
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 orders Gomer and Otis to keep watch on Andy when an ex-con Andy sent to prison many years before returns to Mayberry.

Andy and Barney must figure out a way to prevent a farmer's goat who has eaten a load of dynamite from blowing up Mayberry.

Helen gets jealous when Andy's very attractive cousin Gloria stays with the Taylors for a change of environment after she recently got broken up with.

Opie signs up for a race to win a medal, but he loses and learns an important lesson in good sportsmanship instead.