The Andy Griffith Show "A.B." (After Barney) is generally accepted by fans of the show as a slow decline into sitcom mediocrity, with rather annoying (Warren the Deputy) and somewhat dull (Howard Sprague, Emmett Clark, and Sam Jones) characters simply unable to fill the enormous comedic shoes of the brilliant Don Knotts.
Thankfully, there are a handful of episodes during the 6th, 7th, and 8th Season that briefly rekindle the comic wackiness & unpredictability that made the early years of TAGS so much fun, and "The Taylor's in Hollywood" is such a show.
The "fish out of water" concept used in this episode (simple, unassuming, small town country folk traveling to California & being rather bewildered by the flashy & exaggerated Hollywood "version" of things) is not original to this episode; Paul Henning's "Beverly Hillbillies" had already been using this formula to great success for many years on American television.
What makes it fun here is the outrageous performances of the guest stars, including a campy, over-the-top, "pre-Love Boat" Gavin MaCleod portraying Andy, and bombshell blond June Vincent portraying a glamorous, rather aggressive, Winchester toting Aunt Bee in one of the funniest scenes in ANY season of TAGS, either B&W or color.
It's obvious from watching "The Taylor's in Hollywood" that one excellent way for TAGS to help compensate for the departure of the outrageous Barney Fife is to bring in equally outrageous guest stars, and let the regular cast members of TAGS play "straight man" to them; unfortunately, this doesn't happen nearly enough in the color seasons of the show.
I give "The Taylor's in Hollywood" a "8" (especially when it is compared to most of the other color episodes).