Stranger in Town (TAGS Episode)

Episode Info

Stranger in Town

• Filmed: 10
• Aired: 12
• Original Air Date: 1960/12/26
• Writer(s): Arthur Stander
• Director: Don Weis

Plot Summary

Ed Sawyer, a mysterious stranger, arrives in Mayberry and puts the entire town on edge when he displays an eerie familiarity with the town's people, places, and things. Andy finally confronts Sawyer and learns that he is neither a foreign spy nor a spook, but only a man without a home.

Odd Facts Know by Few

• This is the first episode in which Floyd the barber appears and he was played by a Walter Baldwin rather than the more familiar Howard McNear. His last name is neither mentioned nor shown. "Floyd's BARBER SHOP" is painted in the lower left corner of the front window of his shop.

Character List

• Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
• Walter Baldwin - Floyd