B.J. and the Bear

TV Series
1978–1981
1h

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6.4/10

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A trucker and his pet chimpanzee travel the highways of America, getting into various adventures and misadventures along the way.A trucker and his pet chimpanzee travel the highways of America, getting into various adventures and misadventures along the way.A trucker and his pet chimpanzee travel the highways of America, getting into various adventures and misadventures along the way.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

2.2K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

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Trivia
To make a more compelling product for syndication, all episodes of BJ and the Bear and its spinoff The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (changed to Lobo) were packaged as a bundle titled "The B.J./Lobo Show".

Goofs
B.J. was supposedly a captain in the US Army and a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. Most pilots were actually Army warrant officers with higher-ranking commissioned officers only flying the less dangerous missions as their experience was required from administration and training. This conflicts with the series narrative as B.J. was actually shot down and taken captive for a short period of time which is unlikely to have occurred during the conflict.

Connections
Featured in I Love the '70s: 1978 (2003)

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B.J. and the Bear
Written by Glen A. Larson
Performed by Greg Evigan

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One of my favorites growing up.

"BJ & The Bear" was one of my all time favorite shows as a young teen. Greg Evigan was great, and of course lets not forget Sam the chimp who played "The Bear". BJ was always a step ahead of the bungling lawmen, played most briliantly by Calude Akins (Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo) and Mills Watson (Deputy Perkins). I hated to see the show go off the air and wish they would do a TV-movie again or something. It would be nice to see that big red and white Kenworth on the road again.