Andy Tricks Sgt. Carter

Andy plays a trick on Sgt. Carter to get him to help Gomer.

[@jamescard299]

Sheriff Andy is so clever, this was childs play for him. XD

[@dannymartinez9371]

So funny when Carter says all shocked and confused "His daddy?" And Andy's face when Carter talks out loud to himself is genius acting. "Lips are sealed" Lol.

[@michaelrivers5213]

Just pure clean comedy back then, no vulgarities and such. Corny? Maybe, but rewatching these shows from back then I can still learn a thing or two about being a decent human being while still enjoying the show.

[@whodidit99]

Shows still stand up and are still funny as hell.

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

☑️☑️☑️‼️®™️

[@tomleong9611]

This WAS AMERICA! There WERE vulgarities but seldom! NOT like, every other word now days! SAD how a country went from "FREEDOM" to socialist TYRANNY(O'biden) in just a couple decades! TRUMP/DeSantis 2024!!!

[@JeanetteParmantie-jq5xy]

Oh, what a DOLL he was a seriously CUTE guy. What a DREAMY teen idol so long ago❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@alanstrong55]

It is an honor to go through with no special favors, only honest, fair treatment.

[@deltahunter4810]

Those two were perfect together

[@shadowrealmmedia9448]

Really liked the crossover (I know Sgt. Carter first appeared in Andy Griffith, but for someone who didn't know they'd meet, it was awesome)

[@milehayes888]

Jim sung at Frank funeral singing how great thou art

[@jivepatrol6833]

Amazing clip and so funny! I read Frank Sutton was from Tennessee, served in the Army during WWII and graduated from Columbia University Cum Laude. Andy Griffith was from North Carolina and a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill. A couple of great Americans from the South and so successful too! Their abilities as performers along with Jim Nabors and others made these shows some of the best of all time! RIP to both.

[@79goldmaster1]

Agree 100%. Real family entertainment.

[@leonardpearlman4017]

I watched this as a kid but didn't really get it. I think now that "No Time For Sargeants" is from the recruit's point of view, but it might be that the Gomer Pyle show is really about Sargeant Carter, or at least from his point of view. Pyle's sincerity and innocence is just ruining everything for him, episode after episode.... Sutton is really excellent, he plays it so straight, and somehow his exasperation is hilarious.

[@roberthuot7887]

All I can say is,,,,,those were the days!

[@10Peter25]

One tiny detail I noticed--maybe my own USMC experience has primed me to see it: the brim of Sergeant Carter's "Smokey Bear" campaign cover isn't perfectly flat and straight and would have likely failed his CO's inspection for its visible warps. Real Marine Corps drill instructors, at least during my summer as a USMC recruit, held themselves to higher standards than that. That said, the Gomer Pyle Show wasn't funny for its realism or lack thereof. It was funny and successful because of how Frank Sutton and Jim Nabors played their characters off each other. Nobody can deny that those two actors worked especially well together.

[@markstuber4731]

He wouldn't be wearing it indoor either , except for in the recruit barracks. Would he?

[@10Peter25]

@@markstuber4731 I'm not sure. I only ever saw drill instructors from the pov of a recruit. I'd never been through DI school to see recruit training from the DI's pov.

[@markstuber4731]

@@10Peter25 Just generally speaking, Marines aren't supposed to wear their covers indoors. Obviously there an exception for DIs when they're around recruits. I was wondering of their was and exception for DIs in general.

[@10Peter25]

@@markstuber4731 The exception for DI's is actually an exception that covers all Marines who are on official duty indoors (e.g., fire watch, guard duty, etc.). When on duty, a Marine is to wear his canteen belt and his cover, even while indoors. This doesn't merely include DI's training recruits.

[@markstuber4731]

@@10Peter25 What about sitting at a bar having a beer with the Sheriff of Mayberry, NC?

[@tyronejefforeillyramirez7961]

Sutton is gold, Andy is bronze

[@kurtbaumann7686]

It's a shame Sutton had to die so young back in the 70s.

[@dougritzema4778]

@@kurtbaumann7686 Definitely, he was a great actor.

[@mrmjb1960]

@@kurtbaumann7686 That's what Chain Smoking does,I'm afriad.

[@paddle_shift]

Sutton IS gold, but Andy is platinum!

[@tyronejefforeillyramirez7961]

@@paddle_shift I like Andy in Matlock more than AGS.

[@DutchGirl859]

This episode is awesome!!

[@snake9911]

I always thought that Andy Griffith did a great job in fooling Sargent Carter. Andy Griffith is the reason for Jim Nabors getting his own show. Frank Sutton was great as Sargent Carter.

[@paulsarnik8506]

Also for getting him on the Andy Griffith show instead of George Lindsey

[@snake9911]

@@paulsarnik8506 Jim Nabors was great as Gomer Pyle. Andy brought Jim to the show after seeing him doing stand up comedy. I don't know how George Lindsey would done being Gomer Pyle. Thanks 👍.

[@AzzKicker-bz1cb]

@Snake99 I’m surprised that no one, in the 50’s and 60’s when this show was popular, pointed out that Frank Sutton(Gunery Sgt. Carter) was wearing his cover indoors!!!! That’s a huge no no in every branch of the military unless that person is on a detail involving their military MOS at the time they are wearing their cover indoors!!!

[@snake9911]

@@AzzKicker-bz1cb You do have a great point there. It's funny how in the pilot episode of Gomer Pyle. (From the Andy Griffith show), he got after a guy for having his cover on inside. But him and that corporal both had their's on. Great job 👍. Me, the oldest I got in the 1960's was only 6 years old. Thanks 👍.

[@10Peter25]

@@AzzKicker-bz1cb That wasn't exactly true when I went through USMC boot camp in 1989. Drill instructors wore their covers indoors all the time. They also wore their duty belts at all times when on duty. When wearing his duty belt (usually the canteen belt) to show that he's on duty (whatever that means in context), a Marine is required to wear his cover even when indoors.

[@mackenziegipson3868]

My favorite episode of Andy Griffith

[@robertsenseman4339]

Andy never said he was a sheriff when he was outside of Mayberry

[@mathiasringle6972]

Except that time at the fishing hole when he told the game warden

[@mcleananderson4948]

I am pretty sure It was supposed to be at Camp Lejeune which is Jacksonville NC

[@jackb348]

Brilliant acting. Andy Griffith was so amazing. His character was so low key and he was able to dupe others as masterfully as Bugs Bunny.

[@quantumpotential7639]

That clever wabbit

[@fjccommish]

Later when Andy visited Gomer, he and the Sgt. acted as if they met for the first time.

[@Buggy-su4oy]

Frank and Andy worked great together in scene...imagine how it was behind the scenes.😊😂

[@davidcook5705]

Andy sure knew how to mess with someone's head, lol!

[@coryhollywood6021]

Great writing and acting

[@orlandogarza2965]

Hook,line,and sinker.Pyle and Carter made that show a success.

[@ninajones5369]

This is the way to spell Sergeant!!

[@cynthiacupler8005]

Good clean series

[@johnsherrill326]

That Andy.

[@kevinswales7003]

When they meet again two years later in "Opie Joins The Marines" Andy is very diffrent in his very short cameo. Very grumpy and not very vocal.

[@julianhermanubis6800]

The background music being "Harlem Nocturne" really distracts me. I think of Mike Hammer and 1950s detective shows when I hear it. LOL

[@alanstrong55]

Love such a trick.

[@alanstrong55]

No leader wants his children to be treated differently.

[@johnnyhighwoods1780]

Only biden does!

[@azurerainbow4637]

Andy had to play a trick on Sgt. carter to get him to help Gomer, or Gomer would be so heartbroken by being told to leave and never return to the Marine Corps again.

[@topdawg3359]

Maybe this was the idea for Forrest Gump

[@donmcc6573]

That is one unsat DI smoky.

[@xnamkcor]

What's that thing on his head? Is that an outside bar?

[@joeanderson9852]

❤

[@epsdudez]

Is this from Gomer Pyle USMC or The Andy Griffith Show? Which episode? I don't remember this scene.

[@deeredad]

Andy Griffith show. Episode was the last one in season 4. Titled "Gomer Pyle, USMC".

[@jackdarapper2451]

I was the pilot episode. For Gomer Pyle.

[@Buttermilkjug]

No you weren't~

[@fargeeks]

it was a pilot episode

[@Yeiyn343]

I watched Gomer Pyle for the first time yesterday and it was so funny! I am very new to it and am confused too. Are Andy, the Sherriff, and Gomer all on both shows? Spin off? I'll have to look it up.

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Andy tells a lot of lies on the show. This is one. He lied about the town cannon, he lied to Barney about the microphone being super sensitive, he helped Floyd further lie to Madelyn Grayson, saying he and Opie both were Floyd's sons, he lied here, to Sergeant Carter about Gomer being the son of General Lucious Pyle.

[@TheNueKid4]

What epsoide is this?

[@snake9911]

That is from the Andy Griffith episode, Gomer Pyle USMC. That is the episode.

[@TheNueKid4]

@@snake9911 ok

[@johnharrison3425]

Didn't Sgt. Carter have a lower rank in the series?

[@corbettdc]

All dead

[@search4truth104]

Father time undefeated.