The Andy Griffith Show (1960) s01e24 Episode Script

( whistling sprightly tune)
Starring Andy Griffith
with Ronny Howard.
Also starring Don Knotts.
Fine breakfast, Aunt Bee.
Mmm. Don't that smell good?
I can't hardly wait
to eat that at dinner.
Oh, that's not for our dinner.
I baked that for the
social Saturday night.
Oh, well, I'll just
eat some batter.
Andy, would you
hand me that sponge?
Yes'm.
Did you arrange to take Ellie?
Arrange to
oh, you mean to the social?
Well, sure. What's to arrange?
Well, did you ask her?
Well, what's the
need of asking her?
She knows she's going,
and I know I'm going.
We both know we're
gonna be there together.
How do you know?
'Cause we always go together.
Still, a girl doesn't like
to be taken for granted.
She likes the courtesy
of being asked.
Well, there's no
real need in asking.
We got an understanding,
Ellie and me.
Well, I still say
you should ask her.
What are you gonna ask her, Paw?
To marry you?
Whatever give you
a wild idea like that?
Well, she likes you, and
you like her, don't you?
Sure.
Don't people that like
each other get married?
Well, it sometimes
works out that way.
Hope so.
You like Ellie, do you, Opie?
Sure would be nice to have a ma
that owns a drugstore
with a soda fountain.
Well, just don't be figuring on
any free ice cream cones yet.
( siren wails)
Oh, there's Barney, making
his usual quiet arrival.
I'll see y'all.
Don't be late for school, Opie.
I won't. Now, remember, Andy.
Stop by and ask Ellie.
Aunt Bee, I'm a great
big growed-up boy now.
I think I can handle
it without a blueprint.
( siren wailing)
( engine revving)
Do you have to keep
blowing that thing?
Well, no, but it sort
of lets folks know
we're open for business.
Well, you keep
playing with it like that
and I'm going to
take it off the car.
BARNEY: What's the matter?
Oh, I'm just thinking.
I might go see Ellie.
Got something I want to ask her.
Oh, I'll go with you. I
can use a bottle of pop.
Unless it's private?
Oh, no, ain't that private.
Come on.
Oh, yes, they're a very fine
pharmaceutical
house, good products.
Yes, we use them a lot here.
We've never had any complaints.
( door bell jangling)
ANDY: Anybody home?
Oh, hi, Andy. I'm
glad you're here.
Howdy, Ellie. Hi, Miss Ellie.
Hi, Barney. I'd like you
to meet our new doctor.
Dr. Benson, this is Sheriff
Taylor and Deputy Fife.
Sheriff. Oh, glad
to see you, Doctor.
Glad you're here. We certainly
can use some
doctoring around here.
Well, I sure hope I can
be of help. Oh, you will.
You and your family all fixed up
with a place to stay?
Oh, I don't have any
family. I'm not married.
I don't believe I ever heard
of a doctor who wasn't married.
Well, you have now, Barney.
I was about to show Dr. Benson
our prescription department.
Was there anything
you wanted, Andy?
Oh, it'll keep.
Barney wanted a bottle of
pop, but I can get it for him.
You go ahead and
show the doctor around.
I'll see you later, Andy. Okay.
Come along.
Nice to have met you fellas.
Glad to see you.
Huh, seems like a nice fella.
What kind you want?
Oh, it don't matter.
Anything, just as
long as it's cold.
Okay. Believe I'll
have me one, too.
That's a pretty
young doctor, Andy.
Yeah, I guess he is.
Yeah, we never had a doc
that young in Mayberry before.
Yes, we ain't.
Want want yours in a glass?
Yeah.
Yeah, we've had
old Doc Carruthers
and old Doc Green
and old Doc McKinsey.
Never seen a doc
that young before.
Well, he's just a beginning doc.
You can't start out
being an old doc.
Got to be a new doc first.
And new docs is young docs.
Yeah, I suppose so.
Okay.
You ain't worried,
why should I be?
Worried about what?
Nothing.
If you ain't worried, I ain't.
Well, I ain't worried.
Good.
Well, what's to
be worried about?
You are worried, aren't you?
Worried about what?
Two and two makes four.
What?
He's unmarried,
young, good-looking.
She's unmarried,
young, good-looking.
He's a doctor, she's a druggist.
Two and two makes four.
( laughter)
Listen to that.
Two young people
lost in a world of pills.
Barney, you know what I think?
I think you been blowing
that siren so much
you've loosened your brains.
All right, all right, go
ahead and make jokes.
All I know is, if a chicken
hawk is hanging around
a wise rooster
don't bury his head.
Keeps an eye on the chickens.
Will you stop?
Okay. Okay.
( laughter)
Two and two makes four.
All I know is, these
unmarried professional fellas
is the most dangerous kind.
Women just throw
themselves at them.
Forget their old boyfriends
like they's a puff of smoke.
Don't mean to nag, Andy.
I'm just saying what I figure
one friend ought to tell
another at a time like this.
That's all just
trying to be a friend.
You know what they say
about people who
live in glass houses.
What's glass houses
got to do with anything?
Okay, okay.
But that don't make any sense.
All right, all right.
Say, Andy, have you heard?
We have a new doctor in town.
ANDY: I heard.
Nice-looking chap.
I saw him at the drugstore.
He's still there?
He's still there.
You seen him, huh, Aunt Bee?
Yes.
She's seen him.
Well, like I said,
he's nice-looking
and he's young
BARNEY: And unmarried.
What?
Oh, Barney's got hisself
worked up into a frazzle
over my future with Ellie.
Figures just
'cause he's a doctor
why, she'll spark to
him and vice versa.
You don't think that could
happen, do you, Aunt Bee?
Well, I don't know.
If the nature of their work
happens to throw them together,
and he happens
to be unmarried
And good-looking.
Wouldn't be so
quick to toss it aside.
Hey, come here. Come here.
Well, that, uh
that don't look too
good, does it, pal?
No, it doesn't, does it?
I don't want to think
about it right now.
I got sheriffing to do.
( door opens, closes)
What do you think?
That darn guy.
Somehow or another,
he just brings out
the big brother in me.
Well, I guess I'll just
have to try and help the kid.
Yeah, yeah.
That's two feet wide, all right.
I seen him, Aunt Bee.
I seen the doctor go
in the drugstore again.
That's the 14th time
he's been in there
in the past two days.
I been counting.
Aunt Bee, I think
the time has come
for me to take the
bull by the horns.
No, no, no.
Don't you worry about that.
No, I know just what to do.
This sort of situation
ain't exactly new to me.
I play this real cagey.
Yeah, I'll see you, Aunt Bee.
Uh-huh.
And what made you
decide on a checkup
at this particular time?
Oh, nothing.
I just did, that's all.
Well, I mean, any
complaints, anything wrong?
With me?!
Oh, gosh, no. I'm
as strong as a bull.
A lawman has to
check hisself regular
You know, keeping
trim like an athlete.
Oh, I can understand that.
Um, take a deep breath, please.
Go ahead. Take a deep breath.
I did.
Well, uh, let it out, then.
You kind of like it here
in Mayberry, do you?
I like it fine.
Like the people?
Very much.
Yeah, we got a lot
of nice people here.
We got, uh
well, there's Floyd, the barber
and Mayor Pike and
and the lady druggist.
Hmm?
Oh, Miss Walker?
A fine young woman.
Attractive, too.
Uh-huh.
What's the matter?
Oh, nothing, really.
I've just never been able
to wrap it around an arm
that many times before.
Well, you won't find much flesh.
It's all muscle.
Us Fifes is wiry.
( chuckles)
Yeah.
Say, Doc? Hmm?
When you fellas,
uh, give a prescription
to a druggist, don't
you usually phone it in?
Occasionally,
yes. It saves time.
But you go in the
drugstore a lot.
I don't have a
phone in here yet.
Oh.
Uh
say, you know our
sheriff, Andy Taylor?
Mm-hmm.
Uh, wonderful fella.
I sure am fond of him.
Yeah.
But, you know, it's a
funny thing about him.
He has this one little quirk.
He's insanely jealous.
Yeah, you just so much
as look at his girlfriend,
and, uh, he just goes wild.
Oh, uh, did I mention
that his girl is Ellie
Walker, the lady druggist?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
He's insanely jealous about her.
Fella like that really oughtn't
be on the police
force, you know.
I mean, you put a loaded gun
in the hands of a man like that,
and you're just
asking for trouble.
( sighs)
What's the matter?
It's your blood
pressure, Mr. Fife.
My blood pressure?
Well, what's wrong with it?
Well, it's rather low.
Low? Low? Low?
Where does it say low? Where?
Mr. Fife, take my
word for it it's low.
Well, what do we do about it?
I think if we institute
a series of shots
Shots?
Vitamin shots
Supplemented by a regular diet,
checkups, and blood
counts and such
And this prescription to
get that pressure back up,
get a little iron into our
system, you'll be fine.
Now, then, I'm sorry. I,
uh What were you saying
about the Sheriff
and Miss Walker?
Forget about them.
Am I going to pull through?
( plucking folky tune)
Andy
did you read this?
They're going to have a
full four-piece orchestra
at the social Saturday night.
Oh, I hope it's Bobby Fleet
and his Band With a Beat.
They're good.
You going to the dance, Paw?
'Course he is.
He's taking Ellie.
You asked her, didn't you?
Huh?
Well, uh, sure
Well, not exactly.
Oh, you didn't even bring it up.
Well, don't be
frettin', Aunt Bee.
I'll see her tomorrow.
Tomorrow, tomorrow
Let me tell you something
One of these tomorrows
is going to be too late.
Barney's right.
One day you'll go to call
on Ellie, and her husband'll
greet you at the door.
Husband?
That's right, along
with their two children.
Well, golly, Aunt Bee,
what am I supposed to do?
You're supposed to get engaged.
You're supposed
to stake your claim.
Engaged?!
Yes. I think it's a
step you ought to take.
Ellie's a wonderful girl,
and if she's going
to have a husband,
it ought to be you.
OPIE: Yeah, Paw.
And if she's going to
have kids, it ought to be me.
Opie
Come on, Paw, get married.
Be a good scout.
Opie, marriage is a
serious business
Something you got to
give a lot of thought to.
There's the thought of the life
we have here together
and how that'd
be changed, and
See, I got to think all these
things over in a serious,
level-headed, calm, slow way.
You see what I mean?
Uh-huh.
You're scared.
Now, Opie
Come along, Opie.
Let's leave your Paw
to his slow thinking.
I only hope you reach a decision
before Ellie becomes
Mrs. Dr. Robert Benson.
But he is scared,
ain't he, Aunt Bee?
Now, you hush.
( plucking folky tune)
( stops playing)
( knock on door)
Andy, it's you!
Ellie, you're going to the
social with me Saturday night.
Well, sure.
Sure?
Sure.
You never thought
of going without me?
No.
Never thought of going
with anybody else?
( laughing): No.
( sighs)
That Aunt Bee.
I beg your pardon?
( knock on door)
Oh, excuse me.
Bob, come on in.
Look who it is, Andy.
I know. It's Bob.
Evening, Sheriff.
Good evening.
Ellie and I are glad to see you.
Of course.
Well, that's very kind.
I hesitated about coming
over here again tonight.
Again?
BOB: I'm afraid
I've taken advantage
of Ellie's good nature.
You know how it is
being alone in a new town.
Yeah, well, there's a lot
of flu and colds going around.
You'll be making friends.
Come on and sit down, Bob.
Thank you, Ellie.
You're, uh, sure
I'm not intruding?
Well Oh, of course not.
By the way, did you ever
stop by Harvey Willock's place?
Oh, yes, and what
a hypochondriac.
Nothing wrong with him?
Not a thing. But he insisted
on medication, so I obliged him.
I gave him a saline
solution injection
Two cc's right in
the gluteus maximus.
ELLIE ( chuckling):
That's priceless.
You have a wonderful
sense of humor, Bob.
We need more of that
around here, don't we, Andy?
Yeah, boy.
Uh, let's see, what
was we talking about
before the Doctor come in?
Oh, yeah, the
Saturday night social.
It's all set, then
You're going with me?
We're going together?
You and me?
It's a definite date?
Of course. I thought
we'd already settled that.
Did anyone mention the
Saturday night social to you, Bob?
Oh, why, no.
Everyone goes.
Say, why don't you
go with us, huh?
Andy, isn't that a good idea?
Outstanding.
Hey, if I wouldn't
be putting you out
We'll pick you up in Andy's car.
Oh, oh, about that
I won't have the car that night.
Barney's on patrol,
so I won't, uh
BOB: That's no problem.
We can use mine.
I'll pick Ellie up first,
and then we'll hop
on over to your place.
Divine!
How does that
sound to you, Andy?
Like you said
divine.
See that?
Going in the drugstore again.
He's always going
in the drugstore.
He wasn't going in there
with no prescription, neither.
Did you see the
look on his face?
He was grinnin' like
a mule eatin' briars.
But you won't listen.
Barney, will you stop?
Okay.
Well, don't just stand there.
Go on over there and
see what they're doing.
Oh, and this one is of me
and my fiancee at Palm Beach.
That was right after I'd
finished my internship.
Oh, she's lovely. I think so.
You two are going to
like each other, I know.
Then you've really
decided to stay in Mayberry?
Yes, as a matter
of fact, I have.
( bell rings) Oh, excuse me.
ELLIE: I'll be
right out, Barney.
Oh, that's all right.
Don't-don't bother, Ellie.
Uh, I just come
by for a magazine.
I'll put the money
here on the counter.
All right, Barney. Thanks.
Uh, you're welcome.
Bye!
( bell ringing)
( Bob and Ellie laughing)
ELLIE: Then you really
like Mayberry that much?
BOB: Uh, this is
the place for me.
This is where I want to
settle down and get married.
I knew that first day, I'd found
what I wanted right here in Mayberry.
Say, where do we go in
this town to get married?
Well, Andy is
Justice of the Peace.
I think he'd like to
perform the ceremony.
Hey, that'd be great.
( loud ringing)
( tires screeching)
Andy!
Hey Andy!
Andy!
Andy! Andy!
Andy! An
Barney, what?
Oh, Andy, Andy, now, I want you
to be a big boy about this.
A big boy about what?
Andy, now, you still got
lots of things in this life.
You got Aunt Bee,
and you got me
Barney, what is it?
Andy, they're talking marriage!
Marriage?! To each other?
Yeah! And that ain't
all. Wait'll you hear this!
They're gonna ask you
to perform the ceremony.
Me?! Can you imagine?
Can you imagine the gall?
Can you imagine the nerve?
Andy, what are you going to
do? I'm going to fight for what's
mine is what I'm gonna do.
Andy, there may be bloodshed
Oh, my gun! What'd
I do with my gun?
( muttering): Oh!
( yelling)
Hey! Hey!
( bell jangling)
Ellie Walker, we
got to have us a talk.
But, um
And we got to have
it right now, too.
Now, I've been
knowing you ever since
you come to Mayberry,
ain't that right?
Yes. And that's a good,
long time, too, right?
And since then, we've
been going to picnics together
and socials together
and preachin' together
and pretty near
everywhere together.
And people got to where they're
used to seeing us together, right?
Maybe I'd better leave.
The long and
short of it is, Ellie,
me and you have had an
understanding you and me.
Yes, I-I guess
you could say that.
I'm saying it.
Well, missy, when two
people have a understanding,
they stick together
for-for keeps.
Now, that's the
understanding. You understand?
Yes, I think I'm beginning to,
but I'd like to make sure.
Is, um
this by any chance a proposal?
BOB: Well, say,
this is wonderful.
If you two are ready
to get married real soon,
we can make it a
double ceremony.
Would you mind
staying out of this?
Double ceremony?
Bob's fiancee is
arriving next week.
They're going to be married
right here in Mayberry.
Fiancee?
BOB: Yeah.
You mean, you already got a girl
that you're gonna marry?
That's right.
Well, looks like I've done it.
Yes, it looks like you have.
Seems to me
you just proposed marriage.
Yeah, that's that's
what I've done, all right.
Well, Ellie, it looks like
that we've embarked on
a engagement period
which is a period when
two people get to
where you
try to get to where
they know one another.
And-and-and it ought to be
a good, long period, too,
so they get to know
one another real well.
Don't you think so, Doctor?
Well, what would you say
a proper engagement period
was, Sheriff? Five years?
You're on the right track there.
The right track there.
I don't believe in
long engagements.
You don't?
Of course not.
Oh well, all right.
Ellie, you just go ahead on then
and name the date.
For what?
For our wedding.
I mean, after all, I proposed.
Oh, but aren't you
forgetting something?
I never gave an answer.
That's right, you didn't.
And you don't have to answer.
There is one thing that
I'm noted for saying.
It is not right to rush a girl.
Now, I am real
noted for saying that,
so you just think it
over all you want to.
Oh, but I don't
have to think it over.
I can give you an
answer right now.
It's no.
No?
You see, I don't like to
rush into things, either,
so let's just take our time.
There's-there's plenty of time.
That's right, there is.
There's plenty of
time, plenty of time.
And we can just wait.
Ellie, you're a fine,
sensible, level-headed girl,
and I think the
world and all of you.
Oh!
I guess Ellie's in the back.
ELLIE: Now, now, sweetheart,
you mustn't be upset.
I love you, and everything's
going to be all right.
BOB: I'm sure it is.
ELLIE: Now, how about
a little smile, precious?
( both giggling)
That's better.
There, darling.
Now, do I get a great big kiss?
Holy cow, Andy,
she's at it again!
Oh, hi, Paw.
I fell down and
skinned my elbow,
but Miss Ellie and Dr. Benson
fixed it up with a bandage.