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==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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