tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post112283205976405954..comments2024-03-24T08:17:55.097-04:00Comments on BLOG TO COMM: Christopher Stiglianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-66368262148631237162021-01-24T22:45:17.404-05:002021-01-24T22:45:17.404-05:00Love the entire show to this day. Frank Sutton was...Love the entire show to this day. Frank Sutton was the funniest second banana on television. The episode with the Japanese kid was among my favorites along with the episode with the cat as "CONTRABAND" on the ship. <br /><br />One important question for the community: Has anyone an idea which episode had Gomer calling Sgt. Carter"Kirk Douglas"?StellaBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071919541813999063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-859358830476799642017-12-29T22:00:06.139-05:002017-12-29T22:00:06.139-05:00I like the one where The LT needs Carter to pick a...I like the one where The LT needs Carter to pick a man to drive to L. A to pick up the General from the airport. The LT suggest Carter pick Pyle. It’s a 2 hour drive but Carter knowing Pyle wants to play it extra safe so he gives Pyle 7 hours. One way or another Pyle gets sidetracked helping old lady and Boy Scout groups. He barely makes it to airport then delivers a baby. General deems him a hero . Great episode Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16003311596187583942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-59709808352995849302017-10-19T16:50:06.900-04:002017-10-19T16:50:06.900-04:00you covered a number of my favorites--the one wher...you covered a number of my favorites--the one where the Factory are playing, the Welsh rarebit one, the one where the Japanese kid takes Gomer and Carter all over DC. <br /><br />there was one where Gomer was supposedly in a car accident with a woman and the irate husband was played by Al Lewis. When she was in the car and complained she was hot, he said "fan yourself"... "I don't have a fan!" "Use your lip..." <br /><br />Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351394404673106858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-77415911961504850082017-04-11T12:41:54.621-04:002017-04-11T12:41:54.621-04:00These episodes are also among my favorites. Jim Na...These episodes are also among my favorites. Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton were two superb actors, and I find myself watching the show in part because Gomer is such a tremendous role model for living the good life. I also find it interesting how Gomer has so much love and admiration for his sergeant, while Carter seems to easily forget the lessons that Gomer implicitly teaches him from episode to episode. Here are five more episodes that Ialways look forward to upon reviewing the entire series on DVD. I've selected on for each season.<br /><br />1. Gomer and the Dragon Lady. A bar maid, played by Barbara Stuart, is known for sending guys flying into the wall when they get fresh with her. So Carter tells Gomer that it's a tradition for someone in the platoon to go up and kiss her on their first weekend liberty from the base. Of course, the gag backfires on Carter in a big way.<br /><br />2. The Grudge Fight. Carter and the platoon are on a Navy vessel, and he challenges the chief officer to a boxing match. Realizing that Carter might get himself killed, Duke, Gomer, and the boys set up a fake training camp so as to throw a scare into the Chief.<br /><br />3. ShowM Me the Way Home. Gomer helps a drunk to his apartment, and gets in trouble with the man's wife. Great performance by Keenan Wynn who played the drunk Harry Purcell.<br /><br />4. And a Child Shall Lead Them. While in Washington D.C. Gomer and Carter try to help a lost Japanese boy find his way home. The boy gives them different addresses that lead to an amusement park, recreational lake, and baseball stadium, making Carter late for his "hot date".<br /><br />5. Flower Power. While camouflaging a communications truck with paint out in the woods, Gomer meets some hippies who help him with the pain job . Afterwards, the truck looks more like a hippie wagon. I love the part where Gomer joins them in a touching rendition of "Blowin in the Wind".<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14071510228873883583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-58563051134834632682017-02-03T16:17:49.637-05:002017-02-03T16:17:49.637-05:00what episide was it where Pyle though Carter was d...what episide was it where Pyle though Carter was dying, and was drfiving carter to distraction by tryig to be extra helpful? Carter was being bothered by a persistent stomach pain also. towards the end, Carer and Boyle figure out what is up with Pyle, and play a tgrick on him, by making Pyle think Careter is on his deathbed, with his boots on too, like a good marine. Pyle runs out looking for help, Carter and Boyle are laughing it up at their joke, when all of a sudden carter is doubled over with major stomach pain....Pyle meanwhile has summoned medics who take Carter to the hospital where he is found to have appendicitis. ....ok, WHAT EPISODE WASW THAT? <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740259991114140481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-83740374098674886542017-01-26T06:07:46.990-05:002017-01-26T06:07:46.990-05:00Come Blow Your Top (Sgt Carter has to hold his tem...Come Blow Your Top (Sgt Carter has to hold his temper for a whole day) and Beautiful Dreamer (Sgt Carter tries to stop Gomer from dreaming that Carter will get married) are also very funny. All the episodes written by Rick Mittleman are excellent.<br />Ross Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-74982928840923810632010-07-19T04:03:51.414-04:002010-07-19T04:03:51.414-04:00i also think gomer was one of the best shows ever...i also think gomer was one of the best shows ever. the one where he sings the impossible dream comes to mind. or actually anytime when he transforms into a great singer from a total hick. he is brilliant . im talkin bout jim naborsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-56915968054026717912009-12-11T13:20:57.601-05:002009-12-11T13:20:57.601-05:00Yeah...I found MANY errors I made while watching t...Yeah...I found MANY errors I made while watching the GOMER DVD collection!!!Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-58318400130232407472009-12-11T12:26:19.413-05:002009-12-11T12:26:19.413-05:00I enjoyed this. It was my father who got me hooked...I enjoyed this. It was my father who got me hooked on this show. I discovered "Andy" many years later because I lived near where it took place, and reruns have never not been on the CBS affiliate daily since then.<br /><br />May I offer some corrections?<br /><br />2. Opie hadn't been punished. he was afraid he was going to be.<br /><br />6. Gomer shot off his flare gun, not his rifle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-1132725096867268942005-11-23T00:51:00.000-05:002005-11-23T00:51:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-1123030972474229002005-08-02T21:02:00.000-04:002005-08-02T21:02:00.000-04:00Of course, the next to last paragraph should read ...Of course, the next to last paragraph should read "the only mention of Vietnam on early/mid-sixties television..." By the early-seventies you couldn't escape the topic!Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-1123026350185233202005-08-02T19:45:00.000-04:002005-08-02T19:45:00.000-04:00True, but given the mindset I'm sure the writers h...True, but given the mindset I'm sure the writers had, something like even a <EM>mention</EM> of the war might have been too much for their audience. And, you gotta remember, before CBS became a more hip and controversial network thanks to Norman Lear and his imitators, CBS was known as the <STRONG>C</STRONG>ountry Broadcasting Service because of the rural/down home and old-styled programming it was offering. Of course that was before demographics pretty much forced CBS to axe all of their "old-time" (Gleason, Skelton...) and "rural" (<STRONG>GREEN ACRES, HEE HAW, JIM NABORS SHOW...</STRONG>) programs in search of the tie-dye bucks. Strangely enough, <STRONG>GUNSMOKE</STRONG> survived the purge probably because it was so big, though the series had lost its steam years earlier and I don't think anyone would have noticed if it was missing from the network schedule given how <EM>boring</EM> it was esp. compared with those episodes Sam Peckingpah wrote in the late-fifties.<BR/><BR/>Maybe if the show stayed on a few years there would have been a few Vietnam mentions tossed in here or there...the subject of hippies had been used a few times so why not something else "hip"??? It's strange, but other than <STRONG>THE TWILIGHT ZONE</STRONG> (the Jack Klugman/Billy Mumy episode), the only mention of Vietnam on television that I remember was from <STRONG>THE MUNSTERS</STRONG>!<BR/><BR/><STRONG>BEETLE BAILEY</STRONG> seemed to skirt the Vietnam issue at first, but by the early seventies I recall the Paris Peace Talks being mentioned! (And of course the appearance of Lt. Flap sure stirred things up a bit!)Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-1123023386307220282005-08-02T18:56:00.000-04:002005-08-02T18:56:00.000-04:00I wasn't even saying they should have been shipped...I wasn't even saying they should have been shipped out on the show. I meant that there was never a single reference to it on the show - even if someone had made a joke about it......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-1122934006726492282005-08-01T18:06:00.000-04:002005-08-01T18:06:00.000-04:00Yeah, the producers got letters asking when Gomer ...Yeah, the producers got letters asking when Gomer was going to get shipped over all the time!!! Gomer and Carter going to Vietnam would have been a hoot, though the writers probably thought such a move to be controversial...I mean, what if <STRONG>PEACE</STRONG> broke out???Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-1122924996477373002005-08-01T15:36:00.000-04:002005-08-01T15:36:00.000-04:00I always thought it was funny considering the year...I always thought it was funny considering the years Gomer Pyle was on that Vietnam was never mentioned once on the show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910067.post-1122898715689999882005-08-01T08:18:00.000-04:002005-08-01T08:18:00.000-04:00Frank Sutton was actually a rather developed actor...Frank Sutton was actually a rather developed actor with an impressive pre-<STRONG>PYLE</STRONG> history (<STRONG>TWILIGHT ZONE, NAKED CITY, DECOY</STRONG>...I even saw him in an episode of <STRONG>THE GOLDBERGS</STRONG> as a flipped-out escaped convict who naturally was paired with the more rational con trying to convince Molly that the two were actually <EM>college students</EM> being initiated into a fraternity!). I always felt that Sutton's style was really necessary especially in the days of method acting and over-emotion...down to earth and gritty much like his looks which added a certain dimension to his characters...<EM>very</EM> realistic with the right amt. of anger, pathos etc. in the right spots, like when an angry and embittered Andy Taylor met up with him after Opie ran away to join the marines and Carter gave him that beautifully heartfelt talk. And I remember Bill Shute telling me how much he liked Sutton's final role in a made-for-TV movie as a drunk who decides to be a hero for once in his life and dies rescuing people from a burning apartment building!<BR/><BR/>I liked <STRONG>THE BRADY BUNCH</STRONG> just as much as the next brat, but <STRONG>THAT GIRL???</STRONG> That show was always too sophisticated and just plain unfunny for me...I've always wondered how it could have lasted so long (I remember my mother being a faithful viewer of the show, though she ignored it in reruns after Marlo Thomas went feminist and married Phil Donahue, and my mom's no conservative either!!!) I guess next to <STRONG>GILLIGAN'S ISLAND</STRONG> and <STRONG>THE MUNSTERS</STRONG> that show <EM>was</EM> Tiffany's! The only funny line I recall from it was when Donald and some friends were playing <STRONG>STRATEGO</STRONG>, the Milton Bradley game where each player is a nation trying to caputure parts of Europe for themselves...Donald said that he didn't want to be Italy this time, because he has to keep surrendering fifteen minutes into the game!Christopher Stiglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107248034597839482noreply@blogger.com