"Gomer Pyle: USMC" Survival of the Fattest (TV Episode 1964) Poster

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9/10
loved the writing of this episode
trobertt-15-2211212 January 2018
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Sergeant carter has all this marine training that he uses to survive the 5 days out in the woods. Sgt carter decides to partner with Gomer because he is concerned Gomer will drag down the squad.

We see Sgt carter observing the local plants hoping to find out where water is by searching for plants that heavily consume water. He doesn't find it and ends up exhausting himself digging a hole to find a little water, while Gomer comes back with a hat full of water from a creek.

Then we see sgt carter dismiss Gomers intentions of going back to the creek to fish. He orders gomer to relax and conserve energy while sleeping. Carter wakes up to the delightful smell of cooking fish. While Carter gave up on eating, Gomer caught fish at the creek using his resourcefulness.

Poor sargent carter is consistently knocking himself out using his marine training to find water , berries and roots, while Gomer keeps using his hunting ability to capture game for the two of them.

Love the look of disbelief on Sgt carter's face at the end when the drill sergeant praises Gomer's ability in the woods to find food.

This episode was televised on the week of 1/10/2018
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10/10
One of Gomer's funniest hoots
MiketheWhistle7 March 2019
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Anyone who has ever had to survive in the wild whether in the service or not will find this funny. After 5 days they gain over a pound a day which is amazing.Even better the smoking accessory that Gomer finds.
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