Product Details

• Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Ben Vereen
• Directors: Various
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: March 9, 2010
• Run Time: 650 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0030VANJ4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,726 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe stars Jeff Goldblum as the naive, terminally-square stockbroker Lionel "Brown Shoe" Whitney who fantasizes of becoming a hardboiled private eye like his fictional literary hero, detective Mark Savage. Ben Vereen is E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner, a fast-talking con artist who is out on parole and looking for his next big score. These 2 mismatched men are the unlikeliest of teams, yet through a series of circumstances, they form a detective agency. Mixing side-splitting comedy with whip-smart action storylines, this acclaimed but short lived TV series set the stage for future shows like Simon & Simon and Moonlighting.

Customer Reviews

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76 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware of a Issue!, January 29, 2010

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R. T. O. Brien (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (DVD)

CBS, who owned the rights on the pilot refused to come to an arrangement for its usage on this DVD set! Therefore Mill Creek Entertainment has been forced to NOT include it on the DVD. All other episodes will be there. CBS has succeeded in making me as mad as hell. Its a 30 year old program being released to a budget-priced DVD! What do they care anymore?! So the pilot, which explains what you need to know about the show, is gone. There is a man on youtube, user id chuckcollins, who is planning on posting the pilot that he has from an old recording. So I guess for the price you could watch the pilot on youtube then enjoy the rest. Its what I plan to do, but I'm mad at CBS for screwing this up for everybody

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, December 21, 2009

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Marty Hopkirk "Birmingham" (GB) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (DVD)

This series was shown in my region of Britain in a ridiculous lunchtime slot, as 'filler.' As a result whenever I have mentioned it to people over the years, I get a glazed look in their eyes, and the question: 'Tenspeed & what?'

I seem to recall a senior US network executive called the introductory film the best 'pilot' he'd ever seen; I caught the second half of the pilot and was instantly hooked.

For the following few weeks I used to cycle home from school, watch the show and then cycle back late, ditching Physical Education class. (It's ok, I turned out alright).

It ended too soon but sometimes - when a show is cancelled - we can at least treasure it as something, which didn't run too long and eventually go off the boil...

The Tenspeed character resurfaced years later in the show JJ Starbuck, which has so far not been shown in Britain. I hope that gets released too.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Funny Show with Great Actors!, January 15, 2010

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This review is from: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (DVD)

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe was a short lived series in the early 1980's. The chemistry between "detectives" Ben Vereen and Jeff Goldblum is not only extremely humorous, but also over the top, amazing acting. I remember looking forward to wathing the show each week and how disappointed I was when the network tanked it!
It was as good or better than Police Squad and it's about time it's coming to DVD!

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