S4.E32

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Episode aired May 18, 1964
30m

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Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Gomer joins the Marines to test himself as a man. Andy drives him to the base and stays around for a while to see how it works out. When he finds out the Sergeant plans to get Gomer sent hom... Read allGomer joins the Marines to test himself as a man. Andy drives him to the base and stays around for a while to see how it works out. When he finds out the Sergeant plans to get Gomer sent home, he tries to find a way to get the Sergeant on Gomer's side.Gomer joins the Marines to test himself as a man. Andy drives him to the base and stays around for a while to see how it works out. When he finds out the Sergeant plans to get Gomer sent home, he tries to find a way to get the Sergeant on Gomer's side.

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Andy Griffith

Andy Taylor

Ron Howard

Opie Taylor
(as Ronny Howard)
(credit only)

Don Knotts

Barney Fife
(credit only)

Jim Nabors

Gomer Pyle

Frank Sutton

Sergeant Vince Carter

Frank Albertson

Colonel Watson

Eddie Ryder

Practical Joker

Karl Lukas

Sergeant

Alan Reed Jr.

Corporal

Charles Myers

Corporal

Richard Tyler

Private Hemsley
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Frank Albertson (Colonel Watson) unfortunately never had the chance to see this episode on TV as he had died in Santa Monica about 2 1/2 months prior to airing.

Goofs
Just after the Corporal calls the barracks to attention, a crew member is visible at the lower left, next to a bunk.

Quotes
Sheriff Andy Taylor: What's wrong?
Gomer Pyle: Nothing. Why do you ask?
Sheriff Andy Taylor: Well, Gomer, whenever I see a man settin' by hisself in a Quonset hut with a bucket on his head, I've got to ask, "What's wrong?"

Connections
Featured in Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.: Gomer Goes Home (1968)

Soundtracks
Marines' Hymn
Official hymn of the United States Marine Corps (1929 version)
Sung acapella by Jim Nabors (in character) (undcredited)

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6/10

Remember "Full Metal Jacket"

Gomer joins the Marines. This was so long ago that I don't know if the new series came immediately after this episode. The whole episode is ludicrous. The fact that Andy is allowed to hang around the base and look through the windows of the barracks would never happen. Also, Gomer would be set up for some big time brutality. The Sergeant is intimidated by the last name and starts to step in to insure success. I remember watching the spinoff and not thinking it was very funny. It was a one joke series.