The series was created by Buck Henry, who was a co-creator of the hit series Get Smart. William Daniels as Captain Nice / Carter Nash.Candy Kane, although he seemed mostly oblivious to her obvious attentions. Ĭarter had a would-be girlfriend in the police department, meter maid Sgt.

His superpowers included superhuman strength, invulnerability and the ability to fly, although Nash had a great fear of heights, and his natural clumsiness increased whenever he drank his super serum. Despite the kitschy garb, the very sight of Captain Nice somehow struck fear into the hearts of criminals. In some episodes he wore his regular glasses as Captain Nice, but in others he wore a domino mask, but still wore his glasses over the mask. His costume consisted of white pajamas adorned with gold stars, red stripes on the pants, the words 'Captain Nice' (initially misspelled 'Captin' until a smaller 'A' was added) in blue across the chest, a red-white-and-blue belt with a gold buckle, and an over-sized red and blue cape, all lovingly sewn by his domineering mother who had basically cajoled Nash into his crime-fighting career. Nash called himself 'Captain Nice' in his first appearance when a bystander asked him who he was: his belt buckle was monogrammed 'CN,' and Nash later admitted, 'It was all I could think of!' On that occasion the explosion that transformed him blew off most of his clothes, leaving him in long underwear and with the remnants of his shirt suggesting a cape.Ĭaptain Nice didn't behave much differently from Carter. Riding the tide of the camp superhero craze of the 1960s, the show's premise involved police chemist Carter Nash ( William Daniels), a mild-mannered mama's boy who discovered a secret formula that, when he drank it, transformed him in an explosive burst of smoke into Captain Nice. Reruns of Captain Nice aired on Ha! ( Comedy Central) in 1991. Terrific, also aired on Monday nights that season in the 8 pm EST time slot.Ī single-issue comic book adaptation was published by Gold Key Comics in November 1967. The show was an unsuccessful attempt to cash in on the 1966 smash hit ABC TV version of Batman. American TV series or program Captain NiceĬaptain Nice is an American comedy TV series that ran from 9 January 1967 to 28 August 1967, Monday nights at 8:30 pm EST on NBC, opposite ABC's The Rat Patrol and CBS's The Lucy Show.

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