J.J. Starbuck

J.J. Starbuck was a short lived NBC series about a cornpone-spouting J.J. (Jerome Jeremiah) Starbuck, a Texan millionaire who wears ten-gallon hats, cowboy boots and fancy western shirts. He drives a flashy limo with steer horns on the hood and a horn that plays "The Eyes of Texas," and spouts a steady stream of folksy homilies.

Overview

After becoming bored with life, Starbuck begins wandering around the country, helping out "good folks" in trouble, using his influence and contacts, and more than often doing a little detective work. For 5 episodes of the series Ben Vereen reprised his Tenspeed and Brown Shoe role of E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner. The show was replaced by the crime drama In the Heat of the Night.

Cast

• Dale Robertson as Jerome Jeremiah 'J.J.' Starbuck
• Shawn Weatherly as Jill Starbuck
• Jimmy Dean as Charlie Bullets
• Ben Vereen as E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner

Episodes

• 1. Pilot, 26 September 1987
• 2. A Killing in the Market, 29 September 1987
• 3. Murder in E Minor, 20 October 1987
• 4. The Blimpy Who Yelled Blue, 27 October 1987
• 5. First You've Got to Go to the Picnic, 3 November 1987
• 6. Incident at Sam September, 10 November 1987
• 7. Gold from the Rainbow, 5 December 1987
• 8. Graveyard Shift, 15 December 1987
• 9. The 6 % Solution, 26 December 1987
• 10. The Circle Unbroken, 16 January 1988
• 11. Murder by Design, 23 January 1988
• 12. Cactus Jack's Last Call, 13 February 1988
• 13. A Song from the Sequel, 20 February 1988
• 14. Permanent Hiatus, 27 February 1988
• 15. Rag Doll, 19 April 1988
• 16. The Rise and Fall of Joe Piermont, 28 June 1988

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References

External links

• J.J. Starbuck at the Internet Movie Database