Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.
Season 5 Episodes
E1
Hacker plans to get even when Carter sells his car to Gomer instead of to him.
E2
Duke is promoted to corporal, but finds his old reputation getting in his way.
E3
Gomer and Carter are the victims of the lead boot, the battalion's booby prize.
E4
Lou Ann's old boyfriend visits.
E5
The platoon's chances to sing in a movie are almost spoiled by Sgt. Carter -- he can't carry a tune.
E6
Gomer and Carter clash as they vie for an actress.
E7
A movie star tries to get Carter to marry her -- after Gomer refuses -- in order to avoid being deported.
E8
Carter appears in a Hollywood movie, but finds acting harder than he thought.
E9
Sgt. Hacker bets Carter that he can't go 24 hours without losing his temper, and then enlists Gomer's aid to win his bet…
E10
Lonely widow Molly Gordon feels old and useless until Gomer and his appreciative buddies eat her wonderful home cooking.
E11
Gomer is assigned to guard duty at a back gate of the base and refuses to let Carter pass through.
E12
South American General Cortez looks up his old friends, and falls in love with Carter's girlfriend Bunny.
E13
When Carter scratches a parked car and offers to pay for it, the owner shows up with a bill for a completely demolished …
E14
Carter won't believe that Gomer really knows football star Moose Lewis.
E15
Gomer's practical joke backfires when Lou Ann appears to like his fake tattoo.
E16
Gomer and Carter are contestants on the ""Win-A-Date"" televised program.
E17
Carter decides that Gomer might not re-enlist if he were married, so he tries to push the private into a quick wedding.
E18
Sgt. Carter saves Gomer's life and almost comes to regret it as Gomer suffocates him with gratitude.
E19
Gomer and Lou Ann pitch in to help open a new diner, not realizing the owners are in fact planning to rob the bank next …
E20
Gomer and Carter again fall prey to con man ""Friendly Freddy,"" now running a computer dating service.
E21
Gomer inadvertently reveals the position of his platoon to the ""enemy"" during camp maneuvers.
E22
Gomer overhears a conversation about Bunny's sick cat and jumps to the conclusion that it's Sgt. Carter who is criticall…
E23
Carter decides he must get away from Gomer to avoid a nervous breakdown, but continues to be haunted by him.
E24
Carter takes charge of Gomer's life savings for safekeeping and has his pocket picked by a little old lady.
E25
A Marine buddy breaks his leg and Gomer and Carter have to take his expectant wife to the hospital.
E26
Three hippies help Gomer paint a truck for maneuvers, but the results are not standard military camouflage.
E27
Carter allows a pet rabbit to escape before he learns that it belongs to a general's son.
E28
Sgt. Carol wants Gomer to sing in the Marine camp show she is organizing, but Sgt. Carter won't agree to her plans.
E29
Gomer must escort Sgt. Carter's sister to a dance.
E30
Carter learns Gomer is being sent to another base.
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