very awesome!!! i remember seeing this show when i was 9 or 10,and forever couldnt remember what the name of it was,till tonight,watching the 1988 reunion show and bob denver mantioned it,cool!!!!
Bob's character is sort of a continuation of Maynard G. Krebs from Dobie Gillis. I love when he does the in-and-out piroutte and then says "it was a cool trip".
Actually this was a funny show. I saw it every week on CBS. Anything with Bob Denver was great to me. Jim Backus also made an appearance on this show too as a con artist who was trying to romance Rufus's mom.
terrible. sorry to be negative, but you can see the suits working on getting Denver a partner that was like the Skipper. those guys appear to be ten years apart, how could they be buddies since they were babies?
@MacGrurry Herb Edelman was only 1 year older than Bob Denver. The premature baldness made him look a lot older than he was. He was only in his mid 30s when this show aired.
Boy even I have to admit that this is pretty obscure. For how long did this one run. I can't for the life of me, remember this little gem. Then again was no Denver and Hale,Jr. fan.
Bob Denver made sure he would collect more residuals from reruns of The Good Guys because he hadn't gotten too much from his earlier shows,Dobie Gillis and Gilligan's Island,which were in reruns for years.Unfortunately,The Good Guys wasn't as much a hit and only reran briefly in South America.
One of my favorites as a kid. This show premiered right after Gilligan. Alan Hale wasn't introduced until halfway through the season. They also experimented with a new concept not seen before, shot on low-cost videotape in front of a live audience - but only on one single episode.
BTW - That is Vic Tayback as one of the brothers of Gertie, Big Al's love interest.
Lol, awesome! And is that Mel from Mel's Diner I hear as one of the brothers? I dont recognize how he looks, but his voice is unmistakable! Awesome that Alan still calls Bob his Little Buddy in this.
@terracottapie He was the actor who played cantankerous diner owner Mel Sharples. The mailman was Peter Bonerz. he was Jeery Robinson the dentist from "The Bob Newhart Show". Alan Hale Jr. called Bob Denver "lil buddy"
Good grief! Wasn't GILLIGAN's ISLE still on the air in 1968?? And yet, here we have another TV series with Gilligan and the Skipper!!? Wow...that's strange...I never ever even heard of this TV show before!
no, it was in reruns in 1968...it might still be in reruns somewhere today....but GILLIGAN'S ISLAND went off the air in 1967. It began in 1964. this show, THE GOOD GUYS, ran for a season and a half, September 1968 through January 1970 and 42 episodes were made. The key factor in why the show isn't remembered is because it's never been rerun in America since it left the air so it's never developed a cult following.
No wonder-it was here today, gone tomorrow, and it didn't deserve to, unlike the shitty Gilligan's Island that Bob Denver was on. It was NEVER rerun except in South & Central America, and also despite having enough episodes for syndication. TV Land should be showing this instead of what they show.
This very funny episode, "The Courtship Of Miles Butterworth", originally aired on February 26, 1969. Alan Hale appears as "Big Tom" (he'd become a regular character in the second season).
He (Rufus/Denver) is so cute in this :)
Janiecesmix 1 month ago
@Janiecesmix Especially with the hat. :)
luckyhorseshoe4427 3 days ago
in every role, alan hale calls somebody Little Buddy.
diddymuck 9 months ago
Man! Bob Denver is a stand in for one of the Ramones! Guess which one!
Diogenes1360 9 months ago
very awesome!!! i remember seeing this show when i was 9 or 10,and forever couldnt remember what the name of it was,till tonight,watching the 1988 reunion show and bob denver mantioned it,cool!!!!
enserfud 10 months ago
I remember this show! I was 7 years old when it was on.
mb2400 10 months ago
any other episodes of this show? This show is awesome!!!
twin2ahwoo 1 year ago
Bob Denver's got a BEATLE haircut!!!!
FOSEEBOY 1 year ago
Bob's character is sort of a continuation of Maynard G. Krebs from Dobie Gillis. I love when he does the in-and-out piroutte and then says "it was a cool trip".
stevenshorter67 1 year ago
Actually this was a funny show. I saw it every week on CBS. Anything with Bob Denver was great to me. Jim Backus also made an appearance on this show too as a con artist who was trying to romance Rufus's mom.
pastorkevin52 1 year ago
That IS Vic Tayback! I'd recognize Mel's voice anywhere.
ChrisFrenchComedy 1 year ago
terrible. sorry to be negative, but you can see the suits working on getting Denver a partner that was like the Skipper. those guys appear to be ten years apart, how could they be buddies since they were babies?
MacGrurry 1 year ago
@MacGrurry Herb Edelman was only 1 year older than Bob Denver. The premature baldness made him look a lot older than he was. He was only in his mid 30s when this show aired.
terracottapie 1 year ago
My Mom loved this show! I'd never saw it till now. Thanks for posting!
CapricornDavo 2 years ago
Boy even I have to admit that this is pretty obscure. For how long did this one run. I can't for the life of me, remember this little gem. Then again was no Denver and Hale,Jr. fan.
gotch09 2 years ago
Bob Denver made sure he would collect more residuals from reruns of The Good Guys because he hadn't gotten too much from his earlier shows,Dobie Gillis and Gilligan's Island,which were in reruns for years.Unfortunately,The Good Guys wasn't as much a hit and only reran briefly in South America.
RJRanke 2 years ago
Alan Hale, Jr. was such a jolly, happy guy both on screen and off from what I've heard. Just a great guy.
Muscle61 2 years ago 3
Wow! Not only Gilligan, the Skipper, and Mel from Alice...but Stanley, Dorothy's ex-husband from "Golden Girls"! What a cast!
garytvfan 2 years ago
@garytvfan Dorothy Zvornaks husband was Stan.
frankd1965 1 year ago
One of my favorites as a kid. This show premiered right after Gilligan. Alan Hale wasn't introduced until halfway through the season. They also experimented with a new concept not seen before, shot on low-cost videotape in front of a live audience - but only on one single episode.
BTW - That is Vic Tayback as one of the brothers of Gertie, Big Al's love interest.
BigWallyFilms 2 years ago
I remember many obscure TV shows from the 60's, but I have to admit, I can't remember this one. Thanks for posting.
FujiVyce 2 years ago
Lol, awesome! And is that Mel from Mel's Diner I hear as one of the brothers? I dont recognize how he looks, but his voice is unmistakable! Awesome that Alan still calls Bob his Little Buddy in this.
Skymouth 3 years ago 3
Vic Tayback it is not...
steakhouselights 2 years ago
@steakhouselights
Are you kidding? That's totally Vic Tayback.
terracottapie 1 year ago
@terracottapie He was the actor who played cantankerous diner owner Mel Sharples. The mailman was Peter Bonerz. he was Jeery Robinson the dentist from "The Bob Newhart Show". Alan Hale Jr. called Bob Denver "lil buddy"
frankd1965 1 year ago
Good grief! Wasn't GILLIGAN's ISLE still on the air in 1968?? And yet, here we have another TV series with Gilligan and the Skipper!!? Wow...that's strange...I never ever even heard of this TV show before!
godadameve 3 years ago
no, it was in reruns in 1968...it might still be in reruns somewhere today....but GILLIGAN'S ISLAND went off the air in 1967. It began in 1964. this show, THE GOOD GUYS, ran for a season and a half, September 1968 through January 1970 and 42 episodes were made. The key factor in why the show isn't remembered is because it's never been rerun in America since it left the air so it's never developed a cult following.
ACcountryFan 2 years ago
I don't remember this show at all.
audiophile55 3 years ago
No wonder-it was here today, gone tomorrow, and it didn't deserve to, unlike the shitty Gilligan's Island that Bob Denver was on. It was NEVER rerun except in South & Central America, and also despite having enough episodes for syndication. TV Land should be showing this instead of what they show.
Neville6000 2 years ago
Great show with one of the best theme songs of its time,a theme I remembered long after the show was canceled,and still remember today!
nanajanamike 3 years ago
who knew that Bob And Alan appeared in another show together
playdude813 3 years ago
This very funny episode, "The Courtship Of Miles Butterworth", originally aired on February 26, 1969. Alan Hale appears as "Big Tom" (he'd become a regular character in the second season).
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
VIC TAYBACK!
kliphscartoons 3 years ago