Summary[]
Jeff Pruitt, a farmer from the hills, comes to Mayberry in search of a wife. He expects to spend a single afternoon on his search. He enlists Barney and Andy's help.
Plot[]
Picking Up Girls
Jeff Pruitt comes to Mayberry in search for a bride.
Opie walks into the courthouse and tells Andy that he saw Jeff Pruitt "standing on the corner picking up girls". Andy and Barney investigate. Willing to help, they clean him up, teach him proper etiquette, and prepare him for a party of eligible women. Jeff finally spots a woman he likes; however to Barney's dismay, it is Thelma Lou.
Notes/Trivia[]
- As Andy and Jeff arrive at Carroll's, a customer is seen exiting the store. This is Andy Griffith's real-life father, Carl, making a cameo appearance in the series.
- Guest Star: Alan Hale, Jr - Calls Barney his "Li'l Buddy", a sobriquet his character of the Skipper regularly uses to address Gilligan in Gilligan's Island.
- This episode, The Keeper of the Flame, Bailey's Bad Boy, The Manicurist, The Jinx, Jailbreak, A Medal for Opie and Barney and the Choir were all filmed in 1961, and aired in 1962.
Goofs[]
At Thelma Lou's party she is seen going back to the kitchen for some coffee then is suddenly back in the living room when Jeff is looking seconds later.
Music[]
Quotes[]
Jeff: "Thelma Lou you're juicier than a barrel full of corn squeezins!"
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