Gomer Pyle

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comic character fictional character television character

Gomer Pyle is a naive but good-hearted gas station attendant and mechanic from Mayberry, best known as a comic character on the classic American sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" and its spin-off "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."

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Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf comic character →
fictional character →
television character →
appearsIn Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. →
The Andy Griffith Show →
associatedWith Andy Taylor →
Barney Fife →
Sergeant Vince Carter →
basedIn Mayberry →
catchphrase Golly! →
Shazam! →
characterTrait good-hearted →
naive →
optimistic →
polite →
countryOfOrigin United States →
creator Everett Greenbaum NERFINISHED →
Jim Fritzell →
culturalImpact iconic representation of small-town American innocence →
employer Wally’s Filling Station →
fictionalUniverse The Andy Griffith Show universe →
firstAppearance The Andy Griffith Show →
genre situation comedy →
language English →
medium television →
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps →
network CBS →
notableFor comic misunderstandings →
rural innocence →
occupation United States Marine →
gas station attendant →
mechanic →
personalityType kind →
trusting →
portrayalStyle broad physical comedy →
folksy humor →
portrayedBy Jim Nabors →
productionCompany Desilu Productions →
Paramount Television →
rank Private →
relative Goober Pyle →
relativeType cousin of Goober Pyle →
setting North Carolina →
spinOffSeries Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. →
timePeriodOfPopularity 1960s →
Referenced by (11)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
The Andy Griffith Show →
The Andy Griffith Show ("Goober Pyle") →
character
Aunt Bee Taylor →
appearsAlongside
Gomer Pyle ("Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.") →
appearsIn
Opie Taylor →
associatedWith
Andy Taylor →
friend
Barney Fife →
hasFriend
Mayberry →
hasNotableResident
Mayberry ("Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.") →
hasSpinOffConnection
The Andy Griffith Show ("Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.") →
spinOff
Gomer Pyle ("Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.") →
spinOffSeries
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