Which Couple were the best, Gomer & Louann or Sarge Carter and Bunny?

[Zoneboy]

I liked both couples but Louann's voice was so annoying and being fake only made it worse. Sgt Carter and Bunny were always fighting but still made a good couple.

It's hard to choose but I think I'll go with Vince and Bunny by default. Both Frank Sutton and Barbara Stuart were on The Twilight Zone but not Jim Nabors and Elizabeth MacRae.

[SarahBellum]

I just saw the Andy Griffith episode Big Brother and Elizabeth MacRae aka Lou Ann Poovie appeared in it. She talked normally, no southern accent.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

I liked both couples but Louann's voice was so annoying and being fake only made it worse. Sgt Carter and Bunny were always fighting but still made a good couple.

It's hard to choose but I think I'll go with Vince and Bunny by default. Both Frank Sutton and Barbara Stuart were on The Twilight Zone but not Jim Nabors and Elizabeth MacRae.

Echo that. Vince and Bunny were a perfect couple--both had a temper and made for good comedy. Gomer and Lou Ann were just annoying.

[SarahBellum]

I wonder if Jim was uncomfortable doing those scenes with her?

[stevea]

That's a good question. I kinda wondered the same thing about Robert Reed in the Brady Bunch.

I suppose they just view it as another acting job.

[PF7074]

Some gay actors can create chemistry with actresses (Rock Hudson, for instance, was great with Doris Day, Susan St. James, etc), but Jim Nabors wasn't one of them. He and McCrae were a total mismatch. If Gomer had to have a girlfriend, it should have someone like Carter's sister, plain but with inner beauty. Gomer seemed to appreciate that type more. As for Jim Nabors, the only woman he ever had chemistry with was Carol Burnett. Probably because they were best friends IRL.

[Duster76]

I think Stuart and Sutton were much more accomplished actors than Nabors who was more of a personality so they Knew how to radiate the energy of a couple. With respect to MacRae, I think she exaggerated the southern belle persona to help sell the relationship. Nabors didn't generate any real heat and he had a limited acting range so as a couple Gomer and Lou Ann seemed more like friends than two people in a romantic relationship.

[stevea]

Well, act-u-ally, Lou Ann would have been interesting with Carter. She could have gotten in some cat fights with Bunny over him.

And, yeah, Nancy Kulp or Mary Grace Canfield for Gomer! (Yeah, I know, they were both busy in other shows at the time). I don't remember who played Carter's sister.

[SarahBellum]

Yeah, Gomer and Mary Grace hit it off pretty well.

[stevea]

Yep, that was probably pre-Green Acres. Although as a character actress, she probably would have been free to do more GP.

Look at all Richard Deacon did--shuffling Dick Van Dyke and Leave it to Beaver at the same time.

[Duster76]

The Mary Grace episode puts a spotlight on one of conundrums of TAGS and by extension Gomer Pyle. How old is Gomer? We first meet him in the episode Man in a Hurry, Mr. Tucker refers to Gomer as a boy. As Gomer becomes more integrated into the series he seems more or less as a contemporary to Barney and Andy. Mary Grace being matched with Gomer clearly drives home this point, she is a woman well into her 30's and she is seen as an age appropriate match. Then we find out at the end of season 4 of TAGS that Gomer is somewhere between the ages of 18-26 and must deal with his military service obligation.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Gomergirl

Just because they didn't get married in the show doesn't mean that they will never get married. maybe someday they'll make a t.v. movie out of them getting married. In the movie "Return to Mayberry" did Gomer ever get married? If he did in the movie who did he marry?



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Tell Aunt Bea that Gomer says "Hey".

That would have been interesting if Gomer had brought Luanne, another Southern character, to Mayberry after leaving the Marines.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by SarahBellum

I just saw the Andy Griffith episode Big Brother and Elizabeth MacRae aka Lou Ann Poovie appeared in it. She talked normally, no southern accent.

I'll need to keep my eye out for that episode, seems I dimly remembered the actress appearing in Mayberry in some way.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Duster76

The Mary Grace episode puts a spotlight on one of conundrums of TAGS and by extension Gomer Pyle. How old is Gomer? We first meet him in the episode Man in a Hurry, Mr. Tucker refers to Gomer as a boy. As Gomer becomes more integrated into the series he seems more or less as a contemporary to Barney and Andy. Mary Grace being matched with Gomer clearly drives home this point, she is a woman well into her 30's and she is seen as an age appropriate match. Then we find out at the end of season 4 of TAGS that Gomer is somewhere between the ages of 18-26 and must deal with his military service obligation.

Really interesting age questions, although Jim Nabors is clearly older than the Pyle character is intended to be.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by PF7074

Some gay actors can create chemistry with actresses (Rock Hudson, for instance, was great with Doris Day, Susan St. James, etc), but Jim Nabors wasn't one of them. He and McCrae were a total mismatch. If Gomer had to have a girlfriend, it should have someone like Carter's sister, plain but with inner beauty. Gomer seemed to appreciate that type more. As for Jim Nabors, the only woman he ever had chemistry with was Carol Burnett. Probably because they were best friends IRL.

Carter's sister was great, should have become a regular, or perhaps a spin off with Mama Carter .