INT. COURT HOUSE - DAY

               Floyd and Goober are sitting in front of Andy's desk like a
               pair of naughty schoolboys.  Howard stands next to Andy.

                                      ANDY
                          Boys, you all know Howard Sprague.

                                      FLOYD
                          Sure, we do.

                                      GOOBER
                          Hey, Howard.

                                      ANDY
                          Well, he wants to interview one of you
                          for a jailhouse exclusive that's gonna
                          run on the front page of the Mayberry
                          Gazette.

                                      GOOBER
                          I'll be!  Right there in the newspaper?

                                      FLOYD
                          Front page!  That's very prestigious.

                                      GOOBER
                          You say he only wants to interview one
                          of us?

                                      ANDY
                          That's right.

                                      FLOYD
                          Which one?

                                      ANDY
                          Whichever one of you committed the
                          murder of Otis Campbell.

               Goober and Floyd exchange glances.

                                      HOWARD
                          That's right.  The murderer's the real
                          story here.  The other one of you's
                          more of a side note, really.  A human
                          interest story.

                                      ANDY
                          So if the one of you that did it was to
                          confess to bein' the murderer...

                                      FLOYD
                          He'll be on the front page of the
                          Mayberry Gazette!

               Goober immediately jumps up, his hand raised.

                                      GOOBER
                          Ooh!  Me!  Me!

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