Howard's "Mayberry Happenings" column in the Mt. Pilot newspaper has caught the attention of the "big brass" who also own the TV station. He's been asked to do a 15-minute TV program called "The Poet's Corner" three afternoons a week. He's introduced by the announcer (Dick Whittinghill) as "The Dream Spinner", a nickname that sticks. Howard dons a sporty leisure suit and sunglasses, and an air of arrogance. Howard receives a woman's fan letter and poem in the mail and plans to use it on his program. He puts down Emmett and Goober's poem suggestion in a manner that leaves them feeling he thinks he's better than them. They decide to trick Howard by writing a fan letter and poem pretending to be a woman named "Melissa". Then they'll gloat when he reads their poem on air. Goober asks Edna (Maggie Mancuso (Peterson)- "The Andy Griffith Show's" Charlene Darling), a new girl at the diner to copy it in a feminine handwriting. She is led to believe it's innocent fun. They have her to do so once again in a letter asking him to touch his mustache on air and blow a kiss. Emmett and Goober give a hearty laugh when he does so. Howard, however, has started falling in love with "Melissa". The joke dissolves into something unexpected.