Goober Actor George Lindsey Went Into a Rage When This Episode Aired: ‘I Just Went Completely Nuts’
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I saw George playing a racist deputy in an episide of The Twilight Zone. The guy had serious acting chops. In fact, he usually played a heavy on TV. After AG, he was typecast, which was a shame.
Happens so often, there is a personal tension about wanting to move on, yet coming to grips and enjoying the fame the role brought you. In one interview I remember George said he had regrets, but looking at his bank account with the Goober money helped him look past the regrets, lol.
He was great on Alfred Hitchcock too.
I just saw that episode! George Lindsey was very underrated as a dramatic actor. Many people have no idea how good he was. He was awesome in that episode, playing an unsavory character
Lindsey admitted he didn't have any good reason to be mad at Nabors. He said, "It was entirely my problem."
I saw the thumbnail and thought the episode in question was when Goober grew the beard and everyone thought he looked "smart"
So did I.
Me 2!
Me three!
Me 4
And charming, seductive, mysterious...'Goober Suavee'
"Man In A Hurry" is my favorite episode. I never realized it was the debut of Gomer. Glad it all worked out with both a tors. Praying you feel better soon
Mine, too, because Malcolm Tucker was on his way to my hometown.
I always felt Nabors and Lindsey both ended in the perfect roles for their respective characters.
Harmless, loveable doofuses - although having those traits AND being cousins - along with the exaggerated, ultra-hillybilly speech pattern - well, you know...
I think in the long run it worked out for the best. Each man was perfect for his respective role. No one could play Gomer like Nabors and no one could play Goober like Lindsey.
JR,
North Carolina
I would think he should be upset at the episode where Opie and his friend convince Goober that a dog could talk. Being silly and naive is one thing but this made goober just plain Stupid.
That has to be the worst episode. Even a 4 year old wouldnt fall for thst trick. No character on the series is dumb enough to fall for that trick. Terrible writing.
I think the range of Nabar's voice had a lot to do with expanding the characteristics if the Character "Pyle"
I grew up in Mayberry. That's what we called it. We got a traffic light in the80s and the traffic was so light the state removed it. Anyway a petition was circulated to "Bring Back The Traffic Light" with T shirts and everything... Our Sherrif didn't wear a gun and kept all his duck hunting gear in the trunk of the Sheriff's car. The Sheriff's office was a small room in the courthouse and the original police station was LITERALLY a phone booth by the park. They built an actual jail and Police station and all in the late 80s I think. We had the only courthouse in GA that allowed smoking and when I asked why I was told " it's a historical building so we can't tear it down but if it was to catch fire the state would build us a new one."
Ellaville GA
Wish I was back there now.
Same only in kentucky
Doesn't sound genuine.
I grew up in Tallapoosa, GA, which was, and still is very similar.
I worked with George with the Jimmy Dean Show. You never, never called him Goober. He was a terrific actor of all parts and a pretty easy going guy, but you never called him Goober. I still miss him.
why the falsehoods, you did not work with him. are you trying to feel important
@donjulio4025
Wrong and stupid
Gomer was BRILLIANT. Goober was a very weak "replacement" scrub. Kind of like Warren replacing Barney. It did NOT work for me at all.
George Lindsey is far from the only actor to lose out on a role. Suzanne Somers auditioned for Charlie's Angels. Farrah Fawcett got the role. Tom Selleck lost out on Raiders of the Lost Ark. He was committed to Magnum PI. Thankfully things worked out for all of them.
One book had George claiming that he later got offered the part of Dud Wash. If so, it's a good thing he turned that part down. Jim Nabors was better to play the very naive Gomer. Goober seemed to be a little bit more knowledgeable, at least on cars. My personal theory is that Goober and Wally worked with Gomer in that area. Both played their parts for several years. Gomer got his own series. Goober continued with Mayberry RFD. Next came Hee Haw and an unsold pilot.
In Huntsville Alabama my brother worked at a car dealership. He came to pick up his car. My brother said please do judy Judy Judy. He said no no one wants that anymore. My brother felt upset. And on the way out the door he turned back and said it.
Judy judy judy 😂😂😂😂
That's a tough break but Lindsey got a part of one of television's greatest sitcoms. Take care of yourself, Bob.
Thank you
Jim nabors and George Lindsey were both from the state of Alabama.
Roll Tide 😊
I’m pretty sure Jim Nabors’s first appearance as Gomer Pyle was in “The Bank Job” (Season 3, Ep. 13) when Barney got locked in the bank safe and Pyle used a blow torch. It was a short appearance, but his character was referred to by name in that episode. His second appearance was in "Man in a Hurry" (Season 3, Ep. 16).
Yup but man in a hurry was filmed first. They switched them for some reason
@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585 That may be the case but we go by air date and The Bank Job was his debut
I read about that in the Andy & Don book. I can understand Lindsey's disappointment, but it's not uncommon in the business for a thing like that to happen. He guested as Goober on the Gomer Pyle spinoff, visiting Gomer at the base, so I'm guessing he had processed his feelings by the time he agreed to that guest role.
I never knew this. I get the anger, but it says something about his character that he held it against JIm. Very childish. Get better soon.
Want2Balone...Apparently he didn't holding against Jim Nabors as it is stated in the clip that they became friends .
@@lar7905 I realize he didn't hold it against him long term, If I remember correctly, the video clip said it was about a year that he didn't speak to Jim. That was the period I was referring to. I'm glad he did get over his resentment, but I think it is telling about a person who would behave that way to begin with. I didn't make myself clear with my first response.
Sometimes it takes time between people for resentment to heal .George Lindsey showed he wasn't really a goober .
@@lar7905 That's true.
Though the studio made right choice with Nabors, no doubt Lindsey's treatment was unfair. That's part of the business I guess.
Gomer was BRILLIANT. Goober was a very weak "replacement" scrub. Kind of like Warren replacing Barney. It did NOT work for me at all.
I can’t imagine anybody but Neighbors playing Gomer. But to hold it against neighbors and how he acted makes me think Lindsey is just a real ahole.
100%
Gomer had a sweetness about him. You had to just love him.
I used to work with a lady named "Katie Thibodeaux" who's brother was Keith Thibodeaux, aka Richard Keith, aka "Little Ricky" from I Love Lucy. Katie told us that she was once an extra on the Andy Griffith show as one of Opie's classmates in an episode that included Keith as a classmate also.
You remember that…?
Yeah little Ricky, Keith was in several episodes as a friend of Opie.
Yes he was in the episode where they go camping and Barney and Gomer get lost
The irony is that the part of Goober was much more integral to the show than Gomer was.
This kind of happened when casting the Perry Mason. William Hopper was supposed to play Perry and Raymond Burr was slated to play the prosecutor Hamilton Burger. Im sure Mr Hopper was crushed but he did an excellent job as Private Detective Paul Drake and I never heard that he begrudged Mr Burr.
There were 249 episodes in all, 159 in black and white (seasons 1-5) and 90 in color (seasons 6-8).
The backdoor pilot for the series was an episode of The Danny Thomas Show, "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", which first aired on February 15, 1960
The characters George Lindsey has played in other TV shows were very similar to Gober with a touch of villainy!!!
The funniest Gomer-Goober moment was when they were sitting with the Fun Girls after Andy and Barney ridden themselves of them and the girls were laughing hysterically at Goobers bad impressions
So he created a reality that didn't exist ( he would get the job)and got mad at the person who did get the job....
Was this like his first week in acting?
He was an established character actor and Nabors wasn't.
My grandfather lived in Granite city Illinois, where they were opening a restaurant called George Lindsay’s. The sign for the restaurant had a picture of George Lindsey as goober wearing that beanie that he always wore. George Lindsey was at the grand opening and was signing autographs. My grandfather asked him to sign it as Goober. That set him off. He went into a rant about how he hated that character and that he was sick of people only remembering him as that character. He wouldn’t sign the autograph and was very rude. I don’t think he was appreciative of the role he received and quite frankly, I don’t think he deserved it. I would not have believed it had I not seen it for myself as a young boy of about 11 years old. I was very disappointed as he was always one of my favorite characters on the show.
JudyJudyJudy....
“Okay you guys, c’mon you guys, alright you guys, beat it you guys!”
One trick pony. Nabors was 10X better.
I met George several times. You couldn't ask for a nicer person. He signed a bunch of stuff for us and posed for many pictures too. He spoke highly of everyone on the show. I loved Clara Edwards/Hope Summers. He could not stand Howard Sprague/Jack Dodson.
I once saw George Lindsey do a standup comedy act and he was HILARIOUS.
I met George one time in Nashville in the 80’s. He was a nice guy and we talked for a little bit. He told me that one time he and Bob Denver got drunk and got into a fist fight over who the better actor was😂😂😂
Tie. Neither was very good.
@@steveludwig4200 😂😂😂😂
That's almost as funny as fighting over which one was better looking.
Denver was far more talented. Lindsay always seemed like just a real hayseed. Not a lot of acting involved.
Hey Bob! Thanx for mentioning my comment! Keep well.🙏🏻 🤓😎✌🏻
God bless
George is from my home town of jasper Alabama, I visited his grave a few months back.
Take pics?
@@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585 no but he’s only 5 minutes from my house, you want some?
@@Jamie-tn5qj dont go out of your way, but if you find yourself there sometime
@@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585 email?
@@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585 I got the pictures of George’s grave.
The funniest episode of all times is when Opie and his friend played a trick on Goober, with the talking Dog. I could not stop laughing. Love it.
A Man's best friend.
George shouldn't have been upset with Jim. Both portrayed their roles in TAGS . Also I Gomer Pyle USMC. Interesting video. Thank you Bob
Melanie
Praying you feel better soon .
Thanks carl
Thanks carlene
George owned a burger shack in Luray Va, years ago. He used to pop in from time to time, for his fans. It closed not long after he passed away.
Drat. I live within 45 minutes of Luray and never knew that.
That's to bad that George Lindsey didn't get the part of gomer pyle jim nabors played gomer pyle very but george Lindsey played goober pyle very well good video bob get well soon
Thanks
Gomer's Most Remembered Line: "Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! That's not My Finger!" HA !!
As a server I Nashville I waited on many a celebrity. Mr. Lindsey was a very well grounded and friendly man.
Lindsey was a real prick. I worked for a state network at one time and one of our young anchors, a very nice woman in her early twenties was assigned to interview him. He was arrogant and hostile because the young anchor did not know every facet of his career and we were only able to use snippets of the interview. A real jerk.
I heard he was a grade A a$$hole decades ago. Thanks for verifying.
@@evdallas123. Wow!? Lindsey was a jerk?
Gomer was BRILLIANT. Goober was a very weak "replacement" scrub. Kind of like Warren replacing Barney. It did NOT work for me at all.
Your comment made me wonder if he acted like Goober in the episode where he grew a beard. Same episode the thumbnail came from. Maybe we got a look at him as he really was?
@steveludwig4200 For me, although still enjoyable the show declined somewhat with characters like Goober, Howard and Emmet. None of them were as entertaining as Barney and Gomer.
Sorry you don't feel well, Bob. Take care of yourself. Goober was one of my favorite characters. A very good actor. My favorite episode was when he thought he had whiplash.
Good one
George Lindsey appeared in more episodes than Jim Nabors. But it was because Nabors got his spinoff show.
So behind the scenes Goober wouldn't talk to Nabors and the self-righteous grandma wouldn't talk to Don Knotts.
Mayberry, indeed.
I think the parts of Gomer and Goober worked out as they should have. If Lindsey thought Nabors was lacking in specific acting skills, Nabors nevertheless always rang true in the parts written for him as Gomer. I liked Goober too, but Nabors' "Gomer" was spot on!
Dear Bob, Here's hoping and praying that you feel better soon. I'd appreciate your prayers, too, as I'm having some leg pain.
Lindsey had no right to not talk to Jim Nabors. Being disappointed is understandable but direct your anger at the powers that be, not the actor.
We all loved “Goober” & The Andy Griffith Show! I think this world of ours could use a lil more Andy Griffith!
*My Dad once told me when he was a kid that George Lindsey was his gym teacher at Hazel Green AL. school. I never gave it much thought until I saw his wiki page & it states “GL” taught at that school for a year in the 50s.
Wow!
Judy Judy Judy
Its hard to imagine Jim or George being mad at anyone. Truly wild they had bad blood between them for any amount of time.
Lindsey was a working character actor in the early 60s...on several series. As it was he was on Andy Griffith much longer than Neighbors with much more character featured stories and transitioned to RFD...even making an appearance in Andy Griffth's 2nd attempt at a small town series in the 70s. As upset as we might be one day, we don't realize what today's dissapointment can lead to.
Neighbors got his own series, but if Lindsey was cast...maybe no Gomer Pyle USMC a year later.
The same thing happened to Bruce Lee when he got bumped for David Caradine for the Kung Fu role.
George appeared on an episode of Gomer Pyle and I wonder how that made him feel.
I am sorry that George Lindsey was mad at Jim Nabors, glad he got over it. Feel better soon ! God Bless.
George was also considered for Captain Kirk on Star Trek
Lindsey, I hope, faced up to the fact that each man ended up in the proper roles for them. Each actor brought so many unique qualities and idiosyncrasies to the characters that the other never could have.
They became friends
Goober paid a visit to Gomer at the Marine base. I won't spoil it for those watching this who haven't seen that episode.
Thanks Bob for this AGS F & T segment. Although it started off somewhat poorly for George it wound up actually being a good break for him as most folks whoever watched the AGS know him as Goober. Good segment.
Another thing not talked about around Hollywood was that Lindsay and Griffith would often argue on the set.
Griffith's demand for respect often had him at odds with many coworkers, including Eleanor Donahue who told a Philadelphia radio station that Griffith was " very difficult to work with and was always making sexual advances toward me and other women on the set.., I refused to give in and was called at home and told I wouldn't be needed anymore.., I was devastated and was told to keep my mouth shut, or face being black balled.."
Thanks for posting when you weren't feeling good
Perhaps Lindsey could have stared in a spin-off of TAGS show called The Incredible Goober. Goober would have been exposed to a lot of radiation and whenever he gets angry he goes into a rage and transformers into a beastly neanderthal looking monster - The Incredible Goober. Then when he calms down he transforms back into himself.
He actually did star in a spinoff but didnt workout
@@theandygriffithshowfactsan3585 I know about that.
Has anyone seen the beer bottle in the episode “o pie and Andy housekeepers” ? It’s on the end table in Andy’s living room.
A little piece of trivia.... When Star Trek was casting for Spock, the choice came down to George Lindsay and Leonard Nimoy. Goober was almost Spock. George was a classically trained actor and I'm sure he would have been a wonderful Spock. Now THAT, would have changed his career for sure. He did well though, investing his earnings and owning a chain of restaurants for years.
I could imagine how bad that hurt to be tossed out when you least expected it. I love the Pyle's and they both turned out Great. Hope you get to feeling better.
Goober was mentioned in that episode!
I liked Jim Nabors as Gomer, but Goober was completely uninteresting to me. I never cared for his character at all. He could have been removed from the show entirely and wouldn't have been missed.
I feel the same. I tolerate him in some of the colored episodes only because they are so bad that anyone is better than Howard, Emmett and Warren. 😂
Gomer was Gomer and Goober was Goober and I liked them both. To be honest, I think George Lindsay was better on Hee Haw than the Andy Griffith Show.
Jim Nabers was a sweet kind human being. I’m sure it hurt his feelings when George refused to talk to him for a whole year.
Andy's favorite episode.
Glad I found your channel. I enjoy these stories. One of my favorite shows.
Thanks for watching!
Hope you get feeling better soon, Bob.
JUDY JUDY JUDY!
Damn! I thought that bit was so stupid.
@@DennisMSulliva it was. That’s why I thought it was memorable
@@robsimpson6537 Am I clear? Not like a good comedian playing the fool. I mean a stupid, not enitertaining joke. Maybe it's just a personal judgment.
@@DennisMSulliva what the hell are you talking about? Just a skit I remembered from his Andy Griffith show. Stand down and enjoy the show.
@@robsimpson6537 "it was. That’s why I thought it was memorable" I agree, rob. The fact that impressions are so far off sometimes is actually what makes them so hilarious. Goober thinking he had Cary Grant down even while doing it horribly just made me crack up hard. I loved that particular episode with the Fun Girls. Great humor!
Get over it Goober
Back 4050 years ago he opened up a steak restaurant on 65th street in little rock ar Back then there was a amf bicycle plant and timex watch plant real close.
Goober was also on ten times the episodes gomer was on.
And that's a shame.
Goober was one of my all time favorite characters. I remembered him more than gomer pyle.
Mine too
Thanks so much, big fan of the series, and any information that you might provide.
Lindsey played quarterback in his college days.
I think we really as A country have lost are way. There's so much Hate and disrespect towards one another.
it started with 'Prayer' being taken out of schools😢
@@jamesheggs6825 so very true
WOW WHAT A PYLE !!!!!!!!!!
Of . . . ?
Hi Bob I hope you feel better Praying for you. Thank you for the video God Bless Much Love Jean
Poor George, but honestly..WE LOVE GOOBER!
That hat was life back in the day though.
I pray you feel better, BOB. In JESUS Name Amen
Thank you!
Thanks. Continue to heal.
Lindsey was great in Gunsmoke!
Thanks Bob , hope you feel better soon 😊
Thanks Bill
Hi Bob . Listen..... I'm sorry that you're not feeling well . I promise you that I will be praying for you buddy .
Feel better soon, uncle Bob ❤️ i have the same condition. Very painful 😒 definitely resembles a heart attack 😢
Very painful....did you ever have an attack like if you were working or doing something physical?
Thanks for that clip, Good Info from the Inside 👍👍
You must REST Bob..we all love tags yes but we want you to be well and around for as long as tags has been ..in the future bud.
Judy Judy Judy!!
Fun fake fact: goober was British, when he first met Jim Nabors he asked him am I a joke to you, said here's the punch line, knocked him out
Hello Bob,
🙏 PRAYERS for you to feel better soon!!
That’s interesting I never knew George wanted the part of Gomer. I’m glad they got to be friends. They’re fun to watch & make a great team when they are in the episodes together. I love the haunted house one. 😊
Thanks Tiff
Gomer had star power, while goober provided "filler"
I disagree...george lindsey was a really good actor and proven staying power
Lindsey was really good after Nabors left. I don't think the show missed a beat until Knotts left the show. Then the show was just so so from that point.
Gomer was a million times better than Goober. The Andy Griffith show was never the same when Jim left
I thought goober was funnier
😆 Goober 👉Says Hey
I was a member of (as I recall) a George Lindsey club - something about his fast-food restaurant in Ft. Worth, TX. But by the time my parents finally took me there, I think it was about to close down for good. I was very sad at the time.
Jim Nabors was a great talent, I remember hearing a recording of him singing some ballad or a song from a piece of classical music, he was a crooner as well. But Lindsey should have worked on the set of Green Acres, perhaps as a side kick to Mr. Haney (Pat Butrum? )
My favorite episodes seem to involve Ernest T Bass. ...He' a Nut !!
But the episode with the State Police chasing a fugitive and ole Andy just casually watching him steal a boat on the lake, making his getaway.
Sargent, if you and your men just walk on down to the lake you can pick up your prisoner.
....as the boat begins to sink and the escapee swims right back to the back and into the arms of the Sargent. Ha.
Elvis shot his TV when he got irate at it..and Herman Munster kicked his while saying "darn darn darn"😁
Haha, I loved Herman Munster. Fred Gwynne was the perfect person to play the role. He was my favorite character on that show (along with the second Marilyn).
Great video Bob. I’ve got George Lindsey’s book as well. Very good book. Hope you feel better soon. 🙏🏻
Thanks Dennis