
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 takes on the job of raising three baby birds after he accidentally kills the mother bird and learns important life lessons along the way.

Barney lets it slip that a top-secret shipment of gold will make its way through Mayberry on the way to Fort Knox. Everyone in town soon knows about the gold and welcomes it with a carnival-like reception.

Opie gets straight A's on his report card, much to Andy's delight. But when Opie finds out that his teacher made an error, he cannot figure out how to tell the truth without disappointing his father.

Andy and Barney look forward to seeing their high-school sweethearts at the Mayberry Class of '45 reunion.