Starring Andy Griffith...
With Ronny Howard...
Also starring Don knotts.
Good morning.
Boys, good morning.
Uh... congratulations, Andy.
Congratulations?
And best wishes, too.
For what?
Isn't he the sly one?
I'm not being sly, Floyd.
I just don't know what
you're congratulating me for.
Oh. Somebody getting married.
You... you know,
he's a great kidder.
He's always good for a laugh.
When's the big day, Andy?
Well, wait a minute, judd.
Are you guys implying that...
That it's me
that's getting married?
Oh, now, look, Andy...
There's no point in keeping
this a secret anymore.
It's all over town.
Well, I'm glad somebody's
finally letting me in on it.
Who am I supposed
to be marrying?
Ooh, who's he supposed to be...
You're funny.
You're funny for a sheriff.
Floyd.
Here comes the bride now.
Helen?
What... well...
Wait...
Wait a minute.
What's going on?
I should think you'd be the last
person on earth to ask that.
Well, maybe I'm not very smart,
so suppose you tell me.
When I become engaged
to somebody
I've got one
very simple requirement...
I'd like to be asked first.
I don't like going
to a p.T.A. Meeting
and suddenly finding out
that I'm engaged
to the great sheriff Taylor.
You think all you have to do
is decide you want to marry me
and then just announce it
to the world.
Just who do you think you are,
anyway...
Mayberry's answer to Cary Grant?
Now, wait a minute!
I'm not finished.
What really infuriates me
is listening to your friends
tell me what
a great catch you are.
Well, you're not caught yet.
Hi, and.
How's it going?
Well, I admit I should
have told you about it first.
Should have told me
about it first?
Barney, this is
about the third time
that you've spread stories
about Helen and me
and made her mad at me.
Now, for the last time,
we are not getting married.
Now, that's where you
happen to be wrong.
What do you mean, I'm wrong?
If Helen and I
were going to get married
don't you think
we'd be the first ones to know?
And we tell you.
Now, stay out of this area
of our lives.
I'm out. It's out of my hands.
It's out of your hands.
None of us has
any control over it.
Well, who has?
Count istvan teleky.
Who's that?
He's the one that decided
that you and Helen
are going to be married.
Well, where is he?
I'd like to talk to him.
Andy, you can't talk
to count istvan teleky.
Why not?
Because he lived
in the th century.
Barney, I know that we've not
always understood one another
but so far as I can recall,
this is the first time
we've ever been
on two different planets.
Andy...
Come here a minute.
What are you doing?
Well, there's no point
in having the count
hear all this.
Wait a minute. I just got
the whole story.
Do you want to hear it?
No, I don't.
Well, sit down.
You're going to.
Andy...
Now, look, Helen.
I had nothing to do with this.
You know, I just
couldn't care less.
Do you want to hear it
or don't you?
Now, this
is the way it happened.
A few days ago
Barney and goober went over
to this police auction.
What's a police auction
got to do with anything?
If you'll wait a minute,
I'll tell you.
They hold them over in mt. Pilot
every now and then
and auction off all the stuff
that they've confiscated
during the year.
Barney and goober
bought some stuff
like everybody does.
Goober bought this, this...
Roll of copper tubing.
Paid cents for it.
You could get it anywhere else
for cents
but he wanted it.
And Barney bought
some stuff, too.
But one thing in particular...
You just think they
got that box from gypsies.
I know they did.
Don't you remember
that band of gypsies
that was floating around
the area last year?
You don't believe in that
magic stuff, do you?
Well, they're doing an awful lot
with e.S.P. These days.
What's that?
E.s.p.?
Extrasensitive perception.
Doing a lot of that
in the himalayas.
You know, people
on mountaintops miles apart
thinking the same thing.
I didn't know that.
Well, don't quote me on this,
goober.
I'm not saying there is
such a thing as the supernatural
but things have happened
that have never been explained.
I believe I'll go on over
to the filling station.
I call upon you, count teleky
to impart your mystical
powers to earthly things.
I ask you, whose presence
hovers over us eternally
to invest these cards
with your very spirit.
Hey, Barn.
Huh?! Goober, stop
sneaking up on people!
I... just had
a few minutes to k*ll
so I thought
I'd kind of, you know
fool around with this stuff.
Sure looks spooky.
Hey, what is that stuff
you were sprinkling
in that lamp?
Oh, that. Well...
According to the book,
that dust is supposed
to evoke the spirit
of count istvan teleky.
If you sprinkle it
in the flame there
well, then, he's supposed
to be right here
in the room with you.
I'll be dawged.
You know what they're
talking about?
That's a man that's
over years old.
You think that his
spirit could be right here
in the same room with us?
I don't know.
Do you?
I don't know.
Well, I'll just get my
copper tubing and run along.
You have to go?
See ya, Barn. I ain't staying
in no back room
with no ghost that
comes out a lamp.
Hi, goober!
Hey!
What ghost was he talking about,
Barney?
Oh, well, he...
Listen, do you feel
like having some fun?
What do you mean, Barney?
Well...
I'll tell your fortune.
You've heard
of that, haven't you?
Is that what all that stuff is?
Yeah. Come on in.
Sit down.
Okay.
There.
Okay...
Here we go.
Now, you see, ope
when two identical cards
come up on the same pile
that's when you got something.
I got two flaming torches.
Let's see what the book says.
You've been granted
three wishes, ope.
You mean I can
wish for something
and it'll come true?
Yeah. Well,
I mean, you know...
It's worth a try.
Just for fun, huh?
All right.
I wish I had a jackknife.
A jackknife, huh?
Yeah. I wish
I had a jackknife.
Hey, Barn?
Hi, paw.
Oh, listen, uh...
Let's just, uh...
Let's just keep this game
between you and me, huh?
No sense in telling
your paw about it.
Okay, Barn.
How you doing, sport?
Fine, paw.
Hey, I'm glad you stopped by.
I was going through
my desk drawer at home
and I found something
you might like to have.
Look at that. Jackknife.
Wow.
Barn.
Hi, and.
Hey, Barney
look what I just got.
I'm going to take it home
and sharpen it.
Bye, paw.
What's the matter?
Didn't you ever
see a jackknife before?
I smell something.
Smells like something burning.
Barn?
It'll be gone in a minute.
Well, I just don't
see the connection
between Opie getting a jackknife
and Barney spreading the rumor
that you and I
are getting married.
Well, wait a minute.
The jackknife
was only part of it.
Andy, do you mean to tell me
that you believe
that there's the spirit
of a -year-old
count hovering around
granting wishes
and controlling fate?
Oh, no, no, no.
I don't believe that,
but Barney does,
and you know Barney.
He'll believe nearly anything.
Andy, it's like the dark ages.
Yes, it is.
Now, like I say, I'm not saying
that I believe any of this stuff
but it is strange.
The next day,
I was sitting in the office
working on monthly reports,
and Barney come walking in.
Hi, Barn.
I say, "hi, Barn."
Oh, hi, and.
Whatcha reading?
Oh, just a book.
Let me see.
Well...
Mmm. Mmm.
Psychic phenomena
by Dr. Merle osmond. Huh.
"Dr. Merle osmond,
head of the college
of psychic phenomena
in Boise, Idaho."
Dr. Merle osmond?
He's a doctor?
Mm-hmm. Yeah, he's
a licensed ppd.
What's ppd?
Doctor of psychic phenomena.
You know, he has a very
interesting background.
He used to teach the guitar
before he went into this.
That is interesting.
Huh. You don't believe
all this psychic phenomena
and supernatural
and all that stuff, do you?
Andy, there are forces
loose on this earth
that you wouldn't believe.
I tell you, it would make
your hair stand on end.
What forces?
Well, it's entirely possible
that there are forces
in the atmosphere
that are able to
control our fate.
Oh, come on, that-that's
fairy-tale stuff.
That's like Aladdin
and his magic lamp.
You don't believe that, huh?
Aladdin's lamp?
Did you ever see that lamp? No.
If you never saw that lamp,
then don't talk.
Barney, are you going to stand
right there in front
of me, a grown man
able to read and drive a car
and have dates and everything
and tell me that you believe
there was such a thing
as Aladdin's magic lamp
that you could rub and a genie
would come out of it
and do things for you?
I never saw that lamp.
I do not know what spirit
was evoked by that lamp
and therefore, I cannot discuss
the subject intelligently.
And another thing...
Another thing...
Another thing is atmosphere.
Atmosphere?
Aladdin's lamp was rubbed
over in Arabia.
Now, the atmosphere in Arabia
is a little bit different
than the atmosphere
here in the southeastern
United States.
Yeah, Barn, but...
And so, because I am not
familiar with the atmosphere
and never having seen the lamp,
I cannot discuss the subject
intelligently.
But, Barn... did you
ever see that lamp?
Well, no.
Then don't talk.
Don't talk.
Well, Barney,
why are you suddenly
so interested in all this stuff?
I just have an inquiring mind.
Hey, paw!
Opie, one of these days
your lungs are going
to bust from running. Walk.
Aunt bee said you said
you'd take me to Raleigh
the next time you go
if I got a "b" in arithmetic.
Yeah, I said that.
Wow. Report card
comes out tomorrow.
Can I go
to the zoo and everything?
Well, ope, if I was you
I wouldn't get my hopes
too high this time.
According to the papers
you've been bringing home
you've been getting mostly
cs and c-pluses.
I know.
Good luck, anyway.
Hey, uh, maybe Barney can help.
Maybe he can go over to Arabia
and rub one of them
magic lamps or something.
What?
Nothing.
Hey, Barney, I know
what my second wish is.
A "b" in arithmetic?
Uh-huh. Do you think
it will come true?
I don't know, Opie.
It just ain't up to me.
Well, that's my second wish.
I wish that I get
a "b" in arithmetic.
Just wait and see.
You've got to admit
that you gave Opie a "b"
when maybe he should
have had a "c."
Oh, he's been improving
and it was very close.
This isn't the first time
I've given a child the
benefit of the doubt.
It gives them confidence.
Yeah, yeah, but that's
not what Barney claims.
He claims that an outside force
made you give him that "b."
He claims you were an
unconscious agent of the count.
Oh, good heavens.
You know how Barney gets.
When Opie's second wish came
true, he went all to pieces.
And now we come
to the interesting part.
What?
You know what he did?
Turned himself into a pumpkin?
No.
Well, what did he do?
Well, he decided to put it
to a big and final test.
So one night after work
he got goober
and Floyd to help him.
Sort of act as witnesses.
Floyd, I assume that you
would be willing to accept
a supernatural phenomenon
if there is adequate proof
that one exists
oh, absolutely. I accept it.
Exactly what you said.
Good.
All right, goober, you're
familiar with the procedure.
If you will, please.
Okay, Barn.
It's sure lively tonight.
What's that?
Who's laughing?
Count istvan teleky.
Sure is dark in here.
Yeah.
Let's let him drift around
a little bit first.
He's here with us?
His spirit, Floyd.
His spirit.
Oh, fine.
Fine by me.
Right in this room with us, huh?
Didn't you see him?
Of course. If he's in this
room, of course I saw him.
Okay, go ahead, goober.
I was just making sure
he was still here.
Hey, here's two
cards the same, Barn.
Oh, two unicorns.
Okay, check the book.
"The count gives you one wish."
One wish, huh?
Opie got three wishes
from the count.
Yeah.
He's probably crazy
about children.
One wish, huh?
All right, I don't want
to make it too tough.
I'm going to wish
for a new fingerprint set
we've been needing around here.
I sent to the county
headquarters for it
about six months ago,
but nothing ever happened.
That's your wish, then?
Yeah. I wish...
For a new fingerprint set.
Say, I hope you get it.
Shh!
Don't say anything.
I wonder who that was, Barney.
I don't know.
Ain't you going
to go out and see?
Yeah. You know what?
I was just thinking
about... doing that.
Let's go.
You go.
Okay.
Gentlemen...
I have the following
announcement to make.
Count istvan teleky exists.
Well, how did the
fingerprint set get there?
I put it there.
Yeah, I ran into Clint
from the post office
and it had just come in
on the late bus.
Now, I knew Barney
was looking for it
so I unwrapped it
and took it over there
and put it on his desk
so he could have it
first thing in the morning.
That is strange.
Yeah.
First Opie gets his jackknife.
Then he gets a "b"
in arithmetic.
Then Barney wishes
for a fingerprint set,
and a minute later,
you walk in with it.
I don't mind telling you,
it's getting a little spooky.
Yeah. I knew
it would get to you.
I got to tell you
there's things
going on here that...
What happened next?
Well, Opie's up
for his third wish, you know.
What was it?
Well, the next day
Opie came running
in the courthouse
and went right up to Barney.
I know what my
third wish is, Barney.
Have you given it
a lot of thought?
Yeah, a lot.
'Cause this is your last one.
You got to make it a good one.
You think it will come true?
Oh, no question about it.
I admit, in the beginning
I wasn't too sure
but now, beyond the
shadow of a doubt.
Well, here it is.
I wish that miss crump...
Paw would say it's impossible.
Never mind about that.
It's your wish, ain't it?
I think it's a great one.
But I didn't
tell you what it is.
You don't have to.
You think it'll come true?
It's in the bag.
You just run along.
Don't you worry about it.
Okay! Bye, Barn!
Oh, this is great.
It's just great.
Oh, Sarah? Get me Thelma Lou.
Hey, Sarah, guess what!
That's it.
Well, when's the date?
What?
When's the date for the wedding?
Everything else came true.
Oh, come on.
We-we talked about that
and may-maybe sometime
when the time's right, remember?
Oh, I... I was only kidding.
Well, let's go
down to the courthouse.
Oh, we are getting married.
Stop that.
To straighten out Barney.
Oh.
Well. Come on,
Mrs. Taylor.
Huh?
In case the count's listening.
Hi, Andy. Hi, Helen.
Forget it.
Barney, it ain't
going to happen.
But it is.
Andy, why don't you
roll with the punch.
This is it. D-Day.
Shoes and rice time.
Accept it.
Forget it.
This is a sure thing.
Opie wished it
and it's got to be.
It don't got to be.
Helen and I are not
getting married.
You really mean that?
Yes, Barney. I
don't know how
those other wishes came true
but this one Andy
and I can control.
Well, I... I just can't
believe it.
Oh, I wish it could
have worked out.
Oh, Barney,
maybe someday it will.
Maybe it will
and if and when it does,
let us handle it, okay?
Why don't you throw that
I could have sworn...
Hi, paw. Aunt bee said
you were looking for me.
Yeah, ope.
I want to talk to you
about these wishes
you've been making.
Oh.
I haven't heard
about the third one yet.
Well, you might as well forget
about that one, because
it's not going to happen.
It isn't?
No. And while we're
talking about it
things don't come true
just because you wish them
especially when they
involve other people.
Things like that have
to run their course
and they only come true
because the time is right
and the people are ready.
Am I saying that right?
Exactly right.
So, ope, you just forget
about that wish you made
about Helen and me
getting married.
But, paw, I didn't wish
for you and miss crump
to get married.
What?
Now, wait a minute,
Opie. You said...
I didn't say anything, Barney.
You said you knew
exactly what I meant.
I just wished that miss crump
could go on being my teacher
even in the sixth grade.
What's the matter?
I was told this afternoon
that next year I'm being
transferred to the sixth grade.
Okay.
There we are.
Mm-hmm-hmm.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
We got two unicorns.
Let's see.
You get one wish.
Ah, good.
Go ahead and wish.
What'd you wish?
Same thing Barney did.
Fingerprint set?
No.
The other thing.
Oh, you mean, uh...
You and me?
Mm-hmm.
For June.
Hmm?
Well, let's just sit back here
and wait for your wish
to come true.
Listen, I hate to come
barging in like this,
but, well, I just had to
clear something.
What is it? Well,
I don't know how this got in the paper,
but I just wanted you
to know I didn't do it.
What is it?
Well, it's right here in the paper
in the "Mayberry
after midnight" column.
Miss Helen crump
and sheriff Andy Taylor
are making plans
for their wedding...
Probably in June.
05x14 - Three Wishes for Opie
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