The main character is Rufus Butterworth (Bob Denver), the driver of a customized 1924 Lincoln[REF] turned taxi, and his childhood friend Bert Gramus, played by Herb Edelman, owner of a local diner and neighborhood hangout called "Bert's Place", which Butterworth advertised on the taxi's fender-mount spare tire covers [REF].
Never a hit with viewers, The Good Guys failed to finish in the Nielsen Top 30 and was canceled after its second season.