Shazam! CBS DVD and Paramount have released Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.: The Complete Series, a single volume, 24-disc collection of the CBS smash-hit sitcom that ruled the Nielsens during its 1964-1969 run. Starring Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton (one of television's most accomplished, and least appreciated, comedy teams), Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. absolutely enraged elitist "television critics" and baffled bitter social commentators who lamented the series' massive popularity as a sure sign that 1960s TV was a cultural wasteland of science-fiction, fantasy, and hillbilly junk, aimed at the lowest common denominator. Affording these helpful purveyors of aesthetic tastes their proper due respect, tens of millions of weekly viewers in "fly-over" country promptly sounded a Bronx cheer to their "betters," and went right back to enjoying the silly, sweet (and beautifully executed) antics of Private Pyle and Sergeant Carter, in the process making Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. a truly iconic comedy series that survives to this day in syndication, and with good reason: it's funny as hell. I didn't see anything new here in terms of transfers or extras, compared to earlier single season DVD releases of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (the extras all come on season one), so if you have those sets already, there's no need to double dip. However, anyone new to the show (as well as those fans of its host series, The Andy Griffith Show) will want this set. Got that, you knuckle-headed, goldbricking goof-offs?
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