Steven Helmer Publications

Synopsis : When Barney ( Don Knotts ) is caught cooking chili in his room, his landlady, Mrs. Mendelbright ( Enid Markey ) evicts him. A few days later, she reveals she is going to marry her new tenant ( J. Pat O'Malley ) and Barney suspects she is about to be the victim of a con man. My Thoughts -   I think Barney is in need of a significant pay raise. He is the only full-time deputy in Mayberry and, based on the number of times he had to stay overnight at the courthouse guarding a prisoner, something you never see Andy ( Andy Griffith ) do, should be collecting all sorts of overtime. Yet the best he can do is a $6/week room? Considering property values in Mayberry should be relatively low, I would think he'd own a house by now if he was getting paid what he was worth. And while I understand it might be because he prefers that I'm also not totally convinced that's the case. He obviously wanted a place where he could cook his own meals, etc. but still had to settle fo...