Such a frustrating disappointment

Excellent but underrated film

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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.

I couldn't agree more ... all comments were spot on. Tongue-in-cheek and missed by most.Don't forget that Buck Henry went on to be a lead writer for SNL as well ... certainly no dearth of comedic firepower there.As for Paula Prentiss' sister, an interesting aside - I just watched 'The Last Married Couple in America' starring George Segal and Natalie Wood - co-starring Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss' ex-husband. Quite the couple in the 70s.I had forgotten that it was indeed William Daniels who went on to play in a variety of prime-time vehicles (most notably St. Elsewhere).Thanks again for the memories of sitcoms past.

I liked it AND I owned a copy of the novelization of the series!!! The show was definitely better than the book, but I remember very little of either of them. I did like the uniform that Captain Nice wore &, being only seven years old, I'm not sure that I understood that it was all a joke.

I think most people have totally forgotten about this show. I sure wish I could. Isn't it funny how some things just lodge themselves in your brain, no matter how useless or pointless they may be?