I Don't Remember This Show

[Mr. Television]

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.

[dandelion wine]

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...

[Mr. Television]

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.

[dandelion wine]

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.

[Mr. Television]

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. 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.

[dandelion wine]

Originally posted by mr roper
The man on the top right was Harley. He always reminded me of Gomer Pyle. 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.

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.

[Mr. Television]

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.

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.

[dandelion wine]

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.

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

[EricIdlefan]

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!!

[alienkattuk]

Originally Posted by Susan Norton

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.

[Gale Miller]

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 star collector]

Originally Posted by I Walk The Line

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.

[comedyfreak]

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.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by tv star collector

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?

[tv star collector]

Originally Posted by TVResearcher

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.