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''The New Adventures of Beans Baxter'' was an adventure/comedy television series that aired between 1987 and 1988 on the Fox television network. It was created by Savage Steve Holland who also wrote and directed most of the 17 episodes. The title character was played by Jonathan Ward, who won a "Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Comedy Series" Young Artist Award for the role. The show revolved around the spy activities of Benjamin "Beans" Baxter Jr., a Kansas teenager who had just moved with his parents and younger brother to Washington, D.C., as part of his father's(assumed) reassignment as an employee of the U.S. Postal Service. After Beans witnessed his father's apparent assassination via a bomb placed in his postal vehicle, he was recruited by the mysterious "Number Two" (Jerry Wasserman), an officer of "The Network," a CIA-styled spy agency (whose main delivery of assignments for its agents was a system similar to what was seen on the 1960s spy comedy "Get Smart"). The main nemesis of The Network was an evil organization that called itself UGLI, for the ''U''nderground ''G''overnment ''L''iberation ''I''ntergroup, which was headed by the equally evil Mr. Sue (Kurtwood Smith) and his second-in-command (Taylor Negron). The Network considered Beans a "place-holder" agent, and would only allow him to work in its dangerous service till his father could be found and freed. Viewers were warned, as a result, to expect to see little of Benjamin Sr., since his prime purpose was to stay lost and trapped so that the series might continue. Additional episodes were intended to show Beans's mother Susan, wrongly believing herself to be a widow, reentering the dating scene. This was to have led to complications for Beans, who knew that hers was still a valid, legal marriage to a husband who was still alive and would thus have had to turn away possible suitors to prevent his mother from accidentally committing bigamy. Moreover, for all Beans or Susan knew, any of those suitors might have been UGLI terrorists planning all manner of nefarious activities, such as possibly assassinating not only Susan but also Beans himself. Unfortunately for Savage Steve Holland's ability to explore such possibilities, the series was canceled before any of these developments could be raised. Beans started a friendship with a classmate nicknamed "Woodshop" (Stuart Fratkin), and he later became attracted to a beautiful student nicknamed "Cake Lace," played by Karen Mistal. In one episode, former Miss Universe Shawn Weatherly played herself. (The opening scene had Beans catching her in the shower naked and trying to escape from UGLI's chief henchman, who wanted to kidnap her as part of an unknown experiment.) The cast included Rick Lenz as Beans's father, Benjamin Sr.; former 1950's child star Elinor Donahue(Father Knows Best) as his mother, Susan; Canadian teen actor Scott Bremner as "Scooter," Beans' younger brother; and occasional guest appearances by punk rock icon Wendy O. Williams (founder/lead singer of the Plasmatics) as Beans's part-time friend/enemy in the spy world. ==Episode list== The series was filmed entirely in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada; in the episode "Beans Gets His Driver's License (And It Isn't Pretty)," the world-famous CN Tower is featured in the background. The show's theme and soundtrack were performed by jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The New Adventures of Beans Baxter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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