Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American television series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

The one-hour program revolved around two detectives who had their own detective agency in Los Angeles. E.L "Tenspeed" Turner (Ben Vereen) was a hustler who worked as a detective to satisfy his parole requirements. His partner Lionel "Brownshoe" Whitney (Jeff Goldblum) was an archetypal accountant, complete with button collars and a nagging fiance (at least for the pilot episode), who had always wanted to be a 40's style Bogart P.I. He was sharper than he seemed, although a little naive and more reasonable than his Career path demanded, and had picked up Karate to Black Belt standard. The show had some broad similarities to the later television series Simon & Simon and Moonlighting, in that it was a lightly dramatic program with many comedic moments about two dissimilar detectives who attempt to solve cases together. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1290. ... Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor. ... Jeff Goldblum, 1985 Jeffrey Lynn Jeff Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an Academy Award nominated American film actor, known for his often quirky, intense or comedic characters (often scientists), distinctive appearance (dark haired and lanky, and at 6 feet 4 inches (1. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Simon & Simon was the name of a detective series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker. ... Moonlighting is a television series that first aired on ABC in the United States from 1985 to 1989 with a total of 66 episodes. ...

Produced by Stephen J. Cannell, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe was heavily promoted by ABC at the time it premiered in late January 1980. The series attracted a substantial audience for its first few episodes (indeed, the series was the 29th most-watched program of the 1979–80 U.S. television season, according to Nielsen ratings), but viewership dropped off substantially after that and the series was not renewed for the 1980–81 season. Stephen Joseph Cannell, and known professionally as Stephen J. Cannell (born February 5, 1941), (IPA pronunciation: ), is an Emmy award winning American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor from the United States. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are generally referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by the New York City-based firm Nielsen Media Research to determine which shows television viewers watch at what times. ...

Trivia

• Tenspeed's name was never enlarged upon; When one episode had him landed with the care of his young nephew for the day, he was refered to by the title "Uncle E.L."

• Lionel regularly read pulp detective novels of the lurid, garish 40's type, and his reading of their prose was often used as a comedy voice over by Goldblum. The author photograph was Cannell himself, in a gently self-mocking skit, and the Author appeared in person at a police station, again cameo'd by Cannell.

Cast

Jeff Goldblum as Lionel Whitney (13 episodes, 1980) Jeff Goldblum, 1985 Jeffrey Lynn Jeff Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an Academy Award nominated American film actor, known for his often quirky, intense or comedic characters (often scientists), distinctive appearance (dark haired and lanky, and at 6 feet 4 inches (1. ...

Ben Vereen as E.L. Turner ... (13 episodes, 1980) Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor. ...

Richard Romanus as Tedesco (2 episodes, 1980) Richard Romanus (b. ...

Larry Manetti as Chip Vincent (2 episodes, 1980) Larry Manetti as Orville Rick Wright. ...

Bill Capizzi as(2 episodes, 1980) Bill Capizzi (born 1937 in North Hollywood, CA) is a voice actor who is also known as Bill Capeze and Bill Kapezi. ...

Henry G. Sanders as (2 episodes, 1980)

Production

Series Produced by Alex Beaton .... producer (1 episode, 1980) Stephen J. Cannell .... executive producer (1 episode, 1980) Stephen Joseph Cannell, and known professionally as Stephen J. Cannell (born February 5, 1941), (IPA pronunciation: ), is an Emmy award winning American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor from the United States. ...

Series Original Music by Pete Carpenter (1 episode, 1980) Mike Post (1 episode, 1980) Mike Post (born Leland Michael Postil on September 29, 1944) is a Grammy and Emmy award-winning composer of music and theme songs for many of the most popular TV dramas first shown in the United States. ...

Series Cinematography by William Gereghty (1 episode, 1980)

Series Film Editing by Gloryette Clark (1 episode, 1980) Robert Hernandez (1 episode, 1980)

Series Casting by Reuben Cannon (1 episode, 1980)

Series Art Direction by Allen E. Smith (1 episode, 1980)

Series Set Decoration by Jacqueline S. Price (1 episode, 1980)

Series Costume Design by Winnie D. Brown (1 episode, 1980) Ken Harvey (1 episode, 1980)

Series Makeup Department Monique DeSart .... hair stylist (1 episode, 1980) Robert Jermain .... makeup artist (1 episode, 1980)

Robert L. Stevenson .... hair department head (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management Sheldon M. Hayutin .... production manager (1 episode, 1980)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director William A. Morrison .... first assistant director (1 episode, 1980) Michael Winter .... second assistant director (1 episode, 1980)

Series Art Department Allan Gordon .... property master (1 episode, 1980)

Kurt V. Hulett .... lead man (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by Charles E. Dolan .... special effects supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts Gene LeBell .... stunts (1 episode, 1980) Dennis Madalone .... stunt coordinator (1 episode, 1980) Tom Morga .... stunt double (1 episode, 1980)

James Winburn .... stunt double (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew Susan Frush-Itkin .... production coordinator (1 episode, 1980) Stephen McPherson .... story editor (1 episode, 1980) Glenn Nicol .... production accountant (1 episode, 1980)

External link

• Tenspeed and Brown Shoe at IMDb.com