Gomer Pyle

[sixthson]

Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) of Andy Griffith fame recently got married. To a man.
He is 82 years old. They live in Hawaii, but married in Seattle. They have been together for 38 years.

Congrats to them and Shazam!!

[refujiunderground]

guess it is true when they say it's never too late.

[G-Lexington]

Gawwwlee!

Lex

[ixthrock]

"...that's not my finger either!"

(does anyone have any idea what I'm referencing?)
Anyway, congrats, jim.

[BENDERBOY]

Well done to them.

[sixthson]

"...that's not my finger either!"

(does anyone have any idea what I'm referencing?)
Anyway, congrats, jim.

I don't. Please tell.

[ixthrock]

It's the punchline from a grade-school joke that's not worth the re-telling now that we're all adults.

[Sausy]

Jim's been open to his friends about it for years but first time he ever publicly commented on his sexuality in the media. 38 years together is wonderful, and great they both made it official and got married. Congrats to them!!!!!!

[FPNY]

I was so happy when I read this in the paper this morning. Congrats to them both...

[PreTTy PeTe]

If I remember right there was a rumor in the 70's that he married Rock Hudson.
http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/nabors.asp

Anyway congrats to him for this real wedding

[CowboyBob]

Well gol-oll-ollly!

Congratulations to the happy couple!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_2579630.html

They've been together for 38 years.

[loveguys72]

Good for them!

[dansomtx]

well gollie! (Gomer Pyle reference)

[cityboy-stl]

Aww sweet, I'm glad to hear this. Jim Nabors has a wonderful singing voice as well. I'd love to hear him perform more.

[bike10]

Love endures for ever.

[sixthson]

Can't you just imagine what a gay marriage would be like in Mayberry? Aunt Bea playing the wedding march on the piano, Goober as best man, Barney will be there in his ubiquitous tweed suit still dating Thelma Lou. Andy, as justice of the peace, will perform the ceremony and Floyd the barber will throw the bachelor party with Howard Sprague stripping for the boys. Otis Campbell will sing "I love you truly" to a jug of moonshine. Opie will be there with his old school teacher and third wife, Helen Crump. He always did like older women. The honeymoon will take place in the little room in the back of the garage where Gomer used to work. Gives new meaning to 'filling station'.

[JohannBessler]

I find it ironic (and hypocritical) that he votes Republican.

[CowboyBob]

I find it ironic (and hypocritical) that he votes Republican.

Everybody has their flaws Johann. Some have it worse than others.

[JohannBessler]

^I try to be tolerant of them, Bob. I try.

[ronboy]

Gomer is now married.
This is a good thing.....

[JohannBessler]

^<nods>

I can see something really good coming out of it, too. It might convince a redneck or two that gay marriage is not such a horrible thing, after all.

[sixthson]

I suspect that Ernest T. Bass was a homophobe, however.

[Hard-up1]

Good for the happy couple.

It has been public knowledge for decades that Mr. Nabors is gay.

As for the Republican voting, Mr. Nabors is quite wealthy. It is not as if there aren't rich Democrats, mind you, but it is hardly surprising that his politics may be more driven by his economic interests than his social consciousness. He was once a significant macadamia nut farmer in Hawaii. I haven't looked it up today to see if he still owns it.

[JohannBessler]

^Naked greed is ugly, dontcha think?

[Hard-up1]

I don't share Republican sentiments, but I do concede that corporate behavior and MOST political motivation in the U.S. is self-interest.

[eastofeden]

I had heard...years ago...that he was having sex with George Benson.

Congrats to the happy couple!!!!

[T-Rexx]

WOW! I had no idea...

Congrats.

[JohannBessler]

I don't share Republican sentiments, but I do concede that corporate behavior and MOST political motivation in the U.S. is self-interest.

lol Pay no attention to me, Hard-up.

I'm trying to learn tolerance towards Republicans--and especially gay Republicans--but it's an uphill struggle.

[gsdx]

It seems his 'Impossible Dream' finally came true. Well done, Jim.

[pat grimshaw]

I remember being told that the TV character of 'Gomer Pyle' was mocking the mentally retarded.

[Hard-up1]

I have to say I thought the TV character of 'Gomer Pyle' was rather mentally retarded. Just saying.

More correctly, Gomer's character was that of an undereducated, self-absorbed, contemplative child. His schtick was to go on obsessively about something the Sarge said, woefully underinformed and trying desperately to apply some homespun logic to help him. Far from mental retardation in the clinical sense, it was a mind not disciplined to apply logic rightly.

Whereas in Mayberry the trope was of a hayseed with the problem, the character used as a foil for an adjacent bully is a common device in comedy, going back to Vaudeville and before it, in the puppet shows and circuses of Europe. Edith Bunker was a similar creation, but urban. Both actors used an exaggeration of scowls and frowns to project straining to understand, almost cartoon-like.

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[sixthson]

lol Pay no attention to me, Hard-up.

I'm trying to learn tolerance towards Republicans--and especially gay Republicans--but it's an uphill struggle.

I thought you told us you were a Reagan Republican? If anything, that should give you better understanding.

[sixthson]

I remember being told that the TV character of 'Gomer Pyle' was mocking the mentally retarded.

Then you were wrongly told. The TV show and it's characters were meant to represent an innocent time and place. The worst that could be said of Gomer was that he was a doofus.

[gsdx]

The worst that could be said of Gomer was that he was a doofus.

Indeed. Gomer was hopelessly naive and innocent, but very, very wise, and that was why his character was so endearing. Part of the rumour might have come from Jim himself. He had a naturally lopsided mouth and a long, lean, gangly body that was full of energy that he was barely able to control.

Gomer wasn't stupid or retarded. He just never grew up.

[CowboyBob]

I'm surprised Sheriff Andy married Helen Crump because she was always blowing up at him. Jealously, possessiveness & whiney.

Barney has a sweetie with Thelma Lou.

[bobobo]

When I was a junior in high school (1963) the joke was that if Rock Hudson married Gomer Pyle, he would be Rock Pyle.

[gsdx]

When I was a junior in high school (1963) the joke was that if Rock Hudson married Gomer Pyle, he would be Rock Pyle.

Same rumour here in Canada as well. Same decade. Not the 'Rock Pyle' thing, though. Just Rock and Jim being a couple.

[PreTTy PeTe]

When I was a junior in high school (1963) the joke was that if Rock Hudson married Gomer Pyle, he would be Rock Pyle.

that was in the 70's not 1963 that the rumor happened.

sorry wrong decade for your junior high experience

[pat grimshaw]

Same rumour here in Canada as well. …Just Rock and Jim being a couple.

Yes that rumour travelled down here into the Antipodes as well

[star-warrior]

You know... I mistook him for Al in Happy Days.

[pat grimshaw]

You know... I mistook him for Al in Happy Days.

I mistook the new husband for Don Rickles.

[MisterMajestic]

Jim is one of the few surviving members from The Andy Griffith show...The Highlight on Andy's show and on Jim's spin-off show were ALL the episodes where Gomer sang...His voice was Rich, Strong, Operatic and unreal. Jim was doing his thing long before Master Luciano Pavarotti made it big...

[gsdx]

The Highlight on Andy's show and on Jim's spin-off show were ALL the episodes where Gomer sang...His voice was Rich, Strong, Operatic and unreal.

Case in point: http://www.justusboys.com/forum/thre...=1#post8675967

[JohannBessler]

When I was a junior in high school (1963) the joke was that if Rock Hudson married Gomer Pyle, he would be Rock Pyle.

You left out the other half of the joke:

"What would Anita Bryant's name become if she married Moby Dick?"

BTW, it's a 70s joke.

[bobobo]

that was in the 70's not 1963 that the rumor happened.

sorry wrong decade for your junior high experience

Sorry, Pretty Pete, it was first semester of my senior year (I graduated in '63, so I was wrong; it was '62). It was told by my Latin Teacher, Fr. Gilbert Chabot at Assumption Prep in Worcester, Mass. He also "shared" Liberace's phone number "middlesex R U 1 2." Btw, he demanded to be known as "Mother Gilbert."

[yhtang]

It seems his 'Impossible Dream' finally came true. Well done, Jim.

Ah, this clip brings back memories. Thanks for bringing it out.

I remember watching Gomer Pyle as a kid, and was I was amazed by Jim Nabors' singing voice as opposed to the voice of his character.

Good for Jim Nabors be be married to someone he holds dear.

[sixthson]

It's only Gomer and Opie left from that show, right?

[gsdx]

It's only Gomer and Opie left from that show, right?

I believe George 'Goober' Lindsey died last year. Ron's brother, Clint Howard, is still alive. He was a semi-regular.

Of the regular cast, the only other member still alive is Betty 'Thelma Lou' Lynn.

[JohannBessler]

^I remember The Andy Griffith Show as the only show that showed Southern life in the 1960s accurately (although Barney's character was over-the-top)

All of the rest of the popular shows made fun of us, turned us into caricatures.