by Enzo » Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:19 pm
Andy Griffith was a prolific musician, had albums and stuff. Sang and played a little on the Andy Griffith show, but did a lot of it on MAtlock, and often had stars like Randy Travis as guest stars, inevitably musicians in trouble. GOmer Pyle was a character on the Andy Griffith show, and they spun him off to his own show by enlisting him in the MArines. In the music clip, it is Sergeant Carter from that show pushing him on stage.
In Full Metal Jacket, "Gomer Pyle" is a nickname his drill sergeant gave him. A reference to the Nabors character.
We would occasionally see Nabors guesting on Johnny Carson or other show, and he'd sing.
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