#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 🕯️

#OnThisDay in 2017, #JimNabors, American comedian, actor (The Andy Griffith Show; Gomer Pyle, USMC), and singer ("Back Home Again in Indiana"), died from health complications at 87. 💔😢😭
#RIP

#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

https://youtu.be/1qW_yVKzR30?t=8

https://youtu.be/I5niviXZhok

#7ChristmasSongsToKnowMe

#ColoradoChristmas by #NittyGrittyDirtBand

#OHolyNight by #JoshGroban

#AnAngelCameDown by #TransSiberianOrchestra

#GodRestYeMerryGentlemen by #BareNakedLadies

#RunRudolphRun by #ChuckBerry

#SleighRide by #JimNabors

#MeleKalikimaka by #JimmyBuffett

#Christmas #ChristmasEve #ChristmasSongs ChristmasTraditions

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

On 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.

#JimNabors #OTD

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