The misadventures of a bumbling U.S. Marine named Gomer Pyle.
Cast:Jim Nabors , Frank Sutton , Ronnie Schell , Roy Stuart , Forrest Compton , Barbara Stuart , Ted Bessell , Allan Melvin , William Christopher , Elizabeth MacRae , Tommy Leonetti , Larry Hovis , Buck Young , Craig Huebing , Mark Slade , Victor Brandt , Eddie Smith , Allison McKay
Gomer holds a wedding ring for a friend and it appears to be lost when they spend a night baking bread.
Sergeant Carter's date has a friend she doesn't want to leave alone so she tells the Sergeant that it's a double date or nothing. As a last resort the Sergeant invites Pyle.
Gomer meets a family from N. Carolina who have encountered truck problems en route to Oregon so Gomer puts them up in a blasting range cabin untill he has time to fix their truck.
Gomer volunteers to train "Killer" a German Sheppard intended for sentry duty but turns Killer into a pussycat.
When the supply Sgt is reluctant to go on vacation, Sgt Carter bets him any Knucklehead can take over his job. Of course, what bigger Knucklehead than Pyle to prove him right.
In the first of the 3 part sea maneuvers, Gomer sneaks a cat aboard a Navy ship, unaware there is sensitive Petty Chief Officer who throws all Contraband overboard.
Part 2 of sea maneuvers has Pyle repeatedly goofing up Carter's mission.
Part 3 of Sea Maneuvers, has Carter challenging the Petty Chief Officer to a boxing match not knowing the Chief was the Fleet Champ with 37 knockouts.
While sitting in a restaurant, Gomer witnesses an automobile accident between Sergeant Carter and another driver. When in court Gomer takes the oath seriously to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
When Gomer's cousin Goober shows up in the barracks and puts on one of Gomer's uniforms and then wanders the base, everyone sees the name Pyle on the uniform and thinks Gomer is losing his mind.
Gomer starts dating Sergeant Carter's sister. Carter is determined to break them up.
Carter assigns Pyle to drive his precious car back from the airport but the car is stolen immediately. Now Pyle has 24 hours to find it before Carter gets back and kills him.
Gomer won't rest until he helps to reunite Sergeant Carter with Miss Bunny after they had a lovers spat.
Gomer and his platoon engage in "war games" against a rival unit and Pvt. Pyle ends up captured and a prisoner of war.
Sergeant Carter orders Pyle to take a week long furlough but instead of going back home to Mayberry, Pyle takes a civilian job on base so he can remain close to the Sergeant.
Gomer's acts of kindness towards his new waitress friend is mistaken for romantic interest by her cruel Marine Sergeant boyfriend.
Grandma Pyle visits Gomer, reads his fortune and predicts Gomer will cause something bad to happen; then Sergeant Carter loses his voice while yelling at him.
Gomer accompanies his friend, Frankie to his home for the weekend. While there, Gomer sings a love song to Frankie's sister, who is engaged to a local fellow who is not in a rush to get married. Frankie and his mother use this as an opportunity to move the fellow to the altar.
Pyle wants Sgt. Carter to meet his cousin, Bridey at the Camp Dance. Carter declines until he and Cpl. Boyle spot Pyle out with a very attractive girl. They assume erroneously that the girl is Pyle's cousin. After that is explained, there is another case of mistaken identity that keep Carter and Boyle busy.
A Colonel and his young daughter are visiting Camp Henderson. While befriending the little girl, Pyle has no problem getting her and himself in trouble with everyone.
Sgt. Carter is chosen to appear in a documentary but becomes an absurd camera hog, leaving producers no choice but to follow Gomer performing punishments Carter doles out.
After a pay phone spits out $41.75 in coins, Duke and Frankie are ecstatic about all the fun they can have spending it, but good Samaritan Gomer is determined to return it to the phone company.
Duke Slater wins amateur comedy night at the Jade Club. Duke's act is impressions, with his feature on Sgt. Carter the best part of his act. Against all common sense and his friend's advice, Gomer invites Carter to Duke's encore performance.
Gomer wins a trip for two to Las Vegas and takes Sergeant Carter with him. The Sergeant has no money so he has to rely on Gomer for entertainment but Gomer has set an itinerary which include things like visiting a Rock Museum.
Opie Taylor runs away from Mayberry to join the Marines.
A bet between sergeants and Sergeant Carter's lies result in Gomer dating Miss Camp Henderson and taking her to Lookout Point.
Both Gomer and Sergeant Carter are conned by an old bum.
Sergeant Carter takes a temporary desk job writing training manuals and considers making it permanent when he sees the platoon does fine without him; so Gomer messes things up to bring the Sergeant back.
Sergeant Carter is in a restaurant with a girl other than his girlfriend when he foils an armed robbery. The Sergeant doesn't want his girlfriend to know he was there with another woman so he pins the credit on Gomer.