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Duster76 · 09-05-2019, 10:51 PM

I ran across a clip on YouTube which apparently was part of an unsold pilot featuring Goober as the new half owner of a truck stop run by his sister. The clip lasts only 3:58, I wonder if the full pilot is available. It was shown on CBS in 1978, almost 7 years after RFD went off the air, so the character was not exactly fresh in everyone's mind. What I saw was not very promising, it took a very dated approach for a comedy series in the 70's, and it was hard to see where the laughs were going to coming from. The part available on YouTube wasn't even attempting to be funny. Alice premiered in 1976, maybe that's what inspired this attempt. Anyone have any details on this.

Zoneboy · 09-05-2019, 11:42 PM

vitoscotti · 09-07-2019, 06:19 AM

My first thought was to feel sorry for him after seeing this clip. But MRFD was pretty bad too. I'm sure he was super busy and active with theater. His Hee Haw gig had to be near at this time. This was probably a insignificant part of a great career.

Scrabjan1 · 09-17-2019, 05:28 PM

Sometimes pilots become bad tv shows (there are so many) at least they knew this one wasn’t gonna fly.

dmvamd · 11-19-2019, 12:58 AM

I have this in it's entirety if anyone is interested.

Yong Fang · 11-22-2019, 06:32 AM

George Lindsey truly looked like a southern redneck. I am from Memphis (the corner of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi) so I know.

I enjoyed Lindsey on several episodes of Gunsmoke where he played villains, bad men, usually in a group of outlaws or his brothers (I think he did several episodes and this was when he was Goober on TAGS and RFD). Outlaw Goober you didn’t want to mess with whatsoever.

I also liked the episode he was in on MASH. Was an Army Doctor from Arkansas, a total redneck but a gifted surgeon who impressed Potter (since they were both basically country boys from the same region of the country) but was too redneck for the Swampmen who get him drunk and ride Potter’s horse! I think Lindsey could have actually been good as a MASH player as the opposite of Winchester, but his one episode run was gold.

wdc2998 · 04-14-2020, 11:09 AM

Nobody from TAGS was associated with this as far as I know. It seems that George Lindsey somehow obtained the rights to the Goober character. He had brought it with him to Hee Haw a few years before this.

Anyone know how this happened? Jim Nabors appeared as Gomer in one of the Cannonball Run movies, but they had to call him something else, Homer Lyle I think.

Mayberry'sBadBoy · 04-14-2020, 06:43 PM

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Nobody from TAGS was associated with this as far as I know. It seems that George Lindsey somehow obtained the rights to the Goober character. He had brought it with him to Hee Haw a few years before this.

Anyone know how this happened? Jim Nabors appeared as Gomer in one of the Cannonball Run movies, but they had to call him something else, Homer Lyle I think.

As stupid as it sounds, Hal Needham said that the reason Jim Nabors character is called Homer Lyle in Cannonball Run II is that it's apparently a "parody" of the character. Due to having the misfortune of seeing that movie a few times (CMT used to air Cannonball Run II between Smokey and the Bandit and Smokey and the Bandit II) I have to say it's one of those parodies where they make it parody because they couldn't get the rights to the character the actor played.

As for Lindsey, the reason he was able to play Goober on Hee-Haw was due to Andy Griffith giving him permission for the role and having ASG Enterprises (his production company that owned a significant stake in TAGS) worked out a deal with Hee-Haw so that George could appear on it as the character. I always found it a bit weird that Griffith would do this given how he and George Lindsey hated each other on the set of TAGS and the fact that from the time Mayberry RFD ended until Don Knotts died George would badmouth him every chance he got (He's the one who brought up about all those times Andy acted like a member of The Who). Given how George's career could've easily gone the way of Shatner and West, he should've been more grateful towards Griffith for letting him use the character.

Will Dockery · 06-30-2020, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mayberry'sBadBoy

As stupid as it sounds, Hal Needham said that the reason Jim Nabors character is called Homer Lyle in Cannonball Run II is that it's apparently a "parody" of the character. Due to having the misfortune of seeing that movie a few times (CMT used to air Cannonball Run II between Smokey and the Bandit and Smokey and the Bandit II) I have to say it's one of those parodies where they make it parody because they couldn't get the rights to the character the actor played.

As for Lindsey, the reason he was able to play Goober on Hee-Haw was due to Andy Griffith giving him permission for the role and having ASG Enterprises (his production company that owned a significant stake in TAGS) worked out a deal with Hee-Haw so that George could appear on it as the character. I always found it a bit weird that Griffith would do this given how he and George Lindsey hated each other on the set of TAGS and the fact that from the time Mayberry RFD ended until Don Knotts died George would badmouth him every chance he got (He's the one who brought up about all those times Andy acted like a member of The Who). Given how George's career could've easily gone the way of Shatner and West, he should've been more grateful towards Griffith for letting him use the character.

Andy acted like a member of The Who?!?

vitoscotti · 01-03-2021, 03:31 PM

Lindsey Bloom was Goober's relative on the show, and 2nd billing. Saw her on Super Password with Bert Convy. Also, she was a "Ding-a-ling" dancer on The Dean Martin Show.

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09-05-2019, 10:51 PM	#1
Duster76 Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 01, 2008 Location: New jersey Posts: 1,639	Goober & The Truckers' Paradise I ran across a clip on YouTube which apparently was part of an unsold pilot featuring Goober as the new half owner of a truck stop run by his sister. The clip lasts only 3:58, I wonder if the full pilot is available. It was shown on CBS in 1978, almost 7 years after RFD went off the air, so the character was not exactly fresh in everyone's mind. What I saw was not very promising, it took a very dated approach for a comedy series in the 70's, and it was hard to see where the laughs were going to coming from. The part available on YouTube wasn't even attempting to be funny. Alice premiered in 1976, maybe that's what inspired this attempt. Anyone have any details on this.

09-05-2019, 11:42 PM	#2
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09-07-2019, 06:19 AM	#3
vitoscotti Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 14, 2017 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,067	My first thought was to feel sorry for him after seeing this clip. But MRFD was pretty bad too. I'm sure he was super busy and active with theater. His Hee Haw gig had to be near at this time. This was probably a insignificant part of a great career.

09-17-2019, 05:28 PM	#4
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Sometimes pilots become bad tv shows (there are so many) at least they knew this one wasn’t gonna fly.

11-19-2019, 12:58 AM	#5
dmvamd Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 08, 2014 Location: USA Posts: 73	I have this in it's entirety if anyone is interested.

11-22-2019, 06:32 AM	#6
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,072	George Lindsey truly looked like a southern redneck. I am from Memphis (the corner of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi) so I know. I enjoyed Lindsey on several episodes of Gunsmoke where he played villains, bad men, usually in a group of outlaws or his brothers (I think he did several episodes and this was when he was Goober on TAGS and RFD). Outlaw Goober you didn’t want to mess with whatsoever. I also liked the episode he was in on MASH. Was an Army Doctor from Arkansas, a total redneck but a gifted surgeon who impressed Potter (since they were both basically country boys from the same region of the country) but was too redneck for the Swampmen who get him drunk and ride Potter’s horse! I think Lindsey could have actually been good as a MASH player as the opposite of Winchester, but his one episode run was gold.

04-14-2020, 11:09 AM	#7
wdc2998 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 26, 2005 Posts: 33	Nobody from TAGS was associated with this as far as I know. It seems that George Lindsey somehow obtained the rights to the Goober character. He had brought it with him to Hee Haw a few years before this. Anyone know how this happened? Jim Nabors appeared as Gomer in one of the Cannonball Run movies, but they had to call him something else, Homer Lyle I think.

01-03-2021, 03:31 PM	#10
vitoscotti Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 14, 2017 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,067	Lindsey Bloom was Goober's relative on the show, and 2nd billing. Saw her on Super Password with Bert Convy. Also, she was a "Ding-a-ling" dancer on The Dean Martin Show.

02-21-2021, 02:15 PM	#11
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