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Andy rewards Opie with a new bicycle when Opie brings home a straight-A report card—filled out in error by his teacher. Helen: Aneta Corsaut. Opie: Ronny Howard. Barney: Don Knotts. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier., When Opie brings home a straight-A report card, everyone is amazed-none more so than Opie. Bursting with pride, Andy purchases a bike for his “brilliant” son. And then, Opie discovers it was all a mistake: He received another boy’s card, while his own marks (many of them well below “C” level) were likewise misdirected. Unable to fess up to this, or to return the bike, Opie runs away from home to join the Navy (quite a lofty goal for a nine-year-old). First shown on November 18, 1963, “Opie’s Ill-Gotten Gain” was written by John Whedon.
