
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.

Andy's diplomacy and modern engineering techniques are required to upgrade the music of the town choir.

To celebrate Founder's Day, Andy and Barney decide to choose a stranger at random to be Mayberry's Guest of Honor. Unbeknownst to them, the person they have chosen turns out to be a pickpocket.

Andy uses his wits to help a struggling salesman, despite strong pressure to put him out of business.

With the courthouse full of moonshiners, Otis has to serve his jail time for public intoxication at the Taylor house under the supervision of Aunt Bee.