Was it True that Jim Nabors Quit to do a Variety Show???

[Babalu]

I may have liked it when I was ten years old but Gomer Pyle was a pretty dopey show and I'd much rather hear Jim Nabors sing with that incredible voice of his than hear "gollyyyy" 30 times an hour.

[PracTz]

Originally Posted by Smiley13

If it was "gossip" regarding his private life, how was it unfounded?

Because, as far as anyone who actually knew either them could tell, Mr. Nabors and Mr. Hudson barely were acquainted with each other yet someone playing a prank linked them as having had a secret commitment ceremony and THAT is what got the network suits to panic enough to drop his variety show!

[treky]

Originally Posted by Babalu

I may have liked it when I was ten years old but Gomer Pyle was a pretty dopey show and I'd much rather hear Jim Nabors sing with that incredible voice of his than hear "gollyyyy" 30 times an hour.

It's always amazed me how he can say "GOOOLLY!" or "SHEZAM" or "SURPRISE SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!" in his Gomer voice then a few minutes later belt out "TO DREEEAM...THE IM-POSSIBLE DREAM!!!" in that deep, rich, baritone voice.






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[TMC]

Why did the television series Gomer Pyle get cancelled?

Question: Why did the television series Gomer Pyle get cancelled?

Let’s see:

1. Nabors wanted out - Pyle was going to need to be promoted, the series had forced him to get a girlfriend to lower the homoeroticism of Sgt. Carter always being on Pyle’s back (no pun intended) and sending Pyle to Vietnam was off limits. Nabors saw the writing on the wall, and decided to bail.
2. 150 episodes was more than enough for syndication - The average syndication package used to be 115–120 shows in total and Pyle had more than enough of them to send the program into syndication and start making some real money for the producers and Nabors.
3. Nabors wanted to do nightclub shows and concerts - He made more money on the road than he did on television and so that’s the direction he took. Ironically in the 1980s, when his nightclub and concert career was cooling down, Nabors went back to television, but wasn’t as successful during that go-around.
4. Nabors frequent trips to Hawaii and lack of a female partner made the gay rumors swirl around - While Nabors was never deeply closeted, he was discreet. Had he remained on television, it’s a virtual certainty that he would have been outed, so he decided to go back on the road where his sexuality would not be as much of an issue.

[Duster76]

Originally Posted by TMC

Why did the television series Gomer Pyle get cancelled?

This was written by the same guy who did that ridiculous hit piece on That Girl. He seems obsessed with the fact that Jim was Gay, two of his four bullets reference homosexuality. That might make some sense if it had anything whatsoever to do with the topic but it doesn't, so why bring it up. The writer makes a complete fool of himself with his final statement in bullet 4:

"Had he remained on television, it’s a virtual certainty that he would have been outed , so he decided to go back on the road where his sexuality would not be as much of an issue".

He did stay in television! He increased his presence on television, he went from a half hour series to an hour carrying his name in the title! The answer was right under Mixon's nose and he missed it completely.

1. Jim would be getting paid more

2. He was one of the owners

3. He could highlight his singing which would increase his record sales and potentially play other type of characters in sketches.

The show finished number 2 in the ratings in the final season, he would never have any more leverage in his career than this point, and he used that leverage to his benefit. What's so hard to understand, there is no mystery.

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Jim Nabors said that the workload on The Jim Nabors Hour was much easier than working on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Working on The Jim Nabors Hour gave the actor an opportunity to show off his incredible voice.