The Arrest of the Fun Girls

The Arrest of the Fun Girls
< Season 5 > • < Episode 28 >
Air Date	April 5, 1965
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 Aneta Corsaut as Helen Crump Betty Lynn as Thelma Lou Jean Carson as Daphne Joyce Jameson as Skippy
Director(s)	Theodore J. Flicker
Writer(s)	Richard M. Powell
Previous	Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau
Next	The Luck of Newton Monroe
Summary	Andy and Barney hope Helen and Thelma Lou won't find out they've had to arrest The Fun Girls.
Sequential Episode	155

Summary

Andy and Barney hope Helen and Thelma Lou won't find out they've had to arrest The Fun Girls.

Plot

Andy and Barney have to break a date with Helen Crump and Thelma Lou because of work but panic sets in when the Fun Girls, Daphne, and Skippy, drop in to see 'Doll' (Andy) and 'Bernie' (Barney). Rather than just be upfront with their girlfriends, Andy and Barney set up an elaborate plan where Barney will stay at the courthouse with the girls, and Andy will go meet Helen and Thelma Lou. It doesn't quite work however and the girlfriends walk into the Courthouse to find the boys and the fun girls apparently having a party. It takes a while for them to eventually convince their girlfriends that they weren't cheating. Having patched things up, they all go out together but have a bit of a surprise when they get back to Andy's house.

Notes/Trivia

• This episode is the final appearance of the fun girls.
• Andy and Barney had a double date with Helen and Thelma Lou but had to cancel because of a statewide conference call.

Quotes

Otis: You're in my cell, Charlie! (spoken to Daphne)

Barney: Our only crime is that we're attractive to women.

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