Probably because some viewers looked at him as a REPLACEMENT for James instead of Just a character who was added to the show. Viewers were supposed to look at Carl the same way they looked at Penny and Keith. A New Addition to the show. I never felt Carl was there to replace James which is why I enjoyed him.

Probably because some viewers looked at him as a REPLACEMENT for James instead of Just a character who was added to the show. Viewers were supposed to look at Carl the same way they looked at Penny and Keith. A New Addition to the show. I never felt Carl was there to replace James which is why I enjoyed him.
Carl wasn't bad, I just didn't like how he treated Florida on their first date. You were right by saying he wasn't there to replace James, but he was there to be something like a man figure, he turned out ok, not great, but ok.

Carl wasn't bad, I just didn't like how he treated Florida on their first date. You were right by saying he wasn't there to replace James, but he was there to be something like a man figure, he turned out ok, not great, but ok.


Carl was in the right for getting mad at the restarunt but wrong for sending her home in a cab.

I think you are wrong Solomon. Of course Carl was a replacement for James. If John Amos wasn't fired, do you really believe the Carl character would've been introduced?

I think you are wrong Solomon. Of course Carl was a replacement for James. If John Amos wasn't fired, do you really believe the Carl character would've been introduced?



But I just can't understand why some people didn't like Carl. The man was funny as hell with that voice and his facial impressions.

I have season 4 on dvd. I'll watch it again to see if he stands up. My memory is a bit fuzzy about him.

Didn't Carl work at Mary Ingalls' blind school on Little House??

Anyway, I don't think Carl was all that bad. If he was going to be a permanent James replacement I don't think he would've made a bad one. They sort of made Carl a no-nonsense type that would been a good father figure to help out with the rest of the raising of the kids (mostly Michael).

...and he didn't believe in God. He even had Michael conned into it. And Floirda still married him, LOL. As religious as she was.

...and he didn't believe in God. He even had Michael conned into it. And Floirda still married him, LOL. As religious as she was.

:lol: :lol: :lol: True! True!

I think Carl/Florida relationship was force on us. the writers pushed them too fast.

we all know that Flo will never leave her kids and married a complete stranger.

that is not the Flo we all know.

Flo will have take her kids with her.

she will never ABANDONED her kids for a man!

I think Carl/Florida relationship was force on us. the writers pushed them too fast.

we all know that Flo will never leave her kids and married a complete stranger.

that is not the Flo we all know.

Flo will have take her kids with her.

she will never ABANDONED her kids for a man!



The story of Florida moving to Arizona with Carl and leaving her kids was only created because Esther Rolle left the show after the 1976-77 season.

Michael should have went with Florida to Arizona, I mean, there was really nothing for him to do there, he just ended being a carbon copy of J.J.

Carl wasn't all that bad, although things did move quite fast.