
Andy Taylor is the widower sheriff of the small, sleepy North Carolina town of Mayberry. Andy and son Opie live with Aunt Bee, who takes care of the family. Andy's deputy is his bumbling but neurotically hilarious cousin, Barney Fife. Among Andy's Mayberry friends is the town's resident barber, Floyd.

Opie's friendship with an athletically superior girl blossoms when she follows the advice of an older female.

Goober blackballs county clerk Howard when he applies for membership in the Mayberry men's lodge.

The Mayberry barbershop quartet loses its tenor on the eve of its singing contest.

Andy umpires a crucial junior baseball game and when one of his decisions loses the game for Mayberry, he becomes the town pariah.