

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.

Sep 27, 1968
Hacker plans to get even when Carter sells his car to Gomer instead of to him.

Sep 4, 1968
Duke is promoted to corporal, but finds his old reputation getting in his way.

Oct 11, 1968
Gomer and Carter are the victims of the lead boot, the battalion's booby prize.

Oct 18, 1968
Lou Ann's old boyfriend visits.

Oct 25, 1968
The platoon's chances to sing in a movie are almost spoiled by Sgt. Carter -- he can't carry a tune.

Nov 8, 1968
Gomer and Carter clash as they vie for an actress.

Nov 15, 1968
A movie star tries to get Carter to marry her -- after Gomer refuses -- in order to avoid being deported.

Nov 22, 1968
Carter appears in a Hollywood movie, but finds acting harder than he thought.

Nov 29, 1968
Sgt. Hacker bets Carter that he can't go 24 hours without losing his temper, and then enlists Gomer's aid to win his bet.

Dec 6, 1968
Lonely widow Molly Gordon feels old and useless until Gomer and his appreciative buddies eat her wonderful home cooking.

Dec 13, 1968
Gomer is assigned to guard duty at a back gate of the base and refuses to let Carter pass through.

Dec 20, 1968
South American General Cortez looks up his old friends, and falls in love with Carter's girlfriend Bunny.

Dec 27, 1968
When Carter scratches a parked car and offers to pay for it, the owner shows up with a bill for a completely demolished fender.

Jan 3, 1969
Carter won't believe that Gomer really knows football star Moose Lewis.

Jan 10, 1969
Gomer's practical joke backfires when Lou Ann appears to like his fake tattoo.

Jan 17, 1969
Gomer and Carter are contestants on the ""Win-A-Date"" televised program.

Jan 24, 1969
Carter decides that Gomer might not re-enlist if he were married, so he tries to push the private into a quick wedding.

Jan 31, 1969
Sgt. Carter saves Gomer's life and almost comes to regret it as Gomer suffocates him with gratitude.

Feb 7, 1969
Gomer and Lou Ann pitch in to help open a new diner, not realizing the owners are in fact planning to rob the bank next door.

Feb 14, 1969
Gomer and Carter again fall prey to con man ""Friendly Freddy,"" now running a computer dating service.

Feb 21, 1969
Gomer inadvertently reveals the position of his platoon to the ""enemy"" during camp maneuvers.

Feb 28, 1969
Gomer overhears a conversation about Bunny's sick cat and jumps to the conclusion that it's Sgt. Carter who is critically ill.

Mar 7, 1969
Carter decides he must get away from Gomer to avoid a nervous breakdown, but continues to be haunted by him.

Mar 14, 1969
Carter takes charge of Gomer's life savings for safekeeping and has his pocket picked by a little old lady.

Mar 21, 1969
A Marine buddy breaks his leg and Gomer and Carter have to take his expectant wife to the hospital.

Mar 28, 1969
Three hippies help Gomer paint a truck for maneuvers, but the results are not standard military camouflage.

Apr 4, 1969
Carter allows a pet rabbit to escape before he learns that it belongs to a general's son.

Apr 18, 1969
Sgt. Carol wants Gomer to sing in the Marine camp show she is organizing, but Sgt. Carter won't agree to her plans.

Apr 25, 1969
Gomer must escort Sgt. Carter's sister to a dance.

May 2, 1969
Carter learns Gomer is being sent to another base.