A con-man and an accountant-wanna-be private eye team up to fight crime.
Ben Vereen is E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner, an inveterate con-man and master of disguise. Jeff Goldblum is Lionel Whitney, a "brown shoe" (accountant). Through an unlikely series of circumstances, they form a detective agency. Tenspeed is the realist, while Lionel fantasizes of having adventures like the fictional private eye he idolizes, Mark Savage. Written by
Aired: Jan 27, 1980 Fast talking conman EL Early Leroy "Tenspeed" Turner hooks up with straight a...
Aired: Jan 27, 1980 As Nazis and mobsters pursue Lionel for the diamonds E.L. planted on him, the...
3. The Robin Tucker's Roseland Roof and Ballroom Murder
Aired: Feb 3, 1980Lionel takes on his first case, tracking down a missing girl on behalf of a m...
4. Savage Says: There's No Free Lunch
Aired: Mar 2, 1980Lionel falls in love with a female client, who has hired him to find who is t...
5. Savage Says: What Are Friends For?
Aired: Mar 2, 1980A stockbroker and friend of Lionel's hires the detectives to investigate two ...
6. The Sixteen Byte Data Chip and the Brown-eyed Fox
Aired: Mar 9, 1980E.L. is smitten with Lola Marshall, a beautiful dancer who hires the partners...
Aired: Mar 16, 1980 E.L. gets his old partner, Mike McGill, to run a scam to pay Lionel with con ...
8. Savage Says, 'The Most Dangerous Bird Is the Jailbird'
Aired: Mar 23, 1980A lounge singer comes to the partners for help against a crazed gangster.
9. It's Easier to Pass an Elephant Through the Eye of a Needle Than a Bad Check in Bel Air
Aired: Mar 30, 1980E.L. is busy running a real estate scam on an Arab sheik when his nephew B.L....
10. Loose Larry's List of Losers
Aired: May 30, 1980E.L.'s tough new parole officer wants to put him away, and the partners go af...
Aired: Jun 6, 1980 When Lionel investigates the 40-year-old murder of a woman, people start shoo...
Aired: Jun 13, 1980 The agency's cleaning woman is Russian royalty and a desperate Russian profes...
13. The Treasure of Sierra Madre Street
Aired: Jun 20, 1980A judge hires the agency to do a background check on a criminal feigning insa...
Aired: Jun 27, 1980 The partners try to impress Lionel's parents and get involved with diamond th...
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