Opie Finds a Baby

Opie Finds a Baby
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Air Date	November 21, 1966
Cast	Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor Ron Howard as Opie Taylor Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor George Lindsey as Goober Pyle Aneta Corsaut as Helen Crump Sheldon Collins as Arnold Bailey James McCallion as Dr. Lou Bailey Janie Kelly as Mrs. Garland
Guest Stars	Jack Nicholson as Mr. Garland
Director(s)	Lee Philips
Writer(s)	Stan Dreben Sid Mandel
Previous	The Senior Play
Next	Big Fish in a Small Town
Summary	Opie and his friend Arnold find an abandoned baby. They run into trouble when they innocently try to find it some new parents.
Sequential Episode	199

Summary

Opie and his friend Arnold find an abandoned baby. They run into trouble when they innocently try to find it some new parents.

Notes/Trivia

• Though not shown on screen, the episode drops hints of parental sex education.
• Actor Jack Nicholson plays the role of Mr. Garland. This was the first of two appearances for Jack. He would go on to also play Marvin Jenkins in "Aunt Bee The Juror" the next season.
• Since the Taylor kitchen back door is now on the back wall and not the wall that shares the sink, the whole configuration of the back porch is different. It is now on the back of the house, no longer on the side. The porch is smaller and more square and no longer has the washing machine or the stand-up freezer on it.
• Arnold states (and Opie later repeats) that a baby from birth to college costs $26,000 (in 1966). The same child in 2015, according to CNN Money Watch, costs $233,610 (almost 10 times more).

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