I Dont Remeber This Televison Show Call CarterCountry.

Aaron

Consider yourself lucky.

;)

Was it really bad?

I thought it was a good, funny show. I was probably like 8 when i watched it tho.

I thought it was a good show too. I saw it in reruns in the 1980s. I haven't seen it sense.

Roper in the house!!! How are the old sweaters fitting?

Put up any shelfs lately??

Originally posted by sinatrastar
Roper in the house!!! How are the old sweaters fitting?

Put up any shelfs lately?? " If Helen had her way, I'd be putting up a shelf every night" :lol: :happyface

Too true Stanley! Where is that photo from? Roper looks like he is getting funky!

:lol: I barely remember this show.. sad to say.

I have never heard of this show either..must had been a real hit:rolleyes:

It was a great show. Really.

Originally posted by mr roper
It was a great show. Really.

Sounds wonderful:rolleyes:

Originally posted by mr roper
It was a great show. Really.

I'm going to look around imdb or tvtome, see what I can find.

Originally posted by little insomniac
I'm going to look around imdb or tvtome, see what I can find.
Tv Tome has very little on it.

Originally posted by mr roper

Tv Tome has very little on it.

:(

There's not much at the imdb either, just a plot outline. My grandparents loved this show and I'd watch it with them every now and then, that much I remember.. just not a whole heck of a lot about what I saw.

Originally posted by little insomniac
:(

There's not much at the imdb either, just a plot outline. My grandparents loved this show and I'd watch it with them every now and then, that much I remember.. just not a whole heck of a lot about what I saw.
I don't think TV Land will ever pick up this show.:(

Originally posted by mr roper

I don't think TV Land will ever pick up this show.:(

:( I don't see it happening, which is too bad. The more I look at that board picture, the more familiar they are to me...

Originally posted by little insomniac
:( I don't see it happening, which is too bad. The more I look at that board picture, the more familiar they are to me...
The chief was played by Victor French who was on Little House On The Praire and Highway To Heaven. The mayor up at the top of that picture used to say Handle it. Handle it. That was his saying. I'll try to remember some other things.

Originally posted by mr roper

The chief was played by Victor French who was on Little House On The Praire and Highway To Heaven. The mayor up at the top of that picture used to say Handle it. Handle it. That was his saying. I'll try to remember some other things.

Victor French is the one I remember most, plus the woman and guy to his right. Thanks for helping me out, Sonny. :)

Originally posted by little insomniac
Victor French is the one I remember most, plus the woman and guy to his right. Thanks for helping me out, Sonny. :)
The man on the top right was Harley. He always reminded me of Gomer Pyle. :lol: The one over on the left next to the mayor was Jasper. He was the bigot of the show. Underneith him is Curtis. He was a big city cop from Philadelphia. You might have seen him on Matlock also. The woman on the right of Victor French was the mayor's secretary. She was also Will Smith's mother on The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. Her and Curtis got married on the last episode. It's freightening how much I remember. :lol:

Originally posted by mr roper

The man on the top right was Harley. He always reminded me of Gomer Pyle. :lol: The one over on the left next to the mayor was Jasper. He was the bigot of the show. Underneith him is Curtis. He was a big city cop from Philadelphia. You might have seen him on Matlock also. The woman on the right of Victor French was the mayor's secretary. She was also Will Smith's mother on The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. Her and Curtis got married on the last episode. It's freightening how much I remember. :lol:

Yes! Ok, it's all coming back to me now and I definately remember Curtis from Matlock. That's right, the mayor's secretary. She was pretty funny, wasn't she? You're helping, believe me. This is cool.. It is frightening but I'm impressed. :lol:

Originally posted by little insomniac
Yes! Ok, it's all coming back to me now and I definately remember Curtis from Matlock. That's right, the mayor's secretary. She was pretty funny, wasn't she? You're helping, believe me. This is cool.. It is frightening but I'm impressed. :lol:
She was pretty sarcastic. She kept Curtis in his place. She was also a lot smarter than the mayor who was a mama's boy. :lol:

Originally posted by mr roper

She was pretty sarcastic. She kept Curtis in his place. She was also a lot smarter than the mayor who was a mama's boy. :lol:

Mmhmmm, that's what I thought. Just looking at her, I imagined she kept him in his place. :lol:

I watched it when it aired on not the network channels but syndicated channels. It had the man who was Mr Edwards on Little House on the Prarie!!

I'm going to look around imdb or tvtome, see what I can find.

Sadly to admit........I hated TV TOME now.

the new owners RUINED it for me.

I like the old format much better.

Now, it is known as TV.com

It isn't the same at all.

The first season had the best episodes like the two parter where Curtis moved in next to Jasper. Also the Christmas show where Curtis and Chief Roy moonlighted at a bar in the next town. Then there was the hunting episode where the mayor went with the boys. The second season had a few good episodes (where Curtis's "black hands" saved Jasper from their wrecked car before it burned up. The line that cracked me up the most from this show came from this episode where Harley came by to see Curtis, who was badly injured in the accident and said" Here's a game to keep your mind off the accident. Demolition Derby"). I think the show waned with Jimmy Carter's popularity.

Tv Tome has very little on it.
Rick Mitz's GREAT TV SITCOM BOOK has a bit more info:

CARTER COUNTRY was Jimmy's home and, for a while anyway, the country was
Carter country. The situation: a racial comedy set in the small Georgia town of
Clinton Corners (right down the lane from Plains). Chief Roy Mobey (Victor
French) was the lovable redneck police chief (it was Archie Bunker who made it possible for "lovable" and "redneck" NOT to be a contradiction in terms.)
He had a sharp black deputy, Sergeant Curtis Baker (Kene Holliday), who had
been trained in big-time police tactics in New York. There were conflicts--
racial, and urban vs. rural--but the two had a basic respect for each other.
Others on the force: Cloris Phebus (Barbara Mason), a man-hungry police-
person; Deputy Harley Puckett (Guich Koock); and Deputy Jasper DeWitt,
Jr. (Harvey Vernon), a "good ole boy." There was also a mayor--chubby
Teddy Burnside (Richard Paul), a mama's boy who was elected because
nobody else wanted the job. Curtis' girlfriend, Lucille (Vernee Watson), was
the mayor's secretary. Some though this sitcom was funny. But not quite as
funny as the Carter administration. All courtesy of ABC.

I only remember one episode and that's the one where Roy offers Curtis some of his famous friend chicken he makes with whisky. Curtis not wanting to offend Roy, says he doesn't like fried chicken or water melon and he says he can't even tap dance. Cloris played Marcia and Jan's nosey neighbor on The Brady Brides.

Rick Mitz's GREAT TV SITCOM BOOK has a bit more info:

CARTER COUNTRY was Jimmy's home and, for a while anyway, the country was
Carter country. The situation: a racial comedy set in the small Georgia town of
Clinton Corners (right down the lane from Plains). Chief Roy Mobey (Victor
French) was the lovable redneck police chief (it was Archie Bunker who made it possible for "lovable" and "redneck" NOT to be a contradiction in terms.)
He had a sharp black deputy, Sergeant Curtis Baker (Kene Holliday), who had
been trained in big-time police tactics in New York. There were conflicts--
racial, and urban vs. rural--but the two had a basic respect for each other.
Others on the force: Cloris Phebus (Barbara Mason), a man-hungry police-
person; Deputy Harley Puckett (Guich Koock); and Deputy Jasper DeWitt,
Jr. (Harvey Vernon), a "good ole boy." There was also a mayor--chubby
Teddy Burnside (Richard Paul), a mama's boy who was elected because
nobody else wanted the job. Curtis' girlfriend, Lucille (Vernee Watson), was
the mayor's secretary. Some though this sitcom was funny. But not quite as
funny as the Carter administration. All courtesy of ABC.



Does that book have the ratings for Carter Country?

Does that book have the ratings for Carter Country?
No. This book only lists the top-rated shows for each season (1950-1979).
CARTER COUNTRY never made the Top Ten. (In fact, according to THE
COMPLETE DIRECTORY TO PRIME TIME NETWORK & CABLE TV SHOWS, it
never even made the Top 30.) But I suspect it probably did better in the
South than in the country as a whole.

No. This book only lists the top-rated shows for each season (1950-1979).
CARTER COUNTRY never made the Top Ten. (In fact, according to THE
COMPLETE DIRECTORY TO PRIME TIME NETWORK & CABLE TV SHOWS, it
never even made the Top 30.) But I suspect it probably did better in the
South than in the country as a whole.
It was syndicated quite a lot in the south for years.

Rick Mitz's GREAT TV SITCOM BOOK has a bit more info:

CARTER COUNTRY was Jimmy's home and, for a while anyway, the country was
Carter country. The situation: a racial comedy set in the small Georgia town of
Clinton Corners (right down the lane from Plains). Chief Roy Mobey (Victor
French) was the lovable redneck police chief (it was Archie Bunker who made it possible for "lovable" and "redneck" NOT to be a contradiction in terms.)
He had a sharp black deputy, Sergeant Curtis Baker (Kene Holliday), who had
been trained in big-time police tactics in New York. There were conflicts--
racial, and urban vs. rural--but the two had a basic respect for each other.
Others on the force: Cloris Phebus (Barbara Mason), a man-hungry police-
person; Deputy Harley Puckett (Guich Koock); and Deputy Jasper DeWitt,
Jr. (Harvey Vernon), a "good ole boy." There was also a mayor--chubby
Teddy Burnside (Richard Paul), a mama's boy who was elected because
nobody else wanted the job. Curtis' girlfriend, Lucille (Vernee Watson), was
the mayor's secretary. Some though this sitcom was funny. But not quite as
funny as the Carter administration. All courtesy of ABC.
I had that book and still got some of it. It broke apart on me. :lol:

No. This book only lists the top-rated shows for each season (1950-1979).
CARTER COUNTRY never made the Top Ten. (In fact, according to THE
COMPLETE DIRECTORY TO PRIME TIME NETWORK & CABLE TV SHOWS, it
never even made the Top 30.) But I suspect it probably did better in the
South than in the country as a whole.


Something for the TVResearcher to find, the ratings for Carter Country-lol

and its pretty lousy show

not worth remembering

ha ha ha :lol: :lol:

and its pretty lousy show

not worth remembering

ha ha ha :lol: :lol:
Then WHY did you buy it??

Then WHY did you buy it??


He didn't buy it, he received the show in a Tape Trade

...'I Walk The Line', because that description was deleted (with all the other brief descriptions of shows Rick Mitz thought that didn't warrant a full article) in the later reprints of his book- seems Mr. Mitz "borrowed" too many facts from several TV reference books by Vincent Terrace and Tim Brooks & Earle Marsh (among others) and virtually used some of them verbatim in HIS, with possible plagarism suits as a result- and those original copies are VERY hard to find!

Actually, "CARTER COUNTRY" was pretty good [never mind what Mitz said about it; chances are, he never even SAW a single episode], but ABC never quite knew what to do with it, or where to place it on their schedule to its best advantage, and just let it "expire" after two seasons.

...'I Walk The Line', because that description was deleted (with all the other brief descriptions of shows Rick Mitz thought that didn't warrant a full article) in the later reprints of his book- seems Mr. Mitz "borrowed" too many facts from several TV reference books by Vincent Terrace and Tim Brooks & Earle Marsh (among others) and virtually used some of them verbatim in HIS, with possible plagarism suits as a result- and those original copies are VERY hard to find!

Actually, "CARTER COUNTRY" was pretty good [never mind what Mitz said about it; chances are, he never even SAW a single episode], but ABC never quite knew what to do with it, or where to place it on their schedule to its best advantage, and just let it "expire" after two seasons.


Well if ABC didn't know what to do with the show doesn't that mean it was doing bad in several timeslots?

I'm new to this site. I remember "Carter Country" and a song in one of the episodes has gotten into my mind and wont leave. The episode was about some politician named "Red Armstrong," running for re-election. They sang a song like: "We'll get you back on your feet again, yes we will Red Armstrong." Also, the actor that played in this sitcom was a "bad" guy in some westerns. He could act real creepy in that role.

I remember this series a little bit from when it was originally shown.:cool:

I also do not remember this show has it ever been showed in reruns

Tell someone to "Handle It Handle It!" and they'll know instantly what you are talking about....might not remember much about the show, but remember the line!

I liked this show a lot, it was hilarious. It was syndicated in Maryland up until the early '80s.

I wish this show was in Reruns

I liked this show a lot, it was hilarious. It was syndicated in Maryland up until the early '80s.


I thought it was too short-lived even for local syndication.

10 Hit Sitcoms From The 70's That Wouldn't Fly Today (https://screenrant.com/sitcoms-70s-wouldnt-fly-today/)

Victor French left his co-starring role of Mr. Edwards on Little House on the Prairie to play the lead in this terrible sitcom that aired on ABC for two seasons. While not a huge hit, Carter Country (http://sitcomdiable.blogspot.com/2009/06/shortlived-carter-country.html) was proof that no subject matter was deemed "off-limits" in the 1970s (https://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/06/q-and-a-good-morning-world-carter-country-murder-and-the-android/).

Set in a small town in the state of Georgia, the home turf (http://thelandofwhatever.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-mightve-been-carter-country-1977.html) of then-President Jimmy Carter, the fact that a show like this lasted for two seasons and even made it into the top 40 during its first year is mind-boggling. Carter Country's plot usually revolved around stereotypical southern racism and even featured a police officer who was a known member of the Ku Klux Klan. And yes, this show was billed as a comedy.

I thought it was a good, funny show. I was probably like 8 when i watched it tho.
I recall it too a little bit. I was a child also.

it would never be eligible to be seen in syndication because newer generations would be confused by what carter country. Not realizing it had to do with the US president at that time

In its first season it ranked higher than the Jeffersons, Good Times, and What's Happening

it would never be eligible to be seen in syndication because newer generations would be confused by what carter country. Not realizing it had to do with the US president at that time

In its first season it ranked higher than the Jeffersons, Good Times, and What's Happening

It could run on one of those retronets geared to old people. How many eps of this thing are there?

It could run on one of those retronets geared to old people. How many eps of this thing are there?

36 total

36 total

Just looked at Wikipedia. They say 44.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Country

Seem unlikely this would pop up again, but if some retronet could get it cheap, who knows?

Just looked at Wikipedia. They say 44.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Country

Seem unlikely this would pop up again, but if some retronet could get it cheap, who knows?

Damm epguides was incomplete which means I am done with that site forever

So it is 44 episodes that was on wikipedia

Damm epguides was incomplete which means I am done with that site forever

So it is 44 episodes that was on wikipedia

44 looks right. That’s what IMDb and TV Guide say too

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075489/

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/carter-country/episodes-season-1/1000139883/

Damm epguides was incomplete which means I am done with that site forever


Looks like Epguides messed that up somehow. They say there’s 44, but their list doesn’t have them all.


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44 looks right. That’s what IMDb and TV Guide say too

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075489/

https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/carter-country/episodes-season-1/1000139883/

epguides deleted forever:lol:

"Carter Country" (http://boomerbust-scooter63.blogspot.com/2015/09/carter-country.html)

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Two sad things happened a couple of months ago: The loss of TV producer Bud Yorkin and the cancer diagnosis of former President Jimmy Carter. There was an interesting connection between these two in the year after Carter became the leader of the free world.

Yorkin was best-known for his collaborations with uber-producer Norman Lear in the seventies. Not only did the two work together in television starting in the late fifties, but they continued with films in the sixties--Yorkin directed Lear's "Divorce, American Style" for instance. But when the two devised the ill-fated pilots for a videotaped sitcom based on a British hit "Til Death Do Us Part," little did they know that their persistence would change the face of television.

There is no need to re-hash the phenomenon that was "All in the Family." Before Lear and Yorkin (together as "Tandem" Productions) brought to CBS two spin-offs from that show--"Maude" begets "Good Times"--Yorkin took a heavier producing hand to Tandem's second mega-hit, this time on NBC, "Sanford and Son." A second British remake, this was the first American TV series to portray the African American experience as something other than the glossy, whitewashed, and condescending safety of "Julia," "Room 222," or Bill Cosby's multiple sixties series. Sadly, however, this new junkyard hit revealed a stark thrust backwards in its stereotypes and slapstick--avoiding the controversial topics save the irony of a racist who is himself a minority citizen.

In the meantime, "Good Times" struggled with cast issues due to the decreasing influence of its black story-runners and the ever-increasing prevalence of the mid-seventies fascination with catch-phrase characters (JJ's "Dyno-Mite!"). By the time Lear spun of "The Jeffersons"--also falling prey to the same dilemma while exhibiting bravery in its depiction of a bi-racial relationships--Tandem became TAT and Yorkin formed a new company, TOY, with Saul Turtletaub and Bernie Orenstein.

After Sanford's "Grady" spinoff and the failed Sanford continuation "Sanford Arms," TOY moved to ABC and piggybacked on the Sanford success with "What's Happening!!," a comic version of the more grim feature film, "Cooley High." With Dwayne, Rerun, Raj, Mama, Shirley and Dee, the socio-level was amped up to middle-class but the antics stayed true to the insult-slinging hi-jinks that by this time--post Mary Tyler Moore/early MASH and plopped squarely in the new ascendancy of the T and A/Happy Days revolution--sitcoms were back in the Vietnam-era business of escapism and mindless franchises.

Now on the political front, Americans were completely disillusioned with post-Watergate Washington. Even though the Nixon/Ford years gave birth to TV's golden age of comedy in the early seventies, the surprising election of an unknown Georgia governor to President--representing the USA's populist and strangely spiritual left-turn--heralded inanity in boob tube comedy.

I can remember the early SNL jokes and skits about Carter the peanut farmer and the constant coverage of his Plains family as a punchline--brother Billy and his beer brand, mother Lillian, et. al.--and a brief absence of heated political rancor as Carter was branded "God's gift to the White House." Well, many will argue as to his effectiveness as a world leader to this day, but few will doubt his integrity and measured intelligence. Arguably, he may have been the last president who relied more on moral instinct and less on polls and political gurus.

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So it was in this environment that Yorkin and his colleagues introduced the sitcom "Carter Country" in the midst of super-programmer Fred Silverman's revamping of ABC into the masturbatory powerhouse that included "Charlie's Angels" and "Three's Company." An odd choice, yet reflective of a "trending" topic, the sitcom placed itself squarely in the confines of Carter's own home territory. Sometimes mistaken as a remake of the Acaemy Award winning film from a decade earlier "In the Heat of the Night," the program's resemblance was limited only to the setting and fish out of water scenario. That being said, the basic plot was was southern police chief (Victor French) being forced to work with big-city educated black sergeant (Kene Holliday). And as Chief Mobey, French played a lovable redneck who's prejudices were only unintentional and bred by environment (as opposed to Lear's Archie Bunker--less lovable and more dangerous). Sergeant Baker's main conflicts resided with various residents of Clinton Corners (yes, that was the name of the town) whose bigotry was a bit more, shall we say, realistic. But lessons were learned and situations were resolved in true sitcom form as "Carter Country" did for the racist South what "Hogan's Heroes" did for Nazi Germany. It was a dark version of Mayberry--with a live studio audience.

I remember watching this show upon it's premiere in the fall of 1977 at the height of the ABC "We're the One" resurgence. Premiering the same month as "Soap," and slotted right before Redd Foxx's controversial new post-"Sanford" variety Show, the series didn't quite carry the taboo cache of those programs and somehow managed to slip into a second season unnoticed and unheralded. ABC did manage to get a catch-phrase out of the show: Cuddly yet corrupt Mayor Burnside would utter a terse "Handle-it, handle-it" to his backwoods inferiors. The only thing of pop-culture interest that came of the series was a short recurring character played a young Melanie Griffith--cub reporter for the local paper.

Falling victim to the same level of progressive political-incorrectness as many other seventies sitcoms, we will probably never see this one on DVD. Holliday went on to be a regular on "Matlock" and French continued to be a part of "Little House on the Prairie" and do character parts. TOY produced a mild "Soap" ripoff called "13 Queens Blvd" with Eileen Brennan and Jerry Van Dyke, paired with "The Ropers" to no avail. And in 1982, the company brought back Mickey Rooney to star with two kids (Dana Carvey and Nathan Lane) in "One of the Boys" about a geezer rooming with a couple of college boys. Yorkin went back to features such as "Twice in a Lifetime" with Gene Hackman and the "Arthur" sequel.

Here's the proof: Enjoy the snazzy theme-music while you are at it.

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