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howilu · 02-14-2006, 11:28 AM

Who has seen the episode Gomer Joins the Marines, the pilot for the spinoff Gomer Pyle USMC? I saw it Monday night and found it hilarious as Gomer, from the moment he arrived with Andy got himself in hot water with Sergeant Carter.

JeffRuss1972 · 02-14-2006, 12:35 PM

Yeah, I watched it last night on TVLand. It is a really funny episode-lol

Sterling Holobyte · 02-14-2006, 12:49 PM

I love that episode. I also love Gomer Pyle USMC.
It's kind of unreal though in that Andy is allowed to roam around the base like he does in that episode though.
Just nitpicking. I do love that episode though. The whole bucket on the head thing.

Gomer: "...And you know, I really can think better with the bucket on my head."
Andy: "What were you thinking about?"
Gomer: "About how much better I can think with the bucket on my head."

treky · 02-15-2006, 04:43 AM

yea, I've seen that episode a lot of times over the years, that IS a funny one! When I was little and CBS was showing reruns of "TAGS" in the mornings and calling it "Andy of Mayberry" (which my brother thought it was still called

-do you beleive that?-, until I corrected him recently. To be fair, though, he hardly watches TV and has NEVER had cable) and they showed that one, it was the first time I knew that the Gomer Pyle on "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." and the Gomer on TAGS were the same person!!!

I also din't know that TAGS was on in prime-time.

TV LAND showed it again on Monday? DAMN! I KNEW I shouldn't have watched "Digging for the Truth". Oh, well!

nerrad · 02-15-2006, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sterling Holobyte

I love that episode. I also love Gomer Pyle USMC.
It's kind of unreal though in that Andy is allowed to roam around the base like he does in that episode though.
Just nitpicking. I do love that episode though. The whole bucket on the head thing.

Gomer: "...And you know, I really can think better with the bucket on my head."
Andy: "What were you thinking about?"
Gomer: "About how much better I can think with the bucket on my head."

Yeah I felt the same way about Andy roaming the base, appearing at Gomer's window and everything.

bfuller07 · 01-21-2008, 01:01 AM

TV Land just showed it again tonight (1-20-08). I've seen it lots of times, and i laugh just as hard each time i see it. I really like the mop bucket scene too, it's a classic.

02-14-2006, 11:28 AM	#1
howilu Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: St. Louis Park, MN Posts: 1,959	Gomer Joins the Marines Who has seen the episode Gomer Joins the Marines, the pilot for the spinoff Gomer Pyle USMC? I saw it Monday night and found it hilarious as Gomer, from the moment he arrived with Andy got himself in hot water with Sergeant Carter.

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Sterling Holobyte Harper House Senior Member Join Date: Nov 07, 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,896	I love that episode. I also love Gomer Pyle USMC. It's kind of unreal though in that Andy is allowed to roam around the base like he does in that episode though. Just nitpicking. I do love that episode though. The whole bucket on the head thing. Gomer: "...And you know, I really can think better with the bucket on my head." Andy: "What were you thinking about?" Gomer: "About how much better I can think with the bucket on my head."
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treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	yea, I've seen that episode a lot of times over the years, that IS a funny one! When I was little and CBS was showing reruns of "TAGS" in the mornings and calling it "Andy of Mayberry" (which my brother thought it was still called -do you beleive that?-, until I corrected him recently. To be fair, though, he hardly watches TV and has NEVER had cable) and they showed that one, it was the first time I knew that the Gomer Pyle on "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." and the Gomer on TAGS were the same person!!! I also din't know that TAGS was on in prime-time. TV LAND showed it again on Monday? DAMN! I KNEW I shouldn't have watched "Digging for the Truth". Oh, well!
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01-21-2008, 01:01 AM	#6
bfuller07 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 20, 2008 Location: in the south Posts: 74	TV Land just showed it again tonight (1-20-08). I've seen it lots of times, and i laugh just as hard each time i see it. I really like the mop bucket scene too, it's a classic.