Advocate.comFrom ‘Gomer Pyle’ to ‘Boots,' and the long, stagnant march of acceptance for the gay Marine
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50+ Music#OnThisDay in 1930, #JimNabors, American comedian, actor (Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.) and singer (Back Home Again in Indiana), born in Sylacauga, Alabama (d. 2017).
#RIP 🕯️
#RIP 🕯️
SSFC KDT (MOVED)#CompareContrast:
#JimNabors was famous for playing #Gomer Pyle, a #drawl-laden #southern #bumpkin, but simultaneously, was also a very noted and successful #baritone #singer
#Charo was famous for playing a series of #ditzy, #bubblehead'ed #bimbo's, but simultaneously, was also an extremely #talented and renowned #flamenco #guitarist
https://youtu.be/A1D78Y60gvo?t=64
https://youtu.be/7Jkkmb6jEAU?t=54
Gomer Pyle's "Citizen's Arrest!" of Barney Fife - The Andy Griffith Show - 1963
Hippie Scuba Steve
Judy Olo 🚫⚠️kakistocracy🌊To dream, to run, to reach. Gotta hand it to #JimNabors. He had an amazing voice. Shame he was stereotyped as doofus redneck #Gomer. But, otoh, it led him to fame. Can't look back and judge-- it was then, the time. #TheImpossibleDream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jkkmb6jEAU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jkkmb6jEAU
Gomer Pyle sings The Impossible Dream
JoeyXOn this day, November 30th, in 2017: We lost Jim Nabors. He was 87.
Today's screening: He was always there, sometimes hammy, but always solid. "The Andy Griffiths Show, "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," "Cannon Ball Run II..." the list goes on and on.
Today's soundtrack: What a voice!
Today's screening: Gomer sings with the hippies (including Rob Reiner as the boy hippie) - https://bit.ly/2ODjOdj
Sleep well, sweet prince.
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