Gomer Pyle was the simple-minded gas station attendant and later auto mechanic in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, played by Jim Nabors. Nabors continued the character in his own starring vehicle, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. from 1964-69. Image File history File links Gomer_Pyle. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired from 1960 to 1968. ... A mechanic working on the rear end of a car. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired from 1960 to 1968. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was a television series that ran on CBS from September 25, 1964 to September 9, 1970. ...

Gomer Pyle was a good-natured, bucolic simpleton, characterized by his childlike naivety and his exaggerated hick accent. He originally lived in the fictional town of Mayberry and worked at Wally's Filling Station (which also served as the town's service station) where he took up residence in the back room. Wide-eyed and slack jawed, Gomer provided much of the comic relief during his two-year stint on The Andy Griffith Show. He was often awestruck by the simplest of things, resulting in the exclamation of his catchphrase, "Shazam!" He was also known to regularly spout other memorable expressions, such as "Gol-ly" and "Surprise, surprise, surprise!". This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Mayberry is the name of a fictional town in North Carolina which was the setting for the American television sitcoms The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D.. Mayberry, population 1,800, was a small rural town which is remembered as much for its slow-paced life as it... Shazam could refer to several elements of Fawcett Comics/DC Comics Captain Marvel franchise: The Wizard Shazam, the ancient Egyptian wizard who grants young Billy Batson the power to become the adult superhero by speaking the wizards name. ...

Originally employed as little more than an attendant, Gomer knew very little about the workings of cars (in "The Great Filling Station Robbery", he thought a carburetor was a hood ornament). He later became quite a skilled mechanic with a full knowledge of automobiles, perhaps due to training from his boss, Wally, or his cousin Goober (played by George Lindsey). Gomer was usually seen sporting a ball cap with an upturned bill and his service station uniform with an ever-present handkerchief dangling from his back pocket. Bendix-Technico (Stromberg) 1-barrel downdraft carburetor model BXUV-3, with nomenclature The carburetor, carburettor, or carburetter (see spelling differences), also called carb (in North America) or carbie (chiefly in Australia) for short, is a device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine. ... Goober Pyle Goober Pyle was the fictional auto mechanic for the town of Mayberry in the 1960s American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show and its later spin-off series Mayberry RFD. He was played by George Lindsey. ... George Lindsey (born December 17, 1935) is an American character actor, born in Jasper, Alabama. ... Raymond W. Kelly is seen here wearing a handkerchief in his left-breast pocket. ...

Gomer was often deputized by Deputy Barney Fife when additional assistance was needed to keep law and order in Mayberry. Though always complacent, his ineptitude usually made Gomer more of a hindrance than a help in the line of duty. However, in the eyes of his friends, especially Sheriff Andy Taylor, his shortcomings were generally outweighed by his sweet temperament. Deputy Barney Fife from The Andy Griffith Show Bernard Barney Fife[1] was the fictional deputy sheriff in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. ... Sheriff Taylor was a character on The Andy Griffith Show, a sitcom of the 1960s. ...

Gomer eventually left Mayberry to join the United States Marine Corps, as seen on the spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., where his innocence and ineptitude served as the backbone for the show's humor, and made Gomer comic foil to the hard-nosed drill instructor, Sgt. Vince Carter, played by Frank Sutton. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was a television series that ran on CBS from September 25, 1964 to September 9, 1970. ... The use of a character who, by contrast, brings out the comic qualities of another character (or of other characters). ... Frank Spencer Sutton (October 23, 1923 - June 28, 1974) was an American actor who is best remembered for his role as the loud, hard-nosed drill instructor Sergeant Vincent Carter on the CBS television series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Sutton was born in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1923. ...

The persistent conflict between Gomer Pyle and his superior officers on the show was Drill Instructor Hartman's inspiration to name one of his trainees "Pyle" in Stanley Kubrick's film Full Metal Jacket. In his interpretation of the character, Kubrick delves into what he felt would be the more realistic and darker ramifications of a "real" Gomer Pyle being constantly berated and ridiculed, eventually leading to his mental collapse, satisfying the film's darker overtone. “Kubrick” redirects here. ... Full Metal Jacket (1987) is a film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford. ...

Gomer Pyle appeared on The Andy Griffith Show from 1962 to 1964 and on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. from 1964 to 1969.

Gomer eventually returned, along with most of the original cast of The Andy Griffith Show, in the 1986 television movie Return to Mayberry. Gomer and Goober Pyle end up running a gas station/car repair shop. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... “Telefilm” redirects here. ... Return to Mayberry was a television movie made in 1986 on NBC. The show was a reunion movie for the 1960s American television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. ...

Jim Nabors briefly reprised his role in Cannonball Run II, under the name Homer Lyle. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... See also Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash Cannonball Run II is a film that was released in 1984. ...

Trivia

• An episode of the series mentioned marijuana. In the episode where some of the Marines work as m.p.'s to help the local police catch smugglers, Gomer calls Duke over and Duke ask Gomer, "What did you find? Guns, bombs, marijuana?"

• Nabors' homosexuality was not generally known by the public, ergo, he could successfully pull off the role of a heterosexual Marine private who had a girlfriend. The National Enquirer reported in 1966 that Nabors was a "anal invader" but the reference went over the heads of the folks in Iowa and nearby regions, who made up most of the paper's readership.

• Some time in the 1960s, the normally operatic Jim Nabors recorded a version of the novelty song "You Can't Roller-Skate in a Buffalo Herd" in character as Gomer Pyle; this track was released on a Columbia House compilation LP (and possibly elsewhere; confirm?).