Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

TV Series
1980
TV-PG

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Jeff Goldblum and Ben Vereen in Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980)

A con-man and an accountant-wanna-be private eye team up to fight crime.A con-man and an accountant-wanna-be private eye team up to fight crime.A con-man and an accountant-wanna-be private eye team up to fight crime.

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7.5/10

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Ben Vereen

E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner

Jeff Goldblum

Lionel Whitney

Richard Romanus

Crazy Tommy Tedesco

Larry Manetti

Chip Vincent

Luke Andreas

Little Mo…

Simone Griffeth

Bunny…

Robyn Douglass

Martha Gribb

Bruce Tuthill

Desk Sergeant…

Larry Margo

Doorman…

Bill Capizzi

Henry G. Sanders

Clancy (as Henry Gale Sanders)…

Rene Auberjonois

Marty Boxx

Denny Miller

Tony

Deborah Shelton

Sylvia Huckerman

John Hillerman

William Whitney

John Anderson

Vernon Laws

James Sloyan

Mike 'Scoop' McGill

Robert Webber

Herman LaCross

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Trivia
Mill Creek Entertainment, who released the DVD, planned to make it a 'Complete Series' collection. CBS however, who owned the rights to the two part pilot episode, refused to come to a financial and contractual agreement with MCI and denied its use. Therefore the DVD box set released in 2010 contains every episode but the pilot.

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Featured in The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1980)

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Fantastic!

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!