Opie Joins the Marines - S2-E26
Question: How can Andy meet Sergeant Carter here if they met in the pilot episode of Gomer Pyle, USMC?
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
1 question in season 2
Starring: Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell
Factual error: Sgt. Carter is wearing a plain belt buckle with his dress blues uniform. Since Sgt. Carter is Gunnery Sgt, he is a staff NCO so his buckle should have the USMC emblem on the buckle. (00:24:00)
Gomer Pyle: Golly.
Trivia: The name of Gomer Pyle comes from writer Gomer Cool and actor Denver Pyle.
Answer: There's no indication they were meeting for the first time, in fact they seem to know each other as Sgt. Carter addresses Andy only as "Sheriff". Gomer Pyle just says his two favorite people are "meeting face to face", and obviously in the pilot episode Sgt. Carter wasn't one of Pyle's favorite people yet.
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