A Man's Best Friend (TAGS Episode)

Episode Info

A Man's Best Friend

• Filmed: 170
• Aired: 171
• Original Air Date: 1965/11/29
• Writer(s): Ben Joelson and Art Baer
• Director: Alan Rafkin

Plot Summary

Opie and his friend Tommy play a trick on Goober by placing a tiny transmitter under the collar of Goober's dog Spot. The boys trick Goober into thinking that Spot talks, and Goober wastes no time making a fool of himself. When Andy explains to Goober what the boys have done, the two adults teach the kids a lesson with a dose of their own medicine.

Odd Facts Known by Few

• Actor Michel Petit appeared in the movie "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte".

Character List

• Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
• Ronny Howard - Opie Taylor
• Frances Bavier - Aunt Bee Taylor
• Howard McNear - Floyd Lawson
• George Lindsey - Goober Pyle
• Michel Petit - Tommy