With the Chief or without the Chief…?
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stevenackerman69 — 10 years ago(January 20, 2016 11:14 PM)
I don't know how much longer the show would've gone on if Dolph hadn't died. It might've just been 5 seasons and that's that. It wasn't a big ratings winner to begin with, just a mild success at the time when NBC wasn't doing well to begin with.
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stevenackerman69 — 10 years ago(January 23, 2016 04:26 PM)
Been watching some of the episodes from the first two seasons and they are very good. Dolph Sweet did a great job as Carl and there were some real funny episodes. Too bad Nell didn't get along with the writers and producers so new ones came in and the format changed a bit. For example, Carl's brother Ed was written out of the series and he was pretty interesting.
By the way, today marks 13 years since Nell Carter left us. -
jarrodmcdonald-1 — 10 years ago(February 18, 2016 05:27 PM)
I think she was right to get rid of the original batch of writers and producers. Some of the humor was a little low-brow, for my taste, in those early episodes. Way too many fat jokes in the first two seasons. And the kids were not fully fleshed out..it was all rather stereotypical in the beginning.
I feel it became a much stronger, more diverse program when Arthur Julian took over. And while she was still sharp-tongued and made plenty of wisecracks when a situation called for it, she was also allowed by Julian and his staff to be more mature and tender. She grows from being a mammy-type character in the early years to becoming the emotional anchor who kept the family together and made something of her own life.