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'''''The Good Guys''''' is a slapstick-style sitcom starring Bob Denver and Herb Edelman that aired on CBS between 1968 and 1970. Seemingly originally set to be titled ''Two Good Guys'', the show was Bob Denver's first after his work on Gilligan's Island, and was Edelman's first as both a starring and recurring character.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bmIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7_YEAAAAIBAJ&dq=the%20good%20guys%20bob%20denver&pg=1845%2C2018964 A newspaper referring to the show under the title ''Two Good Guys''.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref> While the series started off low in the Nielsen television ratings system, it gained traction with reviews slowly and rose to the top third of television programming before the first season's end.<ref>[http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031165/1968-12-03/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1968&index=8&date2=12%2F31%2F1970&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=Bob+Denver+Good+Guys&proxdistance=10&to_year=1970&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1968&proxtext=The+Good+Guys+Bob+Denver&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 An newspaper article that mentions the series rising into the top third of the Nielsen's despite a bad start.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref>
'''''The Good Guys''''' is a slapstick-style sitcom starring Bob Denver and Herb Edelman that aired on CBS between 1968 and 1970. Seemingly originally set to be titled ''Two Good Guys'', the show was Bob Denver's first after his work on Gilligan's Island, and was Edelman's first as both a starring and recurring character.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bmIrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7_YEAAAAIBAJ&dq=the%20good%20guys%20bob%20denver&pg=1845%2C2018964 A newspaper referring to the show under the title ''Two Good Guys''.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref> While the series started off low in the Nielsen television rating system, it gained traction with reviews slowly and rose to the top third of television programming before the first season's end.<ref>[http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031165/1968-12-03/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1968&index=8&date2=12%2F31%2F1970&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=Bob+Denver+Good+Guys&proxdistance=10&to_year=1970&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1968&proxtext=The+Good+Guys+Bob+Denver&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 An newspaper article that mentions the series rising into the top third of the Nielsen's despite a bad start.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref>


[[File:GoodGuysSeason2.mp3|thumb|left|140px|]]
While the series was renewed for a second season, it had to change a lot of details in order to better appeal to audiences.<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19690708.1.6&srpos=15&e=------196-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22The+Good+Guys%22+%22Bob+Denver%22-------1 A television review article confirming that the show had been renewed for a second season.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref> The theme song, while maintaining its original tune, had its lyrics changed, and the taxi Bob would drive in the first season was scrapped with the two opening a better diner with shorter orders.<ref>[http://www.digifind-it.com/redbank/_1960-1979/1969/1969-08-05.pdf A newspaper with an article on page 7 detailing the changes that The Good Guys, as well as other shows, had to undertake before airing for a second season.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref> However, despite praise from critics for improving from the first season, the show fell victim to low ratings, being cancelled alongside ''The Leslie Uggams Show'', being replaced in scheduling by ''The Tim Conway Show''.<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19691022.2.134&srpos=5&e=------196-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22The+Good+Guys%22+%22Bob+Denver%22-------1 The show being praised by a critic for its improvement in its execution of slapstick comedy.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref><ref>[http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031165/1969-12-12/ed-1/seq-7/#date1=01%2F01%2F1968&city=&date2=12%2F31%2F1970&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&lccn=&index=8&words=CBS+Good+Guys&proxdistance=5&county=&to_year=1970&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1968&proxtext=The+Good+Guys+CBS&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 A newspaper article detailing that the series had been cancelled due to low ratings alongside ''The Leslie Uggams Show''] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref><ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19691104.2.81&srpos=2&e=------196-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22The+Good+Guys%22+%22Bob+Denver%22-------1 An article detailing how the show was cancelled and would be replaced in scheduling by Tim Conway's new show.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref>
While the series was renewed for a second season, it had to change a lot of details in order to better appeal to audiences.<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19690708.1.6&srpos=15&e=------196-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22The+Good+Guys%22+%22Bob+Denver%22-------1 A television review article confirming that the show had been renewed for a second season.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref> The theme song, while maintaining its original tune, had its lyrics changed, and the taxi Bob would drive in the first season was scrapped with the two opening a better diner with shorter orders.<ref>[http://www.digifind-it.com/redbank/_1960-1979/1969/1969-08-05.pdf A newspaper with an article on page 7 detailing the changes that The Good Guys as well as other shows had to undertake before airing for a second season.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref> However, despite praise from critics for improving from the first season, the show fell victim to low ratings, being cancelled alongside ''The Leslie Uggams Show'', being replaced in scheduling by ''The Tim Conway Show''.<ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19691022.2.134&srpos=5&e=------196-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22The+Good+Guys%22+%22Bob+Denver%22-------1 The show being praised by a critic for its improvement in its execution of slapstick comedy.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref><ref>[http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031165/1969-12-12/ed-1/seq-7/#date1=01%2F01%2F1968&city=&date2=12%2F31%2F1970&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&lccn=&index=8&words=CBS+Good+Guys&proxdistance=5&county=&to_year=1970&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1968&proxtext=The+Good+Guys+CBS&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1 A newspaper article detailing that the series had been cancelled due to low ratings alongside ''The Leslie Uggams Show''] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref><ref>[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19691104.2.81&srpos=2&e=------196-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22The+Good+Guys%22+%22Bob+Denver%22-------1 An article detailing how the show was cancelled and would be replaced in scheduling by Tim Conway's new show.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref>


==Plot Synopsis==
==Plot Synopsis==
Bert Gramus (Herb Edelman) and his wife Claudia (Joyce Van Patten) run a diner in a small rural neighbourhood. Local taxi driver Rufus Butterworth (Bon Denver) if a lifelong friend of Bert's and consistently tries (and succeeds) to get Bert involved in money-making schemes that never seem to go according to plan such as "low calorie aspirin" and "paper socks", and while these antics don't usually work out as intended, they find themselves helping someone if not themselves.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ek8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=owEEAAAAIBAJ&dq=good-guys+bob+denver&pg=7432,1603962&hl=en A newspaper article that goes over the plot of the first season of the series.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref>
Bert Gramus (Herb Edelman) and his wife Claudia (Joyce Van Patten) run a diner in a small rural neighborhood. Local taxi driver Rufus Butterworth (Bob Denver) is a lifelong friend of Bert's and consistently tries (and succeeds) to get Bert involved in money-making schemes that never seem to go according to plan such as "low-calorie aspirin" and "paper socks", and while these antics don't usually work out as intended, they find themselves helping someone if not themselves.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ek8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=owEEAAAAIBAJ&dq=good-guys+bob+denver&pg=7432,1603962&hl=en A newspaper article that goes over the plot of the first season of the series.] Retrieved 18 Oct '19</ref>


[[File:GoodGuysTaxi.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Rufus' taxi being converted to an advertising prop for the new diner in the second season.]]
In the second season, Rufus decides to ditch the taxi company, and the two pair up to run a new bigger and better diner aptly named "Bert and Rufe's Place" where they focus on the diner's business with smaller orders.
In the second season, Rufus decides to ditch the taxi company, and the two pair up to run a new bigger and better diner aptly named "Bert and Rufe's Place" where they focus on the diner's business with smaller orders.


==Availability==
==Availability==
Multiple episodes of the series have been uploaded to YouTube, with some episodes being segmented into three videos. However, all of the episodes are from the first season, with only audio of the revised theme song being online from the second season. On top of that, the series was released both in black & white and colour, with the pilot episode only available in the former of the two.
Multiple episodes of the series have been uploaded to YouTube, with some episodes being segmented into three videos. The series was released both in black & white and color, with the pilot episode only available in the former of the two.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==External Link==
==External Links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20190328111838/http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/goodguys/index.html The Good Guys fansite (Infobox image sourced from here).] Retrieved 18 Oct '19
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20190328111838/http://www.wtv-zone.com/dpjohnson/goodguys/index.html The Good Guys fansite (Infobox image sourced from here)]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:09, 13 June 2020

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Herb Edelman and Bob Denver as Bert Gramus and Rufus Butterworth respectively.

Status: Partially Found

The Good Guys is a slapstick-style sitcom starring Bob Denver and Herb Edelman that aired on CBS between 1968 and 1970. Seemingly originally set to be titled Two Good Guys, the show was Bob Denver's first after his work on Gilligan's Island, and was Edelman's first as both a starring and recurring character.[1] While the series started off low in the Nielsen television rating system, it gained traction with reviews slowly and rose to the top third of television programming before the first season's end.[2]

While the series was renewed for a second season, it had to change a lot of details in order to better appeal to audiences.[3] The theme song, while maintaining its original tune, had its lyrics changed, and the taxi Bob would drive in the first season was scrapped with the two opening a better diner with shorter orders.[4] However, despite praise from critics for improving from the first season, the show fell victim to low ratings, being cancelled alongside The Leslie Uggams Show, being replaced in scheduling by The Tim Conway Show.[5][6][7]

Plot Synopsis

Bert Gramus (Herb Edelman) and his wife Claudia (Joyce Van Patten) run a diner in a small rural neighborhood. Local taxi driver Rufus Butterworth (Bob Denver) is a lifelong friend of Bert's and consistently tries (and succeeds) to get Bert involved in money-making schemes that never seem to go according to plan such as "low-calorie aspirin" and "paper socks", and while these antics don't usually work out as intended, they find themselves helping someone if not themselves.[8]

In the second season, Rufus decides to ditch the taxi company, and the two pair up to run a new bigger and better diner aptly named "Bert and Rufe's Place" where they focus on the diner's business with smaller orders.

Availability

Multiple episodes of the series have been uploaded to YouTube, with some episodes being segmented into three videos. The series was released both in black & white and color, with the pilot episode only available in the former of the two.

Gallery

The pilot episode for the series in black & white.

Episode 9 of Season 1 in color.

External Link

References