08x05 - Opie Steps Up in Class

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Huh sounds great, doesn't it?

Oh, Andy, $ a day?

Well, it's just for Saturday,
aunt bee,

and I know Opie'd love
to go to the camp.

I don't see any reason for
sending Opie to a Saturday camp.

Well, it's time.

Boy's years old,

and he's never been away from
home unless we went with him.

And look... he'll be
out in the woods

and on the lake
and in the fresh air.

The air's fresh in Mayberry,
and it doesn't cost $ a day.

Aunt bee, camp winokee
isn't just any camp.

It's the best in the state.

Look, they got great facilities
and everything.

I know, I know.
I've heard of it.

It's very exclusive.

All the families in walnut hills
send their children there.

What's that got to do with it?

Andy, has it ever
occurred to you

that those children

might be a little
too sophisticated for Opie?

They all come from very,
very wealthy families.

That doesn't mean anything.
Kids are kids.

It's a different world, Andy.

Aunt bee.

Well, all right.
Do what you think.

Do you have any idea

what I would have given
to go to a place like that

when I was his age?

Look, look... " acres
of untrammeled loveliness"

"bordering
crystal clear lake winokee.

"Rugged riding trails,
tennis, water skiing.

A fun place."

Water skiing?
Yeah.

That's dangerous.

I don't even approve
of it on snow

where there's
a lot more support.

It's not dangerous.

And I can guarantee you
Opie's gonna jump at the chance

to go to this camp.

He's at the age

when it can be
a real adventure for him.

Hi, pa. Hi, aunt bee.

Hi, ope. Sit down.

Aunt bee, is there
any cake left?

Sit down, ope.

It won't spoil my supper.

Opie, did you ever hear
of camp winokee?

I think so.

I'll just take a little piece.

I'm trying to talk to you.

Oh. Yes, pa.

Now, you may or may not know

that camp winokee
has a Saturday camp

for boys from to .

And I have a surprise for you.

How would you like to go there?

I wouldn't like it.

Maybe I'll just have a cookie.

Sit down.

What do you mean
you wouldn't like to go?

This is a fine opportunity
for a boy.

Isn't it, aunt bee?
Well, I...

acres
of untrammeled loveliness

bordering
crystal clear lake winokee.

Doesn't that mean
anything to you?

Well, sure, pa,
but I'm awful busy on Saturdays.

And besides, I hear a lot
of snooty kids go to that camp.

That's ridiculous.

The...the whole reason
I brought this up

was to give you an opportunity

to broaden your horizons,
broaden your activities.

But...if...
If you don't want to go

I'm certainly not
gonna force you.

I'll leave it
entirely up to you.

Okay, I don't want to go.

Maybe I'll just have milk.

It happens to be a fun place.

But if acres
of untrammeled loveliness

doesn't mean anything to you

then I give up.

Try to help a boy.

Okay, I'll go.

See, I told you he'd want to go.

Just a matter of
reasoning with him.

So they picked the boy up

in the camp station wagon, huh?

Yeah, at :
this morning.

They'll bring him back
about : , : .

Wonder how Opie's
gonna hit it off

with those other kids
from walnut hills?

Oh, just fine.

Well, you know what I mean.

First time for him to be
in those new surroundings.

Well, it's just a matter of...

Well, you know the old saying...
"be yourself."

Yeah.

Emerson said that.

Emerson?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Fletcher Emerson.

Used to run the hardware store.

No...

Yeah, he was always coming out

with stuff like that.

"You think the rain
will hurt the rhubarb?"

That was one of his.

Do you have the time?

Time?

Uh-huh.

Well, it's : ,
if I fixed it.

Good.

Well, I guess I'll go on home.

Opie will be
getting home pretty soon.

Tell aunt bee

I'll probably have the vacuum
ready for her tomorrow.

I got it picking up
the paper and crumbs

but it's a little weak on fuzz.

Oh, I'll be sure
and tell her that.

Oh, good.

Good. Good.

So you really enjoyed it, huh?

Yeah, it was real great.

I played tennis,
went horseback riding,

water skiing.

How about that.

They strap you to the horses?

That was when he was little
on those pony rides.

How'd you get along
with the other boys?

Oh, they're great guys.

One guy, I'm even starting
to hang around with already.

Billy hollander.

Oh, buddies, huh?

Yeah.

Well, I better go hang
up my bathing trunks.

Okay.

You see, aunt bee?

He got along fine
with the other boys.

Well, I'm very happy about it.

Sure. It's like I told
you, kids are kids.

The fact that some families

have a little more
money than others

doesn't make any difference.

Well, it doesn't seem to.

No. Anyway,
Opie's always been levelheaded

about that kind of thing.

Pa, do you think
we can ever afford

to move to walnut hills?

What?

It's beautiful there.

You ought to see
Billy hollander's house.

I saw it when we
dropped him off.

Oh. Oh.

No, I don't picture us
living in walnut hills.

It's okay. I
was just asking.

Well, I better get supper ready.

It's not "supper," aunt bee.

It isn't?

No. It's "dinner."

All the kids call supper dinner.

Supper's something

you eat around :
or : at night.

Well, we're not going to
stay up that late to eat.

I was just mentioning it.

Hey, pa, could you drop me off

at Billy hollander's
house tomorrow?

It's a two-day holiday

and he asked me

if I could come over
to his house for lunch.

Oh, isn't that nice?

Oh, I promised Helen

I'd drive her to siler city.

Well, I'll drop you off, Opie.

I'm going to a flower show
in that direction.

Oh, gee, thanks.

You better get cleaned up.

And whatever you want to call
what we're going to eat,

it'll be ready soon.

Oh, my!

Some shack, isn't it?

Well, I should say.

Well...well,
I'll call for you

in about four or five hours

and I'll...I'll
just tap the horn.

I guess you'll be
playing in the backyard.

Well, maybe you'd
better ring the bell.

And it's not "yard," aunt bee.

It's "patio."

Oh. Oh.

Well, have a good time.

Oh, I will.

I'm, uh, I'm Opie's aunt.

I've come to pick him up.

Won't you come in?

Well, I'm not exactly
dressed for visiting.

Please.

Thank you.

I'll tell Mrs. Hollander
you're here.

Thank you.

Please sit down.

Oh, hello.

I'm Laura hollander.

Oh, I'm so pleased
to meet you, miss Taylor.

Opie has told me
so much about you.

Oh!

Oh, why don't you sit
over there on the sofa?

You'll be more comfortable.

Thank you.

Oh, Opie is a lovely boy.

I'm so glad

that he and Billy
are such good friends.

Makes it very nice.

They're out on the tennis court.
They'll be in soon.

Yes, because we've got
quite a drive back home

and we don't want
to be late for su... dinner.

Oh, yes, I know. I know.

Men always like to eat
right on time.

I know that when Mr. Hollander
comes home from the club

or one of those dry
board of directors meetings,

well, he's ravenous.

Mm, I can imagine.

And Opie's father,
is he the same way?

Well, yes, except
when his duties interfere.

His duties?

Well, he's the...

He's in municipal government.

Oh. How interesting.

Mm-hmm.
He's an elected official.

Well, my, my.

Well, I suppose
we do have to cater to them.

After all,
they are the breadwinners

aren't they?

Hi, aunt bee.

This is Billy.

Hello, Billy.

Hello.

Could Billy come over

to our house tomorrow for lunch?

Well, I don't see why not.

If it's all right
with his mother.

Oh, yes, it'll be fine,
if it's no trouble for you.

No, no, not a bit.

We'd be delighted.

Well, good.

I'll have him dropped off then.

Yes. Anytime.

Well, now, Opie,
we have to be going.

Okay. See you
tomorrow, Billy.

Thank you for the lunch, Mrs.
Hollander.

Oh, it was a pleasure, Opie.

You come anytime, now, hear?

I will.
Thank you very much.

It was very nice to meet you,
Mrs. Taylor.

Well, it was very nice
meeting you.

Bye-bye, Opie.

I'll see you tomorrow, Billy.
Right.

Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.

Well, Opie seemed
like a very nice boy.

Yeah, we get along great.

Hey, you better go wash up
before your father gets home.

Okay.

Well, how was the lunch?

Great. The maid served
the whole thing.

Mrs. Hollander didn't even

have to help her
take the dishes off.

What did they serve for lunch?

Well, they first thing they
served was an avocado salad.

Ooh. Well.

And you know something?

They don't have lunch
in the kitchen.

They have it in the dining room,
and they don't use table mats.

They use a whole tablecloth.

Oh, I see.

And I think
they only use it once,

because Billy spilled
some salad dressing

right on the tablecloth, and the
maid didn't even yell at him.

What'd you have
besides the salad?

A hot roast beef sandwich,
not like the kind we have.

This didn't have any fat
or gristle.

What are you gonna make
for lunch tomorrow, aunt bee?

Opie, give me a chance.

All right, boys.

Lunch is ready.

All right, Billy,
you sit over there.

Opie.

Now, Billy, if you
don't like shrimp

you can have soup or you
can have both if you prefer.

I'll just take the shrimp.

Good. Now,
we have the regular cocktail sauce

and we have the lemon sauce,

whichever you prefer.

Or you can have both
if you prefer.

I'll take the cocktail
sauce, thank you.

Good. And I'll bring
in the other course

and put it on the table

so I won't be jumping
up and down all the time.

Gee, we never
have shrimp for lunch,

just every once
in a while at dinner.

Yeah, well...

You want some bread?

Oh, no, thanks.

Want to play some more
baseball after lunch?

Sure.

I hope you like duck, Billy.

Duck?

Mm-hmm.

It's not the kind you sh**t.

It's the kind you buy
at the store.

Yeah, well, I guess I'll try it.

Oh, I think you'll like it.

Hi. Thought
I'd pop home for lunch.

Oh, Andy, I didn't expect you.

Well, I didn't feel
like the diner.

They had
some fancy chicken fricassee.

Pa, this is Billy hollander.

Hi, Billy.

Hi.

Some shrimp, Andy?

That is shrimp.

Uh, duck.

Yeah.

Andy, there's
some rolls in the oven.

Would you help me?

Andy, Opie had a very
nice luncheon at Billy's

and I'm just repaying in kind.

Lunch? The maharaja
of Singapore

doesn't have lunches like that.

Well, it's just a few
shrimp and a small duck.

Aunt bee, I see
the whole thing very clearly.

And after Billy leaves

you and Opie and I
are gonna have a long talk...

A very long talk.

And it's apparent

that we're now trying to
keep up with the joneses

or, in this case,
the hollanders.

Andy, if you're suddenly thrust

into a new environment...

We still act the way
we've always acted

and we have the same lunches
we've always had,

like hamburgers,
cheese sandwiches and meatloaf.

But they gave me
an avocado salad.

If that's what they're
accustomed to serving

that's fine.

Opie, I didn't send you
to that camp to compete.

They're fine boys.

They're from fine families.

But if we have a
different way of living

there's nothing wrong with that.

We're still gonna be ourselves.

Do you understand
what I'm driving at?

I think so, pa.

That's it, Opie.

Just always be yourself.

I will.

Good.

Can we have the rest of the duck
for dinner or not?

Yes, I think
it's a wonderful idea.

And Saturday after camp
would be the perfect time.

Yes, I think a father
and son get-together

would be the best way

to get everybody
to meet everybody else.

Of course I probably know
most of the fathers.

You don't know Opie's father.

No. No, I don't.

His name is Taylor.

They're from Mayberry.

Well, I'll make
a couple calls tomorrow

and we'll get this thing
rolling.

I think it's a wonderful idea.

What's for dinner?

Meatloaf.
Good.

Hi, Emmett.

Hi, Andy.

Hey, I got it fixed.

Oh, great.

You want to take it

or do you want me to
drop it off at the house?

I'll take it.

It's grabbing
the fuzz real good.

Well, wonderful.

It was the low fuzz

was giving me all the trouble.

Excuse me.

Hello.

Yeah, that's right.

Oh, Billy's father.

How are you, Mr. Hollander?

Father and son get

fine. At your place.

Well, that's fine.

Fine. Great. I'll be there.

Right.

Goodbye.

Well...well, tell me more
about that low fuzz, huh?

Andy?

Was that
the walnut hills hollander?

Yeah. He's throwing a little
father and son get-together.

You're really getting up
in the world.

The hollanders?

What?

Oh, I've done a lot
of work for them.

I've been in that house.

What a place.

Copper pipes throughout.

Yeah, I hear it's nice.

All the places in that
neighborhood are like that.

That's where the money is.

What are you gonna wear?

What do you mean
what am I gonna wear?

Well, you don't go
to walnut hills

just dressed in anything.

Well, I'm just going over
to meet the boys' fathers.

Do you know who the fathers
of those kids are?

I worked in all those places

when I had my shop
over in mt. Pilot.

The director
of five different banks.

He owns a chain
of glendon grocery stores.

And Martin breckenridge:

He's the biggest real-estate
operator in the state.

You get fellows like that
in the room

you're in pretty fast company.

Well, I'm not gonna
start putting on airs

at this stage of the game.

Well...suit yourself.

See ya, Andy.

Right.

No, goober.

I'm sure he can't go bowling.

Oh, he's leaving
in a few minutes

for a father and son gathering.

Mm-hmm. Boys from Opie's camp.

All right.

Goodbye.

Well!

Well, I guess I'll,
uh, I'll be going.

A new suit.

Oh. Oh, yeah.

I ran into Doyle Perkins

and he'd just gotten
in his new styles

and he just insisted
that I buy one.

Oh!

He's a card, ol' Doyle.

And cuff links.

Well, they were
in the top drawer.

Oh, I didn't know
you liked French cuffs.

Oh, it's a tie clip.

It's part of a set.

You wear them all together.

Listen, I was thinking,

uh, it's a long drive over there

and it might be more comfortable

in your convertible
instead of the squad car.

Oh, yes, of course.

Oh, okay, then
I'll go ahead and go.

Have a good time.

All right.

Hi.

Oh, boy.

I haven't seen one
of these in years.

Oh...they're around.

They really stand up,
don't they?

Oh, yeah.

I bet you've got a couple
of hundred thousand miles

on this by now.

.

, .

No kidding.

No kidding.

How do you do?

Hello. I'm Andy Taylor.

I believe I'm expected.

Yes. Come in.

The gentlemen are
in the living room.

Won't you join them?

Oh, thank you.

I ask you to believe me

that I hit that ball

straight down the fairway
on the number four hole

right to the pin.

George, that hole's yards.

You haven't hit a sh*t
like that in your life.

That hole is yards.

I'm positive about that.

It's going to show
it on the card.

Oh, excuse me.

Hey, you must be Opie's father.

Opie's father.

Well, I'm very glad
you could make it.

I'm George hollander.

Andy Taylor, isn't it?

Say, boys, this is Andy Taylor.

Frank glendon,
Martin breckenridge.

Very glad to meet you.

Cigar, Taylor?

Oh. Uh, well...

Here you go.

Okay.

Mm. Yeah.

We were just saying

what a great camp
this is for the boys

before you came in.

Your boy like it?

He loves it.

Apparently, they had
another great time today.

They're all out back
playing right now.

Where you from, Taylor?

Mayberry.

It's off the main road,
isn't it?

I don't get over there
too often.

Well, it's...

George, I still want to know

how many yards that hole is.

Sure, sure.
Be right back.

If we settle it at all.

Did you ever play
our course, Taylor?

What course is that?

Walnut hills.

No, I never played that one.

It's not a long course,
but...Tricky.

You know?

Oh, yeah.

Hard to keep
the ol' pill on the fairway.

Do you play
any particular course?

No. No particular one.

No...particular one.

yards, gentlemen.

I told you.

Those kids seem to be having
a great time out there.

Oh, good, good.

How about one of these weekends

we take the boys out on a boat

for some deep

that's a great idea.

We can use either
your boat or mine

but yours is largest.

They'd enjoy that.

I bet that boy of yours would.

He'd love it.

He loves boating...
Can't get enough of it.

Hi, pa.

Oh, hi, ope.

Opie, I understand
you're a boat lover.

Yeah. During the summer

pa and I are out
on our boat all the time.

Well...

Say, pa, I forgot to tell you

Howard sprague
borrowed the oars again.

Oh.

Pa, can I talk
to you for a minute?

Yeah. Excuse us,
would you?

Just a...There you go.

What's up?

Well...

Uh...

I just wanted to tell you

I've been having the best
time today I ever had.

Oh?

And you know why?

Because of what you told me
about being yourself.

Well, that's
what I've being doing

and, boy,
it sure is a lot easier.

Oh.

Well, I got to get on out there.

Okay.

Hey, pa, that's
a new suit, isn't it?

Uh, well, yeah.

Gee, it looks great.

Thanks.

Well...

Sure, a marlin will
give you a heck of a fight

but for a nice, restful day

give me freshwater
fishing anytime.

Oh, I much prefer it
over deep-sea.

Taylor, having a rowboat
living up there where you do

you must do
a lot of lake fishing.

We got a place, Myers' lake

and we go up there
and go for bass.

George, we got to do that
one of these days.

Fine with me.

There's nothing I'd like more.

Why don't you drive out
to my house sometime?

I'll get my aunt
to fix us a lunch...

Nothing fancy, hot dogs
or something like that...

We'll go out to the lake

for an afternoon
of serious fishing.

Is that rowboat big enough
for all of us?

No, but we'll manage.

You bet we will.

I like the whole idea.

Listen, you want to see

where the art of
fishing comes in...

Well, I'm back.

Oh, hello, Andy.
Well, how was it?

Oh, it was fine.

I got four, hollander got five,

the other guys
got a couple apiece.

Oh, I'm so glad.
How was the lunch?

Oh, they loved it.
They loved it.

Look here.
Look here, look here.

Ooh!
There they are.

They're beautiful.
Thank goodness you cleaned them.

I bet you had to clean
all of theirs, too.

No, they cleaned their own.

They did?

Yeah. Baited their own hooks
and everything.

Well, they're certainly
Democratic, aren't they?

It's amazing, isn't it?