Guitar Player, The (TAGS Episode)

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Episode Info

The Guitar Player

  • Filmed: 3
  • Aired: 3
  • Original Air Date: 1960/10/17
  • Writer(s): Jack Elinson and Charles Stewart
  • Director: Don Weis

Plot Summary

Andy helps local guitar player Jim Lindsey find a job with "Bobby Fleet and His Band with a Beat." When Fleet's band arrives for a lunch stop in Mayberry, Andy arrests them for a parking violation and forces them to listen to Lindsey while jailed in the courthouse.

Odd Facts Known by Few

  • James Best, Jim Lindsey on this episode, is a painter. He creates many oil paintings and has his own website.

Character List

  • Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
  • Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
  • Don Knotts - Barney Fife
  • Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
  • Jonathan Hole - Orville Monroe
  • Connie Van - waitress
  • Dub Taylor - Talbot, the postman
  • Henry Slate - Bobby Fleet
  • James Best - Jim Lindsey