07x12 - Only a Rose

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Our main battle is,
and always will be

directed against the bugs and
snails which infect our garden.

Well, I think that covers

the current breakthroughs
on pest control

and our constant battle
against the aphid

and so, now,
let us all remember

before the trouble starts,
spray, spray, spray.

And now, for the
moment you've all
been waiting for--

Mr. Simmons
of Simmons seeds.

I think we all agree
that the Simmons
seed catalogue

has been our planting Bible
for many, many years

and I think we
should consider
ourselves fortunate

to have Mr. Simmons himself
here with us today

and I might add,
he has some very
exciting news for us.

Mr. Simmons.

He's shorter
than I pictured him.

Probably been stooping
all of his life.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the Mayberry garden club

I'm not here to make a speech

although in a sense, I do
indulge in flowery language.

I know you all
must be very excited

about your annual flower show
next week

and in this connection

I want to say
that Simmons seeds is honored

to have been chosen once again
to judge your various divisions.

May I say we're
honored to have you.

Well, thank you.
Thank you very much.

As usual,
we will award blue ribbons

in the gladiola, snapdragon
and pansy divisions

but the big news
this year is the
Rose contest

and I'm speaking
about the hybrids.

To the winner of this contest
will go singular recognition.

We will award a cash prize

we will propagate the Rose
in our nursery

and we will put it
in our next catalogue

with a picture
and name of the grower.

You gonna have an
entry this year, bee?

I might.

So I wish you all good luck

and I'll be seeing you
next week.

I've got to be
running along now

so remember, ladies,
keep planting.

It was so good
of you to come.

This year's flower show
promises to be the best ever.

Yes, it does.

I hope you have
a good picture of
yourself, Clara.

For the catalogue?

Oh, isn't that
a bit premature, tillie?

Let's face it,
Clara-- you have
a knack with roses.

You've won it
how many years
in a row now

seven.

Hello, bee.
I was just telling Clara

I hope she had a good picture
of herself for the catalogue.

Oh, yes.

Are you entering a Rose
this year, bee?

Possibly.

I think it's a good idea

just so it'll seem
like a contest.

Well, who knows?
It actually might be.

You know Friday's
the last day for entry.

Yes, I know,
and may the best Rose win.

It always does.

Have you seen
bee's Rose?

No.

Well, she couldn't come up
with anything.

She's just an amateur.

I'll keep an eye out.

Oh, hi, Floyd.

Oh, hello, Andy.
Sit down.

I see you got
your pansies out
here in the front.

Yeah. I had 'em
in the backyard

and I wanted them
to get full sun.

Oh. Getting ready
for the show.

Yeah. I want them
to hit their peak
a week from today.

Oh.

You got to pace
pansies real carefully.

Yeah. I guess you have...

Otherwise, you
got an also-ran.

Yeah.

Oh. Oh, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.

They, uh... they look
like winners, Floyd.

Really think so?

I mean, now don't say it
unless you really think so.

No, I really think so.

Good to hear.

Say, Andy, I was listening

to Clara and bee
talking yesterday

and there seemed to be
kind of an undercurrent.

Oh, any time
Clara and aunt bee compete

they get a little testy
with one another.

The fact is

aunt bee's been working
on a hybrid Rose for over a year

pointing for this show.

It'll bloom
sometime this week.

Oh.

Dark horse, huh?

It might be interesting

to see somebody knock off
Clara Edwards for a change.

Well... we'll know
sometime this week

if we got
anything or not.

Good!

Uh, Andy, Andy, step
aside a little bit

'cause you're
cutting off the sun.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Full sun. They
need every ray
they can get.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Well, how's it coming?

Just fine, I think.

Huh. What kind of Rose
is that gonna be?

Well, Andy, I realized
that if I expected to win

I'd just have to do
something very daring.

Daring?

Yes. Now a lot of people
won't believe this,

but I crosspollinated
a Mrs. Pinkney variegated red

with an Alma swarthout
sunset pink.

You didn't.

I did.

Well, what do you
know about that?

Oh, Andy, stop it.

Do you think you'll have
a chance against Clara?

Well, there's
no question--

her snow valley white
will be stiff competition.

Well, that figures.

But you know, I think

I've got a surprise
for her this year.

She thinks she's the
only one in the world
who can grow a Rose

and she's so
uppity about it.

Yeah. It looks like
it's gonna be pretty.

When you think
it'll be in full bloom?

Well, if it stays warm today

and we have a good hot sun
in the morning

and I put it over there
and it'll catch it,

it might come out tomorrow.

Hi, miss Kincaid!

Oh! Sheriff Taylor,
you startled me!

I figured I might.

Uh, I was just doing
a little weeding.

Oh, oh.

I tell you,
it's a constant battle--

fight, fight, fight!

Well, I thought
I'd just say hello.

Well, hello.

Hello.

We got a spy.

Oh, I might've known,

the way she and Clara
stick together.

Yeah. Come on.
Ahem.

We're going in now,
miss Kincaid.

And how are all the children
this morning?

Oh, no. No drooping.

Now, hold your heads up

and turn your pretty
little faces to the sun.

There you are.

Now, doesn't that feel better?

Of course it does.

Aphids!

Aphids on my beautiful
darlings!

Green devils!

Little beasts!

Yoo-hoo!
- Yoo-hoo, Clara!

Back here, tillie.

Uh, Clara, darling,
I just happened
to be going by

and I thought you
might like to know--

bee Taylor is definitely
entering a Rose.

Oh?

She expects it
to bloom tomorrow morning,

if the sun is hot.

Huh... why, bee's been trying to
develop a Rose for seven years.

She just doesn't have
the talent for it.

It's surprising
she doesn't realize that.

You know what else
I heard her say?

What?

No. No, I-I-I better not.

Oh, why, it wouldn't bother me
in the least.

Well, mind you,
I don't agree with her

but she said you were uppity.

Why, if there's
anyone in the world

who isn't uppity, it's me.

Why, she's just seething
with jealousy, that's all.

Uh, well, I must be
running along now.

Thank you
for stopping by.

Bye, Clara.

Hmm...

We aren't worried, are we?

Now, mother has to run out
and do some marketing

but she'll be back soon.

Oh, hello, Clara.

Well, I'm surprised
you'll talk

to someone
who's "uppity."

Uppity?

Oh, I see. Tillie didn't waste
much time, did she?

Oh, Clara, all I meant...

Well, it's of
no importance.

I take it from
whence it came.

Well, Clara, let's face it--
you do have an attitude

about every Rose contest
we've ever had

like nobody else
is capable of raising
a prize-winning Rose

and I'm not, as you have been
overheard to say, an "amateur."

After seven years, I think
your record speaks for itself.

One of these years

you're going to be in
for a surprise.

I doubt
if it'll be this year, though.

I wouldn't be too sure.

Well... well, what do you think?

Andy, Opie,
what do you think?

It's beautiful.

I've never seen
anything like that.

I never have.

Well, it's like Opie
says-- it's beautiful.

Well, it's just exceeded
my fondest hopes.

There's gonna be
a picture of you
and that Rose

in the Simmons
seed catalogue.

Do you really
think so, Andy?

Well, it's
bound to be.

Oh! Well, then,
let's take some pictures.

Hey, yeah. I'll go
down to the courthouse

and get my camera.

And I'll go register
for the contest.

This is the most
exciting thing that
ever happened to me.

Hey, Opie?

Back here, Billy.

Hi.

Hi.

Go out for one.

Keep 'em down, will you?

Okay.

Let's go in the front.

There's more room there.

Okay. Just one more.

And the name
of your entry, Clara?

I call it Clara Edwards's
snow valley white.

Oh! I'm sure
it's beautiful.

Your roses always are.

Why, thank you.

Hello, Ella.

Hello, bee.

Hello, Clara.

Hello, bee.

I'd like to enter
my Rose.

Of course, bee.
What are you calling it?

I'm calling it bee Taylor's
deep pink ecstasy.

Well, that's quite
a pretentious name.

Oh, I think the Rose
will live up to it.

Thank you.
Good luck.

Like you said,
"may the best Rose win."

And like you said,
"it always does."

Hold it up straight!

Do you think taping it
will work?

Let's hope so.

The stem isn't
all broken.

Maybe all that
energy and stuff

will still keep coming

and nothing will
happen to the flower.

Gee, she's got a lot
of other roses around here.

Not like this one.

Come on,
aunt bee.

You're sure
you got color film, now?

Yes, I've got color film.

Hi, boys.

Here we are.

Now, wait a minute.

Now, hold it
right there.

Hold it right there.

Yeah. Good.

Now, pick it up.

Pick it up,
pick it up.

Like that, hmm?

No. T-That's not quite right.

Well, I'm looking at it.

It's not looking back.

Turn it.

I don't want to break it.

Oh, you won't.

Now, that's good.

Hold it, hold it.

Ah! That'll make
a nice picture, huh?

Yeah.

There. Now, take a picture
of the Rose itself, hmm?

Okay, just the Rose.

All right.

There we are.

Now, I'll run these
right down and get
them developed.

And I'll make
a very special supper.

Okay.

Well, you going to be proud of
your aunt bee when she wins?

* I wish I was
a red, rosy bush *

* on the banks of the sea

* and every time
my true lover passed *

* she would pluck a Rose
off of me... *

yeah. Uh...

You know what bothers me
about this whole thing

is you and Clara
being on the outs like this.

Well, it's not
my doing, Andy.

I know, but you've been friends
for so long.

Going all the way back

to going to sweet briar
normal school together.

Yes.

You were on the same
basketball team,

and everything.

Well,
she was the same way then--

always had to be best.

Well...

You know, I was the backbone

of that basketball team.

Though I have to admit
she was the best dribbler.

She wouldn't let you forget it,
not for a minute.

Well, maybe
that's just one of the things

you have to overlook
about Clara.

Oh, I suppose so.

Now, when it comes time
for the Rose contest

try to be a gracious winner.

Yes.

Some eggs, Andy?

Maybe I'll start off
with a little cereal.

Well, morning, ope.

What are you
doing outside in
your bathrobe?

The pass was high!

I admit it,
the pass was high!

What?

He should've caught it,
paw!

If he'd have jumped,
he could've caught it!

Isn't this a little early
in the morning for riddles?

Oh!

Oh, Opie!

I didn't mean to do it, paw.

And I tried to tape it up,
and everything.

But it didn't work.

Mmm.

I don't know how
I'm going to tell aunt bee.

Oh, boy.

Mmm.

Maybe I better...

Break the news to her.

Ahem, uh,
aunt bee, uh --

a-aunt bee, uh, sit down.

But, Andy,
the toast is...

S-S-Sit,
sit down, aunt bee.

Uh, I just want to talk with you
for just a minute.

Uh... aunt bee,
i'd, I'd say

that the most important things
in our lives are our health

and having enough money
to live on

and good friends,
and a sound mind

a-and good weather...

Yes.

And pep, pep--
all of those things...

Yes, I agree,
Andy, I agree.

Well, what I'm driving at is
as long as we've got our money

and, and good weather,
and, and pep

we're in pretty good shape,
right?

Andy, may I ask
what this is...?

I'm sorry about it,
aunt bee.

Oh, my Rose!

Didn't you tell her?

I was getting at it.

Uh, aunt bee, i-it
was an accident.

They were playing football,
and it was just...
One of those things.

Oh, Andy!

After waiting
all these months!

Yes, take it easy,
aunt bee.

Oh, Andy!

Now, 'member, we've still got
our money and our pep

and lots
of good weather ahead.

I was going
to win the contest.

Going to have my picture
in the Simmons seed catalog.

Yes.

I'm awful sorry
about it, aunt bee.

Oh, I know
you are, dear.

Well, it...

I guess there isn't
anything else to say.

Well, that's the spirit.

That's the spirit,
and like I was saying

we still have our health

and everything else in our lives
is just as rosy as...

I'm sorry!
I'm sorry, aunt bee!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.

Aunt bee, you ready?

Uh, aunt bee, i-i
was just thinking

why don't we forget
about the flower show

and drive up to mt. Pilot
and have a nice lunch
at the copper kettle?

No, Andy, I've attended
our flower show every year

and I don't want
people to think

I can't take a thing like this
with my head up.

Where's Opie?
Is he ready?

He ran out.

Said he had
something to do.

Said he'd meet
us over there.

Shall we go?

If you insist.

Your attention, please,
ladies and gentlemen!

Judging in the pansy division
has now been completed.

I didn't win.

I can tell by the way
he's looking at me.

First prize
in the pansy division

goes to Floyd Lawson.

Gee, what do you know?!

Congratulations!

Yeah, nice going, Floyd.

Oh, thank you.

Against pretty rough
competition, too.

Second prize to Ella baskins.

Uh, these
were the only two entries.

And now,
ladies and gentlemen

what we've all been waiting for,
the Rose division.

We'll have the winner

as soon as the judges
have marked their ballots.

I understand you decided

not to enter your Rose
after all.

That's right.

We were so looking forward
to seeing

the bee Taylor
deep pink ecstasy.

The reason it
isn't here, Clara

is because it was broken.

What?

Opie hit it
with a football.

Oh.

Oh, Opie, what's this?

Just something I thought
you might like to have.

What on earth can it be?

Oh, for goodness gracious
sakes alive! Look!

Well, how about that?!

Say! Now, would
you look at that?

Oh, that's
something!

Oh! Opie,
how did you...?

I got one of the negatives
of your Rose

and had it enlarged.

I just picked it up.

Oh, that was very
sweet of you, Opie.

Your attention,
please.

Judging
in the Rose division

has been completed.

The winner--

as usual,
for the past seven years--

Clara Edwards,
for her snow valley white.

Mr. Simmons,
just a minute, please.

May I?

Ladies and gentlemen,
may I have

your attention
for a moment, please?

Please?
For a moment?

Thank you.

Now, what I have to
say is easy in one way

and it's very
hard in another.

Most of you
probably
noticed

that bee Taylor does not
have an entry this year.

The fact is,
she did have an entry.

Unfortunately,
it was destroyed.

I have just seen it myself
for the first time in a picture

and I want to say sincerely

that it certainly
lives up to its name--

deep pink ecstasy.

Now, I must admit that I wanted
to win the Rose contest

this year,
particularly.

But a Rose such as
this has no rival.

With your permission,
Mr. Simmons.

That was a very nice
thing you did, Clara.

Oh, but when I saw
that picture of your Rose.

I know, but you had
the contest won

and you let me have it.

No, no,
there was no doubt

but that yours was
the superior flower.

Well, it's still a very nice
thing for you to do.

Well, what are
friends for?

And you would've
won it.

Well, you'll win it
next year.

And let's never let
a silly contest

make us quarrel again.

We never will.

We've been friends
for so long.

Sweetbriar normal.

You were the backbone
of our basketball team.

And you were
our best dribbler.

Good old sweetbriar.

Yeah.

* sweetbriar

* oh, sweetbriar

* where hearts
are young and gay *

* sweetbriar,
oh, sweetbriar *

* forever and a day

* sweetbriar,
oh, sweetbriar *

* where hearts
are young and gay *

* sweetbriar,
oh, sweetbriar *

* forever and a day.