Here's the complete show of an unsold pilot called "Beane's of Boston," about the goings-on at a small department store in that city, that aired over WBBM Channel 2. Sorry for the crackly-picture - but hey, Channel 2 was crackle-y. This was based on a long-running British TV series, "Are You Being Served?," that ran in Britain on the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) between 1972 and 1985, and in Chicago was a frequent staple on WTTW Channel 11 in the 1980's and '90's. The stars of this ultimately misbegotten Americanized version were John Hillerman (a few years before "Magnum, P.I.") as Mr. Peacock, Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Slocombe, Alan Sues (former regular on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In") as Mr. Humphries, George O'Hanlon, Jr. (son of the longtime voice of George Jetson on "The Jetsons") as Franklin Beane, Larry Bishop as Mr. Lucas, Lorna Patterson (a few years before playing the title role in the TV series version of "Private Benjamin") as Miss Brahms, and Tom Poston ("The Bob Newhart Show," "Newhart" et al.) as Mr. Beane. The production was by the same team (including Garry Marshall) responsible for such hits as "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley." Brag-o-Factoid: Apparently, neither the UCLA Film & Television Archive, The Paley Center for Media, The Museum of Broadcast Communications, or even The Library of Congress has a copy of this. Guess who does though? The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV), that's who. (Completionist Department: See a promo for the show which we also found, here: https://youtu.be/Xto_IkYya_0) Includes: Station ID / promo for "The Best of CBS" presentation of "Terror on the 40th Floor" for 10:45pm (voiceover by Jerry Harper) Animated "CBS Special Presentation" graphic bumper Opening titles, with illustrations of the building as it looked over the years while the credits showed, and an opening theme(!) sung by Poston in his Beane character Executive Producers - Garry K. Marshall, Tony Marshall Commercial: Kentucky Fried Chicken - "It's So Nice to Feel So Good About a Meal" (watch for the Colonel himself at the end) - (C) 1978 Commercial: Avon nail polish - "Color Never Looked So Good" - (C) Avon Products 1979 Act I, with credits on main crew at beginning: Supervising Producers - Bill Idelson & Sheldon Bull Produced by David Croft & Jeremy Lloyd (the creative team behind the original "Are You Being Served?") Written by David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd, Bill Idelson, Sheldon Bull Directed by Jerry Paris Commercial: Wella Balsam Conditioner - with Cheryl Ladd Commercial: Mazda GLC Hatchback (voiceover by ??) Promo for "The CBS Tuesday Night Movies" presentation of "Anatomy of a Seduction" at 9:00pm / 8:00pm Central (voiceover by ??) Act II Commercial: Kellogg's Graham Crackos - with George the Milkman Commercial: Keebler Chocolate Chip Cookies Promo for "The Wild, Wild West Revisited" and "The Johnny Cash Spring Special", for Wednesday, May 9th (voiceover by ??) Ending credits, with promo for upcoming showing of "Take a Hard Ride", after "Newsbreak" (voiceover by ??): Associate Producer - Jeffrey Ganz Also Starring: Morgan Farley as Mr. Granger Guest Starring: Don Bexley as Mr. Johnson Dana House as Ingrid Director of Photography - Robert G. Hager, A.S.C. Art Director - Jim Claytor Film Editors - Ed Cotter, Robert E. Platz Unit Production Manager - G. C. Rusty Meek Assistant Director - Dick Bremerkamp Second Assistant Director - Steve Cragg Set Decorator - Anthony D. Nealis Technical Coordinator - Ray deVally, Jr. Hair Stylist - Shirley Kirby Make-Up - Bruce Hutchinson Script Supervisor - Dorothy Aldworth Casting/Dialogue Coach - Bob Hoffman Men's Costumer - Bob Harris Women's Costumer - Violet Alford Music Editor - Steve Danforth Sound Effects Editor - Gene Wahrman Recorded by Glen Glenn Sound Music by Don Peake Song "Beane's of Boston" - Written by David Croft & Jeremy Lloyd Created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd Based on "Are You Being Served" originally telecast by the British Broadcasting Company[sic] Copyright (C) MCMLXXIX by Paramount Pictures Corporation Henderson Production Company, Inc. In Association With Paramount Television - A Gulf+Western Company This aired on local Chicago TV on Saturday, May 5th 1979. About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television: The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. Even though (often) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to DVD, please e-mail [email protected] Thank you for your help!