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== Episode Info ==
 
== Episode Info ==
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'''<big>The Horse Trader</big>'''
*'''Filmed:''' <Filmed Order>
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*'''Filmed:''' 14
*'''Aired:''' <Aired Order>
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*'''Aired:''' 14
*'''Original Air Date:''' 1960/10/03
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*'''Original Air Date:''' 1961/01/09
*'''Writer(s):''' <List the writer(s)>
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*'''Writer(s):''' Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart
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*'''Director:''' Bob Sweeney
  
 
==Plot Summary==
 
==Plot Summary==
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Andy proves fallible when he cons a traveling antique dealer into buying the town's old cannon with a fabulously fictional story of the cannon's glorious past. Opie follows his father's example and cons a friend of his into trading roller skates for some "licorice seeds" that Opie got in a bad trade for his cap pistol. Andy, again seeing his own actions mirrored by his son, turns around and makes ammends for his bad dealings.
  
  
== Odd Facts Know by Few ==
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== Odd Facts Known by Few ==
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* The cannon that is hauled away in this episode and is returned to the city as a gift in the epilogue is seen in Mayberry years later in a fifth season episode [[Cannon, The (TAGS Episode) |The Cannon]]. The most likely reason being that writer Jack Elinson wrote both episodes.
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* Actor Casey Adams was also known as Max Showalter. He played the part of "Ward Cleaver" in the pilot episode of "Leave It To Beaver".
  
 
== Character List ==
 
== Character List ==
* Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
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* Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
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* Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
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* Don Knotts - Barney Fife
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* Elinor Donahue - Ellie Walker
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* Dick Elliott - Mayor Pike
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* Casey Adams - Ralph Mason
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* Pearl Cooper - council member
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* Spec O'Donald - council member
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[[Category:The_Andy_Griffith_Show_Episodes]]

Latest revision as of 03:27, 18 April 2008

Episode Info

The Horse Trader

  • Filmed: 14
  • Aired: 14
  • Original Air Date: 1961/01/09
  • Writer(s): Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart
  • Director: Bob Sweeney

Plot Summary

Andy proves fallible when he cons a traveling antique dealer into buying the town's old cannon with a fabulously fictional story of the cannon's glorious past. Opie follows his father's example and cons a friend of his into trading roller skates for some "licorice seeds" that Opie got in a bad trade for his cap pistol. Andy, again seeing his own actions mirrored by his son, turns around and makes ammends for his bad dealings.


Odd Facts Known by Few

  • The cannon that is hauled away in this episode and is returned to the city as a gift in the epilogue is seen in Mayberry years later in a fifth season episode The Cannon. The most likely reason being that writer Jack Elinson wrote both episodes.
  • Actor Casey Adams was also known as Max Showalter. He played the part of "Ward Cleaver" in the pilot episode of "Leave It To Beaver".

Character List

  • Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
  • Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
  • Don Knotts - Barney Fife
  • Elinor Donahue - Ellie Walker
  • Dick Elliott - Mayor Pike
  • Casey Adams - Ralph Mason
  • Pearl Cooper - council member
  • Spec O'Donald - council member