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. Car For Sale
Aired 27 September 1968
Hacker plans to get even when Carter sells his car to Gomer instead of to him.
2. Corporal Duke
Aired 4 September 1968
Duke is promoted to corporal, but finds his old reputation getting in his way.
3. The Booty Prize
Aired 11 October 1968
Gomer and Carter are the victims of the lead boot, the battalion's booby prize.
4. The Return of Monroe
Aired 18 October 1968
Lou Ann's old boyfriend visits.
5. Just Move Your Lips, Sergeant
Aired 25 October 1968
The platoon's chances to sing in a movie are almost spoiled by Sgt. Carter -- he can't carry a tune.
6. All You Need is One Good Break
Aired 8 November 1968
Gomer and Carter clash as they vie for an actress.
7. A Marriage of Convenience
Aired 15 November 1968
A movie star tries to get Carter to marry her -- after Gomer refuses -- in order to avoid being deported.
8. A Star is Not Born
Aired 22 November 1968
Carter appears in a Hollywood movie, but finds acting harder than he thought.
9. Come Blow Your Top
Aired 29 November 1968
Sgt. Hacker bets Carter that he can't go 24 hours without losing his temper, and then enlists Gomer's aid to win his bet.
10. A Little Chicken Soup Wouldn't Hurt
Aired 6 December 1968
Lonely widow Molly Gordon feels old and useless until Gomer and his appreciative buddies eat her wonderful home cooking.
11. Gomer, the Perfect MP
Aired 13 December 1968
Gomer is assigned to guard duty at a back gate of the base and refuses to let Carter pass through.
12. The Wild Bull Returns
Aired 20 December 1968
South American General Cortez looks up his old friends, and falls in love with Carter's girlfriend Bunny.
13. Hit and Write
Aired 27 December 1968
When Carter scratches a parked car and offers to pay for it, the owner shows up with a bill for a completely demolished fender.
14. Two on the Bench
Aired 3 January 1969
Carter won't believe that Gomer really knows football star Moose Lewis.
15. A Tattoo For Gomer
Aired 10 January 1969
Gomer's practical joke backfires when Lou Ann appears to like his fake tattoo.
16. Win-A-Date
Aired 17 January 1969
Gomer and Carter are contestants on the ""Win-A-Date"" televised program.
17. Marriage, Sgt. Carter Style
Aired 24 January 1969
Carter decides that Gomer might not re-enlist if he were married, so he tries to push the private into a quick wedding.
18. To Save a Life
Aired 31 January 1969
Sgt. Carter saves Gomer's life and almost comes to regret it as Gomer suffocates him with gratitude.
19. Dynamite Diner
Aired 7 February 1969
Gomer and Lou Ann pitch in to help open a new diner, not realizing the owners are in fact planning to rob the bank next door.
20. Freddy's Friendly Computer
Aired 14 February 1969
Gomer and Carter again fall prey to con man ""Friendly Freddy,"" now running a computer dating service.
21. Gomer Maneuvers
Aired 21 February 1969
Gomer inadvertently reveals the position of his platoon to the ""enemy"" during camp maneuvers.
22. Gomer Tends A Sick Kat
Aired 28 February 1969
Gomer overhears a conversation about Bunny's sick cat and jumps to the conclusion that it's Sgt. Carter who is critically ill.
23. I'm Always Chasing Gomers
Aired 7 March 1969
Carter decides he must get away from Gomer to avoid a nervous breakdown, but continues to be haunted by him.
24. The Short Voyage Home
Aired 14 March 1969
Carter takes charge of Gomer's life savings for safekeeping and has his pocket picked by a little old lady.
25. Proxy Poppa
Aired 21 March 1969
A Marine buddy breaks his leg and Gomer and Carter have to take his expectant wife to the hospital.
26. Flower Power
Aired 28 March 1969
Three hippies help Gomer paint a truck for maneuvers, but the results are not standard military camouflage.
27. Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow
Aired 4 April 1969
Carter allows a pet rabbit to escape before he learns that it belongs to a general's son.
28. Show Time With Sgt. Carol
Aired 18 April 1969
Sgt. Carol wants Gomer to sing in the Marine camp show she is organizing, but Sgt. Carter won't agree to her plans.
29. My Fair Sister
Aired 25 April 1969
Gomer must escort Sgt. Carter's sister to a dance.
30. Goodbye Camp Henderson, Hello Sergeant Carter
Aired 2 May 1969
Carter learns Gomer is being sent to another base.