While taking a tour of the White House, Gomer gets separated from the tour group and wanders into the Oval Office.While taking a tour of the White House, Gomer gets separated from the tour group and wanders into the Oval Office.While taking a tour of the White House, Gomer gets separated from the tour group and wanders into the Oval Office.
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- TriviaThis episode backgrounds the song "Nobody Home", from Pink Floyd's album "The Wall", from 1979. At the very beginning of the song, one can clearly hear the dialogue at 1:49, mentioning Rose Pilchek. Towards the end of the song, the excerpt when Gomer comes in, says "Surprise, surprise, surprise" (5:35 in the episode) is also recognizable.
- GoofsThe tour guide states that the construction of the Washington Monument began in 1883 and after many delays was completed in the year 1885, but this is incorrect. Construction of the monument began in 1848, and was halted from 1854 to 1877 due to a lack of funds, a struggle for control over the Washington National Monument Society, and the intervention of the American Civil War. The monument was completed in late 1884 and dedicated on February 21, 1885.
- SoundtracksThe Lonesome Road
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Music by Nathaniel Shilkret
Lyrics by Gene Austin
Performed by Jim Nabors
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Gomer Takes A Wrong Turn
In this episode Sgt. Carter and Gomer Pyle go to Washington D. C. on Marine business. Gomer wants to see all the sights and pay his respects to the great history of this great city, which is a very admirable thing to do. Sgt. Carter just wants to have sex. So his plan is to give Gomer the brush off and he tells him a phony story about having to visit an old friend of the family. He's quite a friend, that Sgt. Carter. If there's a female within 100 miles he'll smell her like a hound dog, drop his friend, and take off after the female!
So Gomer goes on one of the visitor's tours by himself and sees the sights, periodically calling Sgt. Carter to give him updates. This aggravates Carter and comedy is the result. Gomer constantly annoys the tour guides too, and comedy results.
At one point both Gomer and Carter get in a whole world of trouble with the Secret Service and I won't say any more than that.
This is a fairly good episode, but not one of the best. It didn't live up to the potential that was inherent in the premise. I gave it a "7" which for me means average.
So Gomer goes on one of the visitor's tours by himself and sees the sights, periodically calling Sgt. Carter to give him updates. This aggravates Carter and comedy is the result. Gomer constantly annoys the tour guides too, and comedy results.
At one point both Gomer and Carter get in a whole world of trouble with the Secret Service and I won't say any more than that.
This is a fairly good episode, but not one of the best. It didn't live up to the potential that was inherent in the premise. I gave it a "7" which for me means average.
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