The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987)

Synopsis

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter is an adventure/comedy television series The show revolves around the spy activities of Benjamin "Beans" Baxter Jr., a Kansas teenager who just moved with his parents and younger brother to Washington, D.C., as part of his father's reassignment as an employee of the US Postal Service. Beans witnesses his father's assassination via a bomb placed in his postal vehicle, then gets hired by the mysterious "Number Two", an agent/second-in-command of The Network, a secret spy agency. The main nemesis of The Network is the evil organization UGLI, headed by the equally evil Mr Sue and comedian Taylor Negron as his second-in-command henchman. Shortly after settling in his new hometown, Beans struck up a friendship with an all-around guy nicknamed "Woodshop" and his love life began in earnest when he later met a beautiful student nicknamed "Cake Lace". In one episode, former Miss Universe Shawn Weatherly played herself.

Series Information

First Aired

1987

Last Aired

1987

Seasons

1

Episodes

17

Episode Length

30 min

Genre

Comedy, Action & Adventure

Network

FOX

Status

Ended

Rating

7.0 / 10 (2 votes)

Top Cast

Jonathan Ward

Benjamin 'Beans' Baxter Jr.

Jerry Wasserman

Number Two

Elinor Donahue

Susan Baxter

Stuart Fratkin

Woodshop

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