@@TheLifeandSadEnding 1923 TO 1974 = 51 Gravestone marker is no lie but you get your information from Wikipedia which is often Wrong but it is your friend . I will stick to common math.
@johnnyyuma4194 , yes, basic math says you are correct...however there are these tricky things that are contained within a year called months and within these months are days, are you following? So if he had lived past October (his birth month) he would have in fact been 51. But because of those pesky months I was talking about, the year is split into 12 of them. So he died in June not quite making it 51 times around the sun.. so it was 50 years and some days. If you want basic he lived within 51 years but didn't makenit 51 times around the sun.
I was thirteen when it premièred in 1964. Of course we had already been seeing Gomer on the Andy Griffith Show, so naturally we were going to tune in. Sgt Carter was a great character for Frank Sutton and you are right, he died way to young. Thanks!
Right. If you think, for instance, of swapping Skipper from Gilligan's Island and Sgt. Carter from Gomer Pyle -- neither one would have been the same show.
This Video is GOLD. I actually met Jim Nabors back in 1995 & 97 when he was performing in concert. I first started watching GOMER PYLE USMC in the early 90's which is when I first Learned about the show. I Love GOMER PYLE USMC because of Nabors & Sutton & it is beyond Sad , passing away at only 50 years old. God Bless Frank Sutton & Jim Nabors. 👍🏻🪙👍🏻
I liked the episode when Opie ran away from home and arrived at Gomer's base. When Andy came for him ,Sgt. Carter pleaded with Andy to go easy on Opie,which he did.
I always thought my Dad and Sgt. Cater could have been brothers when I was a kid. My Dad was a 30 year USAF Pilot and Officer. He was left handed like Sgt. Carter. On TV Sgt Cater had a somewhat volatile reaction when things would get out of hand and so did my Dad🤣 My older brothers laughed when I told them about my "brothers theory" but they promisded me I would not tell our Dad. Years later after Dad have retired from active service and was way more mellow, I did tell him and he laughed. The funny part was Sgt. Caters girlfriend in the show was named Bunny and THAT was my Mom's nickname for Bernice because she was born the day before Easter! Appreciated this wonderful story! Cheers👋
As a Black kid in the 'hood, we watched a variety of tv shows. Gomer Pyle was a favorite. As the show progressed and went from black and white to color it became even funnier. My father was a Marine during the Korean war and was a P.O.W. As a child playing with toy army men, jeeps,trucks and tanks I never new the seriousness of war and was oblivious to the social and political climate of the times. Be that as it was, I watched the reruns of the show when I became a teenager and appreciated its humor even more. I was just 15 when Frank Sutton passed and was sad for a while when I heard about it. Jim was a talented vocalist and musician and Frank was gifted in drama and comedy roles. Frank's facial expressions and body language at Pyle's bumblings would kill me at times!🤣🤣 and were pure genius. More often than not however, Pyle would come through for Vince in the end. He was genuinely fond of Vince, respected him, and was dedicated to him. Man I love those guys! They were funny as heck! Now that they both transcended, may the Lord embrace their spirits.👍❤️🙏🙏
I was your age when he passed away also, and sometimes I sit down and have to get my fix of the old school humor, All in the Family, Sanford and Son, even go further back to Beverly Hillbillies, Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy,Three Stooges etc.... it's a shame kids of nowadays don't know who these comedians are!! like you we played with combat toys, rifles helmets grenades and such. My dad was in the army and sent off to Guadalcanal but didn't suffer like your dad , both were heroes no doubt, and may the Lord embrace their spirits.
@@mingching2480 Me and my family watched and enjoyed those tv shows also.👍🤣 May the Heavenly Father bless you and your family my brother @mingching2480!!👍❤️🙏🙏
I have watched him play a lot of different character roles in shows from the late 1950's and 1960's. He was always good at whatever part he played! Yes, it is indeed sad that he had to pass so early!
Nice SG in the background. I was born in 1967 so I didn't watch it in first runs but as a kid in the 70s I saw it in reruns. Love that show it's so funny. It's great he was a Sgt in the Army which gave him valuable real life experience to play Sgt. Carter in Gomer Pyle USMC.
Lost too soon. Watching his various film and television appearances you realize what a versatile actor he was. I can think of several roles in television and film that he would have been perfect for. However, we will always have what he gave us, and the antics of Pyle and Carter have brought so much joy to the lives of myself and countless others.
I was stationed at Ft. Campbell from ‘77-‘81, and lived in Clarksville. Greenwood cemetery was only 3-400 yards from our home. Visited there often (fascinating Civil War cemetery), but never knew he was buried there.
Thank you for this wonderful channel. You do a marvelous job. Delivering these stories. And I was a big fan of Gomer pile . And truly enjoyed the character sergeant Carter.
Jim Nabors was a very loyal friend to Sutton , even hiring him for his variety show. At the end of the first season, CBS wanted to let Sutton go but Nabors refused to let them do it. So the show was cancelled soon afterward
I am a dedicated subscriber. I always learn something new from your content. Thanks for your research and reporting. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by this subscriber 👍👍👍
I remember the Hurricane movie. He played a guy who was having a hurricane party in his apartment and ignoring the warnings to evacuate. It was broadcast in '74 so it was probably his last movie.
The movie that you remember was called "Hurricane". Also in the movie was Larry Hagman, Will Geer, Michael Learned just to name a few. The hurricane footage used in the movie is from Hurricane Carmen in August, 1969.
I love that you're cranking out the videos. Can you please do one of the life and sad ending of Gig Young? He first caught my attention in the Twilight Zone episode Walking Distance. Thanks Steve.
Wow, he was in a lot of shows, etc, that I never knew. Of course, Sgt. Carter was and is the one I remember and watch. Wow, bronze star & purple heart. Never knew about the Soaps since I never watched them. Great actor. 👍
😇🎭💕 I grew up watching the TV show ⭐️📺 . So he was a Sergent in real life!! I didn’t know he was on the 50”s soaps👍. I seen him in so many things , but yet he died only at 50 unexpectedly🥹 Thank you 💕
Somehow I like the term “untimely demise.” Fortunately his work lives on still today. Being 60 myself it’s sad to learn of talented folks passing way too soon.
Brings back fond memories of watching ‘Gomer’s Pyles USMC’ while I was in Middle School. Frank Sutton and Jim Nabors played so well off of each other in the show. Sorry Frank died so young. He was a talented actor and from what I read about him seemed like a genuinely nice man.
@TheLifeandSadEnding The TV movie you are thinking of was titled, appropriately, "Hurricane," which aired in September of 1974 as an "ABC Movie of The Week." It was Sutton's final role.
I remembered when I was was a little girl there was a book titled "Too Young To Die". I think Frank Sutton along with so many others that died decades before their time were mentioned in that book 😢😢😢😢😢. R.I.P.😢😢😢😢
I saw Sutton in a five of episodes of "Love American Style" after Gomer Pyle ended. "Gomer Pyle" wasn't cancelled, Jim Nabors decided not to come back after his original 5 year contract expired. He was given his own variety show on NBC called the "Jim Nabors Hour", where Sutton and his other Gomer co-star Ronnie Schell were frequent guest. Unfortunately, it was cancelled after one year.
Another nice tribute Steve. I read or saw an interview with him when he talked about the generosity of Jim Nabors, it was really touching. Why did he die so young! I wonder if he drank or smoked?
My favorite quirk about him on GP was when he would say "Huh?" whenever someone would tell him something or ask him something that took him by surprise.
I do remember watching some episodes as a small boy when it originally aired, especially the one where they captured a submarine! Also remember reading about his untimely passing in the local paper.
I watched Gomer Pyle on tv and it was hilarious. Sarge made it so good I could never miss an episode. I remember him on Gunsmoke too and a few other shows. So sad that he died young. I thought he was brilliant! ❤ still watch the reruns nowadays
I've seen his NAKED CITY & TZ appearances. I remember hearing about his death on the radio back in 1974, but I didn't remember when. 11 years later I heard on the radio driving home from work that it was the 11th anniversary of his death. My favorite GOMER PYLE episode (at least of those I've seen) is S3's "Gomer, the Welsh Rarebit Fiend", where that dish causes personality changes for both Gomer & Carter.
My dad was his age 51 and died of a heart attack and was in the army in World War Two but went and fought the Germans. I really liked Sergant Carter. Wish they hadn’t ended that show or at least made a few more episodes
I never knew that Frank Sutton was color blind. When he died, Gordon Lightfoot was enjoying his only #1 song, with Sundown, which is the title track from the album, which was the #1 LP on the pop charts, and also his only #1 album.
Loved Gomer Pyle, as a kid!! Grew up on the reruns, in the late '60's- early '70's). Gomer was a boob. The name says it all☺️. Frank Sutton was good, in the film; 'The Satan Bug' (1965). Those biological germ-warfare, types of movies, creeped me out, as a kid.
I had heard one time that during the span of the Jim Neighbors Show, that the network wanted Frank Sutton off the show. I guess they felt he had worn out his welcome. However, Jim was so loyal to him as a friend, that he refused and risked having the show taken off the air because of it.
I never knew any of this I'm glad you did this so thank you. And also yes, I remember watching gomer Pyle when I was a kid. It was so funny and still funny now when I watched the reruns
I must visit that statue & snap a selfie with it. This is a tidbit of which I was unaware. As for Gomer, the conventional wisdom of the day has me thinking Pvt. Pile rarely made it home from work, “smelling like a rose”… thanks for the cool episodes…..
No one looked better in a crew cut than Frank Sutton as Sgt. Carter. I'd never seen him otherwise with a regular haircut until this video! I read a few years ago Frank consumed a lot of coffee every day while doing the Pyle show. I have to wonder if his heart attack was a result of too much caffeine. He was one of a kind, and gone far too soon.
Yes, I remember the Hurrican Movie about Hurrican Camille and the destruction of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and he played the part of a man who stayed instead of evacuating. He also played a part on Dragnet after Gomer Pyle. He and his wife in the episode got into an argument over him making a Brandied Fruit Cake for Christmas.
Steve, i guess on January 1st everyone in the world turns one year older. Some people just like to argue. Gomer Pyle was a spinoff, I believe, of Andy griffin, where Gomer was an auto mechanic. Both shows were on at the same time, i think, for a year or two. ? Andy griffin, black and white, Gomer Pyle , color. Steve, if you could do bea benaderet that would be an enjoyable one. Thank you sir.
My friend just past away the same way back in October, he was only 53. I watched Gomer in reruns growing up. I to felt sorry for Sergeant Carter at times.
Gomer Pyle was not a goof off. He worked harder than the rest of his platoon. He was just not too bright and wasnt really cut out to be a Marine. If he were truly a goof off Carter would not have been so patient with him.
He will always be Sgt Carter and that role was perfect for Frank Sutton. Gomer Pyle was one of my favorite shows a show that went against the grain when the Vietnam War was taking place. Vietnam was never the topic on the Gomer Pyle show, but Hippies were the topic when a marine bus 🚌 had been painted Psychedelic 😵💫.
He was 51 years old when He died not 50 as you said. Math is your friend try it please.
Say hello to my little friend Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sutton
@@TheLifeandSadEnding 1923 TO 1974 = 51 Gravestone marker is no lie but you get your information from Wikipedia which is often Wrong but it is your friend . I will stick to common math.
@@johnnyyuma4194 he didn't reach his birthday before death maybe? Is the attitude and insults necessary?
@@johnnyyuma4194 I hope you talk better than you type.
@johnnyyuma4194 , yes, basic math says you are correct...however there are these tricky things that are contained within a year called months and within these months are days, are you following? So if he had lived past October (his birth month) he would have in fact been 51. But because of those pesky months I was talking about, the year is split into 12 of them. So he died in June not quite making it 51 times around the sun.. so it was 50 years and some days. If you want basic he lived within 51 years but didn't makenit 51 times around the sun.
Never knew any of this! I'm 42, from Nashville and am blown away with all this information! I have a new found respect for Frank Sutton now.
Frank Sutton's role as Sgt. Carter absolutely made that show.
Sgt Carter: (slow burn): PYLE!! 😅
Frank Sutton made that show and that role. He was perfect for it. RIP, Frank.
he was the show......
@@matthewtarka2804 He and Gommer Pyle were the show!
Sgt Carter was a great role, can still hear him screaming…Pile! Died too young
I always loved Frank Sutton, he was just amazing, and such a part of my childhood watching Gomer Pyle 😿✌❤
Pyle! You lamebrain! You nitwit! You nucklehead! Move it! Move it! Move it!!!
He got a statue and we had to lose him at age 50 wow! I am 67 and still going. Yes loved Gomer Pyle alot. Thanks for his story.
Agree completely, Sally. I just turned 67 in May, and still enjoy the show to this day.
This is very nice to give Frank Sutton the recognition he truly deserves! "I can't hearrr youuu!" Absolutely legendary!😄👏👏👏
Tremendous role he played in Gomer Pyle as SGT. CARTER. Loved him in MARTY also. Great talent. RIP SARGE 🙏🙏
Who was he in Marty?
My Dad loved watching Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. He always cracked up laughing when Sgt. Carter was yelling at Pfc. Pyle.
I was thirteen when it premièred in 1964. Of course we had already been seeing Gomer on the Andy Griffith Show, so naturally we were going to tune in. Sgt Carter was a great character for Frank Sutton and you are right, he died way to young. Thanks!
There's nobody could have played the part of Seargent Carter better than Frank Sutton. He was truly a great actor.RIP Mr. Sutton.
Right. If you think, for instance, of swapping Skipper from Gilligan's Island and Sgt. Carter from Gomer Pyle -- neither one would have been the same show.
I love Gomer Pyle USMC! Frank Sutton was awesome. he had great chemistry with Jim Nabors!
Frank made the show, Gomer was the set-up character. I loved Sutton's cheesy smile when he tried to hustle a babe and failed.
Thanks Steve. I always felt sorry for Sgt. Carter too. It's nice they were such good friends in real life, and that Jim was such a loyal friend!
This Video is GOLD. I actually met Jim Nabors back in 1995 & 97 when he was performing in concert. I first started watching GOMER PYLE USMC in the early 90's which is when I first Learned about the show. I Love GOMER PYLE USMC because of Nabors & Sutton & it is beyond Sad , passing away at only 50 years old.
God Bless Frank Sutton & Jim Nabors.
👍🏻🪙👍🏻
I loved Gomer Pyle show growing up!!!!!
Frank Sutton was the greatest straight man in history
That's ridiculous, he was good, but far from the greatest.
@@Omar_Zazzleeveryone entitled to their opinion, dude!
GREAT ROLE FOR HIM…DR.BRYANT LANE…PERFECT CASTING.
@@jerrydillard2430relax, cool cat
No, Bud Abbott.
He and Jim had great chemistry 50 is so young 😮
Nice video, very sad and loved Gomer Pile reruns as a kid in the 70's
I liked the episode when Opie ran away from home and arrived at Gomer's base. When Andy came for him ,Sgt.
Carter pleaded with Andy to go easy on Opie,which he did.
I'm 58. Dying at 50 is way too young. I remember him well in that show
Any death under 70 is too young.😢
I always thought my Dad and Sgt. Cater could have been brothers when I was a kid. My Dad was a 30 year USAF Pilot and Officer. He was left handed like Sgt. Carter. On TV Sgt Cater had a somewhat volatile reaction when things would get out of hand and so did my Dad🤣 My older brothers laughed when I told them about my "brothers theory" but they promisded me I would not tell our Dad. Years later after Dad have retired from active service and was way more mellow, I did tell him and he laughed. The funny part was Sgt. Caters girlfriend in the show was named Bunny and THAT was my Mom's nickname for Bernice because she was born the day before Easter! Appreciated this wonderful story! Cheers👋
Sgt Carter: "Pyylle!" Gomer: "Surprise, surprise, surprise!"
"Shazam!!!"
I remembered him in Love American Style. When I was small we used to watch Gomer Pyle USMC. It's so sad he died so young!
As a Black kid in the 'hood, we watched a variety of tv shows. Gomer Pyle was a favorite. As the show progressed and went from black and white to color it became even funnier. My father was a Marine during the Korean war and was a P.O.W. As a child playing with toy army men, jeeps,trucks and tanks I never new the seriousness of war and was oblivious to the social and political climate of the times. Be that as it was, I watched the reruns of the show when I became a teenager and appreciated its humor even more. I was just 15 when Frank Sutton passed and was sad for a while when I heard about it. Jim was a talented vocalist and musician and Frank was gifted in drama and comedy roles. Frank's facial expressions and body language at Pyle's bumblings would kill me at times!🤣🤣 and were pure genius. More often than not however, Pyle would come through for Vince in the end. He was genuinely fond of Vince, respected him, and was dedicated to him. Man I love those guys! They were funny as heck! Now that they both transcended, may the Lord embrace their spirits.👍❤️🙏🙏
I was your age when he passed away also, and sometimes I sit down and have to get my fix of the old school humor, All in the Family, Sanford and Son, even go further back to Beverly Hillbillies, Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy,Three Stooges etc.... it's a shame kids of nowadays don't know who these comedians are!! like you we played with combat toys, rifles helmets grenades and such. My dad was in the army and sent off to Guadalcanal but didn't suffer like your dad , both were heroes no doubt, and may the Lord embrace their spirits.
@@mingching2480 Me and my family watched and enjoyed those tv shows also.👍🤣 May the Heavenly Father bless you and your family my brother @mingching2480!!👍❤️🙏🙏
I have watched him play a lot of different character roles in shows from the late 1950's and 1960's. He was always good at whatever part he played! Yes, it is indeed sad that he had to pass so early!
Loved the show, still do. thanks for this clip my friend ~
Gomer Pyle is my all time favorite sit com!
Nice SG in the background.
I was born in 1967 so I didn't watch it in first runs but as a kid in the 70s I saw it in reruns. Love that show it's so funny. It's great he was a Sgt in the Army which gave him valuable real life experience to play Sgt. Carter in Gomer Pyle USMC.
Lost too soon. Watching his various film and television appearances you realize what a versatile actor he was. I can think of several roles in television and film that he would have been perfect for. However, we will always have what he gave us, and the antics of Pyle and Carter have brought so much joy to the lives of myself and countless others.
I appreciate you sticking to the facts without the drama! Thanks!
I was stationed at Ft. Campbell from ‘77-‘81, and lived in Clarksville. Greenwood cemetery was only 3-400 yards from our home. Visited there often (fascinating Civil War cemetery), but never knew he was buried there.
Thank you for this wonderful channel. You do a marvelous job.
Delivering these stories. And I was a big fan of Gomer pile . And truly enjoyed the character sergeant Carter.
Thank you very much!
Frank and Jim had wonderful chemistry. They were very close off camera which was heartwarming to learn.
Jim Nabors was a very loyal friend to Sutton , even hiring him for his variety show. At the end of the first season, CBS wanted to let Sutton go but Nabors refused to let them do it. So the show was cancelled soon afterward
Like most of us boomers, I watched Gomer Pyle growing up too. That's why I joined the Army instead of the Marines in '73!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I am a dedicated subscriber. I always learn something new from your content. Thanks for your research and reporting. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by this subscriber 👍👍👍
Thanks Scott!
Frank was made for the role of Sgt Carter. 🙏
Absolutely!
Reruns but not long after. I always loved Sgt. Carter ❤
I remember the Hurricane movie. He played a guy who was having a hurricane party in his apartment and ignoring the warnings to evacuate. It was broadcast in '74 so it was probably his last movie.
That show was SO funny 😁 Frank Sutton was a marvelous actor. Only 50. Way too young. 😔
The movie that you remember was called "Hurricane". Also in the movie was Larry Hagman, Will Geer, Michael Learned just to name a few. The hurricane footage used in the movie is from Hurricane Carmen in August, 1969.
Thank you!
I love that you're cranking out the videos. Can you please do one of the life and sad ending of Gig Young? He first caught my attention in the Twilight Zone episode Walking Distance. Thanks Steve.
Wow, he was in a lot of shows, etc, that I never knew. Of course, Sgt. Carter was and is the one I remember and watch. Wow, bronze star & purple heart. Never knew about the Soaps since I never watched them. Great actor. 👍
I remember Gomer Pyle usmc and I remember frank Sutton 😊
Loved the show as a kid, still catch it on Me Tv sometimes!! So Sgt Carter really was a Sgt, never knew that!!!
I can recall and whistle that theme song any time anywhere. I loved Sgt. Carter.
I find it so ironic that he plays a Marine gunnery sergeant when he was rejected in real life life from joining the Marines.
Doesn't matter because the marines see him as a positive representation
Well, “I” have a 100% rejection rate with the ladies, but I still….wait, where was I going with this comment?
😇🎭💕 I grew up watching the TV show ⭐️📺 . So he was a Sergent in real life!! I didn’t know he was on the 50”s soaps👍. I seen him in so many things , but yet he died only at 50 unexpectedly🥹 Thank you 💕
He was and always will be Sgt. Carter. Glory days of TV shows!
50 way too young to die. Thank you for sharing!
Somehow I like the term “untimely demise.” Fortunately his work lives on still today. Being 60 myself it’s sad to learn of talented folks passing way too soon.
Although I read that she was barely five years older than Frank Sutton, casting Kathleen Freeman as Sgt Carter's mother was brilliant! Haha!
Brings back fond memories of watching ‘Gomer’s Pyles USMC’ while I was in Middle School. Frank Sutton and Jim Nabors played so well off of each other in the show. Sorry Frank died so young. He was a talented actor and from what I read about him seemed like a genuinely nice man.
Yeah, I remember watching Gomer Pyle with my mother when I was a kid when it was in syndication. Of course.
@TheLifeandSadEnding The TV movie you are thinking of was titled, appropriately, "Hurricane," which aired in September of 1974 as an "ABC Movie of The Week." It was Sutton's final role.
Thanks!
I remembered when I was was a little girl there was a book titled "Too Young To Die". I think Frank Sutton along with so many others that died decades before their time were mentioned in that book 😢😢😢😢😢. R.I.P.😢😢😢😢
my parents liked this show as did i and we tuned in regularly.
I saw Sutton in a five of episodes of "Love American Style" after Gomer Pyle ended. "Gomer Pyle" wasn't cancelled, Jim Nabors decided not to come back after his original 5 year contract expired. He was given his own variety show on NBC called the "Jim Nabors Hour", where Sutton and his other Gomer co-star Ronnie Schell were frequent guest. Unfortunately, it was cancelled after one year.
Another nice tribute Steve. I read or saw an interview with him when he talked about the generosity of Jim Nabors, it was really touching. Why did he die so young! I wonder if he drank or smoked?
WAKY!!! ✌️😝
They played the best music when I was growing up!
My favorite quirk about him on GP was when he would say "Huh?" whenever someone would tell him something or ask him something that took him by surprise.
I do remember watching some episodes as a small boy when it originally aired, especially the one where they captured a submarine! Also remember reading about his untimely passing in the local paper.
I watched Gomer Pyle on tv and it was hilarious. Sarge made it so good I could never miss an episode. I remember him on Gunsmoke too and a few other shows. So sad that he died young. I thought he was brilliant! ❤ still watch the reruns nowadays
The world lost a great talent when it lost the other half of the Gomer Pyle. Show. 💕😢
I've seen his NAKED CITY & TZ appearances. I remember hearing about his death on the radio back in 1974, but I didn't remember when. 11 years later I heard on the radio driving home from work that it was the 11th anniversary of his death. My favorite GOMER PYLE episode (at least of those I've seen) is S3's "Gomer, the Welsh Rarebit Fiend", where that dish causes personality changes for both Gomer & Carter.
My dad was his age 51 and died of a heart attack and was in the army in World War Two but went and fought the Germans. I really liked Sergant Carter. Wish they hadn’t ended that show or at least made a few more episodes
I never knew that Frank Sutton was color blind. When he died, Gordon Lightfoot was enjoying his only #1 song, with Sundown, which is the title track from the album, which was the #1 LP on the pop charts, and also his only #1 album.
Loved Gomer Pyle, as a kid!! Grew up on the reruns, in the late '60's- early '70's). Gomer was a boob. The name says it all☺️. Frank Sutton was good, in the film; 'The Satan Bug' (1965). Those biological germ-warfare, types of movies, creeped me out, as a kid.
I had heard one time that during the span of the Jim Neighbors Show, that the network wanted Frank Sutton off the show. I guess they felt he had worn out his welcome. However, Jim was so loyal to him as a friend, that he refused and risked having the show taken off the air because of it.
Yeah I heard that too.
A true friend 😊👍
Im 64 and still going
76 here and still above ground! But for how long?😂
Almost 67, had cancer twice,but still here. Thankyou Jesus. 🙏
I’m 63, life has been good to me.
I never knew any of this I'm glad you did this so thank you. And also yes, I remember watching gomer Pyle when I was a kid. It was so funny and still funny now when I watched the reruns
MOVE IT ! - MOVE IT ! - MOVE IT !
PYLE!!!!!!!
Sutton could have played many roles in the 70's and 80's if he had a longer life. I can see him playing Mel on Alice very similar to Vic Tayback .
good video as always!
RIP Frank 🙏
Jim "Earnest" Varney also died at 50. Maybe do a story on him.
I did.
Like Sutton, Jim Varney was also a chain-smoker. He didn't smoke onstage as Ernest and other characters he played, but offstage.......
Gomer Pyle always reminds me of the comic strip Beetle Bailey, with Gomer as Beetle (but minus the covered up eyes), and Sgt. Carter as Sgt. Snorkel.
I’ve seen the statue close up. It’s iconic. Downtown Clarksville.
Great video. Looks like you have a new subscriber. Cheers from British Columbia Canada
Thanks Dave, I appreciate it.
As a kid, I loved Frank Sutton...
Awesome characters and wonderful acting! Sad he left so young.
Gomer Pyle was one of the reasons why I joined the Marine Corps.
Watched it as a kid back in the 1960s. Sergeant Carter made that show he was truly the funny one along with Duke played by Ronnie Schell😊
I must visit that statue & snap a selfie with it. This is a tidbit of which I was unaware.
As for Gomer, the conventional wisdom of the day has me thinking Pvt. Pile rarely made it home from work, “smelling like a rose”… thanks for the cool episodes…..
I remember him in Combat and Gunsmoke and others where he played a not too bright character or a heavy actor. Very versatile
World Class Act… 🫡🇺🇸👍🏻🙏🏻
No one looked better in a crew cut than Frank Sutton as Sgt. Carter. I'd never seen him otherwise with a regular haircut until this video! I read a few years ago Frank consumed a lot of coffee every day while doing the Pyle show. I have to wonder if his heart attack was a result of too much caffeine. He was one of a kind, and gone far too soon.
Yes, I remember the Hurrican Movie about Hurrican Camille and the destruction of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and he played the part of a man who stayed instead of evacuating. He also played a part on Dragnet after Gomer Pyle. He and his wife in the episode got into an argument over him making a Brandied Fruit Cake for Christmas.
I remember Frank in the Twilight Zone. I loved Gomer Pyle and Sgt Carter was a huge part of that show. It is sad that Frank died so young at 50.
Steve, i guess on January 1st everyone in the world turns one year older. Some people just like to argue. Gomer Pyle was a spinoff, I believe, of Andy griffin, where Gomer was an auto mechanic. Both shows were on at the same time, i think, for a year or two. ? Andy griffin, black and white, Gomer Pyle , color. Steve, if you could do bea benaderet that would be an enjoyable one. Thank you sir.
Yes I did Bea, she's on the channel here somewhere.
@@TheLifeandSadEnding oh sorry. I’ll look for it. Thanks!
When Lou Anne sang THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC...it was a HALL MARK MOMENT
My friend just past away the same way back in October, he was only 53. I watched Gomer in reruns growing up. I to felt sorry for Sergeant Carter at times.
I'm 58 and 50 is way too young for any of us to pass.
Gomer Pyle was in the prime of my childhood. I remember it well. Gomer always ruined sarge's day!
In real life he ruined his husbands rearend. 🤢🤢🤢🤮
Gomer Pyle was not a goof off. He worked harder than the rest of his platoon. He was just not too bright and wasnt really cut out to be a Marine. If he were truly a goof off Carter would not have been so patient with him.
Gomer Pyle, Beverly Hillbillies, The Munsters, I Dream of Jeannie, just to name a few of the greatest TV shows.
I remember him in That t v movie. There was a hurricane coming and they were having a hurricane party and they all died.
He will always be Sgt Carter and that role was perfect for Frank Sutton. Gomer Pyle was one of my favorite shows a show that went against the grain when the Vietnam War was taking place. Vietnam was never the topic on the Gomer Pyle show, but Hippies were the topic when a marine bus 🚌 had been painted Psychedelic 😵💫.