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(whistling sprighfly tune)

Starring Andy Griffith...

with Ronny Howard.

Also sfam'ng Don Knalts.

Fine breakfast, Aunt Bee.

Mmm! Don't that smell good?

| can’l hardly wait to eat that 31 dinner.

Oh, that's not for our dinner.

| baked that for the social Saturday night.

Oh, well, I'll just eat some batter.

Andy, would you hand me that sponge?

Yes'm.

Did you arrange to take Ellie?

Arrange to la...

oh. you mean to the social?

Well, sure. What's to arrange?

Well, did you ask her?

Well, what‘s the need of asking her?

She knows she's going, and I know I'm going.

We both know we're gonna be there together.

How do you know?

'Cause we always go together.

Still, a girl doesn't like to be taken for granted.

She likes the courtesy of being asked,

Well, there‘s no real need in asking.

We got an understanding, Ellie and me.

Well, |sti|| say you should ask her.

What are you gonna ask her, Paul?

To marry you?

Whatever give you a wild idea like that?

Well, she likes you, and you like her, don't you?

Sure.

Don't people that like each other get married?

Well, it sometimes works out that way.

Hope so.

You like Ellie, do you, Opie?

Sure would be nioe to have a ma

that owns a drugstore w'th a soda fountain.

Well, just don't be figuring on any free ice cream cones yet.

(siren wails)

Oh, there's Barney, making his usual quiet arrival.

I'll see Vail.

Don't be late tor school, Opie.

—I won‘t. -Now, remember, Andy.

Stop by and ask Ellie.

Aunt Bee, I'm a great big growed-up boy now.

I think I can handle it without a blueprint.

(siren wailing)

(engine rewing)

Do you have to keep blowing that thing?

Well, no, but it sort of lets folks know

we're open for business.

Well, you keep playing with it like that

and I‘m going to take it off the car.

BARNEY; What's the matter?

Oh, I'mjust thinking I might go see Ellie.

Got something I want to ask her.

Oh, I'll go with you. I can use a bottle of pop.

Unless its private.

Oh, no, ain't that private.

Come on.

Oh, yes, they‘re a very fine

pharmaceutical house, good products.

Yes, we use them a lot here.

We've never had any oomplaints.

-(door bell jang ling) -ANDY: Anybody home?

Oh, hi, Andy. I'm glad you're here.

-Howdy, Ellie. -Hi, Miss Ellie.

Hi, Barney. I‘d like you to meet our new doctor.

Dr. Benson, this is Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Fife.

-Sheriff. -Oh, glad to see you, Doctor.

Glad you're here. We certainly

can use some doctoring around here.

Well, I sure hope I can be of help.

Oh, you will.

You and your family all fixed up

with a plaoe to stay?

Oh, I don't have any family. I'm not married.

I don't believe I ever heard

of a doctor that wasn't married.

Well, you have now, Barney.

I was about to show Dr. Benson our prescription department.

Was there anything you wanted, Andy/.7

Oh, it'll keep.

Barney wanted a bottle of pop, but I can get it for him,

You go ahead and show the doctor around.

—|'|| see you later, Andy. -0kay.

-Come along. -Nice to have met you fellas.

Glad to see you.

Huh, seems like a nice fella.

What kind you want?

Oh, itdon't matter.

Anything, just as long as 't's cold.

Okay. Believe I'll have me one, too.

That's a pretty young doctor, Andy.

Yeah, I guess he is.

Yeah, we never had a doc that young in Mayberry before.

I guess we ain‘t.

Want... want yours in a glass?

Yeah.

Yeah, we've had old Doc Carruthers

and old Doc Green and old Doc MoKinsey.

Never seen a doc that young before.

Well, he's just a beginning doc.

You can't start out being a old doc.

Got to be a new doc first.

And new does is young docs.

Yeah, I suppose so.

Okay.

You ain‘t worried, why should I be?

Worried about what?

Nothing.

If you ain't wanted, I ain't.

Well, I ain't worried.

Good.

Well, what's to be worried about?

You are worried. aren't you?

Worried about what?

Two and two makes four.

What?

He's unmarried, young, good-looking.

She's unmarried, young, good-looking.

He's a doctor, she's a druggist.

Two and two makes four.

(Ellie and Benson laughing in distance)

Listen to that.

Two young people lost in a world of pills.

Barney, you know what I think?

I think you been blowing that siren so much

you loosened your brains.

All right, all right, go ahead and make jokes.

All I know is, if a chicken hawk is hanging around

a wise rooster don't bury his head.

Keeps an eye on the chickens.

Will you stop?

Okay. Okay.

(Ellie laughing)

Two and two makes four.

All I know is, these unmarried professional fellas

is the most dangerous kind.

Women just throw themselves at them.

Forget their old boyfriends like they's a puff of smoke.

Don't mean to nag, Andy. I'm just saying what I figure

one friend ought to tell another at a time like this.

That's all-- just trying to be a friend,

You know what they say

about people who live in glass houses.

What's glass houses got to do with anything?

Okay, okay.

But that don't make any sense.

All right, all right.

Say, Andy. have you heard?

We have a new doctor in town.

ANDY: I heard.

Nice-looking chap.

I saw him at the drugstore.

He's still there?

(quietly): He's still there.

You seen him, huh, Aunt Bee?

Yes.

She's seen him.

Well, like I said, he's nicelooking

and he's young...

BARNEY: And unmarried.

What?

Oh, Bamey‘s got hisself worked up into a frazzle

over my future with Ellie.

Figures just 'cause he's a doctor

why, she'll spark to him and vice versa.

You don‘t think that could happen, do you, Aunt Bee?

Well, I don't know.

It the nature of their work happens to throw them together,

and he happens to be unmarried...

And good-looking.

Wouldn't be so quick to toss it aside.

Hey, come here. Come here.

Well, that, uh. .

that don't look too good, does it, pal?

No, it doesn't, does it?

Idon‘t want to think about it right now.

I got shen'ffing to do.

(door opens, closes)

What do you think?

That darn guy.

Somehow or another,

he just brings out the big brother in me.

Well, I guess I‘ll just have to try and help the kid.

Yeah , yeah .

That's two feet wide, all right.

I seen him, Aunt Bee.

I seen the doctor go in the drugstore again.

That‘s the 14th time he's been in there

in the past two days.

I been counting.

Aunt Bee, I think the time has come

for me to take the bull by the horns.

No, no, no.

Don't you worry about that.

No, | knowjust what to do.

This sort of situation ain‘t exactly new to me.

| play this real cagey.

Yeah, I'll see you, Aunt Bee.

Uh—huh.

And what made you decide on a checkup

at this particular time?

Oh, nothing.

| just did, that's all.

Well, I mean, any complaints, anything wrong?

With me?!

Oh, gosh, no.

I'm as strong as a bull.

A lawman has to check hisself regular—

you know, keeping trim like an athlete.

Oh, I can understand that.

Um, take a deep breath, please.

Go ahead. Take a deep breath.

Idid.

Well, uh, let it out, then.

You kind of like it here in Mayberry, do you?

I like it fine.

Like the people?

Very much.

Yeah, we got a lot of nice people here.

We got, uh...

well, there's Floyd, the barber

and Mayor Pike and...

and the lady druggist.

Hmm?

Oh, Miss Walker?

A fine young woman.

Attractive, too.

Uh—huh.

What's the matter?

Oh, nothing, really. I'vejust never been able

to wrap it around an arm that many times before.

Well, you won't find much flesh.

It's all muscle. Us Fifes is wiry.

(chuckles)

Yeah.

-Say, Doc? -Hmm?

When you fellas, uh, give a prescription

to a druggist, don‘t you usually phone it in?

Occasionally, yes. It saves time.

But you go in the drugstore a lot.

I don‘t have a phone in here yet.

Oh.

Uh...

say, you know our sheriff, Andy Taylor?

Mm-hmm,

A wonderful feller.

I sure am fond of him.

Yeah.

But. you know, it's a funnything about him.

He, uh, he has this one little quirk.

He's insanely jealous.

Yeah, you just so much as look at his girtln'end,

and, uh, he just goes wild.

Oh, uh, did I mention

that his girl is Ellie Walker, the lady druggist?

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm,

He's insanely jealous about her,

Fella like that really oughtn't

be on the police force, you know,

I mean, you put a loaded gun

in the hands of a man like that,

and you‘rejust asking for trouble.

(sighs)

What's the matter?

It‘s your blood pressure, Mr. Fife.

My blood pressure? Well, what‘s wrong with it?

Well, it's rather low.

Low? Lovf? Low?

Where does it say low? Where?

Mr. Fife, take my word for it-- it's low.

Well, what do we do about it?

I think if we institute a series of shots...

Shots?

\fitamin shots—

supplemented by a regular diet,

checkups, and blood counts and such~

and this prescription to get that pressure back up,

get a little iron into our system, you'll be fine.

Now, then, I'm sorry. I, uh... What were you saying

about the sheriff and Miss Walker?

Forget about them.

Am I going to pull through?

(plucking folky tune)

Andy...

did you read this?

Thej/re going to have a full four-piece orchestra

at the social Saturday night.

Oh, I hope it's Bobby Fleet and his Band With a Beat.

They're good.

You going to the dance, Paw?

Course he is. He's taking Ellie.

You asked her, didn't you?

Huh?

Well, uh, sure...

Well, not exactly.

Oh, you didn't even bring it up.

Well, don't be frettin', Aunt Bee.

I'll see her tomorrow.

Tomorrow, tomorrow...

Let me tell you something—

one of these tomorrows is going to be too late.

Barney's right.

One day you'll go to call on Ellie, and her husband'll

greet you at the door.

Husband?!

That‘s right, along with their two children.

Well, golly, Aunt Bee, what am I supposed to do?

You're supposed to get engaged.

You're supposed to stake your claim.

Engaged?!

Yes. I think it’s a step you ought to take.

Ellie's a wonderful girl,

and if she's gorng to have a husband,

it ought to be you.

OPIE: Yeah, Paw.

And if she's going to have kids, it ought to be me,

Opie.. .

Come on, Paw, get mam'ed.

Be a good scout.

Opie, marriage is a serious business~

something you got to give a lot of thought to.

There‘s the thought of the life

we have here together

and how that'd be changed, and...

See, I got to think all these things over in a serious,

level-headed, calm, slow way.

You see vmat I mean?

Uh—huh.

You're soared.

Now, Opie...

Come along, Opie.

Let‘s leave your Paw to his slow thinking.

| only hope you reach a decision

before EIIie becomes Mrs. Dr. Robert Benson.

But he is scared, ain't he, Aunt Bee?

Now, you hush.

(plucking folky tune)

(stops playing)

(knock on door)

Andy, “‘5 you!

Ellie, you're going to the social with me Saturday night.

Well, sure.

Sure?

Sure.

You never thought of going without me?

No.

Never thought of going with anybody else?

(laughing): No.

(sighs)

That Aunt Bee.

I beg your pardon?

(knock on door)

Oh, excuse me.

Bob, come on in.

Look who it is, Andy.

I know. It‘s Bob.

Evening, Sheriff.

Good evening.

Ellie and l are glad to see you.

Of course.

Well, that's very kind.

| hesitated about coming over here again tonight.

Again?

BOB: I'm afraid

I've taken advantage of Ellie's good nature.

You know how it is being alone in a new town.

Yeah, well, there's a lot

of flu and colds going around,

You'll be making friends.

Come on and sit down, Bob.

Thank you, Ellie.

You‘re, uh, sure I'm not intruding?

-We||,.. -Oh, of course not.

By the way, did you ever stop by Harvey Willock's place?

Oh, yes, and what a hypochondriac.

Nothing wrong with him?

Not a thing, But he insisted

on medication, so I obliged him.

I gave him a saline solution injection—

two cc's right in the gluteus maximus.

ELLIE (chuckling): That's priceless

You have a wonderful sense of humor, Bob.

We need more of that around here, don't we, Andy?

Yeah, boy.

Uh, let's see. what was we talking about

before the doctor come in?

Oh, yeah, the Saturday night social.

It's all set, then-- you're going with me?

We're going together?

You and me?

It's a definite date?

Of course. I thought we'd already settled that.

Did anyone mention the Saturday night social to you, Bob?

Oh, why, no.

Everyone goes.

Say, why don't you go with us, huh?

Andy, isn't that a good idea?

Outstanding.

Hey, if I wouldn't be putting you out...

We'll pick you up in Andy‘s car.

Oh, oh, about that—

I won‘t have the car that night.

Barney's on patrol, so I won't, uh...

BOB: That‘s no problem.

We can use mine.

I'll pick Ellie up first,

and then we'll hop on over to your place,

Divine!

How does that sound to you, Andy/.7

Like you said...

divine.

See that?

Going in the drugstore again.

He's always going in the drugstore.

He wasn't going in there

with no prescription, neither.

Did you see the look on his face?

He was grinnin' like a mule eatin' briars.

But you won't listen.

Barney, will you stop?

Okay.

Well, don'tjust stand there.

Go on over there and see what theyre doing.

Oh, and this one is of me and my fiancee at Palm Beach.

That was right after I'd finished my internship.

-Oh, she's lovely. -I think so.

You two are going to like each other, I know.

Then you‘ve really decided to stay in Mayberry?

Yes, as a matter of fact, I have.

-(be|| rings) -Oh, excuse me.

ELLIE: I'll be right out, Barney.

Oh, that's all right.

Don't-don't bother, Ellie.

Uh, | just come by for a magazine.

I'll put the money here on the counter.

All right, Barney. Thanks.

Uh, you're welcome.

Bye!

(bell ringing)

(Bob and Ellie laughing)

ELLIE: Then you really like Mayberry that much?

BOB: Uh, this is the place for me.

This is where I want to settle down and get mamed.

I knew that first day,

I'd found what I wanted right here in Mayberry,

Say, where do we go in this town to get married?

Well, Andy is Justice of the Peace.

I think he‘d like to perform the ceremony.

BOB: Hey, that‘d be great.

(loud ringing)

(tires screeching)

Andy!

Hey“ . Andy!

Andy!

Andy! Andy!

Andy! An“ .

Barney, what?

Oh, Andy, Andy, now, lwant you

to be a big boy about this.

A big boy about what?

Andy, now, you still got lots of things in this life.

You got Aunt Bee, and you got me...

Barney, what is it?

Andy, they're talking marriage!

Marriage?! To each other?

Yeah! And that ain't all. Wait'll you hear this!

They're gonna ask you to perform the ceremony.

-Me?! -Can you imagine?

Can you imagine the gall? Can you imagine the nerve?

-Andy, what are you going to do? -|‘m going to fight for what’s

-mine is what I‘m gonna do. -Andy, there may be bloodshed...

Oh, my gun! What'd I do with my gun?

(muttering): Oh!

(yelling)

Hey! Hey!

(bell jangling)

Ellie Walker, we got to have us a talk.

But, um. .

And we got to have it right now, too.

Now, I've been knowing you ever since

you come to Mayberry, ain't that right?

Yes.

And that's a good, long time, too, right?

And since then,

we've been going to picnics together

and socials together and preachin' together

and pretty near everywhere together.

And people got to where

they're used to seeing us together, right?

Maybe I'd better leave.

The long and short of it is, Ellie,

me and you have had an understanding... you and me.

I'm saying it.

Well, missy, when two people have a understanding,

they stick together for-for keeps.

Now, that‘s the understanding. You understand?

Yes, I think I'm beginning to,

but I'd like to make sure.

Is, um. .

this by any chance a proposal?

BOB: Well, say, this is wonderful.

If you two are ready to get married real soon,

we can make it a double ceremony.

Would you mind staying out of this?

Double oeremony?

Bob's fianoee is arriving next week.

They're going to be married right here in Mayberry.

Fiancee?

BOB: Yeah.

You mean, you already got a girl

that you're gonna... many?

That's right.

Well, looks like I‘ve done it.

Yes, it looks like you have.

Seems to me you just proposed marriage.

Yeah, that's... that‘s what I've done, all right.

Well, Ellie, it looks like

that we've embarked on a engagement period...

which is a period when two people get to...

where you. ,.

try to get to where they know one another.

And-and-and it ought to be

a good, long period, too,

so they get to know one another real well.

Don't you think so, Doctor?

Well, what would you say

a proper engagement period was, Sheriff? Five years?

You're on the right track there.

The right track there.

I don't believe in long engagements.

You don't?

Of course not.

Oh... well, all right.

Ellie, you just go ahead on then

and name the date.

For what?

For our wedding.

I mean, after all, I proposed.

Oh, but aren't you forgetting something?

I never gave an answer.

That's right, you didn‘t.

And you don't have to answer.

There is one thing that I'm noted for saying:

It is not right to rush a girl.

Now, I am real noted for saying that,

so you just think it over all you want to.

Oh, but I don't have to think it over.

I can give you an answer right now.

It's no.

No?

You see, I don‘t like to msh into things, either,

so let‘s just take our time.

There's-there's plenty of time.

That‘s right, there is.

There's plenty of time, plenty of time.

And we can just wait.

Ellie, you're a fine, sensible, level-headed girl,

and I think the world and all of you.

Oh!

I guess Ellie's in the back.

ELLIE. Now, now, sweetheart, you mustn't be upset.

I love you, and everything‘s going to be all right.

BOB: I'm sure it is.

ELLIE: Now, how about a little smile, precious?

(both giggling)

That‘s better.

There, darling.

Now, do | get a great big kiss?

Holy cow, Andy, she's at it again!

Oh, hi, Paw.

I fell down and skinned my elbow,

but Miss Ellie and Dr. Benson

fixed it up with a bandage.