# Jim Nabors Dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165 "2017-11-30T18:02:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/1 "2017-11-30T18:02:51Z")
> **[Jim Nabors, the Cheerful Gomer Pyle on Two TV Series, Dies at 87](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jim-nabors-dead-gomer-pyle-andy-griffith-show-star-was-87-1008103/)** > > The Alabama native with the rich baritone voice also had his own CBS variety show and recorded several hit albums. Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! He created an iconic early tv character. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/2 "2017-11-30T18:04:30Z")
Sha-damn. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/3 "2017-11-30T18:06:28Z")
“Keep the latch-string out and the dogs tied up; I’m comin’ home!” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/4 "2017-11-30T18:15:15Z")
Guest star on _The Muppet Show_ [Thank God I’m A Country Boy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXWC2wJdWhc) [Gone With The Wind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F0We_LhaE4)-The usual chaos ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/5 "2017-11-30T18:21:26Z")
I used to love _Gomer Pyle, USMC_ as a kid. Oh, that poor Sgt. Carter. Such consternation! ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/6 "2017-11-30T18:23:54Z")
You never heard a bad word about Jim Nabors. He seemed like a nice guy and had a lovely singing voice. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/7 "2017-11-30T18:26:05Z")
Well Gol-Lee!!! Jim’s died. Well Andy what in tarnation are we going to do? I liked him in short doses. A five minute scene in the Griffith show was lots of fun. I never could watch many episodes of Gomer Pyle. Thirty solid minutes of his hillbilly shtick got irritating. I loved his singing and watched his variety show. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/8 "2017-11-30T18:28:31Z")
I thought he died years ago. I heard they found him bobbing up and down on the… Never mind. Like **Gatopescado** , I watched _Gomer Pyle, USMC_ as a kid. I remember how surprised I was when ‘Gomer’ sang _Oh, My Papa_. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/9 "2017-11-30T18:44:31Z")
IIRC, Jim Nabors also was on the 1st episode of every Carol Burnett Show season. I too liked him better in small doses. His iconic show was not really any good overall. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/10 "2017-11-30T19:06:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I thought he died years ago. I heard they found him bobbing up and down on the… Never mind. LOL, that’s the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the thread title… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/11 "2017-11-30T19:09:01Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > LOL, that’s the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the thread title… Are you as ashamed as I am? Seriously, Jim Nabors was a positive force in the world. He’ll be missed. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/12 "2017-11-30T19:11:29Z")
Shazam! :eek: I guess there’ll be lots of human interest stories in the paper tomorrow, along the lines of “Tough Marine Finally Reunited with ( **ahem** ) ‘Father-Figure’ Sergeant.” RIP, Gom!\* **EDIT:** Oops! It wasn’t until after I typed this that I remembered what “gom” means in Russian. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/13 "2017-11-30T19:14:54Z")
My greatest familiarity with him was his singing of “Back Home Again in Indiana” every year before the Indy 500. I’ve never wanted to live in Indiana, but for some reason I liked him singing that song every year, and I’ve missed it since he gave it up a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/14 "2017-11-30T19:30:16Z")
They pulled him out of nowhere to appear on the Andy Griffith show and he became a star. He had some kind of comedy act before as pretty much himself, the guy who talked like Gomer and sang like an opera star. Like many others my enduring memory of him is from the Andy Griffith show – “Citizen’s arrest! Citizen’s arrest!” ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/15 "2017-11-30T19:50:38Z")
From Gomer to goner. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/16 "2017-11-30T20:10:25Z")
Damn. I grew up watching him on _Andy Griffith_ and _Gomer Pyle_, and was amazed at the singing voice he displayed on the variety shows. I really liked the album he did of **Man of la Mancha** (with opera star Marilyn Horne as Aldonza/Dulcinea and Jack Gilford as Sancho. _There_ was a perfectly voice-cast combination. I would’ve loved to have seen that show.) the last thing I recal seeing him in was the movie of _The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas_, for which he and Charles Durning were arguably the most appropriately cast members. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/17 "2017-11-30T20:42:26Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > From Gomer to goner. Is Goober still around? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/18 "2017-11-30T20:52:01Z")
One Carol Burnett skit that he starred in that stands out in my mind is when he played Gah Lee Gee in “Yung Fool”, a send-up of _Kung Fu_. Jim was great in it, but Harvey Korman was superb as his sadistic teacher monk, “The fool is wiser than the man who sleeps in cole slaw.” Or something like that. I only remember the line being about someone sleeping in cole slaw. Other parts of it were like: Jim: Goody, goody, goody Master, fill mah empty brain with knowledge. Harvey: (rolling eyes) That would take for-evah! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/19 "2017-11-30T20:54:26Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Is Goober still around? 😕 George Lindsey died May 6, 2012. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-nabors-dies/803165/20 "2017-11-30T20:56:37Z")
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