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7.1/10 TV Final episode date 23 January 1970 | 7.3/10 IMDb Genre Situation comedy Directed by Charles R. Rondeau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Arnold HorwittJack RoseMel Tolkin Starring Bob DenverHerb EdelmanJoyce Van PattenJack Perkins Theme music composer Ray EvansJerry FieldingJay Livingston Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Good Guys is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from September 25, 1968, to January 23, 1970. Forty-two color episodes were filmed in all. As with The Governor & J.J. and Get Smart, it was produced by Talent Associates.
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Synopsis
The main character is Rufus Butterworth (Bob Denver), the driver of a customized 1924 Lincoln turned taxi, and his childhood friend Bert Gramus, played by Herb Edelman, owner of a local diner and neighborhood hangout called "Bert's Place", which Butterworth advertised on the taxi's fender-mount spare tire covers. Plots usually revolved around "get rich quick" schemes that invariably backfired. In the second season (1969-1970), Rufus gave up driving the cab and became a partner with Bert in the diner, which moved to a beach location. Other characters included Bert's schoolteacher wife, Claudia (Joyce Van Patten), and diner regulars Mr. Bender, Hal Dawson, and truck driver Big Tom (played by Alan Hale, Jr.).
Never a hit with viewers, The Good Guys failed to finish in the Nielsen Top 30 and was canceled after its second season.
Syndication
The Good Guys has never been shown in reruns in the United States. In his autobiography, Gilligan, Maynard and Me, Bob Denver related that poor-quality prints of the show were shown for a time in South America. TV Land considered showing episodes of the show in 1998 but opted instead to air episodes of another "lost" sitcom that was also produced by Talent Associates, He & She.