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Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. Episode Guide (Season 3)
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Gomer goes on a Hollywood bus tour,
gets off the bus and meets a movie star who he spends the
day with but no one believes him.
Did You Know?
William Christopher was introduced as Pvt Hummel in S2, Ep 6:
"Supply Sergeants Never Die". But he played Cpl Haynes in S2 Ep 29:
"Desk Job for a Sergeant". In this episode, he's been demoted back
to PFC Hummel.
In four platoon contests Sgt Carter ends
up losing bets to Sgt Hacker and buying $10.00 diners at the
local café. Carter thinks he's going to win the next contest
because one of his new recruits is a archery
instructor...until Pyle opens up his big mouth to Hacker and
ruins it. For the next contest, Carter finds Pyle can run a
mile in 5 minutes and then tricks Hacker to pick Pyle; Hacker
uses psychology so that Pyle will lose; Carter finds out and
thinks he'll get rich by placing bets against Pyle; Pyle
actually wins and both Sgts lose..Hacker has to pay for a
$20.00 steak dinner and Carter loses his bets...!
Did You Know?
Private First Class Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) runs a mile
and a half in 9 minutes, shocking Gunnery Sergeant Carter
(Frank Sutton) and Corporal Boyle (Roy Stuart) with his
speed. Although not near world record time, this equates to
running a six minute mile, plenty fast enough to obtain a
perfect score on the running portion (3 miles in 18 minutes)
of the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test.
The entire platoon gets German Measles
except Gomer, the carrier.
Did You Know?
The sign in the Chow Hall reads "Take All You Want, But
Eat All You Take." This sign exists in the Marine Corps. It
encourages Marines to eat enough to sustain themselves, but
to avoid wasting food.
Sgt. Carter sets out to expose a fraud by proving to Gomer that the man who sold him a cheap watch is a crook.
Gomer is accused by a drunk's wife of turning her husband into an alcoholic.
When Gomer takes up gardening, Sergeant
Carter spikes a watermelon with liquor, the same watermelon
Gomer gives to the Colonel.
Gomer stumbles across a spaceship
and little men in space suits. Not knowing they are part of
a movie film crew he thinks they are aliens from outer
space. Carter then sends Gomer to a psychiatrist.
Gomer takes Sergeant Carters car to
deliver charity items for Miss Bunny. The Sergeant reports
the car stolen and Gomer wrecks it.
Did You Know?
After Gomer wrecks Sergeant Carter's car, the police
description of the car is a 1959 Dodge. The car is actually
a 1956 Dodge.
Carter bets Sgt. Hacker that he can't teach Gomer to cook a meal.
Sgt. Carter and Sgt. Hacker, the NCO in
charge of the mess hall (played by veteran character acter
Allan Melvin) get into another one of their arguments over
who has the harder job. Carter ends up putting Hacker on the
spot as he challenges him to have Pyle fix a meal for the
troops. Hacker reluctantly agrees, as he and Carter have a
bet going on whether Pyle will succeed or screw up. Pyle
can't make heads or tails for the recipe for the scheduled
fare (salmon croquettes) so he reverts to his roots- fixing
good old-fashioned southern fare. including black-eyed peas
and cherry cobbler. Meanwhile, Col. Gray informs Hacker that
an important colonel will be visiting the base and he is the
type who enjoys eating in the mess hall with the enlisted
men. Gray has no knowledge that Pyle has been put in charge
for the day and figures Hacker will do a good job with the
salmon croquettes. Hacker finds out what Pyle did and tells
Carter and also informs him about the visiting colonel.
Hacker and Carter are freaking out thinking they'll get into
big trouble if the visiting colonel hates the meal and Gray
finds out what they did. After eating, the colonel states
that he wishes to meet the person who prepared the food.
Upon meeting Pyle, he states that it has been a long time
since he enjoyed such good Southern fare- not since he a boy
growing up in Georgia. Gray is perplexed as to why the meal
was changed and Pyle informs him that he couldn't figures
out the salmon croquettes recipe so he went with what he
knew how to fix. The reactions of Carter and hacker are
funny as the visiting colonel praises Pyle. Carter and
Hacker are fun to watch together- they are always arguing
and making bets against each other.
Gomer dates a girl with similar interests, then discovers that she considers them engaged after the first date.
Carter gives his girlfriend a puppy only to find himself competing with it for her affections.
Gomer and Carter are captured by smugglers.
Sgt. Carter learns Bunny was seen with another man.
Gomer can predict the weather better than the weather bureau.
Sergeant Carter and Private Slater are
both attracted to the same lounge singer but she is
attracted to Gomer Pyle. Jim Nabors sings "500 Miles Away
From Home" to her.
First aired: 1/4/1967
Writer:
Barry E. Blitzer,
Ray Brenner
Director:
Coby Ruskin
Guest star:
Arthur Batanides (Fugitive),
Michael Hoffer (Unknown),
Bobby Nick (Unknown),
Rob Reiner (3rd Recruit),
Barry O'Hara (Policeman),
Phil Arnold (Newsboy),
Wayne Heffley (Marine Sergeant),
Walter Mathews (Truck Driver),
Maxine Semon (Woman Marine),
George N. Neise (Marine Officer)
Global rating:
8.9
Gomer unwittingly signs up a fugitive bank robber as a new recruit.
Carter suspects Gomer has been spending his Sundays at the beach. He then tries to meet the beauties Gomer appeared with in a magazine.
Did You Know?
The actress Hope Summers, who played Clarice, one of the
members of Gomer's rug-hooking club, was featured in many
episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" where the character of
Gomer Pyle first appeared, as Aunt Bee's best friend, Clara
Edwards.
Sergeant Carter gets Gomer to try out
for the U.S. Marine band. Gomer is accepted into the band as
a tuba player but then declines the offer when he learns
that he'd be separated from the Sergeant for a year.
First aired: 1/25/1967
Writer:
Barry E. Blitzer,
Ray Brenner
Director:
Coby Ruskin
Guest star:
Harry Hickox (1st Detective),
Larry J. Blake (2nd Detective),
Harold Fong (Chester),
Frances Fong (Mrs. Wong),
James Hong (Mr. Wong),
Victor Sen Yung (Businessman),
Eldon Quick (Debus),
William Benedict (1st Player),
Jimmy Cross (2nd Player),
Glen Eckenroth (Unknown),
Spencer Chan (Man)
Global rating:
6.6
Gomer holds a farewell dinner in a Chinese restaurant, not knowing it is a front for a gambling operation.
When a distracted Gomer Pyle almost
walks in front of a car and falls backwards, an ambulance
chasing attorney teams up with a phony doctor to try to sue
the driver of the car, who turns out to be a Marine Major.
Did You Know?
The lawyer and doctor trying to fraudulently make money
from the non-accident involving Gomer are called "shysters"
when their scheme is uncovered. A Shyster is a slang word
for someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or
unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law,
sometimes also politics or business.
Gomer finds himself caught in the
middle between his buddies and a card shark. Gomer is used
as a patsy so show that you can win and he wins big.
Sergeant Carter helps Gomer prepare for
transition into civilian life by setting Gomer up with a
job, a place to live and even a girlfriend, in hope that
Gomer won't re-enlist.
The Marine's favorite nightclub singer returns: Lou-Ann Poovie, who looks like a dream and sings like a nightmare. Sgt. Carter fights for her favors with two rivals -- Gomer and Duke.
In folk tradition, Welsh rarebit is
believed to cause nightmares. But when a new restaurant
opens near the base and both Pyle and the sergeant indulge
in the dish, it's sleepwalking that the simple meal of toast
and cheese sauce induces in both men--sleepwalking, and
changes in personality.
Gomer wins an amateur nightclub contest
singing "Oh My Papa". The club owner tries to intimidate
Sergeant Carter into letting Gomer sing it again. Gomer does
sing it again, this time in Italian for the club owners
papa.
Sergeant Carter sends Gomer on a
one-week assignment to jump out of airplanes, as a way to
get rid of him. When Gomer takes out a life insurance policy
and names the sergeant as beneficiary, the sergeant feels
guilty.
Gomer is asked to take out Colonel
Gray's daughter, Janice, because the colonel feels that
Gomer is very safe. Gomer intends to take her to the movies
but Janice, who has been attending an all women's college,
has some very different ideas on how to spend an evening,
which include going to a discotheque. Gomer winds up losing
her and calls Sgt. Carter to help find her. Eventually they
track her down to a wild party in Hollywood. Unfortunately,
Janet's dress accidentally get's torn and they all are
arrested for disturbing the peace. Now they must find a way
to explain ...
Did You Know?
The band performing in the nightclub where Gomer loses
Janice was The Factory featuring guitarist Lowell George and
drummer Richie Hayward who would go on to form the
critically acclaimed 70's band Little Feat.
Gomer's new friend, a crow, turns out to be a thief, plundering everyone -- and stashing the loot in Gomer's locker.
Carter and Gomer hunt for a live mortar shell which the private lost during practice.
Lounge singer Lou-Ann Poovie gets fired
from her job. Private Slater and Sergeant Carter try to get
her music deals but Gomer tells her she can't sing. When she
hears her own voice played back she quits singing and makes
up with Gomer.
Did You Know?
When Loo-Ann goes into the recording studio, the producer
at the control board is "Mr. Linke". Mr. Linke is series
co-owner, associate producer and Jim Nabors' manager,
Richard O. Linke. Linke, who also was Andy Griffith's
manager, was an executive with Capitol Records in the
1950's. Among his discoveries were Griffith and Nabors.
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