Thoughts from The Andy Griffith Show Episode The Horse Trader (1961)
Synopsis: Andy's ( Andy Griffith ) efforts to sell an old cannon to an antique dealer ( Max Showalter ) directly conflicts with the advice he gave to Opie ( Ron Howard ) about being honest when trading with his friends. My Thoughts: I think the thing that really stands out for me about this episode has to be the ridiculousness of trying to sell something as useless as a broken cannon. I'm not sure why Mayor Pike ( Dick Elliott ) thought Andy and Barney ( Don Knotts ) had nothing better to do than sell it but watching them try to peddle it door to door was kind of funny. Frankly, I feel like the council was a little too quick to dismiss Ellie's ( Elinor Donahue ) idea of donating the cannon to the historical museum. I mean, all someone would have had to do was clean it up a bit and it would be a decent exhibit. I wonder if the reason her idea was shot down so quickly was the fact she is the only woman on the council. Andy's decision to try to sell the cannon as a hist...