Intro to the TV Show "Gomer Pyle - USMC"

You are right about Nabors feeling uneasy about watching the show's intro. A lot of those young Marines went to Viet Nam and were killed or injured. A lot of people asked why Gomer never found his way into combat or at an overseas assignment.

I was a Marine and later served as an Army Drill Sergeant. Frank Sutton was the most realistic Marine D.I. on any screen. He called real Marine Corps cadence in the early episodes and really carried himself like a Senior Drill Instructor. Jack Webb played a Marine DI in the movies but never actually called cadence. He couldn't hold Sutton's hat. Frank Sutton was a war hero in WWII and was extremely proud of his Army service-he couldn't get into the Marines.

The Sargeant is so mean. LOL

Does anyone remember some old syndicated version where this opening(the right one) was replaced by a fake one?
Here's how it was done. A black and white copy of the COLOR opening was used, and the music was from the original END theme march!
The correct b/w opening, seen here was restored when newer video prints were struck.

I remember watching that one in the 70's (the "fake" one) thinking that was the original openibng and THIS was the fake one! I like the other music better as the opening anyway. Is it anywhere on YouTube?

sargent carter has little hair becasue he was always pulling it out , you would too if you had tom deal with GOMER PYLE.

Shouldn't it be Drill Sergeant Carter? My dad was in the army durning vietnam they had longer hair. I am in the ARNG they yell at you for long hair. I am like I am here once a month lol.

The Marines never use the term Drill Sergeant.

I LOVED THIS

One of my favorite shows! Who would have thought that I would join the Marines back then!