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{{Other uses|The Good Guys (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox television
| show_name = The Good Guys
| image = The Good Guys cast 1968.jpg
| caption = From left: Bob Denver, Herb Edelman, Joyce Van Patten
| genre = [[Situation comedy]]
| creator = [[Jack Rose (screenwriter)|Jack Rose]]
| writer = Arnold Horwitt Jack Rose [[Mel Tolkin]]
| director = Charles R. Rondeau
| starring = [[Bob Denver]] [[Herb Edelman]] [[Joyce Van Patten]] [[Jack Perkins (actor)|Jack Perkins]]
| opentheme = "Two Good Guys"
| theme_music_composer = [[Ray Evans]] [[Jerry Fielding]] [[Jay Livingston]]
| composer = Jerry Fielding
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 42
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = [[Leonard B. Stern]]
| producer = Jerry Davis Jack Rose Bob Schiller Bob Weiskopf
| cinematography = William T. Cline Robert Hoffman
| camera = [[Multi-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
| runtime = 24 minutes
| company = Talent Associates
| distributor =
| channel = [[CBS]]
| picture_format =
| audio_format = [[Monaural]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1968|09|25}}<ref name="trib680926"/>
| last_aired = {{End date|1970|01|23}}
}}

'''''The Good Guys''''' is an American [[situation comedy]] which aired on [[CBS]] from September 25, 1968, to January 23, 1970. Forty-two color episodes were filmed in all. As with ''[[The Governor & J.J.]]'' and ''[[Get Smart]]'', it was produced by Talent Associates.<ref name="blad680903"/>

==Synopsis==
[[File:Bob Denver Vincent Price The Good Guys 1969.JPG|thumb|left|180px|Vincent Price guest-stars as the local health inspector who tells Rufus the diner must be cleaned up for its license to be renewed.]]
The main character is Rufus Butterworth ([[Bob Denver]]), the driver of a customized [[Lincoln L-Series|1924 Lincoln]]<ref>[[Dick Kleiner|Kleiner, Dick]], "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1979&dat=19681011&id=Ooc1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yqkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2358,1207786&hl=en Andrews Still Sans Senses]", [[National Newspaper Association|National Editorial Association]], From: ''[[The Sumter Daily Item]]'', October 11, 1968. Retrieved April 14, 2016</ref> turned [[Taxicab|taxi]], and his childhood friend Bert Gramus, played by [[Herb Edelman]], owner of a local diner and neighborhood hangout called "Bert's Place", which Butterworth advertised on the taxi's fender-mount spare tire covers.<ref name="trib680815"/> Plots usually revolved around "get rich quick" schemes that invariably backfired.<ref name="trib680926"/> In the second season (1969-1970), Rufus gave up driving the cab and became a partner with Bert in the diner, which moved to a beach location. Other characters included Bert's schoolteacher wife, Claudia ([[Joyce Van Patten]]), and diner regulars Mr. Bender, Hal Dawson, and truck driver Big Tom (played by [[Alan Hale, Jr.]]).

Never a hit with viewers, ''The Good Guys'' failed to finish in the [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen]] Top 30 and was canceled after its second season.
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==Production notes==
Rufus' taxi was created by [[George Barris (auto customizer)|George Barris]]. A 1/25-scale model kit was manufactured by [[MPC Corporation]] and examples are highly collectible today.

The first several episodes of the first season were filmed before a live studio audience (unusual at the time), with an accompanying [[laugh track]] to sweeten the laughs during post-production. Due to production changes, the majority of Season One episodes and all of Season Two were filmed without a studio audience: episodes were fitted with a laugh track-only afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/good_guys/|title=Television Obscurities - The Good Guys|date=2003-10-14}}</ref>

Denver later recalled of the show's negative reception: "I still had some animus at how [[CBS]] threw us in the dumper. Herb Edelman and I'd done ''The Good Guys''…but sour critics said it should have been just called 'Guys'."<ref>[[KDKA (AM)|KDKA radio]] interview May 12, 1989</ref>

==Syndication==
''The Good Guys'' has never been shown in reruns in the United States. In his autobiography, ''Gilligan, Maynard and Me'', Bob Denver related that poor-quality prints of the show were shown for a time in South America. [[TV Land]] considered showing episodes of the show in 1998 but opted instead to air episodes of another "lost" sitcom that was also produced by Talent Associates, ''[[He & She]]''.

==References==
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<ref name="blad680903">{{cite news |first=Charles |last=Witbeck |work=The Toledo Blade |title=Small Town Look For 'Good Guys' |page=34 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ek8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=owEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7432,1603962&dq=good-guys+bob+denver&hl=en |date=September 3, 1968 |accessdate=March 6, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="trib680815">{{cite news |first=Clay |last=Gowran |work=Chicago Tribune |title=TV Today: CBS Series to Offer Slapstick in W. C. Fields Tradition |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/592466432.html?dids=592466432:592466432&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+15%2C+1968&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=TV+Today%3A+CBS+Series+to+Offer+Slapstick+in+W.+C.+Fields+Tradition&pqatl=google |date=August 15, 1968 |accessdate=March 6, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="trib680926">{{cite news |work=Chicago Tribune |page=B29 |title=TV Today: Two More Fall Series Make Bows on Big Tube |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/586869962.html?dids=586869962:586869962&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+26%2C+1968&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=TV+Today%3A+Two+More+Fall+Series+Make+Bows+on+Big+Tube&pqatl=google |date=September 26, 1968 |accessdate=March 6, 2010}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0062567|title=The Good Guys}}
* {{tv.com show|the-good-guys-1970|The Good Guys}}

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[[Category:1960s American television series]]
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[[Category:1960s American comedy television series]]
[[Category:1970s American comedy television series]]
[[Category:American television sitcoms]]
[[Category:CBS network shows]]
[[Category:Television series by Talent Associates]]

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