Great Moments in Television

Crap, BJ and The Bear was awesome television!

I absolutely loved this show.

Greg Evigan stars as B. J. (Billie Joe) McKay, a professional freelance itinerant trucker who traveled the country's highways in a red and white Kenworth K-100 cab over semi truck with his pet chimpanzee, Bear (named for Bear Bryant, the famed college football coach; this explains the chimp's choice of headwear). He was constantly harassed by Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo (Claude Akins, who eventually spun off onto his own show, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo). Ben Cooper appeared in an episode of B.J. and the Bear and continued his "Waverly" character in The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo.

In 1981, when the show returned from hiatus, B.J. had settled down to run Bear Enterprises, a trucking company based in Los Angeles. His nemesis was Rutherford T. Grant (Murray Hamilton), the corrupt head of the state's Special Crimes Action Team, who was a silent partner in a competing trucking company. Because of Grant's harassment, B.J. was unable to hire experienced truckers, and he was forced to hire several beautiful young female truckers, including Grant's daughter Cindy (Sherilyn Wolter), and another busty blonde nicknamed "Stacks" (Judy Landers).

What is not to love, huh?

A cool young trucker, with a pet monkey, travelling the highways and byways, meeting hot chicks and solving mysteries - that is about all you need for a great television series right there.

If you can think of anything that would add to that (excluding stunt aircraft or aliens), well, you just let me know.


Somehow, the world could only absorb three seasons/forty eight episodes of this genius.
We are a lesser civilization for that.

Block quote borrowed from Wikipedia...