Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.: Season 5, Episode 2: Corporal Duke

Gomer Pyle USMC starring Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle also starring Frank Sutton as Sergeant Carter [Music] all right now it is there's an NCO seminar up in San Francisco starting tomorrow and I'm going I am leaving tonight and I will be gone for poorly now in case you got any ideas of the next four days being a holiday forget it I got a new man coming in he's gonna be the new Corporal but let's Patrol now what I ask headquarters for was a gun Hole hard-nosed by the book Marine now he's gonna be in complete charge so everything will be well at hand all right that's all hey okay hey Sergeant Sergeant Carter yeah what is it pile I'm in kind of a hurry well I just wanted to tell you I've got this married cousin that lives up near San Francisco Mary Lou Kissinger she's married to a butcher and I'm sure that if you had any time they'd be awesome no I won't but I'm going to be busy well Sergeant uh I'm sure she could get wonderful meal she always was a terrific cook even when she was single her maiden name was preaching and boy she could always go that's good to know one I see you pal well I'm sure they'd love to see you if you have the time they live on Route four about seven miles outside of Watson Kissinger Sergeant Kissinger where is this guy Harry here I am all set to go oh he is we're good now listen you're sure he's tough huh I mean you know this platoon they need somebody on their back every second like me yeah well he sounds good yeah yeah tough that's right I just have been a Harry and what can I do for you remember me Serge Duke's later I was in the platoon last year oh yeah Slater and what are you doing here you want to leave us something no I've been transferred back I'm here for good ah one second huh I'm sorry Harry but a guy just came and used to be in my outfit yeah but listen what's the name of this new corporate you're sending over you Corporal slated that's right Harry listen what is this a gang or something this later I know this guy he used to be in my outfit the worst Google I've ever had what do you mean there's nobody else listen I'm gonna be gone for four days and I ain't leaving my platoon hello hello so you're the new Corporal huh that's right well I'll tell you something I ain't taking no trips I'm staying right here and I'm putting in for a new Corporal nothing personal mind yet sorry can I say something what well I know just how you feel you're thinking of me the way I used to be that's right oh goal breaking anything for a laugh Duke sweater that's how I remember yeah and that's why I'm getting a new Corporal and I'm going to headquarters personally to do it wait a minute just hear me out will ya all right I'll hear you out I've got a whole new attitude as a matter of fact I'm even thinking about making the Marines my career yeah yeah that's why I put in for leadership school and I made it starts with flying colors that's how I got my stripe great and I'll tell you something else I graduated in the top 10 of my class well fine that's all great Slater but this just ain't gonna work out I mean you're just not my kind of guy but you got to give me a chance not with my platoon I don't that would be going out of town for four days I ain't giving you complete charge of them guys and let you make a shambles out of it but I can handle it believe me here take a look at my record I've been working hard Sergeant I'm sure I can do it yeah yeah well this don't look bad on paper but what's the maximum rate of fire for the 81 millimeter water 30 rounds per minute for the first minute 18 rounds thereafter what are administrative orders those orders used to announce the supply evacuation and other administrative details for a military operation and Squad tactics what's the consolidation phase the consolidation phase is a third phase of offensive combat and covers the period from the end of the attack phase of the moment of commencing some further action to exploit success yeah what's the weight of a fully loaded automatic pistol 2.76 pounds later it's the 2.78 pounds 2.78 well I'm sorry Sarge but I'm sure it's 2.76 well I say you're wrong and that just goes to prove something sweeter contradicting your sergeant is not one of the outstanding traits for a marine Corporal and cognis ain't one either and stubbornness certainly ain't one well I'm sorry Sarge well I'll just prove it to you where's Michael automatic pistol automatic pistol hands yeah the weight of a fully loaded automatic pistol is of course besides handling a bunch of men is entirely different look Sarge this is my first assignment and if I'm going to make the Marines my career and you turn me down cold it'll kill it for me well I look headquarters never would have given me the assignment if they didn't think I could handle it and I'm sure I can do it but of course it's up to you Sarge you're the one that's gonna have to make the decision all right I'll give it a try but I'm leaving you with one final word straight up when I get back there's going to be an inspection and it better not be any changes in this button everything better be perfect absolutely perfect or that stripe of yours is going to be gone with a win gotcha Sarge I'll see in a couple of days and have a good trip and don't worry about a thing you got nothing to worry about believe me [Music] anybody home please here on the arm and other stuff Corporal that's right fellas it's Corporal Slater now here you just made it no I've been transferred here as a matter of fact I'm now the Corporal of this platoon I'm your replacement gentleman [Applause] Sergeant Carter kind of scared us he told us his replacement was going to be very very strict everything by the book and it turns out to be you yeah oh buddy dude well now wait a minute fellas don't forget I am a Corporal now and I am in charge of this platoon for the next four days oh yeah sure I mean there won't be any letting down everything's got to go right okay just as long as that's understood I mean really yeah the old Barracks looks just the same just like I left it a little Dusty we're gonna have to take care of that right while you're at it might not be a bad idea to catch those windows yeah Duke I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have you back and as a Corporal too I think this is one of the happiest days of my life hey do you still do them imitations huh you know the imitations of Hollywood stars like that she was always wonderful at it do one for me really just do one little bitty one for us well okay just one for old times what do you want hey do Clark Gable oh yeah all right Glenn Gable Scarlett you've never loved me you've always loved Ashley Wilkes I thought there was a chance for us when body blue is alive well it's too late now it's Garnet I'm going back to Charleston goodbye Scarlett I don't know how you do that I do do my favorite one Jimmy Cagney [Music] could be hey can you still do Sergeant Carter oh no oh my God come home no fellas that's not such a good idea I mean after all he is our sergeant and I wouldn't want to make fun of him oh come on well he never was making fun of him he was just imitating the way he talks and besides imitation is a sincere form of flattering well all right just this once for an old time's sake but this is the last time don't ask me to do it again all right you lame brains you nip with you knucklehead you hear this and you hear it good I want you one of those Saxon outside on the double movie [Applause] these next four days are gonna be great [Music] [Applause] [Music] guys step out let's go you guys all right is this the way you men muster out in the morning straighten up that line This is a military formation you can do better than that what's so funny pile I didn't say anything funny straighten up and look alive all right now hear this and hear it good I'm your platoon Commander when I give you an order I want to carry it out now when you fall out in the morning I want that formation on the double I want you to move it Pia what are you smiling at do you keep saying she's like Sergeant Carter he's right you do all right all right hold it maybe you guys think I'm kidding well I'm not and I'll prove it to you all right let's flatten out for some push-ups about five thousand to start broad position move well come on let's move it hit the deck I gave you an order move it platoon Pro position move it everything all right Corporal tange Hut morning sir yes sir everything is fine it's just a little slow getting at those push-ups slow you men heard your carefully want you to hit the deck so hit the deck now wouldn't be a bad idea to add a few for sluggishness don't worry sir I've got him doing five thousand five thousand yes sir uh maybe you ought to spread them out over a few days carry on thank you sir all right commence push-ups cut off one one I can't hear you two two louder three three four four louder five [Applause] [Music] you want to see me Duke I mean Corporal oh yeah go come on in come on in here sit down thank you the reason I sent for you is well you're nobody right I sure I am well the point is this is my first chance at leadership and I really want to do a good job well of course and I figure you can help me going May yeah why don't I help you well now don't get me wrong I'm not asking you to you know squeal on the other guys but well how do they feel about me huh what are they saying I know it's only been one day but what's their impression of me going well I don't think it's right for me to tell you what the fellas say in private oh come on you can level with me I can take constructive criticism it's not gonna hurt my feelings well please go it's very important to me it is well sure look it's it's not just losing this stripe I'm worried about it's the whole platoon I want him to look good and if Sergeant Carter comes back and doesn't find things just like he left and why I look bad for me and look bad for the platoon I sure wouldn't want that happen to the platoon and you know I wouldn't want you to lose your strike well then help me Gomer I just want to know if I'm getting through to the guys just just give me an idea of how they feel about me well all right if you're really sure it'll help let's say Freeman says there's worse corporals but he don't know where and Dombrowski says you're right and Ellie says your chicken enjoyed like to catch you without your uniform on and Smitty says she's stunned why are those jerks those ungrateful jerks a little discipline and they turn on you okay I'll show them thanks a lot Gomer I know what to do wait a minute do you think I thought you said your feelings wasn't gonna get hurt that's right my feelings ain't heard do I look like my feelings are hurt well my feelings ain't heard what makes you think my feelings are hurt you said you could take criticism I took it didn't I take it I can take criticism thanks a lot Goma good night [Music] all right listen up you guys I got something to tell you I got a job to do here I'm replacing your sergeant and it is my duty to keep this platoon in gung-ho condition until he gets back and I mean to do that whether you guys like it or not I'm changing the schedule a little for today here's what I want you to do I want you all back outside in five minutes with full packs we're going on a little 20-mile hike and when we get back we're going to have an hour or so of calisthenics and the rest of the day on detail no breaks no nothing oh and my poop birthday next and then detail it's funny how they all started as corporals Napoleon Hitler now Slater [Music] all right for tuning Fallout fall out the road let's go on the double move it move it move it let's go fall out file where's the rest well there ain't nobody else I'm the only one here where are they where'd they go they all go away Wall no they all report it over to Sick Bay sick babe what for what's the matter with them I don't know but they said they couldn't wait for sick call so they got up left about a half hour ago oh they did did they huh we'll see about that Turbo can't shut morning sir purple could I speak to you for a moment yes sir I just came from Sick Bay Captain Johnson has your whole platoon over there yes sir I know and I can't understand it they were in perfect health last night I'm really mystified sir yes Corporal how long have you been a Corporal tomorrow will be one week sir I see that is purple this is your first assignment I mean I'm taking over a platoon right yes sir I remember a couple of years ago when I took over my first platoon I was determined to make it the best outfit in the core that's the way I feel sir yeah yeah I was pretty rough on them as a matter of fact too rough I was just a little too anxious anxious sir that's right now don't get me wrong I think discipline is important but there's a fine line that you can't step over without affecting morale yes sir I found the best way to keep the platoon looking sharp and the morale high was to change my attitude a little I stayed on a mind you but I didn't grind them down you see what I mean yes sir thank you sir [Music] fall out [Music] what's the matter Duke I don't know you saw me talking to the lieutenant uh-huh well he's right you know what he says I got here no what low morale three days on the job and I got low morale I guess I've just been kidding myself I can't handle a platoon I'm not the leader type why that's not true do you Q are a leader well you're a natural born leader even when you was a private she was a leader while the fellas used to follow you everywhere you used to say let's go down and get a pizza even though everybody else wanted Chinese but we all followed you to the paper oh you're a leader all right yeah but that was different I only got rank on them that makes it a whole different story well no it don't it's no different at all no then where did I go wrong tell me that where did I go wrong well if you don't mind my saying so I think you made your big mistake well by not being yourself I mean you ain't Sergeant Carter he can yell and holler nobody seems to mine because that's the way he is it's natural for him but it ain't natural for you well it's too late now I blew it Barracks are in a mess Sergeant Carter will be back tomorrow and half the outfit can't wait to catch me out of uniform well boys Carter comes back tomorrow thought I'd be happy to see the Old Sarge again but I will be hey you think he'll ask us how his replacement was I hope he asked me because I'll tell him Slater to be great with the Boy Scouts yeah or girl scouts hey what's that what there's somebody at the window yeah stuke he's washing the windows what's for to save his stripe he couldn't get us to do it so he's got to do it alone that's not true Feller oh no no he don't have to do it alone he could have got us to do it all he had to do was order us two yeah well why didn't he then huh well I think now he realizes he was wrong oh what's the truth now I tell you something else it's all partly our fault what do you mean our fault well maybe you didn't go about it in the right way but we never gave him a chance neither we liked and joked and never gave him the respect he deserved after all he is a Corporal and just because we knew him before don't mean that we shouldn't respect his stripe if any of us had made Corporal we'd expect a break even from our friends I'll tell you something else I'm gonna go out there and help him do you um I mean Corporal going what do you want well I thought I might help you no thanks you better get back to your bunk well I don't want to disobey orders or anything but I really would like to help you forget it I got myself into this I get myself out uh uh corporal Nebraska what are you doing out here well I couldn't sleep I thought maybe if I did a little work it might Tire me out what listen Corporal I I got a bucket and rag you want me to start the windows over here on the other side what is this okay you guys get the inside we'll start cleaning up out here hey wait a minute what's what's on here well don't worry about it dude the fellas in the platoon just want to help you out so I'll do the windows in front private oh good evening lieutenant what's going on here why are the lights on what are all the men doing out here oh we were just placing up the area sir you're being punished oh no sir we're doing it costs we want to see our sergeants coming back tomorrow and we wanted everything to look right for the inspection and where's the purple in charge of this detail Corporal slider well he's right around here sir okay it's hot evening sir Eddie's there's a little irregular isn't a Corporal working after hours like this well yes sir but you see we got a little behind in our work and we well that is the men and I we decided to catch up I see farewell carpool carry on thank you sir um Corporal yes sir that's a good group of men you've got there very good thank you sir [Music] thank you what's the matter to you nothing going for nothing at all are you crying no I'm not crying what are you crazy [Music] I don't know where you ought to be a Corporal or not you're so emotional [Music] it's not bad yeah there's a smudge on that button Nebraska write that down [Music] yeah all right Corporal even the special platoon right section platoon dismissed you did a good job spider the men look sharp The Backs ain't bad either thanks Sarge and I'll leave it with you I never expected it I thought when I got back here I'd see a shambles I really never figured you could handle it well I'm happy to hear you say that Sergeant well you did and I'll say something else you stay on the ball like this and we might hit it off okay okay okay Sergeant Carter Hey Empire what is it well I'd like to make a statement on behalf of all the men they didn't really ask me to but well I know how they feel yeah what is it well I'd like to say what an outstanding job Corporal Slater done with the platoon while you was gone I know I held the inspection but you don't know the full story Sergeant Corporal Slater was up early and he worked late I don't even think he went off the base he devoted his full attention to the platoon every second he done such fine job you wasn't he missed huh well you asked me yes but everything runs just as smooth as if you was here so if you're thinking of taking any other trips I'm sure corporate what is this a testimonial did you put him up to this lady no Sarge honest and furthermore I'd like to say that I'd follow a corporate Slater anywhere he's a natural-born leader of man well if you didn't put him up doing it will you get out of here yes sir Corporal right away see how I follow his order Sergeant I'll Slater you've got a lot in there you know that he does have a lot of nerve he is a brave man sergeant [Music] foreign [Music]