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.
Andy and the town of Mayberry undergo a trying experience when the Darling family comes into a fortune of $300.
Aunt Bee buys a wig and upsets Andy and the rest of Mayberry.
Andy umpires a crucial junior baseball game and when one of his decisions loses the game for Mayberry, he becomes the town pariah.
The Mayberry barbershop quartet loses its tenor on the eve of its singing contest.
Goober blackballs county clerk Howard when he applies for membership in the Mayberry men's lodge.