3/30/2011

Well, since no one made a comment I'm going to assume that the multitude of readers I obviously have just don't remember the show in question. You see, back in the latter half of the Nineteen Ought Seventies, there was a fellow in the White House by the name of James Earl Carter. Now Jimmy used to be the Governor of Georgia (and a peanut farmer before that I do believe, but that might be an urban legend) and was as Southern as Southern gets. So when the vast wasteland that is television was looking for “ideas” for new shows, someone thought, “Hey, let’s make a sitcom based in Georgia and call it ‘Carter Country.’” Anyone with half a brain could recognize that a show with such a flimsy pretext had, at most, an eight year lifespan. Unfortunately, TV executives don't have half a brain... combined. The show went on the air. Picture if you will, “The Dukes of Hazzard” as a sitcom, told from Roscoe P. Coltrane’s point of view. No, that’s not quite it. Police Chief Roy Mobey (played by Victor French) was more of a “straight man,” like Andy Griffith, than a buffoon like R. P. Coltrane. So, yeah, picture a “modernized” “Andy Griffith Show” and you’ll have “Carter Country. Except there was a mayor. Now this mayor was similar to Boss Hogg from “TDoH” but again, less of a buffoon... not much less though. Well, now that I think about it, he was just as much a buffoon but not evil. Yeah, I like that description better. Mayor Teddy Burnside (played by Richard Paul) was a benevolent “Boss Hogg” character. Yes, I'm getting to a point, hang on. Mayor Burnside had a catch phrase. Whenever he wanted some situation “handled,” he’d say in his high pitched souther drawl, “Han’lit Roy. Han’lit han’lit!” and wave his hands dismissively. So, there you have it. That is the story behind the quote yesterday. Oh, I just read a bit on IMDb about “CC” and it compared the show to “In the Heat of the Night” due to (tee hee, I said doo doo) the “redneck chief with an erudite black deputy” aspect. Yeah, now that I think about it, Victor French wasn't as “Andy Griffith” as I originally said. But he was still far less of a buffoon than Roscoe P. Coltrane. I stand by that assessment. Oh, and while we’re taking care of old business, www.badgerbadgerbadger.com is still less annoying than Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” So there.