Summary[]
Plot[]
Opie shows some initiative when he puts an ad in the local newspaper to find a part-time job for after school and on Saturdays. The local pharmacist, Mr. Crawford, asks Andy if Opie is mature enough to run the soda fountain, something he normally would only give to someone several years older. Andy says he is and Opie is soon working. Mr. Crawford is so pleased with his work that he's actually leaving Opie in charge of the entire store for short periods of time. When he's alone however, Opie accidentally knocks over an expensive bottle of perfume. His inclination is to tell Mr. Crawford what's happened but his friend Arnold tells him not to and just replace the bottle. Opie does so but he also learns a lesson in just being honest when something goes wrong.
Notes/Trivia[]
- In Opie's newspaper ad, he puts down his phone number as 426.
- In this episode, Howard says that his first job was a truck driver for the Mayberry Transfer Company.
- In this episode, Andy says that his first real job was at the movie house. Running to popcorn machine.
- Blue Moonlight cost $64.00. Adjusted for inflation, that would equal $544.88 in 2022
Goofs[]
Apparently Opie and Arnold have no sense of smell because a broken bottle of perfume would have certainly lofted throughout the entire store! A bottle of water (which is what Mr. Crawford told Andy it was) wouldn't.