
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 tries to win a birthday present for his father at a carnival shooting gallery without knowing that it is a scam.
A carnival's destitute banjo player is hired to take Barney's place.
Opie meets Arnold Winkler, a spoiled kid who teaches him how to manipulate Andy into increasing his allowance by throwing tantrums.
Opie gets a part-time job in a grocery store but gives it up because another boy needs the job more.