In federal prisons, clinical psychologists are hired to counsel inmates and provide mental health therapy. The salary is assigned according to a federal pay scale, with options at GS-11 through GS-12, which ranges from $57,982 to $90,344 a year.
Howard's brother, Clint, also appeared on the show as Leon, the young, sandwich-eating cowboy who showed up in five episodes of the series. Jim Nabors, who played good-hearted gas station attendant Gomer Pyle, is the last surviving adult male member of the cast.
Pyle did confirm (from Pyle's interview on the The Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio, Feb. 12, 2007) that Van Zant's cause of death was trauma to the head caused by equipment, such as Betamax tapes and Trinitrons, flying forward in the plane's cabin.