
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.

Barney is on the spot when he gets Andy to let him use the Taylor home for an East-West summit meeting.

Aunt Bee hires Mr Wheeler, an itinerant handyman, to help around the Taylor home. She has taken a liking to him, but Andy discovers that he is actually a freeloader.

Goober tries to impress an old friend from mechanics school by claiming to own a chain of gas stations.

Andy accepts a friend's offer to join an exclusive club and brings along Barney, who makes a fool of himself by putting on airs. Andy soon learns that only he has been selected for membership.