The Andy Griffith Show — Season 3
The Andy Griffith Show

Season 3

32 episodes· 13 h 20 minOctober 1, 1962

All episodes — Season 3

  1. S3 E1

    Mr. McBeevee

    Oct 1, 196225 min

    Opie tells Andy about his new friend Mr. McBeevee, who Andy believes to be a figment of Opie's imagination. But when Andy begins to suspect Opie is using his new-found friend as an excuse to lie, he decides to set the record straight and pr

  2. S3 E2

    Andy's Rich Girlfriend

    Oct 8, 196225 min

    Andy discovers Peggy comes from a wealthy family and starts to feel like he is unable to provide the kind of sophisticated company she is used to. He decides to stop seeing her and abruptly breaks it off, but without getting Peggy's Side of

  3. S3 E3

    Andy and the New Mayor

    Oct 15, 196225 min

    There is a new mayor in town who is immediately put off by Andy's laid back management style. When Andy lets a prisoner out of jail for a few days so he can harvest crops, he finds his job is suddenly on the line, especially when the prison

  4. S3 E4

    Andy and Opie, Bachelors

    Oct 22, 196225 min

    Given Andy's habit of burning meals, Aunt Bee asks Peggy to look in on Andy and Opie while she's away visiting her aunt. When word gets around town, however, Andy is told Peggy's cooking may be her way of buttering him up to the idea of mar

  5. S3 E5

    The Cow Thief

    Oct 29, 196225 min

    Two cows suddenly go missing in Mayberry and Mayor Stoner has decided to bring in a professional investigator to solve the crime. The investigator's conclusion goes along with what the rest of the town already suspects, but Andy has his own

  6. S3 E6

    Barney Mends a Broken Heart

    Nov 5, 196225 min

    When Andy and Peggy must break a date, Barney mistakenly sees this as the end of their relationship. He decides to play matchmaker to help Andy mend his broken heart, with disastrous results.

  7. S3 E7

    Lawman Barney

    Nov 12, 196225 min

    Barney loses his self-confidence when two unlawful bullies laugh off his attempt to run them out of town. Andy tells them Barney is actually a trigger-happy lawman out for vengeance, but the bullies quickly see through the ruse and Barney n

  8. S3 E8

    The Mayberry Band

    Nov 19, 196225 min

    When Mayor Stoner decides not to cover the expense of sending the Mayberry Marching Band to their annual competition in Raleigh because he thinks they're terrible, Andy helps out by having a few of his friends from "Freddy Fleet And His Ban

  9. S3 E9

    Floyd the Gay Deceiver

    Nov 26, 196225 min

    Floyd comes to Andy for help after telling his pen pal Ms. Grayson that he is wealthy and finding out she is coming for a visit. Andy helps Floyd keep up the appearance of wealth while she's in town and in the process learns just how deceiv

  10. S3 E10

    Opie's Rival

    Dec 3, 19625.825 min

    When Andy starts seeing Peggy MacMillan, Opie feels like she's become more important to Andy than he is. He decides to sabotage Andy's dates and break them up and nearly succeeds, until Andy finds out.

  11. S3 E11

    Convicts-at-Large

    Dec 10, 196225 min

    Barney and Floyd stumble upon a cabin in the woods where three dangerous female convicts are hiding out. They are taken prisoner and it's Andy to the rescue when he manages to capture two of them. But it's up to Barney to get the third usin

  12. S3 E12

    The Bed Jacket

    Dec 17, 196225 min

    With Aunt Bee's birthday fast approaching, she begins dropping hints about the pale blue bed jacket she's been eyeing in the store window. When Andy doesn't catch on and buys the jacket for Mayor Stoner's wife instead, she is crushed. Now t

  13. S3 E13

    The Bank Job

    Dec 24, 196225 min

    Barney becomes convinced the Mayberry bank is ripe for a robbery and tries to prove his point by staging a fake one. When he discovers a weak spot in the security system, he unknowing relays this information to a couple of actual robbers.

  14. S3 E14

    One-Punch Opie

    Dec 31, 196225 min

    A new boy named Quincy moves into town and starts getting Opie and his friends into trouble. When Opie is dared to break a streetlight, he refuses and is teased mercilessly. Andy tries to help by telling the boy's parents, but Opie sees tha

  15. S3 E15

    Barney and the Governor

    Jan 7, 196325 min

    Barney believes his job is on the line when he accidentally gives the governor's car a parking ticket. When he learns the governor is coming to town to see him about it, his nervousness causes him to drink cup after cup of water from the wa

  16. S3 E16

    Man in a Hurry

    Jan 14, 196325 min

    Malcolm Tucker, a business tycoon from Charlotte, has the unfortunate luck of having his car break down in Mayberry on a Sunday. Now he's willing to do just about anything to be on his way, including stealing Gomer's truck. Andy invites the

  17. S3 E17

    High Noon in Mayberry

    Jan 21, 196325 min

    Andy gets a letter from a criminal he had wounded years before and learns the man is coming to Mayberry to see him. Barney becomes convinced the man wants revenge and enlists Gomer and Otis to secretly protect Andy, which ends up wreaking m

  18. S3 E18

    The Loaded Goat

    Jan 28, 196325 min

    Cy Hudgins has a pet goat with a taste for dynamite and Andy and Barney are forced to put it in a padded cell until the danger "passes." But when Otis unknowingly lets their new prisoner out, it's up to Barney and his harmonica to safely le

  19. S3 E19

    Class Reunion

    Feb 4, 196325 min

    Andy and Barney reminisce about old flames and decide to throw a class reunion. When the big night finally comes, they both find they have a lot to learn about how much things have -- and have not -- changed.

  20. S3 E20

    Rafe Hollister Sings

    Feb 11, 196325 min

    Rafe Hollister stops by the auditions for the Ladies League Musicale and shocks everyone with his beautiful voice. But Mayor Stoner and Mrs. Jeffries are aghast at his shabby appearance so Andy and Barney decide to give him a makeover, desp

  21. S3 E21

    Opie and the Spoiled Kid

    Feb 18, 196325 min

    Opie's new friend Arnold is a spoiled brat used to getting his own way. He convinces Opie to try and get a raise in his allowance by throwing a temper tantrum, showing Andy that he must teach Arnold's father the importance of discipline bef

  22. S3 E22

    The Great Filling Station Robbery

    Feb 25, 196325 min

    Andy suggests to Gomer that he hire a troubled young man named Jimmy to help out at Wally's gas station. But everyone soon suspects Jimmy of being a thief after valuable items start disappearing from the station. Andy believes Jimmy is inno

  23. S3 E23

    Andy Discovers America

    Mar 4, 196325 min

    Opie complains to Andy about how his new history teacher Ms. Crump is a mean old woman who likes to assign extra homework. Andy tells Opie it's not important if he doesn't know every answer, which leaves Opie believing history isn't importa

  24. S3 E24

    Aunt Bee's Medicine Man

    Mar 11, 196325 min

    Aunt Bee becomes depressed about her age and falls for the charms of Colonel Harvey, a traveling medicine man selling a magic elixir to restore her youth. By the time Andy and Barney discover the secret behind the elixir, they find he has g

  25. S3 E25

    The Darlings Are Coming

    Mar 18, 196325 min

    A family of musicians who live in the mountains descend on Mayberry to await the arrival of their daughter Charlene's fiancee. When Andy tries to help by putting them up in the courthouse, he gets more than he bargained for when Charlene su

  26. S3 E26

    Andy's English Valet

    Mar 25, 196325 min

    A tourist from England causes a traffic accident and finds himself unable to pay the damages, so Andy decides to let the man pay it off by being his valet. But it's not long before Andy finds his laid-back small-town lifestyle clashing with

  27. S3 E27

    Barney's First Car

    Apr 1, 196325 min

    Barney learns that the car he's spent his life savings on is a lemon, and the little old lady he bought it from may have put one over on him. When Barney and Andy set out to return the car and arrest her, however, they find the hardest part

  28. S3 E28

    The Rivals

    Apr 8, 196325 min

    Opie develops a case of puppy love for a girl in his class, but is crushed to find she isn't interested. Barney tries to lift his spirits by letting Opie hang out with him and Thelma Lou awhile. It works great, until Opie forgets his crush

  29. S3 E29

    A Wife for Andy

    Apr 15, 196325 min

    Barney believes it's time for Andy to get married and sets Andy up with Opie's teacher, Ms. Crump. When Barney decides she's not right for him, he tries to set up a party for Andy to meet all the other eligible ladies of Mayberry. But Andy

  30. S3 E30

    Dogs, Dogs, Dogs

    Apr 22, 196325 min

    A pack of stray hunting dogs descends upon Mayberry at the same time that a state investigator has come to review Andy's request for more funds for the jail. Barney and Opie decide to bring the dogs to the courthouse to shelter them from a

  31. S3 E31

    Mountain Wedding

    Apr 29, 196325 min

    The Darling clan is back and this time need Andy's help to wed their daughter Charlene to Dud Walsh before crazy old Ernest T. Bass makes good on his threats to kidnap her and take her for his own. Andy sets Barney up as a decoy bride while

  32. S3 E32

    The Big House

    May 6, 196325 min

    Andy is told to keep two big-time bandits in his jail until detectives from Tennessee come to get them. Knowing that the bandit's friends will try to break them out, Barney spots two suspicious men outside the jail and promptly arrests them