Andy the Matchmaker (TAGS Episode)
Episode Info
Andy the Matchmaker
- S1.E7
- Filmed: 9
- Aired: 7
- Original Air Date: 1960/11/14
- Writer(s): Arthur Stander
- Director: Don Weis
Plot Summary
In the show's first try at finding a girl for Barney, the deputy is brought together with Miss Rosemary after Andy tricks him by deciding to declare for her himself.
Summary
After being humiliated by a piece of humorous graffiti, Barney decides to turn in his badge because of Mayberry's lack of any real crime. He saw Opie with the piece of chalk in his hand but Opie said that some bigger kids wrote it. Opie claims that he wasn't the one who wrote it and Andy believes him. Not because Opie is his child but because Opie can't write yet.
Unable to change Barney's mind about resigning, Andy decides to stage a robbery at Walker's Drugstore. Andy believe it will give Barney back his confidence. Andy also encourages Barney to ask out Miss Rosemary to help brighten his mood but he won't do it because he's feeling too low.
Barney ends up messing up Andy's plan by making an actual arrest in the fake robbery. While stalling for time and trying to figure out what to do, Andy runs a background check on the suspect Barney arrested and finds out he's actually a wanted man. Having captured a real crook gives Barney the confidence to ask Miss Rosemary out and stay in the lawman game.
Odd Facts Known by Few
- One of four 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, A Feud is a Feud)
- Only episode in which The Snappy Lunch is mentioned by name (at 22:02 into the episode).
- Actor Jack Mann started his career as a stand up comic.
Character List
- Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
- Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
- Don Knotts - Barney Fife
- Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
- Elinor Donahue - Ellie Walker
- Jack Mann - Tracy Crawford
- Amzie Strickland - Miss Rosemary
