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The New Doctor: Directed by Bob Sweeney. With Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, George Nader. Barney and Aunt Bee get Andy worked up over the idea of Ellie dumping him to tie the knot with the new, young, handsome, unmarried doctor in town.
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- Comedy, Family
- Bob Sweeney
- 1961-03-27
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Andy must make a hasty, ill-advised marriage proposal to Ellie Walker after he comes convinced that the new, handsome young doctor in town is trying to steal his girl.
After a considerable amount of prodding from Barney, Andy's suspicions are aroused when
Ellie seems to be spending a lot of time with Mayberry's new Doctor. The inevitable relationship between the town doctor and the town druggist doesn't quite sit well with Andy. After joining Andy and Ellie on their date, Barney decides to get to the bottom of the situation. His attention is quickly sidetracked when the new doctor diagnoses Barn with a vitamin deficiency. Determined to fight for his girl, Andy inadvertently proposes to Ellie. He then discovers that the new doctor is engaged to be married. Ellie lets Andy off the hook, and they both agree to proceed slowly in their relationship.
•Although Dr. Benson moves to Mayberry and plans on settling there, he is never seen or heard from again.
•Andy makes mention of a band called Bobby Fleet and his Band with a Beat. This was the band that Jim Lindsey, played by James Best, left town with in the third episode "The Guitar Player.” They would return later in Season 1 in "The Guitar Player Returns,” and they appeared as Freddy Fleet's band in the Season 3 Episode, The Mayberry Band.
•This marks the first time Andy says the phrase, "Yeah boy."
•Barney almost gets run over by a '59 Chevy.
•When Dr. Bennet leaves/retires in Season 7 it's said he's been in Mayberry for 40 years. Did they really have more than one doctor?
•When Barney rushes out of the Drug Store after eavesdropping he pulls the door bell off and drops it on the floor, but when Andy returns a few minutes later the bell is back in place on the door.
Two young people lost in a world of pills.
Ellie: "Andy is the Justice of the Peace; I think he would like to perform the ceremony."
A New Doctor in Town: Directed by Lee Philips. With Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Howard McNear. Mayberry has a new doctor in town who runs into difficulty being accepted because no one wants to be his first patient.
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- Comedy, Family
- Lee Philips
- 1966-12-26
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The town's new doctor is shunned by all the Mayberry citizens until Andy shows his faith in the young physician by letting him remove Opie's tonsils.
Andy finally proposes to Ellie when he becomes convinced that the new young doctor in town is trying to steal his girl.
The New Doctor. Andy finally proposes to Ellie when he becomes convinced that the new young doctor in town is trying to steal his girl. S1E24 24 min. Pluto TV. Movies and Shows in United States. The Andy Griffith Show. Stream The Andy Griffith Show free and on-demand with Pluto TV. Season 1, Episode 24.
