The Education of Ernest T. Bass: The Andy Griffith Show (TV Episode)

• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Domestic Comedy, Sitcom
• Themes: Small-Town Life
• Director: Alan Rafkin
• Main Cast: Howard Morris, Aneta Corsaut
• Release Year: 1964
• Country: US
• Run Time: 30 minutes

Plot

Ernest T. Bass is back in town, this time demanding to get a grade-school diploma. Teacher Helen Crump allows Ernest T. to participate in her fifth-grade classroom, but is soon driven to distraction by his imbecilic interruptions. Losing her temper, she raps Ernest on the knuckles with her ruler-whereupon the dimwitted hillbilly instantly falls in love with her! Like many of the best "Ernest T." episodes, "The Education of Ernest T. Bass" was written by Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum. It was first broadcast on October 12, 1964. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide