Jim Nabors hated to watch the opening of the Gomer Pyle Show. Not that he was embarrassed abt it, but it was filmed @ USMC Depot San Diego. Most of the other Marines filmed around Nabors in the intro ended being killed in Vietnam & that upset him until the end of his life.

@jphasson

2 жыл бұрын

Mannnn.....brutal.

Jim Nabors had a great voice. That's not a lie.

@andrewgrove1691

2 жыл бұрын

Well golly!!

@frankdenardo8684

2 жыл бұрын

They played his Christmas album

@maddogmatt1849

2 жыл бұрын

BACK HOME AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN IN INDIANA!

@richardray2985

2 жыл бұрын

@@maddogmatt1849 NOT A FAN OF GOMER

Sounds to me CBS was only pissed because they couldn’t promote his show which was on their network at the time. He was on CBS for years which is why it would make sense he’s singing the anthem wherever the game was played. I would bet every time he sang the anthem the announcers introduced him with some phrase that included “From the CBS Show…”

@rwboa22

2 жыл бұрын

Yet come 1970-1971, with the hiring of Fred Silverman as Head of Programming by CBS, "The Jim Nabors Hour" and all of the shows that gave CBS the nickname "Country Broadcasting System", would be cancelled; replaced with shows such as "All In The Family" (and it's spin-offs and other shows produced by Norman Lear), "Mary Tyler Moore", "M*A*S*H", etc.

@68fmj51

2 жыл бұрын

@@rwboa22 The famous “rural purge”. I believe it was Pat Buttram that said “CBS cancelled everything with a tree in it”.

thanks for the Jim Nabors bio. it really made such a difference by the time i got to hear his rendition. what an amazing voice and next level fandom driving place to place to sing the anthem.

Eagles fan for 45 years. First I heard of this.

@bobasher731

2 жыл бұрын

Me, too.

@8bitorgy

2 жыл бұрын

Well there's a reason for that no official NFL partner was allowed to speak of it. To others it was known as Jim nabors curse. That's why when the eagles won the super bowl recently people said that the curse was lifted.

@rwboa22

2 жыл бұрын

@@8bitorgy there was also the Lombardi Curse as well, as the 1960 NFL Championship game between the Eagles and the Packers was the last postseason game Lombardi ever lost, retiring as Head Coach of the Packers after Super Bowl II, the last championship he won. The Eagles not only won Super Bowl LII, which was a little over 50 years after Super Bowl II, but also won in Minneapolis, which is in the same division (NFC North) as the Packers.

@barbaracaroll

Жыл бұрын

There's always controversy involving the eagles especially in Philly what a weirdo organization and fan base they have

@215_Philly_4for4

8 ай бұрын

@@barbaracarolleat shit?

I love my Birds, but this was pretty friggin stupid on their behalf

@michaelblaine6494

2 жыл бұрын

🦅

Well surprise, surprise, surprise!! Their plan didn't work.

I suspect that they came up with this scheme last minute, after Neighbors had already travelled to Philly. I also suspect that they didn't want him singing at all, but they decided they probably couldn't get away with having him not sing at all.

That was some 2020s-level pettiness. You expect people to act like this today, but not over 50 years ago 😲😲😲

GOLLLLY! What were the Eagles thinking?

@kevinmoore2929

2 жыл бұрын

Take a look at the rosters during that GM's tenure.... Lots of head scratchers during those years.

Jim Nabors was quoted as saying, "Grandma Pyle used to say, 'To sing well is to pray twice, except in Philadelphia because they aren't not nice.'"

It's so ridiculous to think people really believe jinx is possible.

@fnyourmom3064

2 жыл бұрын

It is REDiculous you are correct sir

@googletube2459

2 жыл бұрын

Probably, but strange nevertheless that Nabors passed on November 30, 2017, then 66 days later the Eagles won their first SuperBowl.

@tuat.mvpformallybigd.2635

2 жыл бұрын

And what does that have to do with a jinx?

@googletube2459

2 жыл бұрын

@@tuat.mvpformallybigd.2635 In reference to another poster who stated that "...it was known as Jim nabors curse"

LOL. This is some real "Silver linings playbook" level of Philly superstition. PS Norm Snead was 🗑

@19brittani

2 жыл бұрын

Norm Snead was garbage, doo doo, and could not play at all.. eagles fan since 1970.

@argelbargel7680

2 жыл бұрын

They traded Sonny Jurgensen to get him, too.

This is funny as the Flyers would have Kate Smith sing God Bless America, either live or recorded, before all of their home games forever and a day until the controversy of some other songs she performed forced the Flyers to get someone else to sing.

@deansch6089

2 жыл бұрын

Shhh - we're not allowed to mention that name anymore.

@kevinmoore2929

2 жыл бұрын

@@deansch6089 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@donaldpaluga

2 жыл бұрын

@@deansch6089 who, Anita Bryant?

@kevinmoore2929

2 жыл бұрын

@@donaldpaluga Justin Bieber lol

Its great that you focus on ‘60s and ‘70s football. Would you consider an occasional USFL story? There are a lot of great story lines from those three years, from quite a few future NFL players, and a few interesting inter-league related tales. Like the Houston Oilers refusing a scrimmage with the Houston Gamblers. (we all know why - and they weren’t the only NFL team to shy away from a scrimmage offer).

@jdnolin4852

2 жыл бұрын

there was heavy amount of crazy things going on in the 1982 & 1987 seasons, with the strikes, with the USFL years in between them.

@rwboa22

2 жыл бұрын

Would be something to also add in the short-lived WFL, which had a few defectors from the NFL (most notable being Larry Csonka).

@newsguy5241

2 жыл бұрын

Especially how Donald Trump RUINED that league almost single-handed.

This was when The Birds played at UPenn’s Franklin Field…

@newagain9964

2 жыл бұрын

Nah. You’re thinking of Steelers.

@osaji922

2 жыл бұрын

@@newagain9964 Steelers didn't play there. It was Eagles. Search the Eagles Giants MNF1970. It's at Franklin Field.

@geoffreyhooker9005

2 жыл бұрын

it says U of P right on the field

@newagain9964

2 жыл бұрын

@@osaji922 maybe eagles played there one or two games only.

@osaji922

2 жыл бұрын

@@newagain9964 Steelers never played there. It would make no sense for them to play there as it's in Philadelphia.

1:40 -- 'Nabors was originally born in Alabama." ORIGINALLY born there? Was he born again somewhere else? 😀

@osaji922

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he's a born again Christian.

I really enjoy these videos-would love to see you do one on Bengals-Dolphins 9/14/80. This was the “onside punt” game (actually free kick after safety). Have been looking for video of this with no luck!

Besides the Eagles losing the game, were there any consequences levied to the organization for pulling this trick? You'd think both the NFL and CBS would come down HARD on the Eagles, since that also affected sponsorships through TV ads after the anthem.

@kevinmoore2929

2 жыл бұрын

They had Norm Snead.... Wasn't THAT punishment enough?????

@rwboa22

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmoore2929 they had more than just Norm Snead. They had Pete Retzlaff as GM and Jerry Williams as Head Coach. I wasn't until 1976 when Leonard Tose (one of the "Happy Hundred" who bought out Jerry Wolman in 1969) finally got Dick Vermeil, who, with Ron Jawarski taking on the reins as Starting QB from Roman Gabriel, turned the team around.

@freeparking301

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the punishment was not completing the tank job in 1968 and having to watch Norm Snead hand the ball off to “Not OJ Simpson.” Not to mention that a drunk Santa Claus had to be sacrificed for these misdeeds. Those rough Eagles teams of that era could’ve benefitted from OJ slicing and dicing the opposition’s defense, stabbing through the holes produced by the offensive line, scoring touchdown after touchdown until he’s standing over the other team’s bloodied corpse, but instead the only thing murdered was Eagles fans hopes for a contending team…oh and you know…

@freeparking301

2 жыл бұрын

@UncleMikeNJ Oh I know…just wanted to be a smart ass

@bobma6342

2 жыл бұрын

@UncleMikeNJ he still has Rod Martin in is dreams

This was truly stupid. Interesting story. Furthermore it backfired on them.

@marcus813

2 жыл бұрын

That's karma getting her licks in. The Eagles deserved the L they took that day.

Yes but it was close. If he sang on TV it would have been a blow out…….I may be from Philly

OJG9 When something controversial happens to other teams: “Worst ______ in NFL history” OJG9 when something controversial happens to the Eagles: “Worst ______ in the Philadelphia Eagles history”

@FireballFlareblitz734

2 жыл бұрын

The Eagles are their own special level of bad

Did you just say the Rams were the best while listing the Vikings as both by far the most points scored and least points against? Cmon man.

What a pity Jim Nabors wasn't a Detroit Lions fan. They could use all the luck they can get. 😅

@isaacpeachey8609

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus himself couldn’t save the Detroit Lions

@luisreyes1963

2 жыл бұрын

@@isaacpeachey8609 Point taken. 😩

Okay leaving out a pretty big deal here. Jim Nabors lived a full life until November 30th. 2017. The NFL was in its 52nd SUPER BOWL Year which would see the Philadelphia Eagles finally claim their first super bowl. The Curse of Jim Nabors has been broken.

The Eagles lost 7 straight to the Rams from 1964-1978 before finally beating them in 1983.

Jim Nabors is way cool.

IMS always had him sing most of the time for the Indy 500 but couldn’t make it a few times in the 80s but sang until he died. However people watched the Indy 500 just to hear him sing.

I knew Nabors was one of the most bankable superstars of that time, but DAMN! With that said, the Eagles were stupid at that point. The Rams were a better team and they didn't need Nabors singing on TV to help them beat the mediocre '69 Eagles. Thank goodness nobody could pull this kind of stunt today.

"Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C." ended just as CBS enacted it's "Rural Purge". The purge cancelled top ten shows like "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Green Acres", along with other rural based shows like "Mayberry R.F.D". They were cancelled in favor shows like "All In the Family", and "MASH". Edgier, hipper shows which the network felt would attract a younger audience. This was at the time when viewer demographics became an important metric in TV ratings.

@rwboa22

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, Jim Nabors asked CBS to end "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." so that he could focus on his singing and acting career. CBS in turn gave Nabors "The Jim Nabors Hour", which was the show that was being promoted by the network. Only with the hiring of Fred Silverman, did the "Rural Purge" took place (1970-1971). Of all the programs introduced by Silverman, only one remains today, "The (New) Price is Right" (debut on September 4, 1972, now in it's 50th Season).

Few things of note, this Rams team was an interesting study. After this game, the won 2 more games, and then didn't win another game that season including the playoffs. #2, this was also the season of the infamous Century division in which JG9 did a video. And #3, i'm kind of surprised you never did a video on the Philadelphia Eagles snowballs at Santa game from the previous season as there's more to the story then 99% of people really don't know and if they did know the whole story they would have been throwing snowballs at Santa too.

@scottgreenberg1596

2 жыл бұрын

ESPN did a huge 10 minute piece on the whole thing a bunch of years ago. Found the Santa and everything.

@68fmj51

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know the whole story either but would love to see a video about it.

That's why it's called "stupid-stition."

Well SURPRISE, SURPRISE SURPRISE. The Philadelphia Eagles aren't even good ENOUGH to be a 39.6. No WONDER CBS was MAD at them. They should just SPIKE the football into the ground on EVERY single OFFENSIVE play in SHAME!!!!!

Congratulations on 25,000 subscribers!! That's awesome. Every football fan should be subscribed--This is a great accomplishment

Jim nabors was a bleeping great singer. Real talk.

I think I heard him sing "Back Home in Indiana" before an Indianapolis 500.

Nabors would sing Back Home Again in Indiana at the Indianapolis 500 until...2015 I think

The Eagles did something similar during the 1980 NFC Championship game . They made the Dallas Cowboys wear their blue jerseys instead of their white ones. The Eagles home jersey was their green ones but they heard of the " blue jersey jinx" and made the Cowboys wear their blue jerseys . It worked because they won the game and went to Super Bowl XV.

@sirreal1290

2 жыл бұрын

@ Alan Covel : And then the Philadelphia Eagles had 2 weeks to prepare to be crushed by the Oakland Raiders 27 - 10 in Super Bowl XV

@scottgreenberg1596

2 жыл бұрын

They still do this every once in a while.

@leighwright3450

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirreal1290 so much for that lol 😂

Another example of what separates humans from animals; pointless rituals and mindless superstitions. Fly Eagles fly.

You forgot he also sang "Back Home Again in Indiana," at the Indy 500 for over 4 decades.

Ironically, Rams QB Roman Gabriel became the Eagles quarterback toward the end of his career.

@rwboa22

2 жыл бұрын

And Dick Vermeil coached at UCLA before being hired by the Eagles, even though USC uses the L.A. Memorial Coliseum for their home games.

@googletube2459

2 жыл бұрын

@@rwboa22 And Vermiel was on the field for this game as the special teams coach under George Allen.

Quality content as always

The people running Gomer Pyle USMC wanted to fire Frank Sutton, who played Pyle’s drill sergeant. When Jim Nabors got his variety show he made sure Sutton was part of the show. Garth Brooks almost refused to sing the National Anthem before Super Bowl 27 because NBC wouldn’t air his latest music video in its pregame show. Depending on who you believe the Super Bowl didn’t have a backup plan for the anthem. Don Weiss ran that Super Bowl for the NFL, and he said there was no Plan B. He told the entertaining story in his book, “The Making of the Super Bowl”. This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made two other videos about transactions made between the Rams and Eagles that year. So yesterday you made a video about Division III college football, today it’s about Gomer Pyle. What’s your connection tomorrow?

And he was never supposed to sing Back Home Again in Indiana. Back in 1972 he was a guest of the speedway to watch the race. I believe the person that was going to sing got sick and Nabors was asked to do it. He got about an hour notice and someone had to write the lyrics for him. It started a great tradition.

This demonstrates that Philadelphia sports fans are the most hyper-parochial sports fans in America... they're worse than Boston fans by a mile.

@MrLeoni2

2 жыл бұрын

This had nothing to do with the fans. This was done by the people who ran the team in '69. Heck, I'd been an Eagles fan since 1970, and I had never heard of this before today, and I know of the Santa snowball incident. Even I think this was a stupid idea, and that the Eagles deserved it backfiring on them.

Typical crappy Philly behavior!

The story actually begins at 5:50 (but still goes slow from there)

Carol Burnett always considered him a good luck charm

It seems like the Eagles initiated the "Rural Purge" in 1969 before the "Country Broadcasting System" did it officially in 1970-1971 when Fred Silverman took over a Director of Programming.

That move was worse than the entertainment dude's and GM's equivalent of doing nothing but spiking the ball into the ground on every single play. Fantastic background on Jim Nabors! That's even before my time, but I definitely learn something from this channel even when it's nothing to do with football!

'Before I get to the subject at hand, a little context first- you see there once was this thing called television, and on it were shows, and there was one show called Andy Griffith which had a recurring character named Gomer Pyle...'

Jim Nabors, that’s a legend!!!

@kascnef

2 жыл бұрын

is he still alive

@beast1160

2 жыл бұрын

@@kascnef he passed away in 2017

At this time was there any rumors of Jim Nabors being gay and that the Eagles just made an excuse just saying that he was going to jinx the team

At least Jim Nabors wasn't pummeled with snowballs while singing, right?

Moral of the story, be kind to your Nabors.

Sounds like Silver Lining Playbook Deniro shit. N as an Eagles fan, I’m not shocked at all.

Golllllly, that was dumb.

Why would the,person singing the anthem want to be a patron of one team,over the other?

Technically The Andy Griffith Show was a spinoff (or at least sort of a spinoff) of the Danny Thomas Show. Since Andy's character was on Danny's show albeit once.

Was Kate Smith available?

The reason why the Star Spangled Banner was played on television was simple: Patriotism. We were in the midst of a jungle warfare known as Vietnam at the time. The Patriotism fervor were high in 1969 so the networks ran with it as long as it was a booster in the ratings. Jim Nabors was as "red" American as it came (except later we learned he was homosexual which should never affect him being as American as aanyone else is).

Another reason to hate the Eagles (Giants fan here)

If I were using a Tunnelling Electron Microscope, I would still be unable to locate the point of this ridiculous waste of internet space of a video.

I used to sing the anthem before Philly games and was later found buried in the NY Giants endzone.

"Back hommme again...in In...diana"

And Philly didn’t win a Super Bowl until shortly after Jim Nabors’ death

I bet I'm the only person in the comment section who was actually at that game. I was nine years old at the time and my father took me and my twelve year old sister to the game. It was very cold. I remember that very clearly. It was also the first (and only) time my father ever bought me hot chocolate to drink. What I remember about that was that it was scalding hot, and basically just chocolate flavored scalding hot water that you couldn't really drink until you let it cool down for about a half hour. What isn't mentioned here is that the Eagles had a chance to win the game on the final play and a thirty-something yard (I don't remember the exact distance but it was about that) pass to Ben Hawkins was off the mark. The Eagles were really bad back then. The Rams stayed undefeated for a little while after that before they lost to the Vikings. They subsequently lost to the Vikings in the playoffs.

WHEN you get a chance watch ANY Gomer Pyle episode WHOA Sargent Carter yelling at Gomer and Gomer loving it was HILARIOUS. WAY WAY better than anything done on TV since. AND in 1969 there was ONLY one team and player that matter the MINNESOTA VIKINGS and Joe Kapp. The very year i fell in LOVE with the Vikes. Though I also loved Johnny U and we hated Joe Namath for beating the Colts the year before this season. Though we now love Joe Namath AND remember Roman Gabriel played for the Eagles

The Rams that year won their first 11 games, then fizzled and lost the next 4 in a row, including the division playoff to the Vikings 23-20 at the frozen Met. I wonder if Jim Nabors sang at that last game too. The year before the merger.

@codyhilton1750

2 жыл бұрын

I was at the frozen Met for that game. A great Vikings team until they laid an egg in the SB.

If ever existed the premise for a time travel episode of IASIP it is this. Plot twist: Frank made a ton of money betting on the Rams that season so he is actively working against the gang for the entire episode.

@CTubeMan

2 жыл бұрын

IASIP?

@BKNewrd

2 жыл бұрын

@@CTubeMan It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

We were kinda in left field for a while with the Jim Nabors story, weren't we?

Jim Neighbors not only wasn't a football player, he wasn't a tight end either 😉

At that time Philadelphia could've lost both ways. Either disrespecting Jim Nabors or disrespect the National Anthem for being untelevised

What card in the upper right hand corner?

So Snead did only slightly better than if you did nothing but spike the ball into the ground on every single play

This is weird, love football

The home team getting loud when the opposing team is on offense... what about when the Detroit Lions' crowd was asked by the refs to turn down the noise? ...Yes, the Lions' home crowd.. at one point, I guess, was too loud for the Jets and Parcells complained to the refs. :)

It went so poorly for Jim Nabors, he would've had a better anthem if he'd thrown the microphone into the ground on every down.

Are we just going to ignore the fact that the Eagles used to have a logo that literally looks like a third reich reject for the Luftwaffe? (seen in the thumbnail)

Who wouldn't be angry at a team who throws snowballs at Santa?

@phillytnoize

2 жыл бұрын

Get the story right.... the fans booed a crappy Santa not the team, and it was booing not throwing snowballs.

@jamessimon2067

2 жыл бұрын

The city of brotherly love...

Just noticed that you are blocking out the last names of players on thier jerseys??, why? some NFL copyright BS??......I still enjoyed video, thanks. 11/16 is my birthday but i cant remember what i was doing, my dad was probably watching the game though , we were big Ram fans. CBS Channel 2 10am LA.

OK, I'm early; Merry Christmas to everyone!

@VanillaLimeCoke

2 жыл бұрын

You’re a comedian Happy Boxing Day Happy New Year

Jim Nabors was a true legend.

Spinoffs better than the original, SIMPSONS #1

More recently, the Cowboys got word from Seattle, & a few other teams that Washington’s heated benches did not work most of the time. So the Cowboys got a company in Ohio to make some heated player benches and ship them in(they did not ask that the Cowboys moniker be on the seats, the company made that decision) Washington fans thought Dallas was being disrespectful but in reality they were looking out for there own. By the way…….I am a Cowboys fan since 92 from NC.

Well ghawlly!!!

Why am I hearing about the Rams on a video about the Eagles?? I skip to mid-video and hear the story I wanted to hear.

NFL plays fewer than 300 games per year, so with a video every day, JG9 will eventually have to make multiple videos about same game.

I can’t be the only one who thinks that was a good idea in their part

So who did sing the anthem that day ?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me (Eagles fan).

Anyone ever played his trivia? Curious what it's like, if so? I'm not great at trivia, and would be useless at trivia from before the mid-90s without educating myself through practice, but I'm so painfully broke (I cannot afford basic needs because I'm disabled and the disability process is not only a sham, but it intentionally keeps people broke while people like me build tens of thousands in debt, while never promising that someone can actually get approved for SSI / SSDI. But I digress....) and I would happily become an encyclopedia of knowledge if it seems feasibly winnible. But if thousands of people are doing it (instead of, like, 100, then it's not worth it. Sorry, I know nobody cares. I just thought I'd comment anyway. You don't miss the shots you don't take, or whatever the saying is. 👨‍💻

@OfficialJaguarGator9

2 жыл бұрын

Usually get an audience of around 50 people. Runs for about 90 minutes and you guys get the chance to ask me anything during the game in the chat. Rounds vary in terms of years and difficulty, but we’ve given away over $5,000 in cash prizes over the past year

Philadelphia takes their anthem seriously. Just ask Kate Smith. Oops - not allowed to say that name anymore.

@SuperAV21

2 жыл бұрын

Is she a curse to Philadelphians beyond her own death? I'm not being rude or funny of asking that question.

@MrLeoni2

2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperAV21 No. It's because of two other songs that she'd sang in the distance past that had become a bit more controversial when she got banned. (Me, I think the whole thing is stupid.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Smith Look under the recent controversy section for the answer.

Too many fail to see the relevance... this is philly.. the same city with the Flyers who considered it good luck when Kate Smith sang the anthem before their games... of course that would not be for another few years... but they will see things like this as relevant...

@donaldpaluga

2 жыл бұрын

Among OTHER things Philthy Phan is VERY patriotic, to the point where they booed the Flyers for taking W's speech off the video board because the 2nd period of the Flyers/Rangers preseason game was about to start

Fly Eagles Fly.

Imagine this being attempted today. We’d hear cries about the woke mob incessantly.

I never knew this because I was born on the 1st of that month but the amazing thing is people in Philly wouldn't have seen this live because back then home games weren't shown on local TV. Maybe part of the reason the Eagles thought at the time they could get away with it.

Stupid and Philly are synonymous.

@barbaracaroll

Жыл бұрын

Definitely!!!

The Eagles are a steaming Pyle.

As an Eagles fan, I don't have a problem with this. Make him sing from the locker room LoL

@barbaracaroll

Жыл бұрын

Figures