recommended

Overrated and overhyped

Load of rubbish!!

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

For five seasons Gomer Pyle kept us all amused with his bumbling country boy antics to the distress of his sergeant Vince Carter. With the Vietnam War going on one does not have to speculate about why Pyle was kept stateside.Although several other people flirted in and out of Gomer Pyle it was a two person show. Sweet lovable Gomer who managed to keep that innocent naivete through basic training with Frank Sutton and then later on when contrary to all realism Carter and Pyle stayed together even after basic training.Jim Nabors who even got in a song or two over the run of the show with that operatic baritone was in the title role, carrying over from the Andy Griffith Show where he was a gas jockey. Sutton eventually got tired of training him and kind of took him under his wing. Still Pyle would get in and out of trouble each episode and Sgt. Carter's ulcer would grow. After 5 seasons Gomer Pyle came to an end. I suspect with a lot of real Marines coming home in body bags, the antics of a lovable bumbling Marine just weren't cutting it.In real life Pyle would have washed out in two weeks.

So for all of those out there who said that Gomer Pyle went downhill, I recently enlisted in the Marines and my parents got me the show as a joke. I actually enjoyed it, both in black and white and in color, and I went and got the rest of the seasons. And I grew up in the time of color television and laugh tracks and super special effects. Though the daytime sky at 3 in the morning was always a little odd. And no I don't expect boot to be like this.Poolee Parry USMC

I ve always enjoyed "Gomer Pyle" Frank Sutton played Vince Carter so well..certainly one of the great supporting actors in television. Of course the situations Gomer got into were a bit unbelievable,but after all it was escapist TV in he 60's.The first season of theshow will be released in December with commentaries and some extras including a clip from the Jim Nabors Hour,which also starred Ronnie Schell and Frank Sutton.One of the reviewers mentioned Ronnie Schell was with the show the entire run. He was not in the 1967-68 season. He starred in a short lived sitcom with Joby Baker "Good Morning World" He did return in 1968 as a corporal for the remainder of the series.

I used to enjoy Gomer Pyle when it was in black and white. But after doing a tour as a drill instructor, I couldn't stand it! How many times did Gunny Carter have to tell Pyle to do something before he did it? The funniest episodes were the ones where Gomer's still in boot camp!