Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
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.
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Episode 1 - Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course
Release Date: 1964-09-25Gomes tries to pass the obstacle course to please Sgt. Carter.
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Episode 2 - Guest in the Barracks
Release Date: 1964-10-02To the consternation and dismay of Sgt. Carter, Gomer breaks regulations and sneaks a recruit's girlfriend in to visit him in the barracks.
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Episode 3 - Private Ralph Skunk
Release Date: 1964-10-09Gomer adopts a pet skunk.
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Episode 4 - Captain Ironpants
Release Date: 1965-10-16After a straight-laced lady Marine officer reports him for not saluting her, Gomer attempts to help transform her into an attractive woman.
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Episode 5 - Gomer Learns a Bully
Release Date: 1964-10-23A trouble-making recruit decides to use Gomer as his fall guy.
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Episode 6 - Pay Day
Release Date: 1964-10-30Gomer is convinced he has been a ""goldbrick"" and stubbornly refuses to accept part of his paycheck -- even when the Pentagon orders him to do so.
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Episode 7 - Nobody Loves a Sergeant
Release Date: 1964-11-06Carter is driven crazy by the fact that no matter what he does to Gomer, Gomer still likes him.
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Episode 8 - Gomer and the Dragon Lady
Release Date: 1964-11-13Carter sets Gomer up with a beautiful but unkissable Dragon Lady.
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Episode 9 - Survival of the Fattest
Release Date: 1964-11-20Gomer and Carter go on a five-day survival test.
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Episode 10 - A Date for the Colonel's Daughter
Release Date: 1964-11-27Gomer escorts the Colonel's daughter to the enlisted men's dance.
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Episode 11 - They Shall Not Pass
Release Date: 1964-12-04On maneuvers, Gomer leads the squad into an ambush.
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Episode 12 - Sergeant Carter, Marine Baby Sitter
Release Date: 1964-12-11Carter gives Gomer a lift in his jeep and finds himself helping Gomer babysit.
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Episode 13 - The Case of the Marine Bandit
Release Date: 1964-12-18A mother-daughter burglar team uses Gomer for their next heist.
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Episode 14 - Sergeant of the Week
Release Date: 1964-12-25Carter thinks Gomer is dying and tries to be nice to him.
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Episode 15 - Grandpa Pyle's Good Luck Charm
Release Date: 1965-01-01Grandpa Pyle gives Gomer a good luck charm to help him gain self-confidence.
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Episode 16 - Dance, Marine, Dance
Release Date: 1965-01-08Gomer and Carter are taken in by a phony dance studio when they both sign lifetime contracts for lessons.
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Episode 17 - Sergeant Carter's Farewell to His Troops
Release Date: 1965-01-15The men try to change Carter's mind when he decides to leave the Marine Corps.
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Episode 18 - The Feudin' Pyles
Release Date: 1965-01-22Gomer befriends Branch, a country boy from a neighboring hometown -- until he learns that their two families have been feuding for generations.
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Episode 19 - Love Letters to the Sarge
Release Date: 1965-01-29Gomer writes secret love letters to Carter in order to cheer him up.
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Episode 20 - Sergeant Carter Get a Dear John Letter
Release Date: 1965-02-25Carter discovers that his girlfriend dumped him -- for Gomer.
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Episode 21 - Daughter of the Sarge
Release Date: 1965-02-12Carter's adopted Korean daughter arrives -- but she is no longer the little girl he remembers, and Carter thinks she is going to marry Gomer.
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Episode 22 - Officer Candidate Gomer Pyle
Release Date: 1965-02-19Gomer and Carter take the exam for the officer's training program.
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Episode 23 - Old Man Carter
Release Date: 1965-02-26When the platoon celebrates Carter's birthday, he begins to worry he is getting old.
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Episode 24 - Gomer Makes the Honor Guard
Release Date: 1965-03-05Carter may reluctantly be forced to use Gomer as an honor guard -- he's one of the few who owns a dress-blue uniform.
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Episode 25 - My Buddy - War Hero
Release Date: 1965-03-12Gomer tries to prevent Carter and his old friend from becoming enemies.
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Episode 26 - Double Date With the Sarge
Release Date: 1965-03-19Carter and Gomer wind up on a double date.
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Episode 27 - The Jet Set
Release Date: 1965-03-26Gomer and Slater accidentally take a detour on their way downtown and wind up on a round trip jet flight to Rome.
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Episode 28 - Sergeant of the Guard
Release Date: 1965-04-02Gomer tries to capture a gang of thieves who have been robbing the Marine warehouse.
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Episode 29 - Gomer Dates a Movie Star
Release Date: 1965-04-09Gomer is asked to escort a movie star and the Colonel's daughter to a dance.
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Episode 30 - Gomer the M.P.
Release Date: 1965-04-16MP Gomer mistakenly arrests a government inspector.
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Episode 31 - pilot episode"Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."
Release Date: 1964-05-18it would be number 0 because it was the first episode to come out but the television says it 0 because of Andy Griffith episode. 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.