This episode marks the swan song appearance of Classic film and television actress Gale Storm, who has starred in two series of the 1950's.
On the eve of his scheduled wedding ceremony, Grady Fletcher (Michael Horton) arrives with his Aunt Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) at the Mayberry estate, in Fishkill, New York. Fishkill is described as lying west of the Hudson River in upstate New York, but within reasonable commuting distance of NYC.
Fiancée Donna Mayberry (Debbie Zipp) and her insufferable father, Franklin Mayberry (Eugene Roche), each works in NYC, where she has met Grady a season prior. Now, as a wedding present, Franklin offers Grady a position with his company, and the couple a neighboring residence in Fishkill, each of which trouble Grady to no end.
Maisie Mayberry (Gale Storm) increases points by brightening this episode in fashionable style, as the unorganized mother of the bride, who stands on ceremony amid a collection of relatives and guests reminiscent of a rather cliché "What-could-go-wrong-to-spoil-the-big-day?" plot.
There's the no-account lustful brother of the father of the bride, Uncle Ben Mayberry (Bill Macy). There's the sentimental fastidious brother of the mother of the bride, Uncle Ziggy (Howard Morris). There's the pretentious yet cut-rate Southern belle new wife of Ziggy, Valerie (Betsy Palmer). There's the grandiloquent gold-digging widow of a Mayberry business associate, Mrs. Pentworth (Patricia Barry).
There's the free-spirited ne'er-do-well, Wilfred Wynn III (Clayton Landey), whom Maisie and Franklin had once expected to marry their daughter. There's the impatient caterer, Kyle Laughlin (Ray Buktenica), who arrives at the estate with unprepared cuisine. There's the elderly wedding crasher, Clara (Barbara Townsend), whom no one around the family can quite place.
And there's domineering Maid Harriet Lundgren (Conchata Ferrell), who bosses family members, guests and temporary employees to abide by her bidding.
But as the wedding party searches around for "Something Borrowed, Something Blue," two playful children stumble across a body in the gardens.
Before Police Chief Slocum (Rick Hurst) arrives on the scene to connive the gate guard, a frustrated Grady sighs, "I knew this was going to happen."
For neither Grady nor Donna are strangers to a line-up of homicide suspects by now, and, of course, murder often follows Jessica wherever she may visit.
On the eve of his scheduled wedding ceremony, Grady Fletcher (Michael Horton) arrives with his Aunt Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) at the Mayberry estate, in Fishkill, New York. Fishkill is described as lying west of the Hudson River in upstate New York, but within reasonable commuting distance of NYC.
Fiancée Donna Mayberry (Debbie Zipp) and her insufferable father, Franklin Mayberry (Eugene Roche), each works in NYC, where she has met Grady a season prior. Now, as a wedding present, Franklin offers Grady a position with his company, and the couple a neighboring residence in Fishkill, each of which trouble Grady to no end.
Maisie Mayberry (Gale Storm) increases points by brightening this episode in fashionable style, as the unorganized mother of the bride, who stands on ceremony amid a collection of relatives and guests reminiscent of a rather cliché "What-could-go-wrong-to-spoil-the-big-day?" plot.
There's the no-account lustful brother of the father of the bride, Uncle Ben Mayberry (Bill Macy). There's the sentimental fastidious brother of the mother of the bride, Uncle Ziggy (Howard Morris). There's the pretentious yet cut-rate Southern belle new wife of Ziggy, Valerie (Betsy Palmer). There's the grandiloquent gold-digging widow of a Mayberry business associate, Mrs. Pentworth (Patricia Barry).
There's the free-spirited ne'er-do-well, Wilfred Wynn III (Clayton Landey), whom Maisie and Franklin had once expected to marry their daughter. There's the impatient caterer, Kyle Laughlin (Ray Buktenica), who arrives at the estate with unprepared cuisine. There's the elderly wedding crasher, Clara (Barbara Townsend), whom no one around the family can quite place.
And there's domineering Maid Harriet Lundgren (Conchata Ferrell), who bosses family members, guests and temporary employees to abide by her bidding.
But as the wedding party searches around for "Something Borrowed, Something Blue," two playful children stumble across a body in the gardens.
Before Police Chief Slocum (Rick Hurst) arrives on the scene to connive the gate guard, a frustrated Grady sighs, "I knew this was going to happen."
For neither Grady nor Donna are strangers to a line-up of homicide suspects by now, and, of course, murder often follows Jessica wherever she may visit.
