The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987)

07/18/1987 (EN) • 30m

Comedy, Action & Adventure

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jonathan Ward

Benjamin 'Beans' Baxter Jr.

17 Episodes

Jerry Wasserman

Number Two

17 Episodes

Elinor Donahue

Susan Baxter

17 Episodes

Stuart Fratkin

Woodshop

17 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

1987 | 17 Episodes

Season 1 of The New Adventures of Beans Baxter premiered on July 18, 1987.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

spy

washington dc, usa

teen spy

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