REMINSCING ... GOMER PYLE

REMINSCING ... GOMER PYLE

Gomer Pyle was the simple-minded gas station attendant and later auto mechanic in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, played for 23 episodes by Jim Nabors in 1962-1964. After two years of portraying Gomer on The Andy Griffith Show, in 1964 Nabors continued the character in his own starring vehicle, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., which ran until 1969. Gomer Pyle was a good-natured, naive country-boy. He originally lived in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina, and worked at Wally's Filling Station (the town's service station) where he took up residence in the back room. Wide-eyed and slack jawed, Gomer provided much of the comic relief during his two-year stint on The Andy Griffith Show. He was often awestruck by the simplest of things, resulting in the exclamation of his catchphrases, "Shazam!", "Gaaw-aawl-ly" and "Surprise, surprise, surprise!".