Carter Nash discovered a liquid that could turn him into Captain Nice, a very shy superhero dominated by his mother.Carter Nash discovered a liquid that could turn him into Captain Nice, a very shy superhero dominated by his mother.Carter Nash discovered a liquid that could turn him into Captain Nice, a very shy superhero dominated by his mother.
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- TriviaThe origin of the name "Captain Nice:" When Carter Nash is first discovered as a "superhero", he has a belt engraved with his initials, "CN". A passer-by asks him what the "CN" stands for and, not wanting to give his real name, he comes up with, "Captain . . . Nice."
- GoofsAlice Ghostly plays Mrs. Nash, Carter's mother. In real life, she was only 4 years older than William Daniels, who plays Carter.
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Dr. Von Keppel: I am a scientist, and if it's one thing I don't joke about, it's caterpillars!
- Alternate versionsThe show was issued on DVD in Germany (first as a stand-alone, then double-packaged with Mr. Terrific (1967)), but the episodes run 10 minutes short of their original 24 minute running time, and there's no option for English audio.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ayer Nomás: Batman (2021)
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pill-popping, potion swilling not-so-super heroes
I was very young when Captain Nice and Mr. Terrific aired and then quickly disappeared. Even from that tender age, however, I remember the rumor going around was that the networks were pressured to can these shows because the nebbish lead characters altered their states by ingesting some trippy substances. Others on this site mention Carter Nash's father hiding behind his newspaper. I only vaguely remember that, but it fits as CN's mother was the type to hen-peck. i.e. When Carter's super powers are revealed to his mother she asks what name he has chosen. He'd chosen Captain Nice because of the CN on his belt buckle. She throws up her hands in disappointment and asks, "Couldn't you have chosen something better--like . . . "Super Brain" or something?" I thought that was funny even as a little kid. The only other bit I remember from the series involved an appearance by some kind of Gilligan's Island style native who spoke guttural gibberish. When the native says to the mother, "Tahk-a-mock-a-doi," she is aghast by the nerve of him--maybe she even slapped his face. Was funny that a 60s era stay-at-home mom would know some obscure language. And my brothers and I used that native phrase as undercover cursing around our parents. We could let the receiver of this curse imagine the worst was meant, and yet avoid getting punished for swearing. My last thoughts about Captain Nice and Mr. Terrific are that it seemed odd that two so-similar shows debuted at the same time, just as The Munsters and The Addams Family had. Figured that there was some industrial (TV industry) espionage going on, but as a seven year old I probably just called them copycats.
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- Mar 11, 2008
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