The Andy Griffith Show hit its stride during its third season (1962-63). Andy Griffith perfects his levelheaded Sheriff Andy Taylor; Don Knotts is unsurpassed as the comically neurotic, & loved even more Deputy Barney Fife; and Ron Howard also comes back & continues his legendary run as earnest Opie. The season opens with the endearing episode "Mr. McBeevee" Opie's friend in the trees who Andy & Barney both are convinced to be a figment of his son's imagination. From there, every episode contains renowned classics, such as "Floyd the Gay Deceiver" starring the dashing Howard McNear as Floyd Lawson the best, & only for that matter, Barber in Mayberry; "Andy and Opie Bachelors" offering some of the season's greatest quips; and "The Darlings Are Coming," that crazy clan of mountain musicians,