Bailey's Bad Boy

Bailey's Bad Boy
< Season 2 > • < Episode 15 >
Air Date	January 15, 1962
Cast	Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife Ron Howard as Opie Taylor Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor Hal Smith as Otis Campbell John Graham as Arthur Harrington Jon Lormer as Fletch Dilbeck
Guest Stars	Bill Bixby as Ronald Bailey See notes.
Director(s)	Bob Sweeney
Writer(s)	Ben Gershman Leo Solomon
Previous	The Keeper of the Flame
Next	The Manicurist
Summary	Andy teaches self-reliance and responsibility to the spoiled son of a rich man.
Sequential Episode	47

Summary

Andy teaches self-reliance and responsibility to the spoiled son of a rich man.

Plot

Ronald Bailey, is the son of a wealthy and powerful man by the name of John Judson Bailey and as a result, he’s spoiled and used to getting his way.

Let's Run Him In, Andy

He has no qualms spreading his name around, only he is due to get a lesson from Sheriff Taylor when he is caught speeding through Mayberry. He’s a pompous youth who doesn’t take anything seriously. He just wants to continue doing whatever he wants to do, whenever he wants to do it. Naturally, he’s met his match when he has to deal with Andy Taylor. Andy arrests him and promptly takes him home for supper. The easy way of life in rural Mayberry and the simplicity of a Sunday meal begins to reach

Sharing a Family Moment

the spoiled Bailey. The best part is what he learns from watching Andy with his son Opie. It’s all about a broken window and how its replacement is going to be paid for. The scene is sweet and pure, and it’s what really gets through to Bailey. By the end, it’s no surprise that Bailey has finally grown up into a man, a responsible one who wants to take care of his own messes instead of being bailed out one more time.

Notes/Trivia

• Andy assigns Barney to watch the bicycles at the movie house. No reason is given as to why he is doing this; maybe there is a bicycle thief in Mayberry.
• In this episode, Barney spends the night at the courthouse as someone usually does when there's an overnight prisoner.
• While most of the vehicles used in the series are Ford's, Fletch Dilbeck's truck is a Chevrolet.
• The car that Ronald is driving is a 1961 Ford Thunderbird.
• If you look closely at the calendar in Otis´ cell, this episode was filmed in September 1961.
• Bill Bixby's character, Ronald, is 19 in this episode but the actor is actually 27.
• Andy has stayed up with Otis before. He tells the story of Jack & The Beanstalk in the episode Hot Rod Otis.
• Guest Star: Bill Bixby - Later starred in My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father and The Incredible Hulk
• Bill Bixby also starred in The Apple Dumpling Gang which also featured Don Knotts.

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