Gomer Pyle

September 25, 1964 - September 19, 1969
CBS Situation Comedy - 150 Episodes
One of classic TV's earliest spin-off series,
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. was the country cousin to
The Andy Griffith Show. Originally introduced in
the third season of Andy Griffith, Gomer was the
local mechanic with an uncanny aptitude for annoyance.
Sweet as pie but as dense as a stump, Gomer forever
vexed Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife with
his sweet buffoonery. A stand-out in the ensemble cast,
Jim Nabors, who played Gomer, was offered his own
series after a little more than a year. The pilot was
aired as an episode of Andy Griffith, in which dimwitted
Gomer decides to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps.