Mayberry R.F.D. (Season 3)

Emmett's Domestic Problem (Episode 1)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1970-09-14

Overview: Emmett's wife joins a women's lib group.

Sensitivity Training (Episode 2)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1970-09-21

Overview: An encounter group comes to Mayberry

Goober's New Gas Station (Episode 3)

Writer: Bob Ross

Air date: 1970-09-28

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Goober finally opens his new gas station in Mayberry! Everything goes fine and dandy until Howard discovers some old reltics under the gas station- DINOSAUR BONES! He is eager to recover them, but recovering them would mean tearing parts of the road around the gas station, and Goober won't allow it! Howard wants to make a mueseum with these bones, but wants to get all of them, so he sneaks to the gas station in the middle of the night. And he's caught! Gooober almost presses charges! Howard then opens the first natural science muesum ever in Mayberry, but it's a bust, because most of the bones from the dinosaur are still buried. Seeing how upset Howard is, Goober has the other bones recovered and all is once again well in Mayberry.

The New Housekeeper (Episode 4)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1970-10-05

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Sam gets a new housekeeper, a former Army officer

All for Charity (Episode 5)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1970-10-12

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Sam and Emmett help put on a show for the church.

Hair (Episode 6)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1970-10-19

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Emmett tries to look young by buying a Toupee

Millie the Best-Dressed Woman (Episode 7)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1970-10-26

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Great news comes from the Mt.Pilot Press....Millie is declared the best dressed woman in ALL of the area! Everyone is very happy about this. Soon, the woman start copying Millie's styles and clothing she wears...including miniskits! The men strongly object, and Sam must tell Millie to stop. That night, the woman who she has been getting the fashions visits....and is in completly different clothes! Millie finds out that you should wear what you want to wear in this episode.

Howard's Nephew (Episode 8)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1970-11-02

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Howard's hippie nephew visits him

Goober the Housekeeper (Episode 9)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1970-11-09

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Goober housesits at a rich man's house, and falls in love with a rich girl, only to find out the only reason the girl's mother likes him is because she thinks he's rich.

Millie's Dream (Episode 10)

Writer: Gene Thompson

Air date: 1970-11-16

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Howard is made very jumpy at Sam and his camping trip, due to Millie having bad dreams about the trip.

Community Spirit (Episode 11)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1970-11-23

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Goober, Howard, and Emmett paint Sam's house against his wishes.

The Harp (Episode 12)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1970-11-30

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Alice buys a harp, and gets lessons. Her teacher makes her very nervous and she almost gives up on the instrument.

The Bicycle Club (Episode 13)

Writer: Walter Black

Air date: 1970-12-07

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: The men make a bicycle club without telling Emmett. When Emmett finds out about it from Millie, he's determined to show them that he can still shine at his age.

Mike's Project (Episode 14)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1970-12-14

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Sam's help on Mike's Project goes overboard when he gets into a dispuit with another boy's father.

Howard the Dream Spinner (Episode 15)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1970-12-28

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Howard becomes to hose of a local literary program and becomes attached to an anonymous girl named Melissa whom Goober and Emmett created

Millie's Egg Farm (Episode 16)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1971-01-11

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Millie opens up and Egg Farm and finds it very hard work.

The Kid from Hong Kong (Episode 17)

Writer: Sam Locke

Air date: 1971-01-18

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Mike becomes the foster father of a little girl in Hong Kong

The Moon Rocks (Episode 18)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1971-01-25

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Sam gets his friend at NASA to bring the moon rock to Mayberry so Howard can have a private showing.

The World Traveler (Episode 19)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1971-02-08

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Emmett designs a cheap European tour for his wife.

Goober the Elder (Episode 20)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1971-02-15

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Goober is elected a church elder, only to be caught in a scandal in which he used the church money for gambling.

Alice and the Professor (Episode 21)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1971-02-22

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Alice's harp teacher asks her to marry him.

Howard the Swinger (Episode 22)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1971-03-01

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Howard moves into a swinging singles apartment

Mike's Car (Episode 23)

Writer: Dick Bensfield

Air date: 1971-03-08

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Sam lets Mike buy Goober's old car.

Goober the Hero (Episode 24)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1971-03-15

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Goober gets lost in a cave.

The City Planner (Episode 25)

Writer: Bob Mosher

Air date: 1971-03-22

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: When the representative of the company City Planners turns out to be an attractive woman, everyone worries about Sam spending so much time with her.

Emmett's Invention (Episode 26)

Writer: John McGreevey

Air date: 1971-03-29

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: A large company wants to buy the rights to Emmett's old invention