Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Sep 25, 1964

Gomes tries to pass the obstacle course to please Sgt. Carter.

Oct 2, 1964

To the consternation and dismay of Sgt. Carter, Gomer breaks regulations and sneaks a recruit's girlfriend in to visit him in the barracks.

Oct 9, 1964

Gomer adopts a pet skunk.

Oct 16, 1965

After a straight-laced lady Marine officer reports him for not saluting her, Gomer attempts to help transform her into an attractive woman.

Oct 23, 1964

A trouble-making recruit decides to use Gomer as his fall guy.

Oct 30, 1964

Gomer is convinced he has been a ""goldbrick"" and stubbornly refuses to accept part of his paycheck -- even when the Pentagon orders him to do so.

Nov 6, 1964

Carter is driven crazy by the fact that no matter what he does to Gomer, Gomer still likes him.

Nov 13, 1964

Carter sets Gomer up with a beautiful but unkissable Dragon Lady.

Nov 20, 1964

Gomer and Carter go on a five-day survival test.

Nov 27, 1964

Gomer escorts the Colonel's daughter to the enlisted men's dance.

Dec 4, 1964

On maneuvers, Gomer leads the squad into an ambush.

Dec 11, 1964

Carter gives Gomer a lift in his jeep and finds himself helping Gomer babysit.

Dec 18, 1964

A mother-daughter burglar team uses Gomer for their next heist.

Dec 25, 1964

Carter thinks Gomer is dying and tries to be nice to him.

Jan 1, 1965

Grandpa Pyle gives Gomer a good luck charm to help him gain self-confidence.

Jan 8, 1965

Gomer and Carter are taken in by a phony dance studio when they both sign lifetime contracts for lessons.

Jan 15, 1965

The men try to change Carter's mind when he decides to leave the Marine Corps.

Jan 22, 1965

Gomer befriends Branch, a country boy from a neighboring hometown -- until he learns that their two families have been feuding for generations.

Jan 29, 1965

Gomer writes secret love letters to Carter in order to cheer him up.

Feb 25, 1965

Carter discovers that his girlfriend dumped him -- for Gomer.

Feb 12, 1965

Carter's adopted Korean daughter arrives -- but she is no longer the little girl he remembers, and Carter thinks she is going to marry Gomer.

Feb 19, 1965

Gomer and Carter take the exam for the officer's training program.

Feb 26, 1965

When the platoon celebrates Carter's birthday, he begins to worry he is getting old.

Mar 5, 1965

Carter may reluctantly be forced to use Gomer as an honor guard -- he's one of the few who owns a dress-blue uniform.

Mar 12, 1965

Gomer tries to prevent Carter and his old friend from becoming enemies.

Mar 19, 1965

Carter and Gomer wind up on a double date.

Mar 26, 1965

Gomer and Slater accidentally take a detour on their way downtown and wind up on a round trip jet flight to Rome.

Apr 2, 1965

Gomer tries to capture a gang of thieves who have been robbing the Marine warehouse.

Apr 9, 1965

Gomer is asked to escort a movie star and the Colonel's daughter to a dance.

Apr 16, 1965

MP Gomer mistakenly arrests a government inspector.

Sep 17, 1965

Carter postpones his vacation until all his men pass their PFC exams -- and, of course, Gomer is the only one to fail.

Sep 24, 1965

Gomer is asked to be the best man at his friend's wedding, then loses the ring the night before the ceremony.

Oct 1, 1965

Carter sets Gomer up with a blind date who thinks he is an oil millionaire.

Oct 8, 1965

Gomer unknowingly finds shelter for a family of hillbillies in a shack which is the target of war games.

Oct 12, 1965

Gomer's chosen as companion of a new sentry dog -- and turns the guard dog into a pet.

Oct 22, 1965

Carter, who says that Supply Sgt. Singer has the easiest job, wagers that any knucklehead could handle the job -- even Gomer.

Oct 29, 1965

The platoon goes on sea duty, and Gomer sneaks a stray cat on board the ship, then is ordered to ditch the feline.

Nov 5, 1965

Gomer ruins a simple reconnaissance mission.

Nov 12, 1965

Carter challenges the fleet's retired boxing champion to a fight.

Nov 19, 1965

Gomer is the only witness to Carter's auto accident.

Nov 26, 1965

Goober pays Gomer a surprise visit.

Dec 3, 1965

Gomer tries to convince Carter that his sister's fiance is a nice guy.

Dec 10, 1965

Gomer takes care of Carter's car -- which gets stolen and wrecked.

Dec 17, 1965

Gomer tries to reunite Carter with his girlfriend.

Dec 24, 1965

On maneuvers, Carter gives Gomer false information---hoping he'll be captured by the enemy camp.

Dec 31, 1965

When Sgt. Carter orders him to take a furlough, Gomer becomes a civilian employee at the base.

Jan 7, 1966

Gomer tries cheering up a depressed waitress, only to discover that she is the girlfriend of a tough Marine sergeant.

Jan 14, 1966

Gomer's fortune-telling Grandma pays a visit.

Jan 21, 1966

Gomer sings an Italian love song to his friend's sister -- and her mother thinks he is proposing to her.

Jan 28, 1966

Gomer arranges a date for Carter with his cousin Bridey Pyle.

Feb 4, 1966

Gomer befriends the little daughter of a visiting colonel.

Feb 11, 1966

Carter becomes the star of a documentary about the Marine Corps.

Feb 25, 1966

Gomer tries to repay the $40 he received at a pay phone to the phone company, but gets arrested instead.

Mar 4, 1966

Duke wins an amateur talent contest by picking Carter as the butt of his comedy act.

Mar 11, 1966

Gomer wins a trip to Las Vegas. Problem: whom should he take? Then he and Carter win a fortune gambling.

Mar 18, 1966

Opie runs away from Mayberry to join Gomer in the Marines.

Mar 25, 1966

Carter bets Gomer he can't get a date with Miss Camp Henderson.

Apr 1, 1966

Gomer and Carter are taken by an old con man.

Apr 8, 1966

Carter decides to resign when he feels his platoon can get along without him.

Apr 15, 1966

Carter prvents a holdup but gives the credit to Gomer.

Sep 14, 1966

Gomer tries to convince his friends that a movie star has invited them all to a barbecue at her house.

Sep 21, 1966

Carter plans to use Gomer to win the inter-squad competition.

Sep 28, 1966

Gomer and Carter are the only ones who don't come down with German measles.

Oct 5, 1966

Sgt. Carter sets out to expose a fraud by proving to Gomer that the man who sold him a cheap watch is a crook.

Oct 12, 1966

Gomer is accused by a drunk's wife of turning her husband into an alcoholic.

Oct 19, 1966

Carter sabotages Gomer's garden by putting vodka in his prize watermelon.

Oct 26, 1966

Carter sends Gomer to a psychiatrist when he claims he has seen men from outer space.

Nov 2, 1966

Gomer is arrested after wrecking Sgt. Carter's car.

Nov 9, 1966

Carter bets Sgt. Hacker that he can't teach Gomer to cook a meal.

Nov 16, 1966

Gomer dates a girl with similar interests, then discovers that she considers them engaged after the first date.

Nov 23, 1966

Carter gives his girlfriend a puppy only to find himself competing with it for her affections.

Nov 30, 1966

Gomer and Carter are captured by smugglers.

Dec 14, 1966

Sgt. Carter learns Bunny was seen with another man.

Dec 21, 1966

Gomer can predict the weather better than the weather bureau.

Dec 28, 1966

A songstress applauds Gomer's song with a kiss.

Jan 4, 1967

Gomer unwittingly signs up a fugitive bank robber as a new recruit.

Jan 11, 1967

Carter suspects Gomer has been spending his Sundays at the beach; then tries to meet the beauties Gomer appeared with in a magazine.

Jan 18, 1967

Carter tries to transfer Gomer to the Marine band.

Jan 25, 1967

Gomer holds a farewell dinner in a Chinese restaurant, not knowing it is a front for a gambling operation.

Feb 1, 1967

Two shyster lawyers try to get Gomer and Carter to file a false damage suit after a near miss from an automobile.

Feb 8, 1967

Carter and Duke use Gomer to expose a card cheat.

Feb 15, 1967

Sgt. Carter attempts to keep Gomer from re-enlisting.

Feb 22, 1967

The Marine's favorite nightclub singer returns: Lou-Ann Poovie, who looks like a dream and sings like a nightmare. Sgt. Carter fights for her favors with two rivals -- Gomer and Duke.

Mar 1, 1967

Gomer's love for Welsh rarebit causes him to sleepwalk -- and to tell off Carter.

Mar 8, 1967

A club owner wants Gomer to sing every night.

Mar 15, 1967

Carter volunteers Gomer for a parachute jump.

Mar 22, 1967

Gomer loses the colonel's daughter at a go-go club, then tracks her to a beatnik den.

Mar 29, 1967

Gomer's new friend, a crow, turns out to be a thief, plundering everyone -- and stashing the loot in Gomer's locker.

Apr 5, 1967

Carter and Gomer hunt for a live mortar shell which the private lost during practice.

Apr 12, 1967

When Lou-Ann is about to be fired from her job as a nightclub singer, Gomer finds her a job as a salesgirl.

Sep 8, 1967

Aunt Bee objects to Carter's attitude toward Gomer.

Sep 15, 1967

Gomer learns his face will be on a recruiting poster -- instead of Sgt. Carter's.

Sep 22, 1967

A man-hungry woman Marine tries to split up Gomer and Lou-Ann.

Sep 29, 1967

A visiting Congressman suggests a promotion for Gomer, and Carter nearly loses his stripes training Gomer to take command.

Oct 6, 1967

Gomer's dreams keep coming true, and his latest has Carter proposing to Bunny.

Oct 13, 1967

Gomer represents his platoon in a talent contest.

Oct 20, 1967

Lost Gomer winds up in the President's office.

Oct 27, 1967

Gomer and Carter try helping a Japanese boy who claims he's lost.

Oct 31, 1967

Gomer has stage fright and loses his voice just before a Washington show.

Nov 10, 1967

Lou Ann's father and ex-fiancé come to town, and her father tries to persuade her to discard Gomer.

Nov 17, 1967

Gomer thinks Carter stole a watch from the base PX.

Nov 24, 1967

Gomer wins a boat in a jingle contest, but it's Carter navigating—into taxes, license fees, and other expenses.

Dec 1, 1967

Con artist Freddy sells Gomer a pearl ring for his girlfriend Lou Ann, then schemes to get it back.

Dec 8, 1967

Carter and Bunny have a fight.

Dec 15, 1967

A Latin American military man plots the overthrow of Sgt. Carter.

Dec 22, 1967

Gomer is assigned to pick up a general but gets sidetracked.

Dec 29, 1967

Gomer is excused from regular duties for singing rehearsals when he's chosen to perform at a base variety show.

Jan 5, 1968

Gomer goes home to Mayberry and becomes involved in the search for a bank robber.

Jan 12, 1968

Carter and Gomer are assigned to watch the Colonel's German Shepherd, but Gomer loses it.

Jan 19, 1968

A 15-year-old girl develops a crush on Gomer.

Feb 2, 1968

Sgt. Carter gets Gomer a date with an exotic dancer.

Feb 9, 1968

A department store accidentally sends Gomer a baby carriage.

Feb 16, 1968

Gomer tries to make Lou-Ann jealous by having Carter tell her he is seeing other women.

Feb 23, 1968

Gomer saves an old horse from the glue factory and tries to hide her at the base.

Mar 1, 1968

Gomer befriends a couple who claim Camp Henderson is on their land.

Mar 8, 1968

Gomer's cooking skills might get him assigned to the kitchen permanently.

Mar 22, 1968

Gomer tries to help a night club comedian who is about to be fired.

Mar 29, 1968

Gomer becomes involved in a Hungarian family feud when he spends the weekend with a friend.

Apr 5, 1968

Gomer sneaks a baby onto the base when he babysits for a friend—just as the colonel is due on an inspection tour.

Apr 12, 1968

Gomer and Carter buy Hong Kong suits from con man Friendly Freddy.

Sep 27, 1968

Hacker plans to get even when Carter sells his car to Gomer instead of to him.

Sep 4, 1968

Duke is promoted to corporal, but finds his old reputation getting in his way.

Oct 11, 1968

Gomer and Carter are the victims of the lead boot, the battalion's booby prize.

Oct 18, 1968

Lou Ann's old boyfriend visits.

Oct 25, 1968

The platoon's chances to sing in a movie are almost spoiled by Sgt. Carter -- he can't carry a tune.

Nov 8, 1968

Gomer and Carter clash as they vie for an actress.

Nov 15, 1968

A movie star tries to get Carter to marry her -- after Gomer refuses -- in order to avoid being deported.

Nov 22, 1968

Carter appears in a Hollywood movie, but finds acting harder than he thought.

Nov 29, 1968

Sgt. Hacker bets Carter that he can't go 24 hours without losing his temper, and then enlists Gomer's aid to win his bet.

Dec 6, 1968

Lonely widow Molly Gordon feels old and useless until Gomer and his appreciative buddies eat her wonderful home cooking.

Dec 13, 1968

Gomer is assigned to guard duty at a back gate of the base and refuses to let Carter pass through.

Dec 20, 1968

South American General Cortez looks up his old friends, and falls in love with Carter's girlfriend Bunny.

Dec 27, 1968

When Carter scratches a parked car and offers to pay for it, the owner shows up with a bill for a completely demolished fender.

Jan 3, 1969

Carter won't believe that Gomer really knows football star Moose Lewis.

Jan 10, 1969

Gomer's practical joke backfires when Lou Ann appears to like his fake tattoo.

Jan 17, 1969

Gomer and Carter are contestants on the ""Win-A-Date"" televised program.

Jan 24, 1969

Carter decides that Gomer might not re-enlist if he were married, so he tries to push the private into a quick wedding.

Jan 31, 1969

Sgt. Carter saves Gomer's life and almost comes to regret it as Gomer suffocates him with gratitude.

Feb 7, 1969

Gomer and Lou Ann pitch in to help open a new diner, not realizing the owners are in fact planning to rob the bank next door.

Feb 14, 1969

Gomer and Carter again fall prey to con man ""Friendly Freddy,"" now running a computer dating service.

Feb 21, 1969

Gomer inadvertently reveals the position of his platoon to the ""enemy"" during camp maneuvers.

Feb 28, 1969

Gomer overhears a conversation about Bunny's sick cat and jumps to the conclusion that it's Sgt. Carter who is critically ill.

Mar 7, 1969

Carter decides he must get away from Gomer to avoid a nervous breakdown, but continues to be haunted by him.

Mar 14, 1969

Carter takes charge of Gomer's life savings for safekeeping and has his pocket picked by a little old lady.

Mar 21, 1969

A Marine buddy breaks his leg and Gomer and Carter have to take his expectant wife to the hospital.

Mar 28, 1969

Three hippies help Gomer paint a truck for maneuvers, but the results are not standard military camouflage.

Apr 4, 1969

Carter allows a pet rabbit to escape before he learns that it belongs to a general's son.

Apr 18, 1969

Sgt. Carol wants Gomer to sing in the Marine camp show she is organizing, but Sgt. Carter won't agree to her plans.

Apr 25, 1969

Gomer must escort Sgt. Carter's sister to a dance.

May 2, 1969

Carter learns Gomer is being sent to another base.