Do you think Gomer Pyle accurately depicted the US Marine Corps?

Yes. Your brother will begin to speak in a corn pone accent and then burst into a song with his opera voice.

Has your brother picked a stage name for Active Duty yet?

Yes, it is completely accurate. 100%!!

r2 Some of those Active Duty guys are hot but their fucking is so mechanical and boring

R2 He's looking into adopting the name Private Parts for now. Hopefully, he'll make rank and change it to Corporal Punishment.

R4 Interesting. Maybe you need to widen your dating pool beyond the Bachelor Officers Quarters. I've heard the guys in the motor pool are outstanding.

OP - Indiana boy Gomer now lives like a king in Hawaii. Your brother should be so lucky after his hitch.

Anybody know if Gomer/Nabors was ever invited to any USMC events? Or did they just ignore him? He couldn't have helped their recruiting effort very much....

I think that Sgt Carter is the gay one on that show

R8 I can only imagine -- no, no, I WANT to imagine -- what went on between Gomer and Sgt Carter off camera. Gollly!

R8 I don't think there was a gay "one" on that show.

Corporal Boyle (the late Roy Stuart) was gay irl. His longtime partner was French.

Oddly enough, I always thought Raven-Simone looked like Roy Stuart. And Eileen Davidson.

Who knew it was such a gay show at the time? I remember watching it and Sgt Carter made me ping but that was it. Wow! What a fuck fest that set must have been.

No, even as a kid when the show was on, I was perplexed as to why he was not in Vietnam.

R13 Great point! Why weren't these goofs in Vietnam? And they never wore dress blues if I remember correctly. The Marine Corps must have been involved somehow. Did they demand that the cast never wear dress blues? Or any 'official' uniform? If the USMC wasn't involved, how the fuck did this show get on the air especially during the Vietnam War? Now I have to find out who the USMC commandant was when this show was on TV.

It's cringeworthy now, esp. since we know Jim Nabors was gay. Sgt. Carter seems like the worst of bullies. No wonder gays were barred from the military for years!

Everyone from Mayberry seemed to make an appearance at that Marine base....Andy Taylor, Opie,Aunt Bee, Goober, etc.

Gomer had a lot of catchphrases....Gollllllly, Shazam! and of course Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

Favorite moment: no-talent Lou Ann Poovie singing her off-key "That Old Black Magic".

Wonder why they dumped Cpl. Boyle in the last season for Ronnie Schell's character?

[quote] Everyone from Mayberry seemed to make an appearance at that Marine base....Andy Taylor, Opie,Aunt Bee, Goober, etc.

Aunt Bee was that Marine base's favorite whore. She satisfied every serving man inn uniform there, including Gomer and Sgt. Carter.

"in," not "inn"

Right, R16? And it was a terrible choice, because impish PFC Slater was adorable, but Corporal Slater was a limp, gluten-free noodle.

I loved Corporal Boyle, and in my mind he left because he secretly went to to officer training school at night, and got promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Sgt. Carter's ego never could have survived that.

Ronnie Schell had been on the show early on, leaving for a short-lived sitcom. They brought him back with a backstory that led to him being a corporal.

[quote] I always thought Raven-Simone looked like Roy Stuart. And Eileen Davidson.

Only on DL could that sentence have been written.

R7 Yes! Gomer was "adopted" by the Marine Corps, and frequently did fund-raisers and personal appearances at bases all over the world. Seemed like a great guy.

[quote]OP - Indiana boy Gomer now lives like a king in Hawaii. Your brother should be so lucky after his hitch.

Gomer is no longer living anywhere. Jim Nabors died three years ago.

Jim Nabors does not live like a king in Hawaii. He does not live anywhere.

Not everyone who joined the military or was drafted during the Vietnam war was sent there.

Ask Scotty Bowers about the USMC and Jim Nabors. He must have had something to say.

Like Jim Nabors, Scotty is no longer capable of saying anything.

My granny is dead too. 😢

Gomer Pyle was accurate at depicting the homoerotic aspects of the Marine Corps, but it strained credibility in other areas.

Nabors was from Alabama, not the Hoosier State. For once, the Hoosiers were spared some native stupidity.

An Officer and a Gentleman was more accurate, like a documentary. Your bro's gonna love it!

Barney accurately portrayed cops.

[quote] Barney accurately portrayed cops.

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Rock and roll baby.

Well Golly OP!!!

Mike and I will pray that never happens but if it does, Mike will get down on his knees and pray away the gay.

Gomer had a woman. Remember sexy Mary Grace?

Right you are R35.

Mary Grace was considered the fourth Gabor sister when she got her glam on.

Gomer and Mary Grace bearded for each other.

What's a beard?

They were a Stunning couple.

[quote]Do you think Gomer Pyle accurately depicted the US Marine Corps?

Yes, and Hogan's Heroes accurately depicted the Nazi camps.

Um no, but the show is mindless entertainment.

R16.... Don’t forget “Citizen’s Arrest Citizen’s Arrest”.

OP, it was a documentary depicting Marine life of that era. No doubt a documentary today would evidence a very different existence.

Ronnie Schell surprisingly had quite a nice butt.

^^ That's Ted Bessell's butt. He was the gay boyfriend of Marlo Thomas on That Girl.

R45 - I stand corrected!

What's wrong with being a gay baritone?

Wow, first Connie Stevens, now Jim Nabors. I wonder who the third will be.

R44 R45 Who knew Ted Bessell had such a beautiful ass!

I did. He always wore very tight pants in That Girl, where you could sometimes see the outline of his underwear.

R47 Nothing, they all are.

Ronnie Schell is sitting behind Jim Nabors in that photo.

I heard there's a statue of Gomer at Quantico. You know like MTM in Minneapolis, Fonzie in Milwaukee, Lucy wherever that is...

Was that the first successful spin-off ? I can't remember any earlier ones. Also, the show never really had a finale, did it?

It was the first successful spin-off of a spin-off since Andy’s show was technically a spin-off of Danny Thomas’s.

Mayberry, RFD was then another spin-off.