April 3, 1967 * Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor * Ron Howard as Opie Taylor * Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor * George Lindsey as Goober Pyle * Aneta Corsaut as Helen Crump * Jack Dodson as Howard Sprague * Sheldon Collins as Arnold Bailey * Joy Ellison as Betsy * Directed by Lee Philips * Written by Seaman Jacobs and Michael Morris