About this season
Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show. When star Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters returned for the new program, which ran for three seasons on the CBS Television Network from 1968–1971. During the final season of The Andy Griffith Show, widower farmer Sam Jones and his young son Mike are introduced and gradually become the show's focus. Sheriff Andy Taylor takes a backseat in the storylines, establishing the sequel series. The show's first episode, "Andy and Helen's Wedding", had the highest ratings in recorded television history. Sheriff Taylor and newlywed wife Helen make guest appearances on RFD until late 1969, and then relocate with Opie. Mayberry R.F.D. was popular throughout its entire run, but was canceled after its third season in CBS's infamous "rural purge" of 1971. R.F.D. stands for "Rural Free Delivery", a quaint postal depiction of the rural Mayberry community.
Episodes (26)
1. Emmett's Domestic Problem
Aired 14 September 1970
Emmett's wife joins a women's lib group.
2. Sensitivity Training
Aired 21 September 1970
An encounter group comes to Mayberry
3. Goober's New Gas Station
Aired 28 September 1970 • 25 min
Goober finally opens his new gas station in Mayberry! Everything goes fine and dandy until Howard discovers some old reltics under the gas station- DINOSAUR BONES! He is eager to recover them, but recovering them would mean tearing parts of the road around the gas station, and Goober won't allow it! Howard wants to make a mueseum with these bones, but wants to get all of them, so he sneaks to the gas station in the middle of the night. And he's caught! Gooober almost presses charges! Howard then opens the first natural science muesum ever in Mayberry, but it's a bust, because most of the bones from the dinosaur are still buried. Seeing how upset Howard is, Goober has the other bones recovered and all is once again well in Mayberry.
4. The New Housekeeper
Aired 5 October 1970 • 25 min
Sam gets a new housekeeper, a former Army officer
5. All for Charity
Aired 12 October 1970 • 25 min
Sam and Emmett help put on a show for the church.
6. Hair
Aired 19 October 1970 • 25 min
Emmett tries to look young by buying a Toupee
7. Millie the Best-Dressed Woman
Aired 26 October 1970 • 25 min
Great news comes from the Mt.Pilot Press....Millie is declared the best dressed woman in ALL of the area! Everyone is very happy about this. Soon, the woman start copying Millie's styles and clothing she wears...including miniskits! The men strongly object, and Sam must tell Millie to stop. That night, the woman who she has been getting the fashions visits....and is in completly different clothes! Millie finds out that you should wear what you want to wear in this episode.
8. Howard's Nephew
Aired 2 November 1970 • 25 min
Howard's hippie nephew visits him
9. Goober the Housekeeper
Aired 9 November 1970 • 25 min
Goober housesits at a rich man's house, and falls in love with a rich girl, only to find out the only reason the girl's mother likes him is because she thinks he's rich.
10. Millie's Dream
Aired 16 November 1970 • 25 min
Howard is made very jumpy at Sam and his camping trip, due to Millie having bad dreams about the trip.
11. Community Spirit
Aired 23 November 1970 • 25 min
Goober, Howard, and Emmett paint Sam's house against his wishes.
12. The Harp
Aired 30 November 1970 • 25 min
Alice buys a harp, and gets lessons. Her teacher makes her very nervous and she almost gives up on the instrument.
13. The Bicycle Club
Aired 7 December 1970 • 25 min
The men make a bicycle club without telling Emmett. When Emmett finds out about it from Millie, he's determined to show them that he can still shine at his age.
14. Mike's Project
Aired 14 December 1970 • 25 min
Sam's help on Mike's Project goes overboard when he gets into a dispuit with another boy's father.
15. Howard the Dream Spinner
Aired 28 December 1970 • 25 min
Howard becomes to hose of a local literary program and becomes attached to an anonymous girl named Melissa whom Goober and Emmett created
16. Millie's Egg Farm
Aired 11 January 1971 • 25 min
Millie opens up and Egg Farm and finds it very hard work.
17. The Kid from Hong Kong
Aired 18 January 1971 • 25 min
Mike becomes the foster father of a little girl in Hong Kong
18. The Moon Rocks
Aired 25 January 1971 • 25 min
Sam gets his friend at NASA to bring the moon rock to Mayberry so Howard can have a private showing.
19. The World Traveler
Aired 8 February 1971 • 25 min
Emmett designs a cheap European tour for his wife.
20. Goober the Elder
Aired 15 February 1971 • 25 min
Goober is elected a church elder, only to be caught in a scandal in which he used the church money for gambling.
21. Alice and the Professor
Aired 22 February 1971 • 25 min
Alice's harp teacher asks her to marry him.
22. Howard the Swinger
Aired 1 March 1971 • 25 min
Howard moves into a swinging singles apartment
23. Mike's Car
Aired 8 March 1971 • 25 min
Sam lets Mike buy Goober's old car.
24. Goober the Hero
Aired 15 March 1971 • 25 min
Goober gets lost in a cave.
25. The City Planner
Aired 22 March 1971 • 25 min
When the representative of the company City Planners turns out to be an attractive woman, everyone worries about Sam spending so much time with her.
26. Emmett's Invention
Aired 29 March 1971 • 25 min
A large company wants to buy the rights to Emmett's old invention