The small town of Mayberry, North Carolina, was home to Sheriff Andy Taylor, a widower with a young son named Opie, Andy's deputy, Barney Fife, the most inept and hypertense deputy in television history and Andy's Aunt Bee, a combination housekeeper and foster mother for Opie. Crime being practically non-existent, Andy and Barney had plenty of time to become involved in the many funny situations of the citizens of Mayberry.