“My name is Rusty Shackelford.”
Marta, Lars, Nels and Dagmar
If he said it, I never heard him.
He DID say that, didn’t he? But not the show I had in mind.
Wow. Popular line, I guess. I might have to do some rhetorical tap dancing to plausibly insist that I really am thinking of the show that this is a HUGE hint for…
King of the Hill
TW3
“He’s as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.”
Mama, the televison show as differentiated from the movie I Remember Mama. We had the book in our house because we’re a Norwegian family and this is a distinctly Norwegian (immigrant) story.
Chuck, Ned, Emerson, Lilly and Vivian - and don’t forget Olive.
Pushing Daisies- Lilly & Vivian being known professionally as the Darling Mermaid Darlings
Ellen, Eunice, and- depending on the incarnation- Larry, Jack, Philip, and Vinton
Nope, though you caused me to doubt my memory. A pause and a hard think made me realize I was remembering correctly. It did indeed have to do with “hillbilly” cartoon characters, but it was a different cartoon studio’s portrayal.
Lonesome Dove?
Bingo! And, the more famous Dagmar(Virginia Ruth Egnor)of Broadway Open Housefame (and other 50’s variety shows to follow), was given her stage name by BOH host, Jerry Lester, in reference to the popular sit-com Mama’s younger sister, *Dagmar Hansen *(Robin Morgan).
“This is the city…Los Angeles, California…”
~VOW
Dragnet
OK, here’s a toughie:
“Hello, Joe! Hello, Mr. Dunahee..hee..hee…hee…”
Dragnet!
You forgot the name of Arte Johnson’s character:
Tyrone F. Hornigh
Deputy Dawg
I remember it well from The Jackie Gleason Show
but don’t remember the name of the character.
Well, he was one crazy dude, I’ll tell you that…
Just watched it last night. 
Gotcha! A-hee-hee-heee! 
Somebody mentioned TW3: That Was The Week That Was!
~VOW
“Would you believe when I started the day I was 6 feet tall?”