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(whistling sprightly tune)

Starring Andy Griffith...

with Ronny Howard.

Also starring Elinor Donahue and Don Knotrs.

Hey‘ Barney, Igo‘ news you won“ believe

Guess who's coming to Mayberry.

-Who? «Jim Lindsey.

I don’t believe it.

Well, you better,

I got call from him not five minutes ago.

He's a-driving down tomorrow, wants me to reserve

a room for him at the hotel.

Ain't that great?

Yeah, boy!

Hey, who's Jim Lindsey?

Who's Ji...?

Oh, now I've heard everything.

Don't you listen to records, for heaven's sakes?

Well, of course, but. .

Maybe you've heard of Bobby Fleet

-and His Band with a Beat? -Yeah.

Well, Jim Lindsey's only the main attraction with the band.

He plays guitar.

Gee whiz, he's a star,

and besides that, he's a friend of ours.

-Oh. -Yeah, I used to have to arrest him

for playing guitar on the street.

-Remember, Barney? -Yeah.

Then we'd go inside of the jail

and we‘d pick and sing together.

Yeah. He's rich and famous now.

You better know it.

Let‘s go tell everybody the good news.

They'll be glad to hear it. Come on.

-Bye. —| just can’t believe

you never heard of Jim Lindsey.

You'd think at least you heard of his big hit record,

"Rock and Roll Rosie From Raleigh."

That's great, that‘s just great!

Don't you think that’s great, Floyd?

Our Jim, coming back to Mayberry.

Oh, no. Great. Oh...

Oh, big as that boy is,

he is not forgetting his hometown.

Oh, it's great. He's a fine boy.

I can't wait to see him again,

But, Andy. what kind of a welcome do you think

we ought to give Jim tomorrow?

I think we ought to make it a doozy!

I do, too. I think we ought

to get somebody to make up a big "Welcome Home" banner,

and put it right out on the street-- "Welcome Home, Jim!"

And also, I think definitely we ought to have

the Mayberry Drum and Bugle Corps

meet him as he comes to the hotel.

That's a great idea, man.

And here‘s an idea— also, I think maybe

my daughter could sing a song,

How about "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton"?

-Heyl -You like that, huh?

Let's give Jim a police escort into town.

That's an outstanding idea!

You can meet him down at the junction,

Bring him in with sirens a—blasting,

horns a—tooting.

I'm taking care of...

Where you been, Barn?

Where do you think?

Washing the patrol car.

When you're an official police escort,

you got to look smart.

I'll call the hotel.

Oh, Sarah?

Get me Jason over at the hotel.

Barney, you better simmer down,

or you‘re gonna bust your little oorpuscles,

Well, if I didn't worry about these things,

| just wonder who...

Hello. Jase? Barn.

ls everybody at the hotel?

Uh-huh.

Oh, who you got holding the banner?

Who?

Oh, gee, I don't know,

Well, Ralph's all right, but that Charlie,

he always lets his "N" droop.

Yeah? Well... wh—what about

the drum and bugle corps. are they there?

What?! Only two bugles?

Well, we'll just have to try and make out.

Yeah, well, I'm leaving for the junction rig ht away,

so I won‘t be long. Yeah.

What‘s the matter with the drum and bugle corps?

-Oh, Kester got mad and quit. -Whjfl

Oh, they wouldn't practice at his house.

0h.

Now, what are you looking for now?

My whistle.

Your whistle?

What do you need a whistle for?

You can‘t be an official police escort

without a whistle, tor heaven's sakes.

Well, look in the back room.

Maybe it's back there— and if it's not,

you may have to pucker and make it on your own,

Ha-ha-ha.

| tell you what else you might do, Barney,

it you don't find that whistle,

You might try blowing across an empty pop bottle,

sound like a boat coming in.

(laughing)

(guitar chords playing)

Jim Lindsey!

Hey, Barney, it’s Jim!

Jim Lindsey!

(playing rhythm and blues)

Let me have that hand there, Jim!

Oh, you're looking good, playing better than ever.

-(all talking) —Don't he sound good, Barney?

Yes, good for you,

Don't he look good?

(all talking)

Oh, no. Oh, no!

No!

What‘s the matter. Barnejfl

Well, you messed up the plans, Jim.

Plans? What plans?

Barney was supposed to meet you down at the junction

and give you a big police escort into town.

I found my whistle,

Well, I'm sorry. Barney.

Oh, that's okay,

You plan and you plan, and what happens?

Well, come on, let's get started,

Escort parade.

Escort parade?

It's just to the hotel.

I know, but we agreed to an escort parade,

and that‘s what we're going to have,

Well, Barney...

Oh, well, uh...

lead the way, Grand Marshal.

Okay. Come on, Jim, let's go.

Boy, wait till you see

what we got lined up for you,

Yeah, it really is good...

Ooh-wee, would you look at that car.

Barney, did you ever see anything like that?

That's crazy, ain't it?

You better know it.

Red... and look...

look at all the knobs and things,

and leather upholstery.

This must have set you back a pretty penny, Jim.

Well, you make it, you spend it.

We ain‘t got time to talk now.

Jim, you follow us,

We're the lead car.

All right.

All set, Jim?

(whistle blows)

Get that vehicle off the street!

There's a parade starting here!

Move on!

(siren wailing)

(band playing)

All right, quiet!

Quiet, folks, quiet!

My boy, this is a proud day for Mayberry,

and although you've been gone,

oh. .. these many months,

you remain steadfast in our hearts,

and we‘re mighty proud to see you back here again

prosperous and famous.

(crowd cheers agreement)

Well, thank you.

Thank you, Mayor and folks of Mayberry.

Uh, | just want to thank you

tor this wonderful welcome you've shown me, and...

well, I don't have much to say except that, uh,

well, you were awful kind to me when I wasn't doing too well,

and now that I'm a bit prosperous and famous

like the mayor said...

(audience chuckling)

I want you to know

that we‘rejust gonna go on being friends

just the same as usual,

Thanks very much, Mayor.

There you are.

We're looking tor you for supper tonight, Jim.

We're having your favorite: fried chicken and cornbread.

Oh, I'm gonna be there, Aunt Bee.

We'll see you.

Well, success doesn't seem

to have gone to his head, does it?

No, boy, Jim's a good boy.

Pa, what am I gonna do with all this confetti?

You were supposed to throw it at Jim.

I know, but I forgot,

Well, I reckon you can throw it at me 'rfyou want to,

Okay. Welcome home, Pa!

Now, there, how'd that do for you?

It ain't the same, Pa.

You ain‘t been anyplace.

(all talking)

Yeah, Ellie ain't, either.

J‘ Well, let the Midnight Special J‘

J‘ Shine your ever-lovin' light on me I

J' Yonder come Miss Rosie J‘

I How in the world do I know? I

J' Well, I know her by her apron I

I And the dress she wore J‘

J' Umbrella on her shoulder J‘

J‘ A piece of paper in her hand I

J' Well, she's gonna see the gov'ner I

I Just to release her man J‘

I Let the Midnight Special J‘

J‘ Shine the light on me I

J‘ Well, let the Midnight Special J‘

J‘ Shine your ever-lovin' light on me I

J‘ Well, If you ever come to Mayberry J‘

J' Well, you better walk right I

J' Well, you better not squabble J‘

I And you better not fight I

J‘ Deputy Fife will arrest you I

J‘ And he's sure to take you down I

J‘ Well, you can bet your bottom dollar J‘

I That you'rejailhouse bound J‘

I Let the Midnight Special J‘

J‘ Shine your light on me I

J‘ Well, let the Midnight Special J‘

J‘ Shine your ever-lovin' light on J‘

J' Ever-Iovin‘ light on J‘

J' Ever-lovin‘ light on me, I

You're playin' better than ever.

Ellie, he‘s playin' better

than he did 'fore he left here.

Let me see that good-lookin' guitar

one more time.

Mm-mmm!

How many of these things you got?

Oh, I got three,

ALL: Three?

Oh, you are doin' well.

Them's slick-lookin' duds you got on there, too, Jim,

Ain't they?

-Wel|, uh, these are custom-made. -Nol

Oh, yeah, every bit of ‘em.

You know what the guys in the band call this?

-What? -A set of threads.

(laughter)

Did you hear that?

Fellas in the band call that a set of threads.

It's a suit.

Jimmy, you never did tell us

what brought you back here.

Oh, uh... to relax.

Rest, huh?

You know, uh, being a big star

isn‘t all sunglasses and autographs.

That's right.

When you got to report back to the band, Jim?

-Uh, you mean to Bobby Fleet? -Yeah.

I'm not with him anymore.

You ain't?

-How come? -Don‘t get the wrong idea.

-lt‘s just that I‘m moving up. -Oh...

Well, you see, I was the main attraction.

l was the one that brought in all the crowds,

so I thought, ‘What the heck,

"why should I make all that money for Bobby Fleet?

"I should be making it

for Jim Lindsey!"

So, ljust took out on my own.

A-A»And you're doing good, huh?

Oh, Andy, I'd have to be four tellas

to take all those offers.

Oh, naw!

(knocking)

ANDY: Well, Jim, you sure have come a long way

from just playin' guitar in the street.

He used to play on the street all the time.

How do you do?

Is there a Jim Lindsey here?

Yes. Jimmy?

Someone for you,

For me?

It's another offer.

Look out, now.

Excuse me.

(chuckling)

Mr. Lindsey?

Yes?

They told me at the hotel

I'd find you here,

Well, yes?

I'm from the Mid-Mountain Finance Company.

Could we speak out here?

Mr. Lindsey, I'm sure you know why I'm here,

Well, yes, sir, but if you could

just give me a little more time...

I‘m sorry, but you're behind three payments,

Unless you're prepared to make them,

the company wants that car.

Well, yes, sir, but, you see,

I don't have any money right now,

I'm tapped out. I don't have a dime.

But it you just give me a little break...

I'm sorry. Can I have the keys, please?

It you could just give me a little more time.

Sorry, Lindsey,

ANDY: ...custom-made clothes.

AUNT BEE: What was it he called it again?

ANDY: He's such a good boy,

He does look good.

Hey, what was it he called that suit?

A set of threads.

Set of threads.

Who was that, Jim?

I'll bet it was another offer, huh?

Turned him down, too, huh?

(car pulling away)

Yeah.

Yeah, I turned him down.

Well, we better hear

one more guitar piece, hadn't we?

Come on, Jim. play us one more piece.

You're liable to leave anytime.

We won‘t see you for ain‘t no tellin’ how long,

Come in, Jim.

(playing slow blues)

That‘s $4.60.

Oh, dang, I've gone and left my wallet up at the hotel.

Put that on my tab, will you, Ellie?

Oh, well, Jim...

That's sweet of you,

ANDY: Howdy, Jim,

Oh, hello, Andy,

-Doing a little shopping, | see. -Yeah.

Hey, where's your car? I ain't seen it around.

Uh... well, uh...

-they picked it up for servicing. -Oh,

You see, that's a foreign job,

and they can't get those parts here in Mayberry.

Yeah, I guess that’s right.

You better tell them to get it fixed in a hurry,

One of them offers comes through so good

you have to take a job to light out of here in a hurry,

Oh, well, I don't have to worry about that.

Those offers just keep pouring in,

I'm just waiting tor the best one.

-That‘s the time. -|'d better get over to the hotel.

-Check my mail. -Right. I'll see you, Jim.

Boy, it sure is good havin' old Jim back in town.

Andy, there‘s something

-l'd like to ask you about Jim. -What?

Well, he‘s been buying a lot of things

and just charging them.

Well, there ain‘t nothin' wrong with that,

No, I guess not, but the... the point is,

it he's as prosperous as he says he is,

why doesn‘t he pay for anything he buys?

Didn't he pay you for anything?

Not a penny.

Now, I know he's a good friend of yours

but, well, after all, I did just meet him,

and, you know, I have a responsibility,

Yeah, well, that is a l'ttle strange.

Oh, lsuppose I shouldn‘t worry,

but it‘s running into quite a bill.

Well, lwouldn‘t worry.

Jim'll take care of it.

Well, I better get back over to the courthouse.

| just thought I'd stop by and say good morning,

Bye-bye.

Howdy, boys.

Oh, howdy, Andy,

| just run into Jim Lindsey

over at the drugstore.

Sure is good

having him back in town again, ain't it?

Yeah.

Yeah, good to see old Jim.

Yeah.

As a matter of fact, Andy, uh...

Jase and l werejust talking about Jim.

And, uh, you know somethin'?

What?

Well, Jim has, uh...

well, he's... he's kind of changed,

Yeah? How?

Well, he comes in quite often, he has,

and he has never once paid for a haircut or a shave.

He just says, uh, "Put it on my tab."

He does, huh?

Hi,

Oh, hi, Barn.

As long as we're on the subject,

I might as well tell you—

he hasn‘t paid his hotel bill yet,

Really?

I leave his hotel bill in his box every day,

-He just ignores it. -|'|| be dogged.

-You fellas talkin' about Jim Lindsejfl -Yup.

I don‘t mind his chargin' things,

It‘s just... it's just his attitude,

Aw, wait a minute, fellas.

I think you're all jumpin' to conclusions,

You know something, do you, Barn?

Well, one thing I do know is Jim Lindsey's okay.

If you're worried about your money,

just forget it,

What makes you so certain?

Because any day now

Jim‘s gonna get a nice, great big royalty check,

and when he does, he'll have money to burn,

Who told you that?

Jim.

When?

When I loaned him the money.

You loaned Jim some money, did you?

Well, yeah.

He said he needed

ten dollars, and all he had was big bills,

FLOYD: You see? Him, too.

Mm. Uh, Jase, how much mail does Jim get?

Mail?

Yeah, you get the mail in every morning,

How many letters has Jim got

since he's been here?

Nary a one.

Let's see if we can get a hold to Bobby Fleet.

-Who? -Who?

Don't ask so many stupid questions, boys,

This is lawman's work.

ANDY: Appreciate your comin' down here, Mr. Fleet.

It‘s a long ways.

Not if you get a good guitarist out of t.

Tell me, what makes you think Lindsey wants back with my band?

Oh, just a notion,

What happened between you all, anyhow

We heard he was doing fine with you,

He was. He was doing just great

till his head blew up.

-You want to hear the payoff? -Yeah.

He wanted me to take him in as a partner,

change the name of the band to Fleet and Lindsey,

Now, how about that?

What'd you do?

What could I do?

Got ourselves into a slight little hassle,

and I called him a no-talent bum.

Mmm!

I know I shouldn't have said that,

but, honestly, he just kept bugging me,

And that's why he went out on his own?

You know what kind of a cocky kid he is.

He said he was going to go out

and make it as a single.

Naturally, he bombed out.

Alone, he's from nowheresville.

That‘s probably why he came back here—

this is the only town left that’d give him a free meal.

You know something, he don’t have to stay broke.

He could start making it again.

You'd take him back?

Well, sure, I‘d take him back.

If the crazy character would forget his pride

long enough to say yes and stop tryin' to crowd me,

and I'll see if I can't fetch you one guitar player.

(knocking)

Come in.

Howdy, Jim.

Oh, hello, Andy,

Leavin' us?

Well, uh...

I'm used to those onenight stands, you know,

I stay in one place too long, I get itchy feet.

Well, where you headed?

Well, I got offers from all over--

Chicago, New Orleans... could be anyplace.

Jim, I just saw Bobby Fleet.

You saw Bobby?

Here in Mayberry?

Wonder what he's doing here.

Oh, I know. He...

he knows I'm on my orrvn now and doin' great,

He... probably wants me to come back with his band.

That'll be the day, when I join that twobit outfit,

Jim, I not only saw Bobby Fleet, I had a talk with him.

You talked with him?

Yep.

Then you know the truth, then, don't you?

Well, what'd you...

what‘d you put on such a big act for?

What‘d you expect me to do?

Come back to my own hometown and say,

"Come on, folks.

Come look at your hometown failure."

I think you‘re kinda underestimating

your friends a little,

What do you mean?

Wasn‘t you treated pretty good before you left?

And you wasn't a big star or nothin'.

Why should folks think any less of you now?

What's it matter what they think?

I'm leavin' anyway.

Jim, Bobby Fleet wants you back with the band,

You mean he wants me to come back and eat crow, don't ya?

Well, not me, not Jim Lindsey. No, sir,

Won‘t you even talk to him?

No. In fact, I'm cuttin' out of here right now.

You sure are bullheaded, ain't ya?

Well, I‘ll have to take matters into my own hands.

Jim, you‘re under arrest.

Arrest? For what?

Leavin‘ town without payin’ your bills,

Well... I left this watch, Andy.

It'll... it‘ll cover all my bills,

more than cover them.

Well, then you're under arrest

for not leavin' town fast enough.

-Let‘s go. -Now, wait a minute, now, l-l would've been gone

if you hadn't kept me here yappin’.

No flimsy excuses, Jim— let‘s go,

Well, Andy, this is ridiculous...

Yeah, these babies come in mighty handy,

Andy, what are you doin'?

What's it look like?

He‘s a vagrant, got a lot of unpaid bills—

I'm lockin' him up.

Okay, Sheriff, l'll square it—

How much does he owe?

Don't bother.

I'm not takin' any handouts from you.

Who says this is a handout?

lt's comin‘ out of your first week's check,

Well, who says I'm workin’ for you?

Aw, come on.

How much does he owe you?

You called me a notalent bum.

I apologize, okay?

Now, how much does he owe you?

Well, I'd say $75 would cover it nice.

Okay. Here you are.

Now, you see?

You gotta work for me.

You’re into me for too much loot.

In fact, I figure

you missed about 30 hours of rehearsal,

so I may have to fine you another 50 bucks.

50 Bucks?!

But I may have to give you a raise

so you can afford to pay me back all the loot you owe me,

A raise?

Are you kiddin', Bobby?

Well, don‘tjust stand there like a ninny.

Come on out and shake on it before he changes his mind.

Thank you.

A—Andy, I been a real...

Jim, you better get to work.

You got a set of threads and a little red car

and three guitars to feed.

Yeah.

Act like you got some smart, now.

Oh, that was some kind of extra good.

How about it, Barney, ain't it good to see

Bobby and Jimmy together again?

Yeah, it sure is.

Say, why don't I join in on the next number, huh?

What“ it be, "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover“?

"Roll Out the Barrel"? "Mares Eat Oats"?

'Tiptoe Through the Tulips"?

Now, let’s play one more fast one.

One more.

(whistling sprightly tune)