PlotEdit

When the awful sound coming from the Mayberry choir is narrowed down to Barney, the members decide they must get rid of him.

SummaryEdit

Barney volunteers to sing the tenor position in the Mayberry choir. Desperate, John Masters gives him the job, without hearing him sing first. At the first practice however; everyone in the choir realizes just how bad Barney sings good Ol' 14A off key. During practices, the choir does their best to sneak around Barney- yet he continues to find them. The only plan that Andy can come up with, as to not hurt Barney's feelings- is to give him his own solo..however; it has a catch. Andy instructs Barney to sing very low; basically not making a sound. As he does this, Glen Cripe sings behind a curtain. A naive Barney doesn't even realize this isn't his own voice- and the stunt works in the end.

Trivia/NotesEdit

• Don Knotts sang off base, on purpose. The evidence that he could sing correctly sing on key was shown in the episodes "The Guitar Player" and "Man in a Hurry".
• In The Manhunt, Otis says he is in choir, but he doesn't appear to be in this episode.

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