Statue, The (TAGS Episode)
Episode Info
The Statue
- Filmed: 208
- Aired: 212
- Original Air Date: 1967/02/20
- Writer(s): Fred S. Fox
- Director: Lee Phillips
Plot Summary
The Mayberry Civic Improvement Committee entertains ideas on how to spend the $1,200 it has in its treasury. The members decide to erect a statue to the town's greatest benefactor, Seth Taylor, Andy's great-great-grandfather. After the monument is built, Andy learns that Seth was nothing more than a selfish swindler. There is a bright side, however: if it wasn't for Seth's profiteering, Mayberry might have become a busy, crime-ridden place like Mount Pilot.
Odd Facts Known by Few
- Daniel Lawson was Mayberry's first Indian Agent when he started a trading post that grew to a township of 1800. (Mayberry's population at some point was 1800 but we know Mayberry was around before the Civil War so when the population was 1800 isn't known.)
- Actor Dal McKennon appeared in the Elvis movie "Clambake".
Character List
- Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
- Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
- Jack Dodson - Howard Sprague
- George Lindsey - Goober Pyle
- Howard McNear - Floyd Lawson
- Hope Summers - Clara Edwards
- George Cisar - Cyrus Tankersley
- Dal McKennon - Brian Jackson
- Richard Collier - Mr. Simmons