Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (season 1)
| Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (season 1) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 25, 1964 – April 16, 1965 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from the first season of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Fridays at 9:30-10:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 25, 1964 to April 16, 1965.[1][2]
Nielsen ratings
The season ranked third with a 30.7 rating.
DVD release
The Region 1 DVD was released on December 12, 2006.
Episodes
| No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course" | Aaron Ruben | Aaron Ruben | September 25, 1964 |
| Gomer goes above and beyond the call of duty to conquer the obstacle course and please Sergeant Carter. | ||||
| 2 | "Guest in the Barracks" | Coby Ruskin | Bob Ross | October 2, 1964 |
| Gomer sneaks a recruit's girlfriend into the barracks, causing Sergeant Carter to lose his temper. | ||||
| 3 | "Private Ralph Skunk" | Coby Ruskin | Aaron Ruben | October 9, 1964 |
| Despite the protests of Sergeant Carter, Gomer adopts a pet skunk, which he uses as a secret weapon for the Marines to pay back Sgt. Whipple (Buck Young) for cheating. | ||||
| 4 | "Captain Ironpants" | Coby Ruskin | Garry Marshall & Jerry Belson | October 16, 1964 |
| Gomer does everything to make a straight-laced lady Marine (Pippa Scott) into a glamour girl. | ||||
| 5 | "Gomer Learns a Bully" | Coby Ruskin | Harvey Bullock | October 23, 1964 |
| A troublesome new recruit is transferred to Sergeant Carter's platoon and makes Gomer his patsy. | ||||
| 6 | "Pay Day" | Coby Ruskin | Garry Marshall & Jerry Belson | October 30, 1964 |
| Gomer refuses part of his paycheck when he's caught loafing, over the objections of the Pentagon. (Charles Lane) guest stars. | ||||
| 7 | "Nobody Loves a Sergeant" | Sheldon Leonard | Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum | November 6, 1964 |
| Gomer just can't help liking Sergeant Carter, no matter how much the sergeant tries to get the recruit to hate him. | ||||
| 8 | "Gomer and the Dragon Lady" | Coby Ruskin | Harvey Bullock | November 13, 1964 |
| Carter pits Gomer against the alluring, yet unkissable, "Dragon Lady" as revenge for fouling up an exercise. But it's Carter himself that yields the punishment when she beats him up instead, while Gomer gets a kiss from "Dragon Lady". | ||||
| 9 | "Survival of the Fattest" | Coby Ruskin | Bob Ross | November 20, 1964 |
| Gomer and Carter surprise everyone as the oddest pair in a five-day survival test. | ||||
| 10 | "A Date for the Colonel's Daughter" | Coby Ruskin | Bob Ross | November 27, 1964 |
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Gomer takes the Colonel's daughter to an enlisted men's dance, but the Colonel's wife does not approve. Starring: Karl Swenson and Wayne Rogers | ||||
| 11 | "They Shall Not Pass" | Howard Morris | Richard M. Powell | December 4, 1964 |
| Gomer comes up with astounding tactics on the field when the platoon participates in war games. | ||||
| 12 | "Sergeant Carter, Marine Babysitter" | Howard Morris | James Allardice & Tom Adair | December 11, 1964 |
| Carter gives Gomer a lift on his way to pick up a date and ends up spending the evening babysitting. | ||||
| 13 | "The Case of the Marine Bandit" | Coby Ruskin | Art Baer & Ben Joelson | December 18, 1964 |
| Gomer and Carter become accomplices in a rather ingenious robbery scheme. | ||||
| 14 | "Sergeant of the Week" | Coby Ruskin | Art Baer & Ben Joelson | December 25, 1964 |
| Carter thinks Gomer is dying so he tries to make the recruit's "last days" the best of his life. | ||||
| 15 | "Grandpa Pyle's Good Luck Charm" | Coby Ruskin | James Allardice & Tom Adair | January 1, 1965 |
| Gomer is convinced the good luck charm given to him by his grandfather will make him a great leader. | ||||
| 16 | "Dance, Marine, Dance" | Coby Ruskin | Ben Joelson & Art Baer | January 8, 1965 |
| Carter tries everything to get him and Gomer out of a contract for dance lessons. | ||||
| 17 | "Sergeant Carter's Farewell to His Troops" | Coby Ruskin | Richard M. Powell | January 15, 1965 |
| The troops hope a sexy lady Marine can talk Sergeant Carter out of quitting the Corps. | ||||
| 18 | "The Feudin' Pyles" | Coby Ruskin | Hy Kraft | January 22, 1965 |
| Gomer befriends a country boy from near Mayberry, but discovers that their families are feuding. | ||||
| 19 | "Love Letters to the Sarge" | Coby Ruskin | Art Baer & Ben Joelson | January 29, 1965 |
| Sergeant Carter is unaware that Gomer is the one sending him anonymous love notes. | ||||
| 20 | "Sergeant Carter Gets a "Dear John" Letter" | Coby Ruskin | Aaron Ruben | February 5, 1965 |
| Carter thinks it's bad enough that he's gotten a "Dear John" letter - then finds out that Gomer is the "other man". | ||||
| 21 | "Daughter of the Sarge" | Coby Ruskin | Harvey Bullock & R.S. Allen | February 12, 1965 |
| Sergeant Carter's adopted Korean daughter announced her engagement to a Marine, whom the sergeant immediately assumes is Gomer. | ||||
| 22 | "Officer Candidate Gomer Pyle" | Coby Ruskin | Harvey Bullock & R.S. Allen | February 19, 1965 |
| Sergeant Carter takes the Officer Training exam, then Gomer decides to take the same test - and actually passes! | ||||
| 23 | "Old Man Carter" | Coby Ruskin | Ben Joelson & Art Baer | February 26, 1965 |
| The platoon throws a big birthday party for Carter, but it just makes him feel "old". | ||||
| 24 | "Gomer Makes the Honor Guard" | Coby Ruskin | Aaron Ruben | March 5, 1965 |
| Carter has to pick four men from his platoon as honor guards, and hopes that one of them is not Gomer. | ||||
| 25 | "My Buddy – War Hero" | Alan Rafkin | Ben Joelson & Art Baer | March 12, 1965 |
| Gomer tries to keep Sergeant Carter and his old wartime buddy from having a fallout. | ||||
| 26 | "Double Date With the Sarge" | Alan Rafkin | Richard M. Powell | March 19, 1965 |
| Carter double-dates with Gomer and faces a financial crisis when the dates order filet mignon. | ||||
| 27 | "The Jet Set" | Alan Rafkin | Ben Joelson & Art Baer | March 26, 1965 |
| Gomer winds up on a trip to Rome while trying to do a simple errand downtown. | ||||
| 28 | "Sergeant of the Guard" | Alan Rafkin | Richard M. Powell | April 2, 1965 |
| Gomer hopes to catch a gang of thieves who have been robbing a Marine warehouse. | ||||
| 29 | "Gomer Dates a Movie Star" | Alan Rafkin | Budd Grossman | April 9, 1965 |
| Gomer has a dilemma when he's asked to escort both the Colonel's daughter and a famous movie star to a dance. | ||||
| 30 | "Gomer the M.P." | Coby Ruskin | Harvey Bullock | April 16, 1965 |
| Gomer puts a government investigator in the brig while on M.P. duty. | ||||
References
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