The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

Rating

5.0/10

Release Date

July 18, 1987

Runtime

0h 30m

Genres

Comedy
Action & Adventure

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter

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.

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