I don't think Mr. Mulik thought he was "trying to be funny" in the least when he called the Marine Corps the "Marine Corpse". What he WAS doing in fact was referring to and quoting a TAGS episode titled "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." when Gomer was either drafted (or decide to join because he was soon to be drafted) into the "United States Marine Corpes". (THAT is the way Gomer pronounced it in that episode), as a matter of fact, Andy himself pronounced that way too (seemingly due to his shock at Gomer actually joining the "Marine Corps"). I assume the writer of that episode Aaron Ruben was indeed trying to be funny when he decided to have Gomer AND Andy pronounce it that way, or was it an ad lib by Andy Griffith and Jim Nabors? (either way it succeeded in being funny), and they did not intend a single ounce of disrespect or a "slur", nor did Mr. Mulik. This was episode number 127, from season 4, and first aired on May 18, 1964.
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