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Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
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Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

1980
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

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Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American detective/comedy series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. The series was created and executive produced by Stephen J. Cannell.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP14  Diamonds Aren't Forever
Jun. 27,1980
Diamonds Aren't Forever

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EP13  The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street
Jun. 20,1980
The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street

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EP12  Untitled
Jun. 13,1980
Untitled

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EP11  This One's Gonna Kill Ya
Jun. 06,1980
This One's Gonna Kill Ya

When Lionel investigates the 40-year-old murder of a woman, people start shooting at the partners.

EP10  Loose Larry's List of Losers
May. 30,1980
Loose Larry's List of Losers

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EP9  It's Easier to Pass an Elephant Through the Eye of a Needle Than a Bad Check in Bel Air
Mar. 30,1980
It's Easier to Pass an Elephant Through the Eye of a Needle Than a Bad Check in Bel Air

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EP8  Savage Says, "The Most Dangerous Bird is the Jailbird"
Mar. 23,1980
Savage Says,

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EP7  The Millionaire's Life
Mar. 16,1980
The Millionaire's Life

E.L. gets his old partner, Mike McGill, to run a scam to pay Lionel with con money to keep the agency afloat. However, the fake crime that they set up uncovers a real one, and the crooks will do anything to keep it quiet.

EP6  The Sixteen Byte Data Chip and the Brown-eyed Fox
Mar. 09,1980
The Sixteen Byte Data Chip and the Brown-eyed Fox

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EP5  Savage Says, "What Are Friends For?"
Mar. 02,1980
Savage Says,

A stockbroker and friend of Lionel's hires the detectives to investigate two men who are having him make investments with negotiable bonds.

EP4  Savage Says "There's No Free Lunch"
Mar. 02,1980
Savage Says

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EP3  The Robin Tucker's Roseland Roof and Ballroom Murder
Feb. 03,1980
The Robin Tucker's Roseland Roof and Ballroom Murder

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EP2  Tenspeed and Brownshoe (2)
Jan. 27,1980
Tenspeed and Brownshoe (2)

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EP1  Tenspeed and Brownshoe (1)
Jan. 27,1980
Tenspeed and Brownshoe (1)

E.L. is out of prison and quickly involved in a new scam - stealing a million dollars from the Mob. Unfortunately, he's unaware that the Mob got it from fencing Nazi diamonds. Meanwhile, accountant Lionel Whitney is in town to get married to his dominating fiance, and quickly finds his plans gone awry when Tenspeed hides the diamonds in his limousine. Both groups are now after both him and Tenspeed.

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Synopsis

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American detective/comedy series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. The series was created and executive produced by Stephen J. Cannell.

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Ben Vereen , Jeff Goldblum

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Reviews

richardnibbler I too remember this show from a very young age. I wasn't even five years old when it premiered on ABC, yet I can vividly recall the theme song. They actually showed reruns of it back when I was in grammar school, and I never forgot it. Well,according to Amazon.com, "Tenspeed and Brownshoe: The Complete Series" will be released on DVD in March of this year! I'm ordering my copy ahead of the release date so I suggest you guys check it out. At the price they're offering I doubt there'll be any extras but that's fine with me. It's true that the chemistry between Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen was easy and natural. Because the actors liked each other, their character's friendship seemed genuine. They were so mismatched and from totally different backgrounds, and yet they worked so well together. I was such a sucker for private eye novels and TV shows, and I loved how Stephen J. Cannell played with that genre's conventions on this show in particular. Neither of them had law- enforcement backgrounds; one of them had been on the wrong side of the law most of his life and the other one was as straight-laced as could be. Yet they were legitimate private eyes, combining their unique talents to solve the mystery while making us smile along the way. I loved how they went back and forth with each other; nowadays, this type of banter is par for the course, but in 1980 it was so ahead of it's time. Anyway, just wanted to let my fellow fans know the news.Thanks!
fraa63-1 this series is excellent that was the best series of the time ,it should be print in DVD and even rerun with more episodelike they did for the twilight zone , they even should make a movie of it like they did for starky n hutch batman and so on that series made me laugh likeno other series well except maybe fawlty tower,mr bean ...pleasemake a DVD of it there s DVD of older series like get smart so why not tenspeed n brown shoes (by the way i didn t know the title as i used to watch that in dub version )
Richard-757 I was but a young lad when this show premiered, but I must say I have never forgotten it. It was my first "favorite show" that I was not influenced by an outsider to like. Didn't I say I was young? I do wish someone would show reruns of this show or at least release it to DVD. It would bring back fond memories of an innocent time. If you've never seen this, your missing out. This was Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen at their best! It was funny, it had mystery, and it had originality! However, it didn't last long. Perhaps the people of that time didn't know how to appreciate a show about nothing that had everything, yet. I vote for reruns!
Gislef Why doesn't A&E, or Lifetime, ever show this? Jeff Goldblum's only foray into series TV as a regular demonstrates that he should have done it much more often. His naive, karate-chopping ex-stockbroker private eye-wanna be is probably one of the most unique characters to be seen on TV. Ben Vereen is more your typical con-man type (which Stephen Cannell re-visited a few years later in "Sonny Spoon"), but Vereen makes the part entirely his own. Mix with goofy, homage plots (they did Maltese Falcon twice), and you have Moonlighting without the ego trips.-----Revised: Well, the series is now out on DVD, and obviously Jeff Goldblum has gotten a new series in the intervening years. Having fully watched a few episodes, I won't say that the memory cheats. But the first couple of episodes are rather complex, and not in a good way. The plots tend to meander along and new characters are introduced late in the game and you're left wondering who they are. "Robin Tucker's..." makes a big ado about being at the Robin Tucker Ballroom... and then the ballroom really has nothing to do with the case. The main characters are still endearing, and Goldblum has some very odd mannerisms (like hopping over a hedge to confront a bad guy). But the voice-over in the early episodes goes on quite a bit, even for a parody/homage. Goldblum sometimes goes over the edge from endearing to obnoxious, or just idiotic. Like when he drops his gun and kicks it along trying to pick it up. Lionel is naive, not stupid. Still, it's better than a lot of shows of the era... and a lot since then.

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