The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

Series·1987·1 Season

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

Country

US

Language

English

Episodes

17

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The Story

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.

Producer

Savage Steve Holland

Themes

spywashington dc, usateen spy

Audience Score

70%

2 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

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Cast

Jonathan Ward

Jonathan Ward

Benjamin 'Beans' Baxter Jr.

Jerry Wasserman

Jerry Wasserman

Number Two

Elinor Donahue

Elinor Donahue

Susan Baxter

Stuart Fratkin

Stuart Fratkin

Woodshop

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Crew

Savage Steve Holland

Savage Steve Holland

Executive Producer

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