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Encyclopedia > Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones Barnaby Jones {{Infobox Television Barnaby Jones | show_name = Barnaby Jones

 | image = [[image:barBarnaby Jones nabytvg.jpg|right|thumb|]] | caption = TV Guide cover featuring BuddBarnaby Jones y Ebsen and Lee Meriwether of Barnaby Jones | format = Detective series | runtime = 60 minutes | executive_producer = Quinn Martin
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Barnaby Jones was a detective series which ran on CBS from 1973 to 1980. It starred Buddy Ebsen as a retired private investigator who worked with his widowed daughter-in-law Betty (Lee Meriwether), at first to solve the murder of his son and her husband. The two decided that they worked together so well, that they continued to keep the detective agency open. Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett Buddy Ebsen (April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was an American actor, who is best-remembered for his role as Jed Clampett in the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Lee Meriwether (born Lee Ann Meriwether on May 27, 1935) in Los Angeles, California, is an actress and was Miss America 1955 (competing as Miss Califonia). ...


Until the cancellation of the series Cannon, the characters of both series moved back and forth between the two shows.Barnaby Jones Barnaby Jones Barnaby Jones In 1976Barnaby Jones , the character of J. R., the son of Barnaby's cousin (Mark Shera), joined the cast. He had come to Barnaby Jones try to solve the murder of his father, but stayed around to help Barnaby and Betty while also attending [[law schoolBarnaby Jones ]]. Barnaby Jones Toward the latter part of the series, as Ebsen aged and expressed an interest in slowing down a bit, Meriwether and Shera's characters becamBarnaby Jones e more prominent, and were featured more, allowing Ebsen to step back a bit; during the last two seasons, the episodes were divided evenly among the three actors, with Ebsen, Meriwether and Shera each being the focus of a tBarnaby Jones hird of the season's episodes. Cannon was a detective series which ran on CBS from 1971 to 1976. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...


During the mid 1990s, Meriwether and Shera expressed interest in a 'Barnaby Jones 'Barnaby Jones reunion TV movie, but could not talk Ebsen into joining the project. However, in 1993, Ebsen reprised the role of Barnaby Jones in the big-screen remake of his moBarnaby Jones st famous TV series, [[The Beverly HillbillBarnaby Jones ies]]. It would be his final theatrical appearance. Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...


References in popular culture

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In the 1996 comedy film Jingle All The Way, at thBarnaby Jones e scene where Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) & Myron Larabee (Sinbad) are about to be arrested by the police for attacBarnaby Jones king a DJ (Martin Mull) at the KQRS radio station, Myron orders the policemen to drop tBarnaby Jones'''''Barnaby Jonesheir guns, explainBarnaby JonesBarnaby Jonesing that he has a letter bomb. This includes Officer Alexander Hummell, whom Myron calls "BarBarnaby Jonesnaby Jones" because of his similar looks to the detective. Barnaby Jones He is also mentioned in the 8th episode of the animated series Frisky Dingo, as an alias in order to prevent the Barnaby Jones blind Killface from finding out that he is Xander Crews. Which is quite funny to hear. Barnaby Jones This article or section contains a plot summary that may be overly long, confusing, or ambiguous. ... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): ) (born on July 30, 1947) is an American bodybuilder, actor and Republican politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California. ... The name Sinbad when used alone refers to more than one personage, place, or thing. ... Martin Mull Martin Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, recording artist, and painter from Chicago. ... Frisky Dingo is an animated comedy television series from Matt Thompson and Adam Reed, co-creators of Sealab 2021. ...


External links

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Barnaby Jones was a television detective series which ran on CBS from 1973 to 1980.
Barnaby Jones is mentioned in three of season 2 episodes of the cartoon South Park, namely, "Chickenlover", "Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods" and "City on the Edge of Forever".
Barnaby Jones is also referred to during S01E02 of The Winner on Fox.
John Dote' and Barnaby Jones | (193 words)
Barnaby Jones began as a mid-season replacement for CBS beginning on Sunday, January 28, 1973, and continued with a successful run until its final episode aired on Thursday, April 3, 1980.
In the fall of 1976, Barnaby's cousin Monroe was murdered while in Los Angeles for the purpose of tracking down his partner's killer.
This storyline served as the backdrop for the introduction of Monroe's son, law student Jedediah Romano Jones, who preferred to be called J.R. After the case was solved, J.R. remained in Los Angeles working for Barnaby while he studied law until the end of the series.
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