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Dub Taylor guest-stars as Ben, the brother-in-law of Mayberry’s fix-it man Emmett Clark. Conspiring with Emmett’s wife Martha (Mary Lansing), Ben tries to convince Emmett to go into the insurance business. Soon, however, Martha realizes that Emmett will never be happy without a hammer or screwdriver in his hand. First shown on January 8, 1968, “Emmett’s Brother-in-Law” was written by a decidedly pre-Taxi James L. Brooks., Emmett’s wife and overbearing brother-in-law (Dub Taylor) conspire to turn Mayberry’s fix-it man into an insurance salesman. James L. Brooks (“Mary Tyler Moore”; “Taxi”; “Terms of Endearment”; “Broadcast News”; “As Good As It Gets”) wrote the episode. This is the second of two in a row he wrote for the series. Martha: Mary Lansing. Emmett: Paul Hartman. Howard: Jack Dodson. Goober: George Lindsey.
