Gomer Pyle, U S M C S1E01 Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course1 2

[@kausikghosh9968]

60s, 70s, 80s & even 90s when we were so Happy,satisfied with small things & life was not so complicated.Those beautiful days will never ever come back.

[@motorsportfan1246]

I’m relatively young (only 19) yet I love this old style humour. It’s really refreshing compared to the formulaic, edgy comedy of today.

[@georgefulton7012]

My father in law was a “lifer” Marine. Second Division. Fought at Tarawa, Roi Island and Saipan. He was in Korea and got out just at the start of the VIET NAM war. He loved this show. Why? I don’t quite know but he was a great man.

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

he was the real deal.

[@georgefulton7012]

@@dont-want-no-wrench forgot to include that he retired as a “Gunney” I was the typical “meathead in college” but we loved each other.

[@secretsquirrel6308]

Whew. Bloody Tarawa. God blessed us with such men. At age 17, my dad was in hand to hand combat in Korea. He was of eight Marines featured in Life magazine because they all re-upped for a 2nd tour. Dad made Sgt just before age 20. Three Purple Hearts, Bronze and Silver stars with Oak Leaf clusters.

[@secretsquirrel6308]

I mean to say, two tours Korea, three tours Viet Nam. Lots of TDY for installing radio communications in various countries on 4 continents. Plus salvage for US Navy.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Those were bloody battles. He was lucky to make it out alive. One of my uncles was also at Saipan.

[@kimberlysamuel474]

With all the garbage on TV today, it's wonderful to watch this again! Breath of fresh air!

[@lisaparsons4124]

Yes I agree 💯 I remember this show in the 70s when I was a kid, Frank Sutton a awesome actor hilarious 😁

[@aprilsnow6101]

Yay Gomer! Much better than Homer Simpson! Common Curtisies from the deep south! But he's also clueless naive but wins in the end!

[@motorsportfan1246]

Lol any remake of this now would have Gomer as openly gay, transgenders in the platoon and Sgt Carter would probably be female person of colour.

[@dukethekiddjr.russell8831]

Sgt Carter's expression when he was watching Pyle's haircut was the happiest he ever was in the whole series

[@sphinxrising1129]

When it came time for my haircut with the USMC, I decided to not get one. Two rather large MPs took me for a walk & informed me that I could get in chair on my own or be placed in the chair bloody & fucked up, my choice, lol

[@lisaparsons4124]

Yes I agree ☺️

[@randyjohnson6845]

Frank Sutton...volunteered for the marines ..rejected for colored blindness...then went to the army and was in 14 assault landings...I guess he was always a marine at heart Bronze star Purple heart

[@muffs55mercury61]

World War II, yes. He was a fine soldier.

[@4wheeling]

How in the world did Frank Sutton keep a straight face?

[@rrfields65]

Lots of Jim Beam!

[@lisaparsons4124]

Yes Ive often wondered about that 😁 Frank Sutton a awesome actor

[@viperdemonz-jenkins]

if you watch closely he does crack, but the camera pans off. he was loving the goofy anticts.

[@lisaparsons4124]

Frank Sutton is a great actor as Sargent Carter on the Gomerpile USMC show.And Gomerpile as Jim Nabors a great actor, hilarious 😁

[@muffs55mercury61]

When I need laughs this series helps so I pull out the dvds. Same for The Andy Griffith Show.

[@lisaparsons4124]

@@muffs55mercury61 yes I agree 😊💯

[@mistergrendel32]

Gomer Pyle

[@lisaparsons4124]

@@mistergrendel32 Gomerpile very hilarious and a great show

[@fnln544]

Jim Nabors, later in life, was truly an Honorary Corporal, USMC, through the Marine Corps.

[@XMooseManX]

And truly an honorable butt pirate.

[@URProductions]

Holy shit, the movie _Full_ _Metal_ _Jacket_ cribbed so many shots from this.

[@pinkrudy]

yea its almost a straight rip off :P

[@URProductions]

@@pinkrudy Satire or parody more like.

[@fargeeks]

There's a movie from the 50s titled :somebody up there likes me. And here's a kicker , the character in that movie is a boxer named Rocky Balboa

[@URProductions]

@@fargeeks Rocky Graziano apparently. But, yeah, I'm pretty sure Mr. Balboa was named after him.

[@-danR]

I think _Sarge_ was the star of this show.

[@jackkircher1755]

This were really soldiers in the theme song. Jim Neighbors said that many of us them would be lost in service (Vietnam). It affected him deeply!

[@muffs55mercury61]

Season 1 while Gomer was in boot camp was about the funniest of the series. Love the part when Gomer pulls Sgt Carter into the pool, LOL. Sgt: "I got an 80 year old grandmother that can go up better than that". Gomer: "well bless her heart!".

[@judyelmer2257]

I think its pathetic when someone has to repeat what the actors say as if the rest of can't hear

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@judyelmer2257 what kind of comment is that?

[@alyjaffer8885]

Full metal Gomer Pyle.

[@midnyte6195]

Don't forget private snow ball 😁

[@mightymikethebear]

While watching this video I can see how much FMJ borrowed from this episode.

[@fastguned]

Jim Nabors can thank Andy Griffith for getting this show. Griffith kept pestering the powers that be until they gave Nabors his own show.

[@lisaparsons4124]

Yes I agree, and a great show

[@fastguned]

@@lisaparsons4124 Well to me it wasn't that great. It started off with a bang but then they started making Sergeant Carter dumber than Gomer and it became really silly.

[@lisaparsons4124]

@@fastguned yes, hilarious show 😁 Frank Sutton was great as Sargent Carter 😁

[@chrisphilhower6029]

As a guy who went through Navy Boot Camp, That was just TOO Funny to watch.

[@gorillaau]

Pyle seems to be one of those that would get others in trouble for making them smirk, or worse.

[@rrfields65]

@brent rogers : yeah , but they didn't have the Crucible back then...no way Pyle would have made it!

[@christophersmith2091]

The company commanders were more sadistic at great lakes than Sgt Carter ever was.

[@julianhermanubis6800]

I really feel like Stanley Kubrick watched this particular episode when he was working on "Full Metal Jacket," even down to the obstacle course buffoonery.

[@mightymikethebear]

Kubrick took many inspirations from this episode.

[@wandajames143]

Gomer actually has a guardian angel and always whips sgt carters ass without knowing

[@Turboy65]

This was television when it was measuring up to the expectations of people. Wholesome, REAL entertainment. And even though this took place during the early years of the Vietnam war, it avoided being political, which when you considered that it was based on the USMC, was really quite a feat. And it also managed to paint a picture of the USMC that was neither derogatory toward the Corps nor was it excessively supportive. It had a nice balance.

[@ronnieblanton272]

My favorite episode Carter drove Jeep top of hill yelling stomping. A bet was made between Carter and another sergant that Carter could not go 24 hrs without yelling at Pyle .of course Pyle in got on Carter's nerves, so top of the hill he goes

[@janetduncan87]

Gomer Pyle was just too sweet and innocent for his own good. We need more folks him in the world.

[@lisaparsons4124]

Yes Gomerpile as Jim Nabors a great actor,was so hilarious 😁 we need more people like him today

[@greer8288]

You know this is just a comedy and not real life don't you

[@kausikghosh9968]

Ma'am you are so very correct.I do respect your feelings.God Bless.

[@rrfields65]

@@greer8288 shhaazammm

[@RuminatingWizard]

Can't defend freedom with sweetness and light.

[@SakuraShirakawa]

What I always found funny was that Gomer was from the east coast, he would not have been sent to San Diego but to South Carolina.

[@rrfields65]

Paris Island wasn't ready yet for Pyle ... otherwise it would have forever been named Pyle Island, right after Gilligan's Island !

[@holoholohaolenokaoi2299]

much respect for Sgt. Carter (Frank Sutton) who was a hero in ww2

[@karmafilmsnm]

I miss the ads for the Truck Driving schools... love Gomer, but those ads were just as nostalgic...

[@macmcleod1188]

"Because the Marines felt that the show would be good for the branch's image, Gomer Pyle was given "total cooperation," meaning that the show was allowed unlimited access to military equipment.] Nabors always said he had a hard time watching the shows opening credits, as many of the Marines he was filmed training with were later killed in Vietnam." GOMER PYLE, USMC Wiki page.

[@scotthruska4906]

Why’s Gomer wearing white tennis shoes for the training camp?

[@cleopatrasiuman8089]

🙈😂🤣😂🤣😂that hair cut OMG hahahahaha Gomer wanted a cute hair style🤣🤣🤣what a great video 👍😁

[@delavalmilker]

Looks like they actually gave Jim Nabors a buzzcut.

[@johnshields6852]

Loved this when I was a little kid.

[@carolinagirl1967]

I had heard on a clip on KZbin that he was a sergeant in real life.somehow I'm not surprised. Just by the way he carries himself and projects his voice.the Marines turned him down so he joined the army.

[@ElmoUnk1953]

Frank Sutton was color blind and rejected by the Marines, BUT he was an Army Infantry Sergeant that served in the Pacific, participated in amphibious landings attached with the Marines and was awarded a Purple Heart

[@gregory593]

They were instructed that the first word out of their mouth's should be sir. Yet, they all said, "yes, sir."

[@harlech2]

The expression on the actor in front of Jim Nabors... he was absolutely mortified he would die laughing.... go back and check his expression.

[@bigdaddy7119]

The only damn time Gomer had a regulation haircut in that whole series lol.

[@lesleyarellano5499]

You have a disgusting and disgraceful name

[@fastguned]

He kept it like that for a few episodes.

[@georgegravette1132]

But he always managed to have crisp, HEAVILY starched fatigues.

[@fargeeks]

Season 2 was the only season where the platoon was out in the sea

[@jaredperdue9674]

Yes good will watching

[@toastestos246]

This is absolutely hilarious

[@carolinagirl1967]

Poor guy in front of gomer has the look of fright 😬.Sgt. Carter was really a pussycat inside.

[@dvdreview7956]

Full Metal Jacket in a nutshell

[@davewilliams5102]

VHS&DVDREVIEW Eric This video was worthless Early TV was so bad!

[@dvdreview7956]

No it ain’t I’ve watched this show at houghton lake michigan

[@toddgrogg2810]

The next time i get my haircut i'll show this to my barber.

[@catherinemartinez8319]

I can see myself playing these scene so funny

[@marshalli732]

When I first saw this I laughed when I got out if the Marine Corps after serving eight years

[@ablebaker1275]

I never saw this one, thought I viewed all of them…

[@laceyravenheart8975]

Gomer is gonna drive the sergeant to drink! Lol

[@firstlast-fr1le]

Ill drink to that. Playing a game with myself that every time i see a post on here that talks about drinking, I drink a beer.. thisll be number 6

[@laceyravenheart8975]

@@firstlast-fr1le Cool! Bottoms up! Cheers! Lol I'm more of a wine cooler girl myself, personally.

[@marvinschmitz3442]

Gomer made joining the Marines look sort of fun.

[@JeanetteParmantie-jq5xy]

This episode was put into a story and Sargent Carter had an evil twin who really was an professional safecracker and got Sargent Carter into a mess of trouble. This was of course when the actors where on breaks or at night.

[@MareShoop]

Why do I all of a sudden want a rabbit ridge ?

[@GingerGilligan]

This series needs to be remade with all the profanity and abuse that Gomer really would have received.

[@pauljackson9716]

Brings up images of Full Metal Jacket. "Why private Pyle, you mean to tell me you don't know your left from your right?!". SMACK! This is your left. SMACK!! This is your right!

[@davidf2911]

watching this after FMJ makes way too much sense. wow. kubrick really pulled from history

[@mightymikethebear]

None of those push ups counted because his butt was too high and his back was not straight.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

Stanley Kubrick watched this.

[@joel8583]

Ya think.

[@Gumpdog10]

A war would be over before Gomer gets done with boot camp lol

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

Carter the sadist‼️®™️🤣🤣

[@Bogframe]

He was training those boys not to get killed.

[@catherinemartinez8319]

I think discipline is so fun

[@carolinagirl1967]

😵"PYLE!!!!!!! "

[@TheAudivisioner]

Those are some really gumppy pushups.

[@agoraphobicadam1171]

I Can't Hear Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

A.P. Shreveport actor frank Sutton died here tonight before taking the stage he collapsed in his dressing room and died June 28 1974

[@michaelmanning3528]

Every Platoon had at least 1 Gomer Pyle

[@midnyte6195]

Full metal jacket did

[@btqy]

SGT: First word out of your mouth will be sir. Is that clear? PLATOON: Sir yes. (not yes sir).

[@dannyg1195]

* (Sir, yes sir!)

[@theguidestone]

Love this show

[@marcdewey1242]

He asked Pyle what his name was,he had already met Pyle before when Andy brought him there.

[@alanstrong55]

I had a bit of trouble getting over that wall. I did make it. The O course is a winner.

[@Mars-xc1ns]

I always thought Beetle Bailey and Sarge was based on Gamer Pile USMC

[@danmonges1539]

Beetle Bailey hit the funny papers in 1950!

[@mgtowbro917]

lefleflef-idle-lef....

[@midnyte6195]

Where's private Snow Ball at?

[@jeffburnham6611]

I wonder if that was an actor playing the barber or one of the bases barbers. I've never known one of the barbers to leave a head with any hair remaining lol.

[@michaelswinehart2788]

I dont think he was real barber. They are super faster than he was.

[@rrfields65]

They're not barber's... they're USMCrew clippers!

[@pauljackson9716]

I thought Sgt. Carter said first word out of their mouth should be sir? They never started a sentence with sir. He never corrected them. Pyle did it later, at the door.

[@poppabear3730]

Thats why people go deaf when they come out of the service

[@kathleen2568]

My grandfather pop Marines ww2 and his chic ( wife) my nonnie, Rosie the riveter... The would be tickled today as my youngest son, chose Marines too. The sunny days in sandiego KFC and I can't hear you

[@jackwhite9395]

Ermy must have watched this.

[@mightymikethebear]

Ermy was actually in the Marine Corps during this time. He may have missed this show since back then they kept the trainees VERY busy.

[@marksummey9387]

FULL METAL JACKET 😂

[@Marctunstall]

The first word out of your mouth will be sir. So why did they say Yes sir 🤦‍♂️ haha

[@MAMAGGray]

BUZZED!!

[@joshsalmons1867]

Drill instructors are way more unpleasant, if drill instructors were like that everyone would join the Marines.

[@joel8583]

Except me. I wouldn't join the military for any reason.

[@thompson9400]

@@joel8583 hate your country huh coward

[@joel8583]

No, I love it.

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

@@joel8583 i can think of some reasons i might, but not a lot.

[@davidpage3893]

The saddest thing about our military recruitment today is WOKNESS. Drill sergeants are not allowed to yell and build character into the new recruits. Instead they have to use the correct pronouns to the recruits, and when the recruits get their feelings hurt the drill instructor has to back off. Our military is being PUSSIFIED and our adversaries are waiting for the right time to over run our once great and respected country. Recruitment is way down because some but not all young adults hate our country. The damage that our Deep State has done to our country has to stop.

[@lesleyarellano5499]

I can’t hear yoooooou!!!

[@MC-mh2ju]

Surprise, surprise, surprise.

[@dvdreview7956]

SIR YES SIR!!!!!

[@rrfields65]

@@MC-mh2ju : 12 weeks KP duty Pyle!!!

[@XMooseManX]

First word was "yes" not "sir" right after he said first word is "sir"

[@moxnix]

Did Pyle enlist or was he drafted .. asking for a friend .. 🙂

[@karmafilmsnm]

In the last episode of the fourth season of "Andy Griffith", Gomer tells Andy he has joined the Marines, because he realized he would eventually be drafted into military service.

[@moxnix]

@@karmafilmsnm Thanks, BTW I’ve been to Mt Airy and camped at Pilot Mountain = a fun and interesting trip.

[@xravs_0534]

What happens if another Gomer Pyle usmc comes

[@rchoquette2975]

Gomer Pyle is Our POTUS now Unfortunately.....

[@andrewmulligan6844]

I think the writers of Forest Gump lifted some materiel from Gomer Pyle

[@kevinswales7003]

Did they really cut off Jim Nabor's hair off?

[@Kat_therian_cat]

Yes, but it grew back off of course

[@Jay-vr9ir]

Short hair was in style in the 60's .

[@JENDALL714]

There is an extended behind the scenes on the DVD when he we is getting his haircut and you hear the director say cut, he looks back and grimaces at his haircut, so yeah it was real.

[@rrfields65]

Marine Recruits have crewcuts, then after basic it's kept high & tight!

[@j.d.schultzsr.9215]

No, that was just Hollywood magic. It was actually film reversal of a hairdresser putting hair back on.

[@jamessimmons7480]

SO SAD THAT FRANK SUTTON DIED AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE!!!!!

[@bigroy38]

What the HELL is that first barber doing?

[@jeffburnham6611]

@bigroy38 I asked myself the same thing when I saw him. They're very good at quickly removing all the hair, not the botch job this guy did.

[@deepole900]

This a different episode from Andy Griffin version

[@bryanmcwhite9335]

2019 Rules forever I'm Jim nabors and all the religious singers they play on Kbek forever promise to god. Steve Fikes David Lee roth of van Halen and all the devil singer s they play on Kool 108 forever promise to god. Jim nabors Rules forever as an actor and a singer 👍.bye now.

[@jeffburnham6611]

@Bryan McWhite go back to watching Taxi. Your ramblings make as much sense as Rev Jim did lol (but Kool 108 does play some great music).

[@russellmitchem5465]

He would get a butt kicking:/

[@joel8583]

Of course! :)

[@maryfralixlanier35]

Hard to believe that Gomer Pyle was a country bumkin that was gay. Loved him anyway.

[@greer8288]

He's not gay just goofy

[@macmcleod1188]

@@greer8288 the character Gomer Pyle is straight with girlfriend : Lou-Ann Poovie . The actor Jim Majors was gay. On January 15, 2013, Nabors married his partner of *38 years* , Stan Cadwallader. Jim died at the age of 87.

[@hannahbaer1917]

ha ha😆😆

[@hannahbaer1917]

🤩

[@natebestwick5807]

Yes Sargent he’s not a officer

[@stevenichols2938]

Some branches of service use "Sir" for cadre when in training.

[@noorrougelewis6704]

Stares ahead the entire time with a stupid look on his face, even though it's obvious his hair is being buzzed.

[@RuminatingWizard]

I don't see Private Snowball

[@tonystephenson4842]

Sarge 1 Pyle 0

[@lesleyarellano5499]

Frank 1 Jim 22222222222200000000

[@fargeeks]

8:17

[@perfectionbox]

did pyle ever see combat?

[@tacotony4090]

No. He was involved in several exercises, but never against an enemy of the U.S.

[@mightymikethebear]

I don't think they ever mentioned the war in Vietnam during the series run.

[@stephenridgway3886]

That's acting. They shaved his head you can't fake that.

[@dvdreview7956]

3:00 ROFL

[@scotthruska4906]

Roll over fuckin laughing 😂

[@scotthruska4906]

Roll over Fuckin Laughing!

[@dvdreview7956]

Rolling on floor laughing

[@viperdemonz-jenkins]

Pyles is out of uniform.

[@legaljunkies8588]

He was too gay

[@rolltide9547]

In the real world Gomer would have been given code reds until he stopped acting like an idiot.

[@geraldgoll482]

This show may have been entertaining but it projected a terrible image of the United States Marines. It made the Marines an object of humor. The show could have funny and entertaining without making them look foolish.

[@rrfields65]

At ease soldier! They are Uncle Sam's Misguided Children... Semper Fidelis!

[@macmcleod1188]

The marines felt okay about it. Jim is one of the very few people the Marines ever declared an Honorable Marine. "The United States Marine Corps released a statement on Nabors: "Semper Fi, Gomer Pyle. Rest in peace Jim Nabors, one of the few to ever be named an Honorary Marine"".