About this season
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.
Episodes (30)
1. Lies, Lies, Lies
Aired 14 September 1966
Gomer tries to convince his friends that a movie star has invited them all to a barbecue at her house.
2. Crazy Legs Gomer
Aired 21 September 1966
Carter plans to use Gomer to win the inter-squad competition.
3. Gomer the Carrier
Aired 28 September 1966
Gomer and Carter are the only ones who don't come down with German measles.
4. Caution: Low Overhead
Aired 5 October 1966
Sgt. Carter sets out to expose a fraud by proving to Gomer that the man who sold him a cheap watch is a crook.
5. Show Me The Way to Go Home
Aired 12 October 1966
Gomer is accused by a drunk's wife of turning her husband into an alcoholic.
6. How to Succeed in Farming Without Really Trying
Aired 19 October 1966
Carter sabotages Gomer's garden by putting vodka in his prize watermelon.
7. Gomer and the Little Men From Outer Space
Aired 26 October 1966
Carter sends Gomer to a psychiatrist when he claims he has seen men from outer space.
8. The Borrowed Car
Aired 2 November 1966
Gomer is arrested after wrecking Sgt. Carter's car.
9. Gomer Pyle, Super Chef
Aired 9 November 1966
Carter bets Sgt. Hacker that he can't teach Gomer to cook a meal.
10. Marry Me, Marry Me
Aired 16 November 1966
Gomer dates a girl with similar interests, then discovers that she considers them engaged after the first date.
11. Cold Nose, Warm Heart
Aired 23 November 1966
Carter gives his girlfriend a puppy only to find himself competing with it for her affections.
12. Follow That Car
Aired 30 November 1966
Gomer and Carter are captured by smugglers.
13. It Takes Two to Tangle
Aired 14 December 1966
Sgt. Carter learns Bunny was seen with another man.
14. Whither the Weather
Aired 21 December 1966
Gomer can predict the weather better than the weather bureau.
15. Love's Old Sweet Song
Aired 28 December 1966
A songstress applauds Gomer's song with a kiss.
16. Gomer the Recruiter
Aired 4 January 1967
Gomer unwittingly signs up a fugitive bank robber as a new recruit.
17. The Secret Life of Gomer Pyle
Aired 11 January 1967
Carter suspects Gomer has been spending his Sundays at the beach; then tries to meet the beauties Gomer appeared with in a magazine.
18. Go Blow Your Horn
Aired 18 January 1967
Carter tries to transfer Gomer to the Marine band.
19. You Bet Your Won Ton
Aired 25 January 1967
Gomer holds a farewell dinner in a Chinese restaurant, not knowing it is a front for a gambling operation.
20. Sue The Pants Off 'Em
Aired 1 February 1967
Two shyster lawyers try to get Gomer and Carter to file a false damage suit after a near miss from an automobile.
21. Gomer the Card Shark
Aired 8 February 1967
Carter and Duke use Gomer to expose a card cheat.
22. To Re-enlist or Not to Re-enlist
Aired 15 February 1967
Sgt. Carter attempts to keep Gomer from re-enlisting.
23. Lou Ann Poovie Sings Again
Aired 22 February 1967
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.
24. Gomer, the Welsh Rarebit Fiend
Aired 1 March 1967
Gomer's love for Welsh rarebit causes him to sleepwalk -- and to tell off Carter.
25. Sing a Song of Papa
Aired 8 March 1967
A club owner wants Gomer to sing every night.
26. Where There's a Will
Aired 15 March 1967
Carter volunteers Gomer for a parachute jump.
27. Lost, the Colonel's Daughter
Aired 22 March 1967
Gomer loses the colonel's daughter at a go-go club, then tracks her to a beatnik den.
28. The Crow Ganef
Aired 29 March 1967
Gomer's new friend, a crow, turns out to be a thief, plundering everyone -- and stashing the loot in Gomer's locker.
29. One of Our Shells is Missing
Aired 5 April 1967
Carter and Gomer hunt for a live mortar shell which the private lost during practice.
30. Lou Ann Poovie Sings No More
Aired 12 April 1967
When Lou-Ann is about to be fired from her job as a nightclub singer, Gomer finds her a job as a salesgirl.