I am confident that you are remembering "Best of the West," which ran
for 22 episodes on ABC during the 1981-1982 season.
"Best of the West was a rollicking spoof of the cliches of TV
Westerns. 'Best' was Sam Best, a Civil War veteran from Philadelphia
who journeyed west in 1865. With him were his ten-year-old son Daniel
and his new wife Elvira, a Southern belle whom he had met while
burning her father's plantation to the ground. Fluttery Elvira and
smart-mouthed Daniel were not exactly at home on the rough-and-tumble
frontier. Elvira did her best to tidy up their new cabin, though.
Dabbing daintily at the floor with a broom she sighed, 'I just can't
seem to get the dirt off this floor"--to which Sam deadpanned, 'It's a
dirt floor.' And from city kid Daniel came: 'I want you to understand,
Dad, I'm never going outside."
Sitcoms Online: Best of the West
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/bestofthewest.html
"Like the short-lived series Quark, Best of the West functioned
primarily as a parody of a genre. Only instead of parodying
science-fiction, Best of the West lampooned the Westerns that had been
so popular in the 1950s and 1960s...
Sam Best?s family was also funny as bitter fish-out-of-water types who
have no interest in roughing it out west after living a decidedly more
comfortable life in Philadelphia. In the first episode, Best?s son
Daniel stated to his father 'I want you to understand Dad, I?m never
going outside.' Or Best?s wife who complained that she couldn't seem
to get the dirt off the floor of their new home, to which Best replied
flatly 'It?s a dirt floor."
Yesterdayland: Best of the West
http://yesterdayland.web-daemon.com/primetime/pt1066.php
You'll find information about the cast (and a list of the titles and
broadcast dates of the 22 episodes) here:
Epguides: Best of the West
http://epguides.com/BestoftheWest/
Since I remember this show with some fondness, I "cut to the chase"
when doing my Google search. This is the search string I used:
Google Web Search: "best of the west" "dirt floor"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22best+of+the+west%22+%22dirt+floor%22
I hope this is the correct show! If it is not, or if anything is
unclear or incomplete, please request clarification; I'll be glad to
offer further assistance before you rate my answer.
Best regards,
pinkfreud |