March 6, 1967 * Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor * Ron Howard as Opie Taylor * Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor * George Lindsey as Goober Pyle * Jack Dodson as Howard Sprague * Sheldon Collins as Arnold Bailey * Charles P. Thompson as Dr. Roberts * Tom Tully as Walt Simpson * Directed by Lee Philips * Written by Seaman Jacobs and Michael Morris