I grew up with Gomer Pyle and it was a great show. Goofy character but always a lesson in goodness. Few back then knew of Jim Nabors' incredible voice, but I heard it many years ago and think his light was hidden under that bushel for too long. You go, Gomer!
I am going into the marines when I'm 18, and this song is basically saying, "Do you have what it takes?" I pray I do. I wanna be one of those people who will, as it says at 1:46 "TO BE WILLING TO MARCH INTO HELL FOR A HEAVENLY CAUSE." I wanna be one of those men. I really do. Thank you, Jim Nabors. Thank you. I hope I meet you someday, but if not, I hope I will see you in Heaven.
This is absolutely amazing! I grew up on "Gomer Pyle, USMC" as a kid and to hear this voice come from Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle is the best! I think that "Gomer Pyle" was the Susan Boyle of his time!
@buckyboywv1 Just saw Stokes in concert. Of course, his encore was "Impossible Dream." Fantastic! Just now, I've come across this clip. Every bit as wonderful as Stokes. I wonder if Susan Boyle ever saw this episode and thought "Dear God, let that happen to me sometime." And it did!
Didn't know he was still alive. He believed in having highest hopes and striving for excellence. A great person and wonderful actor. Loved his songs and how he put all of his warmth and goodness into them.
@JoanieDingess57 A couple of weeks ago Jim Nabors participated in something I don't remember what in Honolulu. He is alive and we don't see much of him. He lives a quiet time
i watch this as a kid after school... now i watch it at 49 years old... and get a tear in my eye... loved it... still love it... i live close to him an maybe still someday i will meet him ... thanks for posting :)))))))
I LOVE JIM NABORS, ALWAYS HAVE. THIS IS THE BEST RENDITION OF THIS SONG, I JUST COMPARED A LOT OF DIFFERENT SINGERS, EVEN PLACIDO DOMINGO, 3 TENORS,
SINATRA, TOM JONES, AND JIM WINS HANDS DOWN. OF COURSE I ALWAYS KNEW THIS, I DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPARE. I HAVE LOVED JIM SINGING THIS SONG, SINCE I WAS A CHILD, AND ALWAYS SAID: "IT IS MY FAVOURITE SONG OF ALL TIME".
I LOVE JIM NABORS, ALWAYS HAVE. THIS IS THE BEST RENDITION OF THIS SONG, I JUST COMPARED A LOT OF DIFFERENT SINGERS, EVEN PLACIDO DOMINGO, 3 TENORS,
SINATRA, TOM JONES, AND JIM WINS HANDS DOWN. OF COURSE I ALWAYS KNEW THIS, I DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPARE. I HAVE LOVED JIM SINGING THIS SONG, SINCE I WAS A CHILD, AND ALWAYS SAID: "IT IS MY FAVOURITE SONG OF ALL TIME".
I LOVE JIM NABORS, ALWAYS HAVE. THIS IS THE BEST RENDITION OF THIS SONG, I JUST COMPARED A LOT OF DIFFERENT SINGERS, EVEN PLACIDO DOMINGO, 3 TENORS,
SINATRA, TOM JONES, AND JIM WINS HANDS DOWN. OF COURSE I ALWAYS KNEW THIS, I DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPARE. I HAVE LOVED JIM SINGING THIS SONG, SINCE I WAS A CHILD, AND ALWAYS SAID: "IT IS MY FAVOURITE SONG OF ALL TIME".
I've always liked Gomer Pyle, who was humble and never had a self image problem. Then he opens his mouth and this amzing voice rolls out. Simply wonderful! Thanks Mr. Nabors
Goooooooly! He was always good with that voice. If I hadn't seen it YEARS ago as a kid, I'd have expected all the buttons to pop off his uniform on that last note. Talented singer, no doubt.
I walked by Jim Nabors on a beach at Diamond Head in Hawaii several years ago. He said "hello' in such a friendly and humble manner. I was always a fan but now I will always treasure that very brief moment when he presented himself as an equal. How sweet. What a Great Voice and I am happy to have had the priveledge , if only by coincedence to meet him. A lovely moment.
This is one of those songs that gives me goose bumps. It was written in 1965 for the musical, "Man of LaMancha" but when Jim Nabors sings it dressed in the Marine Corp uniform it brings to mind those men who have gone into battle and fought for their country....
I was absolutely shocked when I heard you sing after knowing you as Gomer Pyle for so long. Why did you not become a singer? Did you ever put out a record? You rock dude.
Several yrs ago the historian Arnold Toynbee made the point that "Madison Ave" -- television, commercials, capitalist marketing in general -- has done more harm to America than could any invading army. He compared it to what Plato called "the lie ot the soul" -- not just false *factual* lies but lying about reality itself.
As such, I consider programs such as Gomer Pyle -- one show among *MANY*
-- to be profoundly harmful to society at large; and as such fair game for satire.
I dreamt Mozart rose from the dead and said to Jim Nabors: "Keep up the good work, Gomer!"
You like him, great. But don't go presumptuously perishing thoughts, however expressed, because of your Lawrence Welk white-bread-preferences in music.
As for your equating a negative opinion with cynicsm ... see the continuation of this e-mail below --
This song is so touching (sniff, sniff). Every time I hear it, I throw up. BLAAAAAAAH! BLAAAAAAHHHH! (sob, sob)
And he does it in uniform. The uniform of our boys -- *our* boys -- proudly invading helpless countries, bombing their cities, stealing their oil.
Jim Nabors, this one's for you -- BLAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! BLAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Wait now, got a little more for ya -- BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Actually, as you probably know, YouTube leads us to video clips in a strange, roundabout and unintended way. And lo and behold -- Gomer Pyle!
Still I'm glad I came to the clip. JN singing makes me laugh. Although, I must say, I couldn't watch the entire clip -- it was a question of laughter mixed with my wanting to chuck-up -- or, as the folks on Park Avenue would put it, "up-chuck."
@9162vb48 And then you go to a whole Jim Nabors playlist? I'm glad the internet keeps people like you at arm's length. Imagine actually running into you at a live performance... Perish the thought. Cynics always believe they're somehow improving the world with wit and criticism. In reality, they simply perpetuate mindless negativity. This world has enough trouble without your pessimism, please feel inclined to keep your opinions to yourself in the future.
I'm not permitted to have an opinion about Jim Nabors -- Gomer Pyle?
You refer to "mindless people like me." And Gomer Plye, USMC *isn't* mindless?
Mindless, inane, ***infantile*** shows like GP are what's degraded commercial television to what it is now.
You talk about cynicism -- how cynical do you think the producers of such shows are? -- with their low opinion of what they (cynically) believe the general population wants. Force-feeding them this crap.
@9162vb48 Firstly, I didn't feel the show itself was in question here, only this clip of Jim Nabors singing. For the record, I don't much care for the show myself, nor do I think that Jim Nabors even sings very well. Surprised? I simply take issue with the fact that you took the time to hate on something that plenty of people seem to like, when this video was in a nice little corner of the internet doing you no harm. That you came across it and chose not to move on with life, that's the problem.
@9162vb48 Secondly, I didn't call you mindless, don't get defensive. I said cynics (in general) perpetuate mindless negativity. Yes, there is a difference. Also, there is a difference between a negative opinion and cynicism. A negative opinion is just a personal, unfavorable response to something. But unless asked, it should remain as such: personal. Cynicism is taking your negative opinion to people's front doors and shoving it in their faces.
@9162vb48 Which brings me to my last point, the difference between being "force-fed" and having free will. I feel you must have been strapped to a chair as a small child with your eyelids taped back, watching "Gomer Pyle" for hours on end to reach such a conclusion. The beauty of free media is that you can ignore anything, and watch what you like. If there's nothing that you enjoy you can watch nothing at all. I suggest you try that exercise next time the urge to watch Jim Nabors clips hits you.
@johnizzle725 You write: "But unless asked, it (a negative opinion) should remain as such: personal."
Except this is a public forum; a forum of opinion.
As for being force-fed -- the vast majority of television, then and now is, at best, mediocre. And, no, the public *doesn't* have a democratic choice as to what goes on the airwaves. You write about "the beauty of free media" -- the airwaves were, by law, intended to be free but they're in fact owned & sponsored by Corporate America
@unpoetaloco Actualy 50 years ago no one ASKED your sexualy so many homosexuals did serve in the Armed Forces. Unless you made it KNOWN you a homosexual but that was rare for the times. Any way I dont know if Jim is or isnt gay but I KNOW I love this very talented man...the rest is between him and God
I agree with 'Andrew', this is truly a great version and Gomer Pyle was one of my favorites too. One day, maybe, we will be able to live in "a wonderful fair world".
I think this is the episode where he lost his voice because he was so nervous, but as he was reading the text on the wall at the Lincoln Memorial that his voice returned. I remember this from when so young! CLASSIC folder!!!
@TWBee Do you remember he both the charactor and actor was on the Andy Griffin Show BEFORE The Gomer Pyle Show. I just loved him growing up and still do. He was such a loveable kind charactor. And Jim is one talented man as an actor and powerful singer
Jim Nabors, I grew up on gomer pyle. Im black and most blacks only like black music. and I do as well. but something about a few songs , especially this one , Jim makes your hair stand up. he was a hell of an actor. If only everybody in this world of all culture and race. was like the character, he played Gomer Pyle. It would be a wonderful fair world. did he die?
Jim Nabors, I grew up on gomer pyle. Im black and most blacks only like black music. and I do as well. but something about a few songs , especially this one , Jim makes your hair stand up. he was a hell of an actor. If only everybody in this world of all culture and race. was like the character, he played Gomer Pyle. It would be a wonderful fair world.
@andrewjization Thats very nice of you to say about him.. Did you know Frank Sutton (sgt carter)and he were very good friends until frank's untimely death in shreveport La in the early 70's. the opening credits of gomer pyle USMC, where Jim and Frank were marching with other ppl, those other ppl were real United States Marines, Most of them went to Viet Nam, alot never came back. Jim was named an honorary Marine. if i told you all that already, please disregard, i have epilepsy
@AntaresInScorpius jim nabors is still alive he sings "back home again in indiana" before the start of the Indianapolis 500 every year including this one
Long ago...A group of handicapped kids came and preformed at school, there was a blind boy that got up and sang this song. It was the first time I had ever heard it and I was in awe of how well he did. Until now I haven’t found this song preformed as well as that Blind Boy did that day. Jim Nabors comes really close… <3
@margott55 Jim started out as an opera singer, but couldnt make it and one day in Hollywood, someone told him he should go try out for the part of gomer Pyle and he did and that rest is history.
@FWW7450 Actually history was made when he was discovered by Andy Griffith at a nightclub in Santa Monica - he was never an opera singer. He sang in school and church. Andy Griffith put him on his show in 1963 and after his character "Gomer Pyle" got to be popular they made him go off to the Marines in 1964 and started the Gomer Pyle USMC show. He then performed this song in the 1967 season.
cmulwee001: great question. You are right in that it doesn't quite add up but I never thought about that. It makes it even better and more unique. Very creative arrangement. Incredible lives we live and this is one reason why there is a God.
I wonder if he's combining the main song from Man Of La Mancha, with the reprise from the finale. The verses he sings from that point on, I've never heard in any other version, so that's my guess is that the additional verses are from the reprised version at the end. Anyone know?
I looked up this song on wikipeda and it list the albumtitle as Love Me With All Your Heart. It was out on record but I don't know if they have it out on c.d.'s
I've known about Jim Nabors singing ability ......This is by far the best version of The Impossible Dream I've ever heard and I've seen Man of La Mancha off Broadway.
I was watching that show that night. I saw most of his TV shows. It did take us out of our seats. What an incredible musical experience. Hard to imagine that much sublime talent in one person, and he shared it with us. Thanks for the fantastic clip.
And may I add that Jim Nabors is a very nice person too. I saw him in concert in August 1998 and his voice was just as powerful as it always was. He was very personable and warm with the audience. A genuine, giant talent.
In '68 the country was so bitterly devided over the war and was in turmoil. 1st the TET offensive in Nam. Then LBJ was force out. Dr King and Bobby Kennedy were assasinated. Mass protest. Yet thru this I felt we needed to give South Vietnam a chance to be free. I'd been there before fighting as an infantryman. But talk was cheap. So I volunteered to go back in the army and back again to Nam again as a grunt. Unsure of my chances,yet singing this song to myself on the way over gave me solace.
@unpoetaloco Who gives a 'DANG" about his sexuality!!! Jim Nabors is a man of many talents & that makes him a true entertainer, a man blessed by The Muses.
Just learned that the official dvd set of the Gomer Pyle show has CUT most of the songs! CBS does not want to pay the extra licensing, obviously. Well, there are other ways to get this series, CBS...
Hey - does anyone know if this was truly him singing in front of the audience (as most productions are lip-synched so they get it right, etc.) ...it looks like he's really singing - and if that's so - then when they produced the episode - is what we're hearing as it was recorded - or did they have Nabors do a studio version and simply over-dub it - and we're hearing the studio one? Complicated question, I know - but It would be cool if anyone (or the poster of the video) knows the answer :)
I was six years old when this aired. I remember being in awe when he started singing! I could not believe what I was hearing! I wish I could see the full episode.
@thefourthalien - yes indeed - and you know what would be a great idea? On American Idol they always bring some major singer/songwriter on the show and then the idol finalists attempt to emulate their songs - right? Wouldn't it be great if they had Jim Neighbors come on the show (but as a surprise) ...and he sang this song. It would probably blow more people away than ever - even more than Susan Boyle - because I think most people have forgotten that Jim could sing like this.
The song is just amazing and so is Jim Nabors singing it ...but isn't it also great the way Sgt. Carter is so proud of Gomer :) ? The Sarge was always giving gomer such a hard time through the whole show ...and it was always cool whenever gomer came through and made the sarge beam with pride. They were a great pair of characters.
jon cypher, whom was alson in the man of la mancha, did a great version of this in major dad. wish i could find that version on youtube. as far as the liberals, they have been sending us to war after gutting us throughout the past century. they love war and valor, they hate the military that has to fight.
This is PRICELESS!!!!! I love all the version of this song, but thiis is incredible! There's a verse or two that is not in any other versions. Did Jim release this as a record? Who would have thought that this would come from Gomer Pyle!? WOW!!! I'll bet people were just floored when they heard this! The most incredible and pleasant surprise you will ever hear. One of the greatest songs of all time!
@JackPlatt You are so right, Mr. Nabors is a wonderful human being, I have all the DVD sets of Gomer Pyle. He has done a lot for mankind. The show is great, I miss the all the old shows we grew up on in the 60s and 70s, Bewitched, That Girl, The Odd Couple, Andy Griffiten, I Dream Of Jeanie, just to name a few of my favorites. How could there be one dislike on this, they are missing out on life or cannot hear..... Thanks Jim for all the wonderful talent you have shared all these years......
@1969pontiac1 Very well said. I agree with you. Jim Nabors, as I always say, is a genuine, giant talent and a very nice person. Thank goodness for DVDs like Gomer Pyle USMC, The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Odd Couple, Leave it to Beaver, Hazel, Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, etc. because those are the only TV shows I watch on my TV set these days.
Thanks for the info! It's been so long, my memory is bad! So did Jim do another version other than the Gomer Pyle episode? Oh by the way, who sang for Peter O'Toole in the MOLM movie, I don't think that was Jim. But I know Peter's voice was dubbed.
@jcatman : why would this be abhorrent to liberals? I'm liberal in many ways, and I've always enjoyed the talents of Jim Nabors. Do you think liberals dislike showtunes in general or The Man of La Mancha in particular? Or the USMC?
Great video, Great voice. Jim Nabors was one talented man, to go from Gomer's laid back hillbilly Marine to that somber Marine singing....Just wonderful version of the song. Another talented actor playing the "slow-wit" hillbilly is Ken Curtis, Festus of Gunsmoke. He has been a singer forever also. Check out "Ken Curtis on youtube sing Tumbling Tumbleweeds.
@Hambone571 Always liked Gomer when I was growing up. I was very surprised with Ken Curtis singing also. I came across a video yesterday of an 11 yr old girl singing "The Impossible Dream" and thought I would pass it on to you.
Did anyone see the forgotten episode of Gomer Pyle USMC where Sergeant Carter accidentally shit his pants in front of formation and Gomer tried to clean it up and sergeant carter became embarrassed?
I remember seeing this episode when I was just 8 years old and I could never forget it because of the powerful voice of Jim Nabors. I have yet today heard anyone perform it better.
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@allpafla You emulated Jim Nabors but I once fully ejaculated Jim Nabors and swallowed all of his cum..Now for a Gay man 26 years old like me thats truely the Impossable dream!Tom Diehl
This is the appropriate entrance song for Mosley when he meets Pacquiao on May 7th (May 8th in PI). It's the the song that Foreman used to upset Moore in their heavyweight fight. Who knows it might work magic for Sugar Shane and upset Manny in their title fight.
Good ol' Gomer, an inspiration from "Will Stockdale" of that 1954 published hilarious book by Mac Hyman "No Time For Sergeants." Yeeeah boy, Gomer, that big goof ball, Ha ha! What a dope! And poor Sergeant Carter, so much for him trying to turn Gom into a mean green fighting machine, ha ha. He'd sooner would've gotten butter from milking a duck than to attempt THAT!!! I think that was the sole underlying running joke of this sitcom. Fun irony. Him trying to break Gomer (if not get rid of him)
only to get frazzled and stumped, ha ha. Great stuff. Anyway, when I was a kid watching Gom, that comic voice would throw me at times. I mean him going from that down-home buttermilk biscuit & maple surup rural twang into a rich resonate cosmopolitan baritone making him completely something else instantly when came time to sing. I was like “What the hell?!” I didn't get it, but oh well. Good gag!! BTW I thought Frank Sutton was just excellent in his role, a rather complex actor if I may so.
Richard Kiley and Placido Domingo and others may very well be the great singers of our time but this particular song requires someone with a deep voice to really bring out the emotion of it's powerful message. Jim Neighbors is one of a very few men who can sing this songs the way it deserves to be sung...good work renecrod3...cudos to you.
If you are reading this Jim Nabors know that Indiana loves you and we wish you the best in life.
denisespurlock 1 day ago
what a voice ! <3 jim nabors
Starfire77 3 days ago
Absolutely magnificent!!
slhs18 1 week ago
OMG....no one has before, and no one has since sang that song the way Jim did. I can listen to it a thousand times....and still get goose bumps!
debubby1 1 week ago
I grew up with Gomer Pyle and it was a great show. Goofy character but always a lesson in goodness. Few back then knew of Jim Nabors' incredible voice, but I heard it many years ago and think his light was hidden under that bushel for too long. You go, Gomer!
leedahorsetowater 2 weeks ago
I am going into the marines when I'm 18, and this song is basically saying, "Do you have what it takes?" I pray I do. I wanna be one of those people who will, as it says at 1:46 "TO BE WILLING TO MARCH INTO HELL FOR A HEAVENLY CAUSE." I wanna be one of those men. I really do. Thank you, Jim Nabors. Thank you. I hope I meet you someday, but if not, I hope I will see you in Heaven.
jordanrb1996 2 weeks ago
@jordanrb1996 Good luck to you my friend :) Semper Fi
thecolaratlady 5 days ago
This is absolutely amazing! I grew up on "Gomer Pyle, USMC" as a kid and to hear this voice come from Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle is the best! I think that "Gomer Pyle" was the Susan Boyle of his time!
wahs1984 2 weeks ago
I love the voice! And the way he sings this song. AMAZING!
LeoValdezluver 3 weeks ago
Jim Nabors is way cool.
maxpowers518 3 weeks ago
Bravo, Jim Nabors, Bravo!!
happyman2088 3 weeks ago 2
"....there is something about a few songs...."
Darrell1019 3 weeks ago 2
you know i grew up with gomer and I think he a great singer this is his song ,hands down sorry brian stokes mitchell
buckyboywv1 1 month ago
@buckyboywv1 Just saw Stokes in concert. Of course, his encore was "Impossible Dream." Fantastic! Just now, I've come across this clip. Every bit as wonderful as Stokes. I wonder if Susan Boyle ever saw this episode and thought "Dear God, let that happen to me sometime." And it did!
MrHambone43 3 weeks ago
It would be wonderful to see The Jim Nabors Hour (a variety tv show from the 70's) on TV.
Manitoba1945 1 month ago
Didn't know he was still alive. He believed in having highest hopes and striving for excellence. A great person and wonderful actor. Loved his songs and how he put all of his warmth and goodness into them.
JoanieDingess57 1 month ago
@JoanieDingess57 A couple of weeks ago Jim Nabors participated in something I don't remember what in Honolulu. He is alive and we don't see much of him. He lives a quiet time
Papailany 1 month ago
48 dislikes? instead of impossible dreams, they must have unbearable nightmares. how could you dislike this, c'mon man!.
MrMferg240 1 month ago
Frank Sutton died too young!!
nycdweller 1 month ago
that was pretty good "uncle jimbo"
burdog309 1 month ago
Isn't he just amazing?! Beautifully done.
apenny4urthots 1 month ago
i watch this as a kid after school... now i watch it at 49 years old... and get a tear in my eye... loved it... still love it... i live close to him an maybe still someday i will meet him ... thanks for posting :)))))))
tigerinasuit2 1 month ago 2
OUTSTANDING!
Semper Fi!
RetireMarine 1 month ago
I LOVE JIM NABORS, ALWAYS HAVE. THIS IS MY MOST FAVOURITE SONG OF ALL TIME.
AND I HAVE LOVED JIM'S RENDITION OF IT SINCE I WAS A CHILD !!!! NO OTHER SINGER COMES CLOSE !!!!
WE LOVE YOU JIM !!!!!
CrazyForMarty 1 month ago
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I LOVE JIM NABORS, ALWAYS HAVE. THIS IS THE BEST RENDITION OF THIS SONG, I JUST COMPARED A LOT OF DIFFERENT SINGERS, EVEN PLACIDO DOMINGO, 3 TENORS,
SINATRA, TOM JONES, AND JIM WINS HANDS DOWN. OF COURSE I ALWAYS KNEW THIS, I DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPARE. I HAVE LOVED JIM SINGING THIS SONG, SINCE I WAS A CHILD, AND ALWAYS SAID: "IT IS MY FAVOURITE SONG OF ALL TIME".
CrazyForMarty 1 month ago
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I LOVE JIM NABORS, ALWAYS HAVE. THIS IS THE BEST RENDITION OF THIS SONG, I JUST COMPARED A LOT OF DIFFERENT SINGERS, EVEN PLACIDO DOMINGO, 3 TENORS,
SINATRA, TOM JONES, AND JIM WINS HANDS DOWN. OF COURSE I ALWAYS KNEW THIS, I DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPARE. I HAVE LOVED JIM SINGING THIS SONG, SINCE I WAS A CHILD, AND ALWAYS SAID: "IT IS MY FAVOURITE SONG OF ALL TIME".
CrazyForMarty 1 month ago
I LOVE JIM NABORS, ALWAYS HAVE. THIS IS THE BEST RENDITION OF THIS SONG, I JUST COMPARED A LOT OF DIFFERENT SINGERS, EVEN PLACIDO DOMINGO, 3 TENORS,
SINATRA, TOM JONES, AND JIM WINS HANDS DOWN. OF COURSE I ALWAYS KNEW THIS, I DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPARE. I HAVE LOVED JIM SINGING THIS SONG, SINCE I WAS A CHILD, AND ALWAYS SAID: "IT IS MY FAVOURITE SONG OF ALL TIME".
CrazyForMarty 1 month ago
I've always liked Gomer Pyle, who was humble and never had a self image problem. Then he opens his mouth and this amzing voice rolls out. Simply wonderful! Thanks Mr. Nabors
mistresskaitlyns 1 month ago
Goooooooly! He was always good with that voice. If I hadn't seen it YEARS ago as a kid, I'd have expected all the buttons to pop off his uniform on that last note. Talented singer, no doubt.
lovethemflowers 1 month ago
I walked by Jim Nabors on a beach at Diamond Head in Hawaii several years ago. He said "hello' in such a friendly and humble manner. I was always a fan but now I will always treasure that very brief moment when he presented himself as an equal. How sweet. What a Great Voice and I am happy to have had the priveledge , if only by coincedence to meet him. A lovely moment.
nancieforeman 1 month ago
@nancieforeman Did Jim mentioned to you that he lives in Honolulu now? He does.
FWW7450 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
This is one of those songs that gives me goose bumps. It was written in 1965 for the musical, "Man of LaMancha" but when Jim Nabors sings it dressed in the Marine Corp uniform it brings to mind those men who have gone into battle and fought for their country....
Circusdog7 1 month ago
very few can reach the unreachable note at the end like he did.
blue2765 2 months ago
I love his voice! And this song was made for him. Granted, Gomer Pyle was a strange show to showcase it, but what the hell. It was a good show!
beachgirl48 2 months ago
Amazing!!!!
philipkev 2 months ago
I was absolutely shocked when I heard you sing after knowing you as Gomer Pyle for so long. Why did you not become a singer? Did you ever put out a record? You rock dude.
Vegheadsrock 2 months ago
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@Vegheadsrock Check him out on IMDB.
USMContra 2 months ago
@Vegheadsrock , he, Jim Neighbors had a ton of records produced, beautiful voice, look back into the very late '60's & 70's & u may can find him
rc6886 2 months ago
Jz,
Several yrs ago the historian Arnold Toynbee made the point that "Madison Ave" -- television, commercials, capitalist marketing in general -- has done more harm to America than could any invading army. He compared it to what Plato called "the lie ot the soul" -- not just false *factual* lies but lying about reality itself.
As such, I consider programs such as Gomer Pyle -- one show among *MANY*
-- to be profoundly harmful to society at large; and as such fair game for satire.
9162vb48 2 months ago
@johnizzle725
Referring to your e-mail below ...
I had a nightmare last night. ...
I dreamt Mozart rose from the dead and said to Jim Nabors: "Keep up the good work, Gomer!"
You like him, great. But don't go presumptuously perishing thoughts, however expressed, because of your Lawrence Welk white-bread-preferences in music.
As for your equating a negative opinion with cynicsm ... see the continuation of this e-mail below --
9162vb48 2 months ago
i so love you gomer
lyzellsimon 2 months ago in playlist lyzellsimon's favorites
This song is so touching (sniff, sniff). Every time I hear it, I throw up. BLAAAAAAAH! BLAAAAAAHHHH! (sob, sob)
And he does it in uniform. The uniform of our boys -- *our* boys -- proudly invading helpless countries, bombing their cities, stealing their oil.
Jim Nabors, this one's for you -- BLAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! BLAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Wait now, got a little more for ya -- BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
9162vb48 2 months ago
@9162vb48 So why did you even come here to watch this?
terracoat 2 months ago
@terracoat
I must be a glutton for punishment.
Actually, as you probably know, YouTube leads us to video clips in a strange, roundabout and unintended way. And lo and behold -- Gomer Pyle!
Still I'm glad I came to the clip. JN singing makes me laugh. Although, I must say, I couldn't watch the entire clip -- it was a question of laughter mixed with my wanting to chuck-up -- or, as the folks on Park Avenue would put it, "up-chuck."
By the way, how are the folks on Park Avenue?
9162vb48 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Jim Nabors
@9162vb48 And then you go to a whole Jim Nabors playlist? I'm glad the internet keeps people like you at arm's length. Imagine actually running into you at a live performance... Perish the thought. Cynics always believe they're somehow improving the world with wit and criticism. In reality, they simply perpetuate mindless negativity. This world has enough trouble without your pessimism, please feel inclined to keep your opinions to yourself in the future.
johnizzle725 2 months ago
@johnizzle725
I'm not permitted to have an opinion about Jim Nabors -- Gomer Pyle?
You refer to "mindless people like me." And Gomer Plye, USMC *isn't* mindless?
Mindless, inane, ***infantile*** shows like GP are what's degraded commercial television to what it is now.
You talk about cynicism -- how cynical do you think the producers of such shows are? -- with their low opinion of what they (cynically) believe the general population wants. Force-feeding them this crap.
9162vb48 2 months ago
@9162vb48 Firstly, I didn't feel the show itself was in question here, only this clip of Jim Nabors singing. For the record, I don't much care for the show myself, nor do I think that Jim Nabors even sings very well. Surprised? I simply take issue with the fact that you took the time to hate on something that plenty of people seem to like, when this video was in a nice little corner of the internet doing you no harm. That you came across it and chose not to move on with life, that's the problem.
johnizzle725 2 months ago
@9162vb48 Secondly, I didn't call you mindless, don't get defensive. I said cynics (in general) perpetuate mindless negativity. Yes, there is a difference. Also, there is a difference between a negative opinion and cynicism. A negative opinion is just a personal, unfavorable response to something. But unless asked, it should remain as such: personal. Cynicism is taking your negative opinion to people's front doors and shoving it in their faces.
johnizzle725 2 months ago
@9162vb48 Which brings me to my last point, the difference between being "force-fed" and having free will. I feel you must have been strapped to a chair as a small child with your eyelids taped back, watching "Gomer Pyle" for hours on end to reach such a conclusion. The beauty of free media is that you can ignore anything, and watch what you like. If there's nothing that you enjoy you can watch nothing at all. I suggest you try that exercise next time the urge to watch Jim Nabors clips hits you.
johnizzle725 2 months ago
@johnizzle725 You write: "But unless asked, it (a negative opinion) should remain as such: personal."
Except this is a public forum; a forum of opinion.
As for being force-fed -- the vast majority of television, then and now is, at best, mediocre. And, no, the public *doesn't* have a democratic choice as to what goes on the airwaves. You write about "the beauty of free media" -- the airwaves were, by law, intended to be free but they're in fact owned & sponsored by Corporate America
9162vb48 2 months ago
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@9162vb48 Why don't you just dry up an blow away. The world would be a much nicer place.
WMJCPA 2 months ago
@9162vb48 then why u watching it?
rc6886 2 months ago
@rc6886
Why did I watch it?
Because I read somewhere that watching something that makes you hold your sides laughing uncontrollably is good for you.
Would you agree, Herr Doctor?
NOTE: I had to stop looking at it after about 20 seconds because ... I think I hurt myself.
9162vb48 2 months ago
Wonderful.
GX2Photography 2 months ago
I forgot how well jim Nabors can sing.
Does a fantastic rendition of this song.
hemi71x 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Jim Nabors
A God given voice...a beautiful man ..a great song.
Something we should and could strive for.
Bless all of you, and thanks fpr posting
OK. I'm not talking about fighting windmills. Just be the best .
kallisann 2 months ago in playlist kallisann's favorites
@unpoetaloco Actualy 50 years ago no one ASKED your sexualy so many homosexuals did serve in the Armed Forces. Unless you made it KNOWN you a homosexual but that was rare for the times. Any way I dont know if Jim is or isnt gay but I KNOW I love this very talented man...the rest is between him and God
rockinrobintweets 2 months ago
God Bless all our Vets past and present. I thank you beyound messure
rockinrobintweets 2 months ago
Happy Veteran's Day to all our veterans....THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
69phmike 2 months ago
Semper Fi, PFC Pyle
gto66solstice08 2 months ago
43 people are upset they were born too late to watch Gomer Pyle.
8mycrab 2 months ago
i can watch this over and over and will all ways loved him..
lyzellsimon 2 months ago in playlist Liked
I agree with 'Andrew', this is truly a great version and Gomer Pyle was one of my favorites too. One day, maybe, we will be able to live in "a wonderful fair world".
ScorpionJoyful 2 months ago
My goodness!!! This is PURE AWESOMENESS!!! RESPECT!!!!!!!
yale3d 3 months ago
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He starts so low and then moves up several keys by the end, I think that's maybe the first time I've heard that with this particular song.
biggrex 3 months ago in playlist jim nabors
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biggrex 3 months ago in playlist jim nabors
I think this is the episode where he lost his voice because he was so nervous, but as he was reading the text on the wall at the Lincoln Memorial that his voice returned. I remember this from when so young! CLASSIC folder!!!
TWBee 3 months ago
@TWBee Do you remember he both the charactor and actor was on the Andy Griffin Show BEFORE The Gomer Pyle Show. I just loved him growing up and still do. He was such a loveable kind charactor. And Jim is one talented man as an actor and powerful singer
rockinrobintweets 2 months ago
got the shivers, it has been so long,,, thank you
globae 3 months ago
I didn't know Mike Huckabee could sing
HECH0ENMEXICO 3 months ago
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Jim Nabors, I grew up on gomer pyle. Im black and most blacks only like black music. and I do as well. but something about a few songs , especially this one , Jim makes your hair stand up. he was a hell of an actor. If only everybody in this world of all culture and race. was like the character, he played Gomer Pyle. It would be a wonderful fair world. did he die?
andrewjization 3 months ago
Jim Nabors, I grew up on gomer pyle. Im black and most blacks only like black music. and I do as well. but something about a few songs , especially this one , Jim makes your hair stand up. he was a hell of an actor. If only everybody in this world of all culture and race. was like the character, he played Gomer Pyle. It would be a wonderful fair world.
andrewjization 3 months ago 34
@andrewjization He sure has a wonderful voice, talent doesnt he?
thecolaratlady 2 weeks ago
@andrewjization Thats very nice of you to say about him.. Did you know Frank Sutton (sgt carter)and he were very good friends until frank's untimely death in shreveport La in the early 70's. the opening credits of gomer pyle USMC, where Jim and Frank were marching with other ppl, those other ppl were real United States Marines, Most of them went to Viet Nam, alot never came back. Jim was named an honorary Marine. if i told you all that already, please disregard, i have epilepsy
thecolaratlady 1 week ago
rip jim neighbors. You were one of the best!!
AntaresInScorpius 3 months ago
@AntaresInScorpius jim nabors is still alive he sings "back home again in indiana" before the start of the Indianapolis 500 every year including this one
nofear31126 2 months ago
i remember seeing and hearing this,I also like "oh,my papa"
Syzygy60 3 months ago
"WELL GOLLY" forever
fvrrljr 3 months ago
YES YES YES YES YES !!!!!
Water Works a Flowing !!!!
fvrrljr 3 months ago
This is a pretty incredible rendition! He nails it here! I am surprised Jim Nabors never did Broadway.
Script2Screen1 3 months ago
love you ,Gomer.
lakefork7 4 months ago
I so recall my family watching Gomer Pyle and my parents reaction to Jim's voice! Love it!
Donlakyounomoah 4 months ago
Long ago...A group of handicapped kids came and preformed at school, there was a blind boy that got up and sang this song. It was the first time I had ever heard it and I was in awe of how well he did. Until now I haven’t found this song preformed as well as that Blind Boy did that day. Jim Nabors comes really close… <3
lilwitch100 4 months ago
his gomer pyle voice is just so differeny from his singing voice its a bit unnerving. he's got a great voice!
margott55 4 months ago
@margott55 Jim started out as an opera singer, but couldnt make it and one day in Hollywood, someone told him he should go try out for the part of gomer Pyle and he did and that rest is history.
FWW7450 4 months ago in playlist FWW7450's Favorited Videos
@FWW7450 Actually history was made when he was discovered by Andy Griffith at a nightclub in Santa Monica - he was never an opera singer. He sang in school and church. Andy Griffith put him on his show in 1963 and after his character "Gomer Pyle" got to be popular they made him go off to the Marines in 1964 and started the Gomer Pyle USMC show. He then performed this song in the 1967 season.
Swordsfor200Alex 4 months ago
cmulwee001: great question. You are right in that it doesn't quite add up but I never thought about that. It makes it even better and more unique. Very creative arrangement. Incredible lives we live and this is one reason why there is a God.
kmontes4u 4 months ago
I wonder if he's combining the main song from Man Of La Mancha, with the reprise from the finale. The verses he sings from that point on, I've never heard in any other version, so that's my guess is that the additional verses are from the reprised version at the end. Anyone know?
cmulwee001 4 months ago
42 people "disliked" this? Really? Oh wait... same people who torment animals, throw litter out their car windows... got it.
kenyon53 5 months ago 13
@kenyon53
Throw animals out of car windows?
Lanzo97 1 month ago
@kenyon53 the world is littered with a-holes
dandbear 1 month ago
never get tired of hearing him sing that song.
MrDevin1125 5 months ago
I looked up this song on wikipeda and it list the albumtitle as Love Me With All Your Heart. It was out on record but I don't know if they have it out on c.d.'s
It is a great song.
delkolover 5 months ago
I always liked Gomer Pyle--this is just another reason to like Jim Nabors--fantastic!!!
1945smk1 5 months ago
I've known about Jim Nabors singing ability ......This is by far the best version of The Impossible Dream I've ever heard and I've seen Man of La Mancha off Broadway.
ren2250 5 months ago
really,this was the best version.
beatlestoneful 5 months ago
I LOVE IT, THANKS FOR POSTING!! ;D
JulyRuby13 5 months ago 5
@JulyRuby13 Your welcome .
renecrod3 5 months ago
I was watching that show that night. I saw most of his TV shows. It did take us out of our seats. What an incredible musical experience. Hard to imagine that much sublime talent in one person, and he shared it with us. Thanks for the fantastic clip.
Shasammm!!! Charlie
navydoctrinidad 5 months ago
Shazam.
Jyosama10 5 months ago
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PerhapsPossibly 6 months ago
Hol-ee God! Blow the top off, Gomer! Awesome!
jillgivler 6 months ago
I would love to hear him sing the star spangeled banner or better yet have an album with nothing by patriotic songs.
fyrmedik51 6 months ago
@fyrmedik51 He sings Back Home Again in Indiana before every Indianapolis 500. There are some great videos of that on YouTube.
famospilot 5 months ago in playlist Bob's favorites #20
Gives me chills every time I watch it.
jr2201 6 months ago
And may I add that Jim Nabors is a very nice person too. I saw him in concert in August 1998 and his voice was just as powerful as it always was. He was very personable and warm with the audience. A genuine, giant talent.
68lincoln 6 months ago
In '68 the country was so bitterly devided over the war and was in turmoil. 1st the TET offensive in Nam. Then LBJ was force out. Dr King and Bobby Kennedy were assasinated. Mass protest. Yet thru this I felt we needed to give South Vietnam a chance to be free. I'd been there before fighting as an infantryman. But talk was cheap. So I volunteered to go back in the army and back again to Nam again as a grunt. Unsure of my chances,yet singing this song to myself on the way over gave me solace.
laruesansjoie 6 months ago
Spectacular. Enough said.
michelonabicycle 6 months ago
Amazing!
robertdamico1 6 months ago
SIMPLY THE BEST VERSION OF THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM, 2nd TO NONE.
MissRubberBunny 6 months ago
@unpoetaloco Who gives a 'DANG" about his sexuality!!! Jim Nabors is a man of many talents & that makes him a true entertainer, a man blessed by The Muses.
MissRubberBunny 6 months ago
AWESOME>>>>!!!!!!!!
claudia077 6 months ago
This guy was not only a good comidec actor but he was also a fantastic singer.
CyberDragonEX13 6 months ago
Nabors nails it.
dyche01 6 months ago
Just learned that the official dvd set of the Gomer Pyle show has CUT most of the songs! CBS does not want to pay the extra licensing, obviously. Well, there are other ways to get this series, CBS...
thefourthalien 6 months ago
I was totally shocked when I saw this video!
robertdamico1 6 months ago
Your number one TV show in America in the late 60's.
America has sure changed since the liberals hijacked it in the 70's.
verbusen 6 months ago
Way to go Pyle! Best version i have seen of this great song.
Dude has some lungs on him.
natureboy1313 7 months ago
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Sergeant Carter made 12 accounts to dislike this :D
MarlboroKnightHawk 7 months ago
The last I heard anything anout Jim nabors, he lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.
FWW7450 7 months ago
Not my taste or what I would listen to in music, not sure how I was led to this video, but I will admit the dude CAN SING.
Withshortwings 7 months ago 2
What a set of pipes!
dovermail 7 months ago
One of the best shows of my childhood...Gomer Pile with Sgt Carter
nighthawk584 7 months ago
Hey - does anyone know if this was truly him singing in front of the audience (as most productions are lip-synched so they get it right, etc.) ...it looks like he's really singing - and if that's so - then when they produced the episode - is what we're hearing as it was recorded - or did they have Nabors do a studio version and simply over-dub it - and we're hearing the studio one? Complicated question, I know - but It would be cool if anyone (or the poster of the video) knows the answer :)
fletchergatsby 7 months ago
Gomer finally does something Carter approves of!
rosebud7158 7 months ago
Ya gotta admit it -- he totally ROCKED this! I have yet to hear anyone do it better.
tlynette61 7 months ago
Ya gotta admit it -- he totally ROCKED this!
tlynette61 7 months ago
I was six years old when this aired. I remember being in awe when he started singing! I could not believe what I was hearing! I wish I could see the full episode.
brtoconnor 7 months ago
More raised eyebrows than when Susan Boyle first sung on Britain's Got Talent...
thefourthalien 7 months ago
@thefourthalien - yes indeed - and you know what would be a great idea? On American Idol they always bring some major singer/songwriter on the show and then the idol finalists attempt to emulate their songs - right? Wouldn't it be great if they had Jim Neighbors come on the show (but as a surprise) ...and he sang this song. It would probably blow more people away than ever - even more than Susan Boyle - because I think most people have forgotten that Jim could sing like this.
fletchergatsby 7 months ago
@fletchergatsby I am with ya all the way. Love Jim, love his voice (oh, and love Gomer too!)
thefourthalien 6 months ago
The song is just amazing and so is Jim Nabors singing it ...but isn't it also great the way Sgt. Carter is so proud of Gomer :) ? The Sarge was always giving gomer such a hard time through the whole show ...and it was always cool whenever gomer came through and made the sarge beam with pride. They were a great pair of characters.
fletchergatsby 7 months ago 2
@fletchergatsby Love it when Carter gives Gomer praise, warms the ol' heart. Frank Sutton was da bomb.
thefourthalien 6 months ago
jon cypher, whom was alson in the man of la mancha, did a great version of this in major dad. wish i could find that version on youtube. as far as the liberals, they have been sending us to war after gutting us throughout the past century. they love war and valor, they hate the military that has to fight.
cdrranger 7 months ago
This is PRICELESS!!!!! I love all the version of this song, but thiis is incredible! There's a verse or two that is not in any other versions. Did Jim release this as a record? Who would have thought that this would come from Gomer Pyle!? WOW!!! I'll bet people were just floored when they heard this! The most incredible and pleasant surprise you will ever hear. One of the greatest songs of all time!
JackPlatt 7 months ago 17
@JackPlatt He was a singer before he was an actor he has many albums out.
renecrod3 7 months ago
@JackPlatt You are so right, Mr. Nabors is a wonderful human being, I have all the DVD sets of Gomer Pyle. He has done a lot for mankind. The show is great, I miss the all the old shows we grew up on in the 60s and 70s, Bewitched, That Girl, The Odd Couple, Andy Griffiten, I Dream Of Jeanie, just to name a few of my favorites. How could there be one dislike on this, they are missing out on life or cannot hear..... Thanks Jim for all the wonderful talent you have shared all these years......
1969pontiac1 6 months ago
@1969pontiac1 Very well said. I agree with you. Jim Nabors, as I always say, is a genuine, giant talent and a very nice person. Thank goodness for DVDs like Gomer Pyle USMC, The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Odd Couple, Leave it to Beaver, Hazel, Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, etc. because those are the only TV shows I watch on my TV set these days.
68lincoln 6 months ago
@JackPlatt
He actually sang the reprise version, when everyone is singing while Cervantes is being taken up by the Spanish Inquisition.
TheKenTerry 5 months ago
@TheKenTerry
Thanks for the info! It's been so long, my memory is bad! So did Jim do another version other than the Gomer Pyle episode? Oh by the way, who sang for Peter O'Toole in the MOLM movie, I don't think that was Jim. But I know Peter's voice was dubbed.
Jack
JackPlatt 5 months ago
@jcatman : why would this be abhorrent to liberals? I'm liberal in many ways, and I've always enjoyed the talents of Jim Nabors. Do you think liberals dislike showtunes in general or The Man of La Mancha in particular? Or the USMC?
Kendleyable 8 months ago 2
Gomer and the Marine Band great combo!!!!!
snareplayer1 8 months ago
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orangebowl79 8 months ago
No one! I say no one; does it better.
aletroy323 8 months ago
Great video, Great voice. Jim Nabors was one talented man, to go from Gomer's laid back hillbilly Marine to that somber Marine singing....Just wonderful version of the song. Another talented actor playing the "slow-wit" hillbilly is Ken Curtis, Festus of Gunsmoke. He has been a singer forever also. Check out "Ken Curtis on youtube sing Tumbling Tumbleweeds.
Hambone571 8 months ago
@Hambone571 Always liked Gomer when I was growing up. I was very surprised with Ken Curtis singing also. I came across a video yesterday of an 11 yr old girl singing "The Impossible Dream" and thought I would pass it on to you.
youtube.com/watch?v=xEaYK0bSfWg
stephnotell 8 months ago
completely lost on liberals ...no clue..
jjcatful 8 months ago
completely abhorant to librals
jjcatful 8 months ago
hey post gomer says hey! PLEASE!
IbroPasic 8 months ago
I have to say....that was really magnificant! Very under-rated performer! Wow! Wow! ......Just Wow!
yost112ty 8 months ago
A top performance. I see 11 people disliked it. Shame on those 11 people. I mean really. This is performance art at it finest.
63filmbuff 8 months ago
@63filmbuff those 11 people are probably the ones that ran him out of Sylacauga when people started suspecting he was gay
TeamBurton 8 months ago
Did anyone see the forgotten episode of Gomer Pyle USMC where Sergeant Carter accidentally shit his pants in front of formation and Gomer tried to clean it up and sergeant carter became embarrassed?
Matt2779 8 months ago
I remember seeing this episode when I was just 8 years old and I could never forget it because of the powerful voice of Jim Nabors. I have yet today heard anyone perform it better.
BruBot12 8 months ago
I hope I can meet Jim before he passes on!!! It would really be a highlight in my life!!!
troopcom 8 months ago
Awsome performance.
I actually emulated him when performing in Columbus by doing his version of Cuando Caliente el Sol. Love his music.
allpafla 8 months ago
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@allpafla You emulated Jim Nabors but I once fully ejaculated Jim Nabors and swallowed all of his cum..Now for a Gay man 26 years old like me thats truely the Impossable dream!Tom Diehl
Topshelftom1 8 months ago
nice ! very nice
TheJedimasterjun 8 months ago
very good !
TheJedimasterjun 8 months ago
11 dislick ? ur all animalz dud ...! this is a great song and kind of music ....!
TheJedimasterjun 8 months ago
true American spirit that seems to be lost today..
jjcatful 8 months ago
Were you born a fat, slimy, scumbag puke piece o' shit, Private Pyle, or did you have to work on it?
OOPS! Wrong Gomer Pyle.
GarthanSaal444 9 months ago
Go Jim Nabors!
moearly 9 months ago
Does anyon know what year and episode this comes from?
PUEBLOCHEF 9 months ago
@PUEBLOCHEF Season 4 ( The Show Must Go On )Original Airdate: November 3, 1967.
renecrod3 9 months ago
This is the appropriate entrance song for Mosley when he meets Pacquiao on May 7th (May 8th in PI). It's the the song that Foreman used to upset Moore in their heavyweight fight. Who knows it might work magic for Sugar Shane and upset Manny in their title fight.
fmgsampaloc1 9 months ago
Definitely the best version of this song!! Powerful singing, Gomer!!! P.S. The video is just fine, also!
geebeeman1 9 months ago 5
@geebeeman1 Thank You I really appreciate your kind comments.
renecrod3 9 months ago 2
@geebeeman1 no i cant remember it but i did see it
anthony7591100 6 months ago
This was our class song when I graduated from H.S.We sang it at commencement excercises. Class of '69 Salem High School, Salem SD
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TKTRV 9 months ago
Good ol' Gomer, an inspiration from "Will Stockdale" of that 1954 published hilarious book by Mac Hyman "No Time For Sergeants." Yeeeah boy, Gomer, that big goof ball, Ha ha! What a dope! And poor Sergeant Carter, so much for him trying to turn Gom into a mean green fighting machine, ha ha. He'd sooner would've gotten butter from milking a duck than to attempt THAT!!! I think that was the sole underlying running joke of this sitcom. Fun irony. Him trying to break Gomer (if not get rid of him)
SwarthySkinnedOne 9 months ago
only to get frazzled and stumped, ha ha. Great stuff. Anyway, when I was a kid watching Gom, that comic voice would throw me at times. I mean him going from that down-home buttermilk biscuit & maple surup rural twang into a rich resonate cosmopolitan baritone making him completely something else instantly when came time to sing. I was like “What the hell?!” I didn't get it, but oh well. Good gag!! BTW I thought Frank Sutton was just excellent in his role, a rather complex actor if I may so.
SwarthySkinnedOne 9 months ago
THANKS! That was an awesome blast from my past. Sent it right off to my son who is a Marine stationed in Japan.
marlinerunner 9 months ago
Richard Kiley and Placido Domingo and others may very well be the great singers of our time but this particular song requires someone with a deep voice to really bring out the emotion of it's powerful message. Jim Neighbors is one of a very few men who can sing this songs the way it deserves to be sung...good work renecrod3...cudos to you.
mrmac518 9 months ago
I love this song and think Jim sang it beautifully.
Loyceannie 9 months ago