I miss Gomer Pyle

[Trigger Mike 422]

I sure miss watching Gomer Pyle. I loved watching it as a kid. It helped motivate me to want to join the army. My dad used it to help convince me Marines are all dumb and "Jarheads" and repeatedly told me not to join the Marines.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJPIUq72_3Q&NR=1

[Doc Cherokee, SASS#48332 0]

Funny show, I watched it all the time as a kid..Gomer wasn't really the one that made the show so hilarious however, it was Sgt. Carter!

 

Could that guy EVER make some faces..Both him and the guy that played the original Darrin on "Bewitched"!

[Trigger Mike 422]

Funny show, I watched it all the time as a kid..Gomer wasn't really the one that made the show so hilarious however, it was Sgt. Carter!

 

Could that guy EVER make some faces..Both him and the guy that played the original Darrin on "Bewitched"!

He sure was good. Pyle without him would not have been as funny. Saw him on Gunsmoke just tonight too.

[Utah Bob #35998 8,377]

I knew it was just a comedy. I watched Sands of Iwo Jima so I knew Marines couldn't be that dumb. \

I joined the Army because they said I could jump out of airplanes.

Hmmm..........could be I was too dumb to join the Marines.

[Gunner Gatlin, SASS # 10274 365]

Yeah, I watched it too as a kid - enjoyed it

 

GG ~

[Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 347]

I did, too. Also liked McHale's Navy and Hennesy, Combat.....Buck

[Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463 258]

Well Golly that was a good show!!!

 

 

 

 

CPK

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 4,033]

The whole repeat a joke over and over again thing was too much. I gave up on sitcoms forever.

[Capt. James H. Callahan 505]

Yup, that was one of my favorites when I was a button. Haven't seen it in forever. Seems like one of those old shows you never see anymore. They really should have called "Sgt. Carter, USMC"!!!

 

JHC

[Forty Rod SASS 3935 3,586]

I knew it was just a comedy. I watched Sands of Iwo Jima so I knew Marines couldn't be that dumb. \

I joined the Army because they said I could jump out of airplanes.

Hmmm..........could be I was too dumb to join the Marines.

 

I wasn't going to say anything, but...well!

[Richard Wagner 0]

The show resulted in the really "slow" recruits or southeners being called Gomer Pyle in boot camp. The name became just another way of calling you an idiot. And Marines DO jump out of perfectably good airplanes! I did it 53 times in all.

Cherokee Slim

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog 160]

I knew it was just a comedy. I watched Sands of Iwo Jima so I knew Marines couldn't be that dumb. \

I joined the Army because they said I could jump out of airplanes.

Hmmm..........could be I was too dumb to join the Marines.

 

I never could understand why anyone would want to jump out a perfectly servicable aircraft.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 4,033]

I never could understand why anyone would want to jump out a perfectly servicable aircraft.

 

Gotta practice for when you get one that was assembled on a Monday.

[Trigger Mike 422]

I never could understand why anyone would want to jump out a perfectly servicable aircraft.

Because it is more fun than ANYTHING else in the world. One jump alone is better than shooting a clean CAS match.

[Utah Bob #35998 8,377]

The show resulted in the really "slow" recruits or southeners being called Gomer Pyle in boot camp. The name became just another way of calling you an idiot. And Marines DO jump out of perfectably good airplanes! I did it 53 times in all.

Cherokee Slim

 

Yeah but the Marines wouldn't guarantee me that I could jump out of 'em.

We had 6 Recon Marines in my jump school class. They were always makin funny noises.

 

And the Andy Griffith show resulted in rural cops being called Barney.