The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

1987 · 1 season · 17 eps · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Action & Adventure

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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.

Directed by Savage Steve Holland · Written by Savage Steve Holland

Network: FOX

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Jonathan Ward Benjamin 'Beans' Baxter Jr.
Jerry Wasserman Number Two
Elinor Donahue Susan Baxter
Stuart Fratkin Woodshop
Kurtwood Smith Mr. Sue
Rick Overton
Blu Mankuma Colonel
Rick Lenz Benjamin Baxter Sr.
Bruce Wagner Vlodia
Bill Dow Red
Shawn Weatherly Svetlana
Wendy O. Williams Conju

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