Paul, you have guessed the reason the song was cut out of Gomer Pyle exactly.
It all has to do with paying royalties for the song. That is the reason most
of the music in TAGS is of the generic variety composed by Earl Hagen. You
remember when Opie had a band that was supposed to be a real hot group, but all
they ever played was unidentifiable instrumental music. The show did not
want to pay a royalty for a genuine hit rock and roll record.
On a similar note, due to an error, the owners of TAGS let 16 episodes of
Season 3 TAGS fall into public domain due to a failure to renew the copyright.
You have probably seen these 16 episodes for sale on a single DVD at Wal Mart
or some such. But if you happen to buy these episodes, you will notice that
they do not play the TAGS theme at the start of the show. That is because
Earl Hagen did not let the copyright for his music lapse. The copyright for
the music is separate from the copyright from the show itself.
Orville Hendricks - Mount Pilot Butter and Egg Man
> Today I watched the DVD of the Gomer Pyle ? USMC episode Little Girl Blue, in
> which Gomer befriends a little girl who is visiting the base. Unfortunately a
> large part of the episode was missing, namely the scene where Gomer sings
> "Put on a Happy Face." I guess they had to cut it due to copyright
> restrictions. Why the scene is included when the episode airs on TV but
> excluded from the DVD is a mystery to me, but then I'm no lawyer (nor have I
> seen all the Perry Mason episodes).
>
> Paul Mulik
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