The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968): Season 3, Episode 1 - Mr. McBeevee - full transcript
Opie starts talking about his new friend Mr. McBeevee, but his description is hard to believe.
Starring Andy Griffith...
With Ronny Howard...
Also starring Don knotts.
Whoa, now, come on.
Giddyap.
Hey, wrangler, time to eat.
Come on to the chuckhouse.
Whoa, whoa,
wait a minute there, Tex.
Can't take a horse
in the kitchen.
Tie him up there
at the hitchin' post.
Oh, yeah.
That should tie him.
Now we go.
All right, Tex
march right over there,
and eat a whole lot.
Oh, there's Barn.
I'll get it.
Okay.
Is the sun a little hot for you?
What?
Oh, sorry, paw.
Hi, everybody.
Howdy, Barn.
Have some coffee.
Thought you'd never ask.
Can I have a lump of sugar
to take out to blackie?
Who's blackie?
That's my horse.
Your horse?
Yeah. He's tied up out outside.
Are you kiddin' me?
How long you had a horse?
Oh, not long.
Well, ain't that something.
Andy, you never said anything.
You got the boy a horse.
Is it a full-size horse
or just a pony?
He's big like cowboys have
and he's black all over
with a white spot on his nose
and he's got a silver saddle
and a long tail.
And you should see him
jump over fences.
Jumps over fences.
Well, Andy,
ain't he kind of young?
I mean, that's quite
a responsibility
taking care
of a big animal like that.
Where do you keep him anyways?
Barn, actually...
Let's go outside
and have a look.
Wait till you see the way
he'll nuzzle up to me.
I got kind of a way
with these critters.
In a sense, I'm a master,
you know?
Well, there feller...
Blackie.
Blackie!
Blackie, come on, boy.
Come on.
He's tied up
at the hitchin' post.
Huh?
Hitchin' post, right there.
Actually, Barn, blackie's
a little on the invisible side.
Invisible, huh?
You mean, there ain't no horse.
Come on in, Opie.
Finish your breakfast.
Comin'.
Why'd you let the boy
lead me on like that?
Oh, come on, Barn...
No, it's all right,
it's all right.
I can take a joke
as good as the next fella.
I just don't think
you ought to let the boy
get started in that direction.
I'm, uh...
I'm sorry.
It's all right.
Why don't we just, uh...
Just forget it.
Okay.
Now you see, blackie,
what a mess you got me into?
Hi, paw.
Oh, hi, ope, what you got there?
These letters came for you
at the house.
Aunt bee thought
you might want 'em.
Oh. While you're here
how'd you like
the top executive training job
of taking the trash
out back here?
Gee, I can't right now, paw.
I told Mr. Mcbeevee
I'd be right back.
Who?
Mr. Mcbeevee.
You don't know him.
He's new around here.
I just met him this morning.
Oh.
Oh, newcomer in town, eh?
Where's he live at?
I met him in the woods.
What's he doin' in the woods?
Well, mostly he walks around
up in the treetops.
He walks in the tree...?
Mm-hmm. I suppose
he's invisible, too.
No. Mr. Mcbeevee's easy to see.
Especially his hat.
He wears a great big,
shiny, silver hat.
That does it!
Lady, you got
a little something to eat
for a couple of hungry hobos?
Well, lunch
is a little late today.
You can both wait
in the other room.
Didn't Opie come with you?
No, he's out in the woods
playing somewhere.
There he is.
Only he can slam a door
like that.
Paw
paw, look what I got.
It's a real hatchet.
Well, I'll be dogged,
lookee there.
The blade's genuine steel.
Yes, sir, and the handle's
genuine wood.
Where'd you get it?
From Mr. Mcbeevee.
It's not sharpened, paw
so it won't be dangerous.
Uh, you say, uh...
Mr. Mcbeevee
give it to ya?
Uh
Yeah.
He said I could keep it, too.
Uh...
Ope, uh, a hatchet
is a mighty fine thing to have
and it's extra special fun
thinkin' that your
friend Mr. Mcbeevee
give it to you.
'Course now, I imagine
if you was to think real hard
you might remember that it
come from some place else.
Maybe you just picked
it up along the road.
More'n likely, it come
from Mr. Edinger's
carpenter shop.
No, paw, I got it
from Mr. Mcbeevee.
You, uh... you did
get this in the woods?
Uh-huh.
Well, somebody probably
left it there for a reason
which means that they'll
be comin' by to pick it up.
Now, you do know
where you got it?
Good. Then... then you
just take it back
and put it
right where you got it.
Do I have to take it back?
Uh, it seems like the best idea.
Now, you just skedaddle
right along. Hurry back.
It's a good idea
you stopped him.
Sooner or later,
he's got to find out
he's living in a real world,
and there just ain't
any Mr. Mcbeevees.
Lunch is ready.
Mr. Mcbeevee!
Mr. Mcbeevee!
Well, Opie, me lad, what is it?
I brought your hatchet back.
Well, now, is there
somethin' wrong with it?
My paw told me I
should bring it back.
Oh, well, now
he's probably thinkin'
that it's too dangerous for ya
and he may be right at that,
too, you know.
Parents usually are.
It's a pity that I can't spare
anything else for ya.
I need these.
These are me extra hands.
I have 12 extra hands.
Well, that's all right.
Thanks just the same.
Well, I guess I'd better
be gettin' home.
Hey, wait, wait, now.
I can't let you go now
with that long face on you.
Did... did I ever show you
the trick that I learned
from the heathen cannibals
to make smoke
come out of me ears?
Can you really?
Oh...
That's better now.
Look.
I think I have somethin' here
that you can use.
This is an old, old quarter
that's just beggin'
to be turned
into gum and ice cream.
I couldn't take money.
Well, you earned it.
Well, the berries
you picked for me
and the fresh springwater
and the apples
you brought for me.
And bein' that
you can't take the hatchet
you take the coin.
Gee, thanks!
Hey, wait!
I'll see ya later.
Probably tomorrow.
I have to work for my paw
this afternoon.
Anytime, my boy, anytime at all.
Bye, Mr. Mcbeevee.
Good-bye.
I'm glad you're here.
I've been doin' some thinkin'.
'Bout what?
This may surprise you
but I believe there is
a Mr. Mcbeevee.
What?!
I know, I know.
This morning I was sure
the boy made it all up
but he gave you a name.
He gave you a location.
He gave you an actual quote
from the man hisself.
That's pretty hard for an
eight-year-old boy to make up.
Oh, I don't know, Barn...
Well, I know, I know
and I figured it out
by simple logic.
Oh, hi, paw. Hi, Barn.
Hi, ope.
Opie.
I can help you
with that trash now.
Oh, good, good.
Just take it right
out there in the back.
I think I know
what'll turn the trick for us.
We'll call into play
one of the basic tools
of our profession.
What's that?
The eyewitness identification.
What are you talking about?
I can get Opie to give us
a description of this fella.
I'm going to prove I know
your boy better than you do.
Oh, Barney...
Say, ope, uh...
Uh, sit down here
for a second, will ya?
J-J-Just sit down there.
Attaboy.
A
Good, good.
You know, ope,
I was just gonna, uh...
Just gonna practice fillin' out
an identification form
and I thought maybe
you could help me out
by, uh, oh, givin' me
a description of somebody.
Okay.
Good. Just anybody at all, uh...
Let's see,
who could it be, uh...?
Say, I have an idea.
How about Mr. Mcbeevee?
Okay.
Good, good.
I'll just get the form here
and we'll just, uh,
start right in, okay?
All rightey.
First, uh, height.
How tall is he?
Oh, 'bout as tall as paw.
Uh-huh.
And weight.
Is he fat,
or is he skinny, or...?
He's just ordinary.
"Average."
Now, color of eyes?
I don't remember.
Probably brown.
"Brown." uh-huh.
Doin' fine, hey, Andy?
Gettin' a line on him.
Now, color of, uh, hair?
I don't know.
He always wears his hat.
Oh, the hat, yeah, well, uh,
w-we'll get back to that.
Uh, does he have any, uh,
any peculiarities?
Does he walk with a limp, or...?
He just walks regular.
"Just regular." Uh-huh.
You hear that, Andy?
Just regular. Yes sirree.
I mean, he doesn't, uh...
He doesn't fly
or anything like that?
Course he doesn't fly.
No trouble finding him.
Better and better.
Uh, the only thing is
when he walks, he sorta jingles.
He jingles?
Like he had rings on his fingers
and bells on his toes.
Well, uh, course
he don't really have
rings on his fingers
and bells on his toes,
now does he, ope?
No. It just sounds that way.
That's right.
The jinglin' is really
from all the things
hangin' on his belt.
What things?
His hands... his 12 extra hands.
He has 12 extra hands,
and they... jingle.
And he makes smoke
come out of his ears.
You can put that down.
"Smoke comes out of his ears."
He learned it
from the cannibals.
"...and from cannibals."
Do you want to ask me
about his silver hat?
No. I think that does it.
Yeah. I'd say that does it, ope.
And he's a real nice man.
He even gave me this quarter.
Wait a minute...
You tryin' to tell me
the fella you just described
give you that quarter?
He told me it was all right,
that I could have it
because I earned it.
Where'd you get that quarter?
Like I said, paw,
from Mr. Mcbeevee.
Why don't you go
and ask Mr. Mcbeevee?
He'll tell ya.
All right. Let's
just do that.
Hello, Travers?
Mcbeevee here.
I'm all set.
I need Charlie to help me
with the stringer line.
He's where?
All right, I'll go get him.
Bye.
Mr. Mcbeevee?
He's right around here, paw.
You'll see.
Mr. Mcbeevee?
Mr. Mcbeevee?
Maybe he moved to another tree.
Mr. Mcbeevee?
It's me, Opie.
Please come down,
Mr. Mcbeevee.
Please.
My paw's here.
I want you to tell him
about that quarter.
Let's go home.
Well, Andy...
I didn't expect to see you two.
Go on up to your room.
I'll be there in a minute.
Anything wrong?
Afraid so.
Why
well, it looks like Opie's
gettin' hisself in the habit
of stretchin' the truth
a little outta shape.
Opie lying?
Oh, I can't believe it.
Sure looks like it.
Well, what are you going to do?
I ain't got much choice.
Looks like to me
he's in for a whippin'.
Oh, Andy.
Ope, uh...
'Member the fun
you was havin' this mornin'
gallopin' around the back yard
on...Blackie?
We was both enjoyin'
that little game.
Course, now... now the truth is
th-there never was
any real blackie.
That's just somethin'
that you made up.
Ain't that right?
Well, about, uh...
About this Mr. Mcbeevee...
Maybe the same thing
happened there.
Maybe you, uh, made him up, too,
just for fun, and...
Th-there's nothin' wrong
with that.
What's wrong is usin'
a Mr. Mcbeevee
to get outta work
and to explain things
that seem to come from nowhere.
Ope, they, uh, they comes a time
when you have
to stop the playactin'
and tell the truth.
And that time's now.
Right now.
Ope, I want you to be man enough
to tell me that Mr. Mcbeevee
is just make-believe.
That's all you have to say
and it'll all be forgotten.
But if you don't
then somethin' else
is gonna happen.
I believe you know
what I mean, don't you?
Yes, paw.
All right
tell the truth.
Just go ahead and say right out
Mr. Mcbeevee
is just make-believe.
Well?
Go ahead.
Mr. Mcbeevee is just...
Say it.
I can't, paw.
Mr. Mcbeevee isn't make-believe.
He's real.
Opie...
Don't you believe me, paw?
Don't you, paw?
I believe you.
Well, what's wrong with the boy
making up an
imaginary character?
Well, what about the hatchet
and the coin?
Well, still, that's not rea...
Andy?
No...
I didn't spank him.
Oh, well, that's good.
Just not necessary.
He learned his lesson.
A good talkin'-to
is the best thing...
Makin' him stay in his room.
I didn't do that either.
Well, what did you do?
I told him I believed him.
You told him you beli...
But, Andy,
what he told you's impossible.
Well, a whole lotta times
I've asked him to believe things
that to his mind
musta seemed just as impossible.
Oh, but Andy, this silver hat
and the jinglin'
and the smoke from the ears,
what about all that?
Oh, I don't know, Barn.
I guess it's a time like this
when you're asked
to believe somethin'
that just don't seem possible...
That's the moment that decides
whether you got faith
in somebody or not.
Yeah, but how can you
explain it all?
I can't.
But you do believe
in Mr. Mcbeevee?
No. No. No.
I do believe in Opie.
Mr. Mcbeevee.
Hello
Mcbeevee at your service.
What can I do for you, mister?
You walk around in the trees...
Silver hat an-an-and
you jingle and...
You can make smoke come out
of your ears, can't you?
Uh-huh.
Mr. Mcbeevee,
I can't tell you
how glad I am to meet you.
Well, are ya, now?
I certainly am.
I didn't catch the name.
Oh, I'm Andy Taylor, Opie's dad.
Oh, are ya, now?
That's a wonderful boy.
Oh, he's a fine boy.
Hey, Barn?
Guess who I just met.
Who?
Mr. Mcbeevee.
He was right out there
in the woods,
right where Opie said he was.
You seen him with your own eyes?
You better know I did...
Shiny silver hat and everything.
I never was as glad to shake
hands with anybody in my life.
You shook hands with him?
I sure did.
See, where we
went wrong, Barn...
Oh, Andy, you know something?
You been working too hard.
No, now, listen... you been
working too hard, Andy.
Just take it easy.
When... when Opie said...
Just sit down there
and relax, now.
I'm gonna make a phone call,
and you just take it easy
while I make it.
Just let your mind go blank.
Don't even think of anything.
Hello, Sarah?
This is Barney Fife.
Uh, I wonder if you could get me
doc Harvey, would you?
There just ain't no job
more demanding
than the high sheriff.
I always did say that.
Hello, doc?
Uh, this is Barney Fife.
I wonder if you could come over
to the office.
Uh, well, no. It's just for a...
For a regular check-up.
It's an emergency.
Hurry.
Just relax. Just...
Just let your mind go blank.
Don't even think.
Just let her go.
You know,
don't even think of anything.
Just... just let yourself go.
Just... just relax.
He's a real nice fella.
Oh, yeah.
He's a... he's a...
Nice.
Nice.
He's comin' over to the house
to eat supper tonight.
Supper?
Uh-huh.
Wonderful.
If he gets through in time.
Oh, he'll get through.
Why don't you come, too?
Oh, yes, I will.
I'll come.
I'll even wear
my... my shiny hat.
I have a shiny hat.
I do.
You didn't know that.
No, no, no!
No, I'll get that.
You just... just relax
and let me answer the phone.
And just... just let the mind
go blank.
Hello? Barney Fife.
The sheriff's off...
Uh, well, uh, yeah, he's here,
but, uh, he's not taking
any calls right now.
Tell the sheriff
that I can make it to his house
for supper tonight.
Y-Y-You'll be there for supper.
I didn't get the name.
B-b... uh...
Um...mcbeevee?
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
With Ronny Howard...
Also starring Don knotts.
Whoa, now, come on.
Giddyap.
Hey, wrangler, time to eat.
Come on to the chuckhouse.
Whoa, whoa,
wait a minute there, Tex.
Can't take a horse
in the kitchen.
Tie him up there
at the hitchin' post.
Oh, yeah.
That should tie him.
Now we go.
All right, Tex
march right over there,
and eat a whole lot.
Oh, there's Barn.
I'll get it.
Okay.
Is the sun a little hot for you?
What?
Oh, sorry, paw.
Hi, everybody.
Howdy, Barn.
Have some coffee.
Thought you'd never ask.
Can I have a lump of sugar
to take out to blackie?
Who's blackie?
That's my horse.
Your horse?
Yeah. He's tied up out outside.
Are you kiddin' me?
How long you had a horse?
Oh, not long.
Well, ain't that something.
Andy, you never said anything.
You got the boy a horse.
Is it a full-size horse
or just a pony?
He's big like cowboys have
and he's black all over
with a white spot on his nose
and he's got a silver saddle
and a long tail.
And you should see him
jump over fences.
Jumps over fences.
Well, Andy,
ain't he kind of young?
I mean, that's quite
a responsibility
taking care
of a big animal like that.
Where do you keep him anyways?
Barn, actually...
Let's go outside
and have a look.
Wait till you see the way
he'll nuzzle up to me.
I got kind of a way
with these critters.
In a sense, I'm a master,
you know?
Well, there feller...
Blackie.
Blackie!
Blackie, come on, boy.
Come on.
He's tied up
at the hitchin' post.
Huh?
Hitchin' post, right there.
Actually, Barn, blackie's
a little on the invisible side.
Invisible, huh?
You mean, there ain't no horse.
Come on in, Opie.
Finish your breakfast.
Comin'.
Why'd you let the boy
lead me on like that?
Oh, come on, Barn...
No, it's all right,
it's all right.
I can take a joke
as good as the next fella.
I just don't think
you ought to let the boy
get started in that direction.
I'm, uh...
I'm sorry.
It's all right.
Why don't we just, uh...
Just forget it.
Okay.
Now you see, blackie,
what a mess you got me into?
Hi, paw.
Oh, hi, ope, what you got there?
These letters came for you
at the house.
Aunt bee thought
you might want 'em.
Oh. While you're here
how'd you like
the top executive training job
of taking the trash
out back here?
Gee, I can't right now, paw.
I told Mr. Mcbeevee
I'd be right back.
Who?
Mr. Mcbeevee.
You don't know him.
He's new around here.
I just met him this morning.
Oh.
Oh, newcomer in town, eh?
Where's he live at?
I met him in the woods.
What's he doin' in the woods?
Well, mostly he walks around
up in the treetops.
He walks in the tree...?
Mm-hmm. I suppose
he's invisible, too.
No. Mr. Mcbeevee's easy to see.
Especially his hat.
He wears a great big,
shiny, silver hat.
That does it!
Lady, you got
a little something to eat
for a couple of hungry hobos?
Well, lunch
is a little late today.
You can both wait
in the other room.
Didn't Opie come with you?
No, he's out in the woods
playing somewhere.
There he is.
Only he can slam a door
like that.
Paw
paw, look what I got.
It's a real hatchet.
Well, I'll be dogged,
lookee there.
The blade's genuine steel.
Yes, sir, and the handle's
genuine wood.
Where'd you get it?
From Mr. Mcbeevee.
It's not sharpened, paw
so it won't be dangerous.
Uh, you say, uh...
Mr. Mcbeevee
give it to ya?
Uh
Yeah.
He said I could keep it, too.
Uh...
Ope, uh, a hatchet
is a mighty fine thing to have
and it's extra special fun
thinkin' that your
friend Mr. Mcbeevee
give it to you.
'Course now, I imagine
if you was to think real hard
you might remember that it
come from some place else.
Maybe you just picked
it up along the road.
More'n likely, it come
from Mr. Edinger's
carpenter shop.
No, paw, I got it
from Mr. Mcbeevee.
You, uh... you did
get this in the woods?
Uh-huh.
Well, somebody probably
left it there for a reason
which means that they'll
be comin' by to pick it up.
Now, you do know
where you got it?
Good. Then... then you
just take it back
and put it
right where you got it.
Do I have to take it back?
Uh, it seems like the best idea.
Now, you just skedaddle
right along. Hurry back.
It's a good idea
you stopped him.
Sooner or later,
he's got to find out
he's living in a real world,
and there just ain't
any Mr. Mcbeevees.
Lunch is ready.
Mr. Mcbeevee!
Mr. Mcbeevee!
Well, Opie, me lad, what is it?
I brought your hatchet back.
Well, now, is there
somethin' wrong with it?
My paw told me I
should bring it back.
Oh, well, now
he's probably thinkin'
that it's too dangerous for ya
and he may be right at that,
too, you know.
Parents usually are.
It's a pity that I can't spare
anything else for ya.
I need these.
These are me extra hands.
I have 12 extra hands.
Well, that's all right.
Thanks just the same.
Well, I guess I'd better
be gettin' home.
Hey, wait, wait, now.
I can't let you go now
with that long face on you.
Did... did I ever show you
the trick that I learned
from the heathen cannibals
to make smoke
come out of me ears?
Can you really?
Oh...
That's better now.
Look.
I think I have somethin' here
that you can use.
This is an old, old quarter
that's just beggin'
to be turned
into gum and ice cream.
I couldn't take money.
Well, you earned it.
Well, the berries
you picked for me
and the fresh springwater
and the apples
you brought for me.
And bein' that
you can't take the hatchet
you take the coin.
Gee, thanks!
Hey, wait!
I'll see ya later.
Probably tomorrow.
I have to work for my paw
this afternoon.
Anytime, my boy, anytime at all.
Bye, Mr. Mcbeevee.
Good-bye.
I'm glad you're here.
I've been doin' some thinkin'.
'Bout what?
This may surprise you
but I believe there is
a Mr. Mcbeevee.
What?!
I know, I know.
This morning I was sure
the boy made it all up
but he gave you a name.
He gave you a location.
He gave you an actual quote
from the man hisself.
That's pretty hard for an
eight-year-old boy to make up.
Oh, I don't know, Barn...
Well, I know, I know
and I figured it out
by simple logic.
Oh, hi, paw. Hi, Barn.
Hi, ope.
Opie.
I can help you
with that trash now.
Oh, good, good.
Just take it right
out there in the back.
I think I know
what'll turn the trick for us.
We'll call into play
one of the basic tools
of our profession.
What's that?
The eyewitness identification.
What are you talking about?
I can get Opie to give us
a description of this fella.
I'm going to prove I know
your boy better than you do.
Oh, Barney...
Say, ope, uh...
Uh, sit down here
for a second, will ya?
J-J-Just sit down there.
Attaboy.
A
Good, good.
You know, ope,
I was just gonna, uh...
Just gonna practice fillin' out
an identification form
and I thought maybe
you could help me out
by, uh, oh, givin' me
a description of somebody.
Okay.
Good. Just anybody at all, uh...
Let's see,
who could it be, uh...?
Say, I have an idea.
How about Mr. Mcbeevee?
Okay.
Good, good.
I'll just get the form here
and we'll just, uh,
start right in, okay?
All rightey.
First, uh, height.
How tall is he?
Oh, 'bout as tall as paw.
Uh-huh.
And weight.
Is he fat,
or is he skinny, or...?
He's just ordinary.
"Average."
Now, color of eyes?
I don't remember.
Probably brown.
"Brown." uh-huh.
Doin' fine, hey, Andy?
Gettin' a line on him.
Now, color of, uh, hair?
I don't know.
He always wears his hat.
Oh, the hat, yeah, well, uh,
w-we'll get back to that.
Uh, does he have any, uh,
any peculiarities?
Does he walk with a limp, or...?
He just walks regular.
"Just regular." Uh-huh.
You hear that, Andy?
Just regular. Yes sirree.
I mean, he doesn't, uh...
He doesn't fly
or anything like that?
Course he doesn't fly.
No trouble finding him.
Better and better.
Uh, the only thing is
when he walks, he sorta jingles.
He jingles?
Like he had rings on his fingers
and bells on his toes.
Well, uh, course
he don't really have
rings on his fingers
and bells on his toes,
now does he, ope?
No. It just sounds that way.
That's right.
The jinglin' is really
from all the things
hangin' on his belt.
What things?
His hands... his 12 extra hands.
He has 12 extra hands,
and they... jingle.
And he makes smoke
come out of his ears.
You can put that down.
"Smoke comes out of his ears."
He learned it
from the cannibals.
"...and from cannibals."
Do you want to ask me
about his silver hat?
No. I think that does it.
Yeah. I'd say that does it, ope.
And he's a real nice man.
He even gave me this quarter.
Wait a minute...
You tryin' to tell me
the fella you just described
give you that quarter?
He told me it was all right,
that I could have it
because I earned it.
Where'd you get that quarter?
Like I said, paw,
from Mr. Mcbeevee.
Why don't you go
and ask Mr. Mcbeevee?
He'll tell ya.
All right. Let's
just do that.
Hello, Travers?
Mcbeevee here.
I'm all set.
I need Charlie to help me
with the stringer line.
He's where?
All right, I'll go get him.
Bye.
Mr. Mcbeevee?
He's right around here, paw.
You'll see.
Mr. Mcbeevee?
Mr. Mcbeevee?
Maybe he moved to another tree.
Mr. Mcbeevee?
It's me, Opie.
Please come down,
Mr. Mcbeevee.
Please.
My paw's here.
I want you to tell him
about that quarter.
Let's go home.
Well, Andy...
I didn't expect to see you two.
Go on up to your room.
I'll be there in a minute.
Anything wrong?
Afraid so.
Why
well, it looks like Opie's
gettin' hisself in the habit
of stretchin' the truth
a little outta shape.
Opie lying?
Oh, I can't believe it.
Sure looks like it.
Well, what are you going to do?
I ain't got much choice.
Looks like to me
he's in for a whippin'.
Oh, Andy.
Ope, uh...
'Member the fun
you was havin' this mornin'
gallopin' around the back yard
on...Blackie?
We was both enjoyin'
that little game.
Course, now... now the truth is
th-there never was
any real blackie.
That's just somethin'
that you made up.
Ain't that right?
Well, about, uh...
About this Mr. Mcbeevee...
Maybe the same thing
happened there.
Maybe you, uh, made him up, too,
just for fun, and...
Th-there's nothin' wrong
with that.
What's wrong is usin'
a Mr. Mcbeevee
to get outta work
and to explain things
that seem to come from nowhere.
Ope, they, uh, they comes a time
when you have
to stop the playactin'
and tell the truth.
And that time's now.
Right now.
Ope, I want you to be man enough
to tell me that Mr. Mcbeevee
is just make-believe.
That's all you have to say
and it'll all be forgotten.
But if you don't
then somethin' else
is gonna happen.
I believe you know
what I mean, don't you?
Yes, paw.
All right
tell the truth.
Just go ahead and say right out
Mr. Mcbeevee
is just make-believe.
Well?
Go ahead.
Mr. Mcbeevee is just...
Say it.
I can't, paw.
Mr. Mcbeevee isn't make-believe.
He's real.
Opie...
Don't you believe me, paw?
Don't you, paw?
I believe you.
Well, what's wrong with the boy
making up an
imaginary character?
Well, what about the hatchet
and the coin?
Well, still, that's not rea...
Andy?
No...
I didn't spank him.
Oh, well, that's good.
Just not necessary.
He learned his lesson.
A good talkin'-to
is the best thing...
Makin' him stay in his room.
I didn't do that either.
Well, what did you do?
I told him I believed him.
You told him you beli...
But, Andy,
what he told you's impossible.
Well, a whole lotta times
I've asked him to believe things
that to his mind
musta seemed just as impossible.
Oh, but Andy, this silver hat
and the jinglin'
and the smoke from the ears,
what about all that?
Oh, I don't know, Barn.
I guess it's a time like this
when you're asked
to believe somethin'
that just don't seem possible...
That's the moment that decides
whether you got faith
in somebody or not.
Yeah, but how can you
explain it all?
I can't.
But you do believe
in Mr. Mcbeevee?
No. No. No.
I do believe in Opie.
Mr. Mcbeevee.
Hello
Mcbeevee at your service.
What can I do for you, mister?
You walk around in the trees...
Silver hat an-an-and
you jingle and...
You can make smoke come out
of your ears, can't you?
Uh-huh.
Mr. Mcbeevee,
I can't tell you
how glad I am to meet you.
Well, are ya, now?
I certainly am.
I didn't catch the name.
Oh, I'm Andy Taylor, Opie's dad.
Oh, are ya, now?
That's a wonderful boy.
Oh, he's a fine boy.
Hey, Barn?
Guess who I just met.
Who?
Mr. Mcbeevee.
He was right out there
in the woods,
right where Opie said he was.
You seen him with your own eyes?
You better know I did...
Shiny silver hat and everything.
I never was as glad to shake
hands with anybody in my life.
You shook hands with him?
I sure did.
See, where we
went wrong, Barn...
Oh, Andy, you know something?
You been working too hard.
No, now, listen... you been
working too hard, Andy.
Just take it easy.
When... when Opie said...
Just sit down there
and relax, now.
I'm gonna make a phone call,
and you just take it easy
while I make it.
Just let your mind go blank.
Don't even think of anything.
Hello, Sarah?
This is Barney Fife.
Uh, I wonder if you could get me
doc Harvey, would you?
There just ain't no job
more demanding
than the high sheriff.
I always did say that.
Hello, doc?
Uh, this is Barney Fife.
I wonder if you could come over
to the office.
Uh, well, no. It's just for a...
For a regular check-up.
It's an emergency.
Hurry.
Just relax. Just...
Just let your mind go blank.
Don't even think.
Just let her go.
You know,
don't even think of anything.
Just... just let yourself go.
Just... just relax.
He's a real nice fella.
Oh, yeah.
He's a... he's a...
Nice.
Nice.
He's comin' over to the house
to eat supper tonight.
Supper?
Uh-huh.
Wonderful.
If he gets through in time.
Oh, he'll get through.
Why don't you come, too?
Oh, yes, I will.
I'll come.
I'll even wear
my... my shiny hat.
I have a shiny hat.
I do.
You didn't know that.
No, no, no!
No, I'll get that.
You just... just relax
and let me answer the phone.
And just... just let the mind
go blank.
Hello? Barney Fife.
The sheriff's off...
Uh, well, uh, yeah, he's here,
but, uh, he's not taking
any calls right now.
Tell the sheriff
that I can make it to his house
for supper tonight.
Y-Y-You'll be there for supper.
I didn't get the name.
B-b... uh...
Um...mcbeevee?
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.