Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

The dim-witted yet appealing Pyle has left Mayberry to join the Marines. Stationed at Camp Henderson in California, his country bumpkin ways repeatedly get him into hot water with his hilariously short-fused superior, Sergeant Vince Carter (Frank Sutton), as he foils every attempt by Carter to keep him in line. But as much as Carter wants to dislike Pyle, they can’t help but develop a special kinship. Honest to a fault, Pyle’s misadventures and naïve determination confounds yet endears him to his most savvy platoon mates. (Via Vision Entertainment)