Memorable Moments
- Aunt Bee's arrival in Mayberry in the first episode of the series, "The New Housekeeper," October 3, 1960. Opie takes an instant dislike to his great-aunt but revises his thinking at episode's end when he realizes Aunt Bee needs him to teach her how to do important things, such as playing baseball and catching fish.
- In the second-season episode "The Pickle Story," Aunt Bee makes quarts of inedible pickles to enter in a contest at the county fair. Andy and Barney refer to her pickles as "kerosene cucumbers." The episode often places on "Top Ten Favorite Episodes Lists" of fans and critics.
- In "The Bed Jacket," Bee hopes Andy will buy a pretty bed jacket for her birthday. Instead, he buys her a box of canning jars. When he learns he broke Bee's heart with his mundane gift, he trades his favorite fishing rod for a bed jacket.
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