Dennis Rush

Opie and his friends become involved in a scheme selling worthless salve. Barney and Gomer disguise themselves and head to Mount Pilot to fool two salve cons into buying all their salve back.

Opie becomes jealous when he thinks Andy likes Trey, his new best friend, more than him. Andy then decides to teach Opie a lesson in friendship.

Andy and Aunt Bee help Barney reach the new civil service height and weight requirements so that he can keep his job.

Andy's knowledge of American history is put to the test by Opie and a new teacher.

Barney becomes a part-time real-estate agent and soon has a couple of buyers and sellers lined up, including Andy.

Opie and his friend Howie make their own newspaper, the Mayberry Sun, but nobody buys it. After Andy and Barney encourage him to print more interesting stories, Opie decides to publish all the gossip from around town.