"Gomer Pyle: USMC" Lies, Lies, Lies (TV Episode 1966) Poster

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(1966)

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Astonishingly Awful
richard.fuller130 April 2016
Warning: Spoilers
How bad could a sitcom possibly get? Watching an episode each of Car 54, Sgt. Bilko and Gomer Pyle "meeting the Hollywood celebrity" and this is without a doubt horrible beyond words.

Gomer gets off the tour bus to take pictures of the actress' house. The driver agrees, as long as Gomer hurries, so no Lucy and Richard Widmark here.

Gomer runs around the house taking pictures of a potted plant, so out of view, the driver decides to leave him.

Wait! Wait! What'd you expect, you moron? So Gomer WITH A CAMERA meets the actress and takes not one picture of her to prove to the others he met her.

The episode gives way to the usual whining Gomer 'ya gotta believe me. Don't ya believe me?' and Carter yelling back (AFTER believing Pyle).

It's amazingly bad.

You half-wonder why Gomer doesn't turn on the actress when she fails to appear before Carter and co.

"Miss Tracy, you lied to me. How could you do that?" It's astonishing how this show ran.

There's a bit with the platoon in t-shirt and briefs giving a raspberry in the barracks, which I've always remembered and for some reason always thought it was part of Aunt Bea's visit, but nevermind.

It's all just meaningless.

Want to totally shut your brain off and just wonder over a show. Gomer Pyle is it.
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Not the best episode.
markmw-573082 August 2020
There's nearly always a good belly laugh in a Gomer Pyle episode but sadly not in this one. Even the end scene is ham fisted and telegraphed.
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