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Jumped before the first episode got in the can, but I still loved this show.

It never jumped. I loved this low-key, funny show. Adults enjoyed the satire and kids could watch it too. Do you suppose the show was canceled because only 10 of us were watching?

Captain Nice Theme song (from memory) Look! It's the man who flies around like an eagle. Look! It's the enemy of all things illegal. Look! At the muscles on those arms, they're like hammers. Look! It's the nut who run around in his pajamas. That's no nut boy, that's Captain Nice.

As the first poster noted, it was in the style (and spirit) of *Get Smart* -- which was perhaps to be expected because it was created by Buck Henry, who with Mel Brooks created *Get Smart*. This was perhaps its biggest asset. In later years, whenever I saw William Daniels in more serious roles, I couldn't help thinking how versatile he was. And unlike another poster, I loved the theme song: it was very catchy and funny. My favorite line: "Look! It's some nut who walks around in pajamas!" No, this series never jumped because it never had a chance even to avoid doing so. And I couldn't help being saddened by the news that Ann Prentiss (Sgt. Candy Kane) had tried to kill her own father and sister Paula.

My Mom found a tape of this show on E-Bay and we started watching it. I've gotta say, this show rocks. This show, like so many in the 60's, was canned before it had a chance to take off. William Daniels portrays the perfect superhero because this was before Dr. Craig of "St. Elsewhere" or Mr. Feeny of "Boy Meets World" whereas those two roles were more serious, Captain Nice (Carter Nash) was a more funny/comedic role. True there wasn't as much action as Batman or Get Smart, but the dialogue/writing was funny for its time. I'm just happy I have a copy of some of the episodes on tape. Also, VERY strange about Sgt. Candy Kane being accused of attempted murder.

[nobr]In response to another writer's question, "Whatever Happened to Ann Prentiss?" Well... she was convicted of attempted murder. Go here for the story: http://mrshowbiz.go.com/news/Todays_Stories/970626/6_26_97_56prentiss.html[/nobr]

I've only seen one episode of this show, but I liked what I saw. I'd like to see more, maybe on TV Land or Nick at Nite. Anyway, to answer a question posed by a fan, Carter Nash's father was played by Byron Foulger, not George Tobias. (This is according to several TV reference books.) Foulger was best known for playing train engineer Wendell Gibbs for a couple of seasons on "Petticoat Junction."

I liked 'Captain Nice', but I didn't like the theme song: it sounded like a rip-off of the theme music for 'The Munsters'. I hated the Munsters theme music. At least the theme song for 'Captain Nice' had a stupid lyric ... the Munsters theme didn't have lyrics at all. Captain Nice's girlfriend was a policewoman named Candy Kane. She was played by Ann Prentiss, who was incredibly sexy except for her annoying Texas accent. Ann Prentiss is the sister of Paula Prentiss (Richard Benjamin's wife), which leads me to ask: whatever happened to Ann Prentiss? Ann and Paula Prentiss grew up together in Texas, but for some reason Ann's Texas accent is very annoying, whereas Paula's isn't. There was a clever running gag on 'Captain Nice'. In civilian life, Captain Nice was Carther Nash. We often saw his parents at home, but we never saw his father's face ...because Mr Nash (Senior) was always reading the newspaper. He would have conversations with other people, but he never put down the newspaper to make eye contact with anybody. I always secretly suspected that Captain Nice's father was actually Abner Kravitz, the next-door neighbour from 'Bewitched': they sounded the same, and they both had the same laid-back attitude. I don't know who did the voice of Captain Nice's father, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he was George Tobias, the actor who played Abner Kravitz on 'Bewitched'.

Actually, Captain Nice did fly, in fact the opening and closing of the program showed him flying through the clouds. He just didn't fly well - kind of like William Katt in "The Greatest American Hero."

In order to downhill a show must go uphill and this show never got the chance to get off the ground--which if I recall was also Captain Nice's problem--he couldn't fly. He also picked the name Captain Nice because it had the same initials as his real name, Carter Nash, and his belt buckle has his initials on it so this was important. I do remember my father being on a business trip and sending us postcards from Philadelphia. He signed it "Captain Nice" and we were thrilled for days because I was too stupid to recognize my father's handwriting. It also became quite the show and tell item in my third grade class.