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At Andy's urging, Aunt Bee becomes the star of a cooking show on Silver City television station WZAZ. Scoring a hit as "The Mayberry Chef", Bee worries that she is neglecting her duties at home, but Andy and Opie assure her otherwise-even though their own attempts at cooking are, to put it charitably, gosh-awful. Jack Bannon, the son of Petticoat Junction star Bea Benaderet, appears as the TV announcer. Written by 27-year-old James L. Brooks (Taxi, The Simpsons etc.), "The Mayberry Chef" originally aired on January 1, 1968.