The late George Lindsey must've found a means to obtain the rights to the character of Goober Pyle from The Andy Griffith Show, as he took Goober with him when he began appearing on Hee Haw, but also appeared in other roles in other skits on the latter series.
In 1978, Lindsey co-wrote & starred in an unsold pilot for CBS which would've been the third and final spin-off from Griffith, albeit seven years after Mayberry, RFD had ended.
Goober & The Truckers' Paradise brought the beloved grease monkey back to primetime, but now all spiffied up, as we'll see in the video, and we get to meet some of the Pyle family that never made it to Mayberry. Seems ol' Goob made enough money to start a business of his own. Leigh French (ex-The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), & Audrey Landers (later of Dallas) co-star. Ray Stevens wrote & recorded the theme song.
Unfortunately, this 3 1/2 minute clip is all we have.
8 years later, Goober returned to primetime one final time in the TV movie, "Return to Mayberry".
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