After two seasons on The Andy Griffith Show, the character was spun off to Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. in 1964, which ran until 1969
Gomer is a naïve, extremely moral auto mechanic turned United States Marine Corps private, from Mayberry, North Carolina. The only apparent employee at Wally's Filling Station, he initially lived there in a back room, and according to Andy, was "saving up for college" and wanted to be a doctor. Wide-eyed and slack-jawed, he usually wore a service-station uniform and a baseball cap with an upturned bill; a handkerchief dangled from his back pocket
Like his cousin Goober, Gomer provided comic relief, awestruck by the simplest of things, resulting in the exclamation of his catchphrases, Shazam!, Golly, Sur-prise, sur-prise, sur-prise!, and shame, shame, shame!, as appropriate
Gomer was sometimes deputized by Deputy Barney Fife, when Sheriff Taylor was otherwise occupied. Though always compliant, Gomer's ineptitude usually made him more of a hindrance than a help in the line of duty. In the eyes of his friends, though, especially Sheriff Andy Taylor, his shortcomings were generally outweighed by his gentle, generous spirit
In the last episode of the fourth season, Gomer tells Andy he has joined the Marines, because he realized he would eventually be drafted into military service
Gomer's Mayberry roots were evident in the spin-off series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., where his countrified, backward nature served as the mainstay for the show's humor, making him a comic foil to the hard-nosed drill instructor (later platoon sergeant) Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, played by Frank Sutton. Both series also included several episodes displaying Gomer's skill as a baritone singer. This skill ultimately takes Gomer to Washington, DC, along with Sgt. Carter, in the 1967 episode "The Show Must Go On", in which Gomer, backed by the Marine Corps Band, performs for an audience that includes the President. In one episode, Gomer stated that his birthday was on February 26
At first, Sergeant Carter was rankled and extremely irritated by the slow-witted Pyle, and dreamed of ways to rid himself of the private's presence. Over the course of the series, however, Carter began to tolerate Pyle, and even grew to respect him. Pyle, though always unconventional, developed into a good Marine, yet never went an episode without causing some degree of irritation for Carter. In the 1967 episode Gomer the Welsh Rarebit Fiend, Gomer's appetite for welsh rarebit induces sleepwalking, during which Gomer derides and berates Sgt. Carter in a reversal of roles. In the final episode, Gomer requests a transfer after realizing he is nothing but a source of constant anxiety for Carter. Carter, initially pleased with the request, later arranges for the transfer to be denied, and the episode ends with Carter insisting the two shake hands, not knowing Gomer's hand is covered in shellac
Gomer’s dating life begins on The Andy Griffith Show in the December, 1963 episode A Date for Gomer, when he agrees to take Thelma Lou’s cousin, Mary Grace, to a town dance. As a Marine, Gomer's romantic interest is Lou Ann Poovie, a fellow North Carolinian who came to California for a singing career, although she proves to be tone deaf. Like Gomer, Lou Ann is innocent and naive, and is a willing participant in many of Gomer's misadventures
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