John Dehner guest-stars as travelling medicine man Colonel Harvey, who can charm the birds out of the trees-and, more importantly, the money out of Aunt Bee's pocketbook. Swept off their collective feet by the mellifluous Col. Harvey, Aunt Bee and her lady friends purchase great quantities of the Colonel's special "Indian Elixir"-which, as they soon discover, contains a tad more than the legal limit of alcohol.
Tired of relying upon others for his transportation, Barney is determined to become "Mr. Independent Wheels" by purchasing his own car. He ends up investing his life savings ($300) in a lemon provided by a deceptively sweet little old lady, Myrt Lesch (Ellen Corby)-actually the head of a gang of sophisticated con artists and thieves. To save Barney's bankroll, Andy calmly sets a trap for Myrt and her henchman Jake (Allan Melvin). This is the episode with the classic "septic tank" dialogue exchange.
The Clampetts call the Beverly Caterers to help them prepare a tasty meal, consisting mainly of jackrabbit stew. Meanwhile, Mr. Drysdale receives a kangaroo as a practical joke from an Australian banker. Anyone who's ever seen one of the Warner Bros. "Hippity Hopper" cartoons will be able to guess what happens next.
Misunderstanding Sonny Drysdale's promise to give Elly May a "ring;" in the morning, Granny is convinced that the two youngsters will soon be wed. This is music to Granny's ears, especially since she hopes to one-up her Cousin Pearl by marrying off Elly before Pearl's own daughter Jetherene can be hitched to erstwhile fiance Jazzbo Depew.
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The Dick Van Dyke Show "A Mans Teeth Are Not His Own"
While Rob's neighbor and best friend, dentist Jerry Helper (Jerry Paris), is out of town at a convention, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) breaks a tooth. Loyalty dictates that Rob should wait until Jerry returns to treat the tooth, but unbearable pain dictates that he seek out another dentist immediately. As a result, Rob mopes around the house feeling like a traitor -- and also suffers in anticipation of the inevitable showdown with Jerry.
Perhaps inevitably, the Clampetts are visited by an Internal Revenue agent named Alan Landman (John Stephenson). Granny wants nothing to do with "revenooers," and chases Landman off her property with a shotgun. To mollify the outraged IRS man, banker Drysdale tells him the story of the Clampetts' overnight ascension to millionaire status -- as good an excuse as any to run off film clips from The Beverly Hillbillies' pilot episode (some of which had not been aired when the series premiered in September of 1962)
Andy learns to his chagrin that ex-convict Luke Comstock (Leo Gordon) is coming back to Mayberry. Inasmuch as Andy was responsible for sending Luke to jail, everyone in town fears the worst-none more so than Barney, who organizes local lunkheads Gomer Pyle and Billy Ray Belfast (Dub Taylor) into a "bodyguard committee" for Andy. But everyone is in for a surprise-including Luke.
The millionaire Clampetts are astonished to learn that their bank account is overdrawn to the amount of 34 dollars and 70 cents. It turns out that there's been a mix-up in the bank records; the hillbillies have received a bank statement intended for J.D. Clampett (King Donovan), an unemployed actor. Conversely, J.D. discovers that his account suddenly contains Jed Clampett's 25 million-dollars -- and he intends to take full advantage of this clerical boo-boo.
24:32
Flash Gordon - The Forbidden Experiment (Season 1, Episode 25)
Flash and Dale rush to Zarkov's aid who is being held prisoner on Beta M-1. His captor is the mysterious Lion Man.
26:45
Flash Gordon - Deadline at Noon (Season 1, Episode 36)
After witnessing the destruction of five planets, Dr. Zarkov determines that the explosions were created by a nuclear bomb fueled by a material that takes hundreds of years to explode. Dale, Flash and the doctor journey back to 1950s Berlin to locate such a bomb planted on Earth.
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The Dick Van Dyke Show - Bank Book 6565696- (Season 2, Episode 34)
Laura has a bank account Rob thinks the money will go to his birthday present that he really wants to finds gets a shock when he finds out it is a sports shirt. Buddy & Sally give Rob a movie screen that won't go with the projector that really wanted. Rob gets mad because Laura has her "own" money, Laura tells Rob the idea come from her mom who gave her dad his own room after 25 years of marriage!
Twin four-year old girls have been abducted. They are soon found wandering dirty and disheveled, which sparks an investigation with Joe and Frank out to hunt down the child molester.
25:27
The Beverly Hillbillies - Clampets Meet Mrs. Drysdale - Season 1, Episode 4)
Preparing the Clampetts for their first meeting with his wife, banker Drysdale informs them that Mrs. Drysdale is a hypochondriac. The hillbillies assume that this means the old lady is a boozehound. Obligingly, Granny invites the horrified Mrs. Drysdale to partake of some "rheumatizz medicine" from Granny's backyard still.
50:18
Wagon Train - The Dr. Denker Story (Season 5, Episode 18)
The wagon train comes upon a terrified young boy who has just seen his father murdered by a bandit gang. Bill and Flint take him under their wing and try to help him recover, but embittered Civil War vet Ed Beaufort tells the boy that taking vengeance on the men who killed his father is the best way to recover. Soon a traveling musician, Dr. Denker, joins the wagon train and he and Billy hit it off, but it soon becomes evident that Billy and the doctor had a connection prior to their joining the wagon train.
50:05
Wagon Train - Malachi Hobart Story (Season 5, Episode 17)
Duke comes across Malachi Hobart, a preacher who has dedicated his life to his fellow man, and comes away impressed with the man's charitable works. However, he soon begins to believe that the preacher is in fact a con artist who is using religion to swindle people out of their money.
The Lone surviving Texas Ranger was nursed back to health by the Indian Tonto who rides with him throughout the West. Both doing good while living off a silver mine which supplies them with bullets and income.
The Battle of Normandy was fought during World War II in the summer of 1944, between the Allied nations and German forces occupying Western Europe. More than 60 years later, the Normandy Invasion, or D-Day, remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving nearly three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in occupied France.
Originally telecast March 18, 1963, this episode served to introduce the hillbilly Darling family: rambunctious papa Briscoe Darling (Dub Taylor), his wide-eyed daughter Charlene (Maggie Peterson), and his dimwitted but musically talented sons (played by The Dillard Brothers, a popular quartet of country-western performers). Arriving in Mayberry to meet Charlene's sweethart, Pvt. Dud Wash, at the local depot, the Darlings are overwhelmed by their first taste of city life-and Andy and Barney have a heck of a time trying to control the uninhibited mountaineers.
24:58
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Never Name A Duck (Season 2, Episode 1)
Mel brings a box of toys from last weeks show. Rob takes a baby ducks home and doesn't want to see them because she will fall in love with them. Ritchie names the ducks Oliver and Stanley. Rob takes Stanley to the vet because the duck is sick Ritchie learns that Stanley went back to the lake and met Olivia.
26:20
Flash Gordon - The Race Against Time (Season 1, Episode 19)
Flash, Dale and Zarkov travel back in time to defuse a bomb that is set to blow up the Earth of the future.
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