting to Mayberry ways after refusing to sell Emma Brand , the town hypochondriac, sugar pills.

Odd Facts Known by Few

  • According to her diploma, Ellie graduated from Bernard College.
  • One of three episodes in which the Mayberry patrol car had the tag number DC-269 rather than the usual license plate JL-327. ( Opie's Charity, Ellie Comes to Town, Andy the Matchmaker)
  • This episode marks the first time Barney asks Andy to hold the book on him while he tries to recite something he says he has memorized. Of course Barney can't even remember the first word, much less the rest of it, and his tortured looks and mannerisms as he tries to remember make for a funny scene.

Character List

  • Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
  • Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
  • Don Knotts - Barney Fife
  • Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
  • Elinor Donahue - Ellie Walker
  • Cheerio Meredith - Emma Brand