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Benson

Year:
Duration:
30 min
Genres:
Comedy | Family
IMDB rate:
7.1
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 18 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1979-09-13
Filming Locations: 1365 S Oakland Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Robert Guillaume
Benson DuBois
James Noble
Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling
Inga Swenson
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus
Missy Gold
Katherine 'Katie' Olivia Gatling
Rene Auberjonois
Clayton Runnymede Endicott III
Ethan Phillips
Peter 'Pete' John Downey
Didi Conn
Denise Florence Stevens Downey
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Trivia
The series was on the air seven years, longer than the show from which it was spun-off, Soap (1977), which lasted four years.
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For a comedy, the show had a strange fascination with death. Several story lines involved minor or unseen characters dying and leaving the main cast somehow in a bind. Many of these deaths were unusual and were often used for comic effect such as that of the Governor's wife who was said to have been killed by horses. She was not trampled, but eaten while wearing a costume made largely of sugar. In one instance, Benson himself dies and meets with his dead mother who tells him he has a choice to either return to the living or proceed to heaven. He only decides to return to the living when he sees how bad life would be for his friends after his death. Finally, late in the series, death itself shows up in the form of G. Reaper, a mysterious man seeking refuge from a storm. Benson then has to defeat him in a game of death themed trivial pursuit to save a bus full of children also threatened by the storm.
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The sixth season episode "Scenario" (original airdate 22 February 1985) was the first network drama episode to demonstrate the use of the internet. The computer network they were accessing was the ARPANET which was an internet prototype used by the US military and government.
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Goofs
In the episode "Fools Gold" the blueprints Benson was hiding in his robe weren't visible in early shots (long or close-up) of the scene, but can be clearly seen sticking out of his robe right before he takes them out to show the Governor.
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Quotes
Benson DuBois: [answering the phone] Hello? Oh, hi, governor. Sure, you can come over. All right, see you then. Bye.
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Gretchen: So, all we have to do is knock a hole in the wall and let the sunshine in.
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Gretchen: I'm going out and have myself a wild time.
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Photos from cast
Julius Carry Michael Constantine Gracie Harrison Allyn Ann McLerie
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