Beane's of Boston

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Beanes of Boston
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft
Starring	Alan Sues John Hillerman Charlotte Rae Lorna Patterson George O'Hanlon Jr.
Country of origin	US
No. of series	One
No. of episodes	One
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original airing	1979
External links
IMDb profile

Beane's of Boston was 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 staring John Hillerman, who would go on to fame in Magnum, P.I., the episode was never aired and the series not picked up.

[edit] Trivia

John Hillerman was asked to read the part of 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.