Lodge, The (TAGS Episode)

Episode Info

The Lodge

• Filmed: 192
• Aired: 191
• Original Air Date: 1966/09/19
• Writer(s): Jim Parker and Arnold Margolin
• Director: Lee Phillips

Plot Summary

Andy puts Howard up for membership in the Regal Order of the Golden Door to Good Fellowship, a private Mayberry men's club. When the members vote, Goober blackballs him, thinking he is doing Howard a favor. As it turns out, Goober was told by Howard's domineering mother that Howard's father came to a ruinous end because of a weakness he had for playing cards. When Goober learns that Howard's mother was lying, the club votes again and Howard is elected unanimously.

Odd Facts Known by Few

• Mabel Albertson went on to play another overbearing tv mom to Darrin Stevens on "Bewitched".
• Actor Ralph Rose died in 1997, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
• The password at the Regal Order of the Golden Door to Good Fellowship is Geronimo.

Character List

• Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
• Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
• Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
• Howard McNear - Floyd Lawson
• Jack Dodson - Howard Sprague
• George Lindsey - Goober Pyle
• Burt Mustin - Burt/Jud
• Sam Edwards - Tom Bedlow
• Mabel Albertson - Mrs. Sprague
• George Cisar - Cyrus Tankersley
• Ralph Rose - Clete