Summary[]
The state police come to town to catch some robbers. Andy and Barney are asked to stay out of the way. The big boys end up needing Andy and Barney's help.
Plot[]
Andy and Barney learn from an officer with the State Bureau of Investigation, that a payroll robber arrived in town on the morning bus. They are willing to help out, but the officer refuses their help in catching the crook and his partner. Horton even goes so far as to tell Andy that usually the local sheriff will often times try to grab the headlines, and try to make themselves look good for the local voters. Andy quickly tells him that is not the way things are done in Mayberry, and tells Horton that it will be a pleasure to leave them alone.
Barney's Plan Foiled
However, when the officer nabs his man and locks him up at the Jail, Barney accidentally frees him, pretending to be a con that is locked up with him, leaving the officer with a less than a favorable impression on the local law enforcement agency. In an attempt to help recapture Malloy and ultimately find his partner, Andy and Barney launch their own search and are successful in finding the robbers – with Officer Horton as their hostage. A tip leads them to the Half Moon Trailer Park. Barney slips into Malloy's car and hastily drives away, pulling the criminal's trailer behind.
Notes/Trivia[]
- Allan Melvin, who played Malloy, will later play a hotel detective in Andy and Barney in the Big City, and then pretty much be a thorn in Barney's side for the next few years. Then go on to get a regular role in Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (series)
- Floyd's otterhound Sam is the same dog that appears in the episodes Dogs, Dogs, Dogs, Barney's Bloodhound, and A Man's Best Friend.
- Andy wears a gun in this episode.
- When Barney was Malloy's cellmate, he said his nicknames were "Puddintame" (a phrase often used when one didn't want to give their real name), "Fingers", "Chopper", and "Mad Dog." He makes sure that Malloy knows that he was never known as "Tattletale."
- The Half Moon Trailer Park is located on River Road.
- The newspaper coverage of Barney from Andy the Matchmaker appears in this episode.
- This is the first appearance of Fred Goss the dry cleaner.
- The small bookshelf was moved under Barney's picture, presumably so Don Knotts could lean against it.
- Barney wears a dark suit in this episode instead of his usual salt and pepper suit.
Goofs[]
- Barney gives the address of the Taylor House as 24 Elm Street. However, in Aunt Bee's Medicine Man, it is given as 334 Maple Rd. In A New Doctor in Town, Andy invites the doctor over for dinner at "14 Maple.”
