#11: Private Gomer Pyle (The Andy Griffith Show → Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.)
No, we’re not talking about Private Gomer Pyle from Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket. I can understand your confusion, but that’s actually a different character who’s named after our guy. That’s how popular Gomer Pyle was – he became the archetype for a hopeless recruit.
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