Woman yoohoo anybody home . Oh, clara. Come on in. Here they are. Oh, youve been putting out pickles. Mmhmm. And i do believe these are the best ones ive ever done. Of course, im not an expert. Oh, clara johnson, you are. Anyone who wins the blue ribbon at the fair for ten years in a row . Eleven. Eleven. And its just possible these may make it 12. Just think of that. Confidentially, im using more allspice. Mmm. Simply delicious. Oh, clara, these are wonderful. I think so myself. Oh, youre entering the contest, too. No, no. Those are just for my family. Oh, but, bee, you should enter. Wheres your sporting blood . No, no, no. No more contests. Cant say i havent tried. I tried for ten years and i lost for ten years. Eleven. Well, i know your pickles would stand a wonderful chance. Let me try one. Theyre better than the others. What do you think, clara . Oh, uh. Theyre very nice, very nice indeed. Theyre quite. Pleasant and nice. D. I wouldnt change them one single bit. Except maybe the brine might be just a touch too heavy. I was very careful. But thats the only thing. Maybe an extra sprig or two of parsley steeped in the vinegar. And possibly if you could get younger cucumbers they wouldnt be so soft. And then drain them more and use fresher spices. But other than that, theyre quite nice. Well, i just put them out for the boys. Pie. Thank you, clara. See you later. Bye. Oh, you might try boiling the vinegar just two seconds more, too. Thank you, clara. But theyre nice. Oh, hi, aunt bee. Hi. Anybody ready for some lunch . I have a little surprise for you today. Did you hear that, barney . Aunt bees brought us a surprise. Dont you tell me its some of that good old apple crumb pie. Better than that. You made potato pancakes . No. Even better than that. Well, what . Roast beef sandwich. Uhhuh. Coleslaw. Yeah. And heres the surprise. Some of my new homemade pickles. Well, that certainly is a wonderful surprise. Lookit there, barney aunt bees brought us some of her homemade pickles. I see. It sure is wonderful. You really shouldnt have, aunt bee. Thats right, aunt bee. You go to way yonder too much trouble to please us. Oh, its no trouble at all. Theres plenty. I made eight quarts. Eight quarts . Oh, aunt bee made eight quarts. Eight quarts. So you can have some every day. Oh, well, i had an awful big breakfast. I just stuffed myself something terrible. Here you are. And here you are. Here i am. Yeah, thats, uh. Thats homemade, all right. Anybody can tell that. A cute little fella, isnt it . Well, go ahead and taste it. Well, ii dont want to waste it when im so full up like this. I think ill just wait and smoke it. Eat it after supper. Go ahead and enjoy it now. If you want some more after supper ill bring you over a whole jar. You do like pickles dont you . Oh, sure. Who dont . Well . Theres no mistake about it. Y. Im glad you boys like them. Well, i dont want to keep you from your work. Enjoy the pickles. door shuts where we throw them . No. Wait. She might find out, and itd break her heart. Well, we got to do something. We cant. Shoo, fly. Its dead. Well, we got to figure some way to dispose of these pickles so there wont be a trace of em. Yeah, but how . I cant understand it. Why does she keep on making them . I reckon like most women she just automatically figures that anything homemade has got to be better than something from the store. Store pickles are ten times better than these. A hundred times better. I dont know how i can face the future when i know theres eight quarts of these pickles in it. You just had a idea there. Lets examine the situation here. Were more or less bound to consume the pickles we could eat them. But they aint good ol store pickles. Theyre bad ol home pickles. Well just turn them into store pickles. How . Well get eight quarts of store pickles and put em in aunt bees jars. And then we wouldnt hurt her feelings. We could eat the pickles, and shed be tickled pink. Tonight we go into operation pickle switch. Pickle switch. You character. Pretty good. You got em, barn . Opie, i want you to understand. Ordinarily, i dont approve of doing things behind folkss back. I get it, paw. We better hustle while shes still over at mrs. Johnsons. Now, you know why were doing this . cause we dont want to hurt aunt bees feelings and you dont want me to get sick again. I guess thats right. Unscrew them things. Now the cloth. Schedule. Now, we got to get rid of aunt bees pickles in such a way that shell never detect a sign. You can trust me. Op, get on upstairs. Aunt beell be back any second. Okay, paw. This whole things come off pretty smooth. Id say so. Go out this way to be sure not to run into aunt bee. Hello. Oh, hi, aunt bee. I came through the back. I had to get some things off the clothesline. Huh . Your suitcase. Uh. Uh. The suitcase . Oh, uh, barneys, uh. Barneys going on a trip. Aint ya, barney . Uh. Trip. Thats right. Im going on a trip. Thats right. Im gonna visit my aun. Uh, cousin. Uh, ill be back tomorrow, though. I wouldve brought my own suitcase but its in the cleaners. Yeah, have a good time. So dont try to call him up to check on it. What . My cousin the one im visiting. Why should i do that . Opies in bed, i suppose. Yes, maam. Bye, barney. I just decided to go at the last minute so i just pickled a few things to. Picked a few things to take with me. Well, that sounds like a good idea. Oh, uh, well. Ill be going now. jars clang uh. Uh, shaving lotion. I shave a lot when i travel so i brought some lotion with me. Thats perfectly natural. Everybody shaves. Well, men, that is, and im a man. And so theres really nothing to be suspicious about. And if i was you, id just forget the whole thing. Well, barney, have a nice trip. Ill see you when you get back. This cousin of mine say, he lives way over. Just go. Ouknowwhat. Get rid of what . Oh, the pick. bye, aunt bee im leaving on my trip to my cousins house. whats up, officer . I do something wrong . I wasnt speeding. Oh, no. I see by your license plates that youre from oregon. Thats right. Portland. On your way back there now, are you . As a matter of fact, i am. Uhhuh. Whats the trouble . Oh, no trouble at all. Like you said, you wasnt speeding. As a matter of fact you was handling your car so perfect that you qualify for our safe driving award. Safe driving award . Thats right. And here she is. Mayberry says thanks and happy motoring. Have a nice trip now barney, you never told us a thing about your trip. What trip . Oh, oh. The trip. Uh, uh, well, it was just fine, fine. They were just pickled tink to see me. I bet they didnt serve you any pickles as good as these. They sure are tasty. Theyre the best i ever had. Ave another one. All right. Ive never seen you boys eat so many pickles. Well, theyre just plain irresistible, aunt bee. Care for some, op . Sure would, paw. I think ill try one myself. Oh, yeah, help yourself. Youll like em. Mmm. Say, they are good, arent they . They are that. And i was beginning to think you boys didnt really care about my pickles. Ast. As a matter of fact this last batch would be my very last. Your last . Mmhmm. I see you really do like them. And another thing. I decided not to be in the contest this year but, you know, ive changed my mind. I think ive hit on just the right recipe. Gonna enter the competition after all. Yyyou are . This may be the year to beat out mrs. Johnson for the blue ribbon. Im gonna enter these pickles. These . These . You know, if she did win, it might be a good joke. chuckling imagine aunt bee walking off with a fixed pickle contest. Just a harmless jokes all. Yeah. Sheriff, are you busy . Well, of course not, mrs. Johnson. Barney how are ya, mrs. Johnson . Just fine, thank you. Me homemade pickles. Oh, i declare. Well, lookit there, barney. Mrs. Johnson brought us some pickles. Uhhuh. Well, i think youll like them. Theyre sort of special. This year i went wild with allspice. Oh, mrs. Johnson id have never thought it of ya. Well, arent you going to taste one . Well, the fact is me and barney just had a sizable lunch. Yeah, and i got to go out on patrol. Wouldnt do for me to stop anybody with allspice on my breath. Well, arent you going to try just one . Me and barneyll try one, wont we, barn . Come on and lets have one of mrs. Johnsons pickles. No, youyou go ahead, andy. I gotta bring the car around. Barney hey, these are good. Do you really think so . Mmm, just as flavorsome as can be. Oh, im glad you like them so much. I do spend an awful lot of time on them. Maybe more than i should. Well, you can certainly tell it. You know, when mr. Johnson was alive he just loved them so much. He always used to say to me clara, when my time comes and i go to heaven ill just bet they dont put down a pickle thats what he always said, rest his soul. Yeah. I guess now he has a chance to find out. Id say chances are, he is exactly 100 right. Did you ever see my scrapbook with all the prizes ive won for my pickles . Uh, yes. Ive got it right here. Pasted in everything the blue ribbons from the fair. First place every year for 11 years. I take out my book and look at my ribbons. I dont know how to explain it but. Its a great comfort to know that theres something i can do. Why, i suppose im just a foolish old lady. Oh, well, now, i wouldnt believe that for a minute. You probably think im just putting on airs but i do try to make my pickles better every year. Barney, we have got us a mess. Well, hows that . We was dead wrong about figurin that contest didnt mean anything. Whats small potatoes to some folks can be mighty important to others. Are you talkin about mrs. Johnson . Mmhmm. Barney, that poor soul just lives for that contest and if she got nosed out by a store pickle id never forgive myself. We got to make this contest fair and square. That means the pickles aunt bee enters has got to be the pickles aunt bee makes. But the pickles she made, theyre gone. I know it. Were just gonna have to get her to make another batch. You cant be serious. You mean you actually want her to make another batch of them kerosene cucumbers . sighs all right. Howre we gonna do it . Well. Somehow between now and the contest were gonna have to eat up all the store pickles that aunt bees got on hand. Why dont we get rid of them the same way we got rid of the others . No. That wont work. See, shes got to see them pickles disappearin and shes got to see us likin em so much that shell want to make another batch. Oh, andy, i gotta tell ya now, my heart aint in this. Well, its not so much your heart we need its your stomach. Lunchtime i was fixing your lunch and i went to get some pickles and do you know theyre all gone . Really . Theyre gone . I cant imagine where they went. Well, i can. I know you boys have been eating a lot lately but i never thought wed get through all of them. This is terrible. The contest is almost here and i dont have a single pickle to enter. Oh, its all our fault no two ways about it. No, no, im glad you enjoyed. Were just gluttons. Im just ashamed of both of us. Aint you, barney . Ive already told everybody im going to enter the contest and now ill look ridiculous if i dont. I guess theres nothin you can do outside of makin a new batch. I guess not. Hey, thats a excellent idea and aint you the clever one to think of it. What . What you said about makin a new batch. I did . Yeah, but youll have to hurry some. Oh. Uff. Mrs. Dredmar has some nice cucumbers. You got lots of empty jars. And mrs. Johnsonll loan ya some spices. Yes. I think i can do it. Ill just put off the sewin. The kettles already. Theyre just up to the preachers wifes now. Oh, im so excited i just cant stand it. Oh, now, aunt bee, calm yourself. Ow. Well, what would you say . Kerosene . Precisely. crowd applauds andy oh, its mrs. Johnson again. Oh, just look at her. She looks so happy. Shes floatin on a cloud. Well, it means a lot to her. Im so happy congratulations, mrs. Johnson. Congratulations. And you deserved it, dear. Oh, im so happy. Im so very happy. I could almost cry. I worked and suffered for this so long. Yes, well, we all have. Oh, well, i must go and thank the judges. Where did they go to . Uh, theyre over there at the water fountain washin their hands. Oh. Well, aunt bee, maybe next year. Oh, it doesnt matter. I dont care. As long as my family likes what i make good for you, aunt bee. Actually, you boys are going to be the winners. Thats right. I made a double batch this time you liked my pickles so much 16 jars. Sixteen . Sixteen . 16 jars. And ill see that you get some every day. Come along, opie. 16 jars. You mean, uh. Learn to love em. thunder rumbling grunting rumbling squealing grunting screaming just werent built to hold a real god, were you . grunting