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A Date for Gomer

Original airdate	November 25, 1963
Cast	Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife Ron Howard as Opie Taylor Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle Aneta Corsaut as Helen Crump Betty Lynn as Thelma Lou Mary Grace Canfield as Mary Grace Gossage Directed by Richard Crenna Written by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum

PlotEdit

Gomer has a date with Thelma Lou's cousin Mary Grace.

SummaryEdit

The big Chamber of Commerce dance is approaching, and Thelma Lou refuse to go with Barney unless he gets a date for her cousin Mary Grace Gossage, who is visiting from out of town. Both Andy and Barney are about to give up when Gomer appears. Just when all seems right, Gomer jumps up and leaves Mary Grace. After the entire evening is ruined, the four return to Thelma Lou's to find Mary Grace and Gomer dancing and having the time of their lives. Turns out the reason Gomer had left, was to find her a corsage.

Trivia/NotesEdit

In the opening sequence of this episode you can see a barber cutting hair in Floyd's Barbershop who is clearly not Howard McNear. McNear left the show early in season three due to a stroke and would not return until later in season four.
The first episode to air after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The state funeral was held earlier that day.
Jim Nabors said he enjoyed this and any other episode where he got to dance.
This is only one of four AGS episodes where Gomer's name appears in the title. The others being Gomer the House Guest, Andy Saves Gomer, and Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (episode).