Beane's of Boston

Beanes of Boston
Created by	Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft
Starring	Tom Poston Alan Sues John Hillerman Charlotte Rae Lorna Patterson George O'Hanlon
Country of origin	United States
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	1
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original release	1979

Beanes of Boston is a pilot episode for a proposed American adaption of the British sitcom Are You Being Served?. Though written by the original writers of the British series and starring John Hillerman, who would go on to fame in Magnum, P.I., the series was not picked up.

Trivia

John Hillerman was asked to read the part of Captain (Now "Mr.") Peacock. When he failed to show up for the reading, co-creator Jeremy Lloyd read the lines instead. He was immediately offered the role. Lloyd might've taken it, but co-creator David Croft urged him not to, citing Lloyd's writing commitments in the UK, so producer Garry Marshall offered Lloyd a part on his current series Happy Days instead.

External links

• Beanes of Boston at the Internet Movie Database