Gomer Pyle is God

One of my favorite music videos of all time. Since no one has stepped up and posted this masterpiece I feel obligated to post a copy I had from an old VHS tape. Please, someone post a better copy. I love this song and I love the video. Even though this was created in the 1980's I still think it is destined for greatness. So deep are the lyrics I find myself losing my religion to follow the chosen one, Gomer Pyle.

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• Gomer Pyle
• God
• James Kanan

[Korioth2]

I'm glad you found it again. I still go to the Omelettry - the one on Burnet and 52(?). Is that Omelettry West? And did you know the earlier commenter elduath?

[Korioth2]

I'm glad you found it again. I still go to the Omelettry - the one on Burnet and 52(?). Is that Omelettry West?

[Korioth2]

You are both so very much welcome. It warms my cockles to learn that others have as much love for this video as I do. I found it in my old videos last week and the song has been stuck in my head ever since. GOMER PYLE IS GOD!!

[VideoRangerCommander]

Oh. Your. GOD!!!!

I have been looking for this video for the last 20 FREAKING YEARS!!!

They used to play this on the low-power TV station Ch.30 in Lawrence, KS when I was a student at KU!

Ahh, the memories of drinking Schaffers and scamming free, nasty-ass Checker's pizza from the moron VJ on the channel!

You absolutely rule the internet now. Don't let the power go to your head, my friend.

[Spameggssausage]

I first saw this on TV when I was in the hospital with a ruptured appendix and I thought I was tripping.

[cRaShDoG]

what is the name of the artist/band that does this song?

[blankchannel]

The Priest is Joe McDermott. He's my dad.

I'm pretty sure that this band was called El BJ

Fun Fact: Joe also did the music for Zombies Ate My Neighbors, if anybody remembers that game.

[chaspagano]

best music vid in forever! i've had this on a beta tape since the 80's and have been wanting to see it posted, so thanks! i'd like to hear more of their stuff if it's even out there....

[boomschmockthelock]

elduath, I too worked at the Omelettry West! It was 1978 or '79. Old Kent Cole was a merry old soul! I played in a band with him then - called Boom Schmock the Lock (?!?) Moved around a lot & then moved back to Austin in 1985 to join my brother's band, B Complex. It was then that I saw this hilarious video (great song, too!) I taped it, but I've lost it over the years. I'm SO GLAD it's finally been posted!

[xBarcadiasxe]

You have no idea how many times i've had to hear about this song from my dad. He went to KU (84-88), and him and his friends have been looking for this video or at least this song since then. Anytime we'd go into a record store the first thing we had to look for was a 7' of "Gomer Pyle is God"...never found it. And then when I worked at a record store I was always on the look out for this and still no luck even with the daily received crates of 45's. My father and I thank you for finding this!

[finch2110]

Here they are! El BJ! Yes, and I love them now as I loved them then. Here is Joe McDermott and company doin' nothin' but smokin'! The drummer sang and I watched them live. They rocked. Word!

[elduath]

Thank you! I haven't heard this since i worked @ the Omelettry West in Austin in 1984!