41 years ago today:
Benson
S3E21: The Lumber Mill
After visiting his old Lumber Mill, the Governor decides to run for re-election as an independant.
Airdate: 1982-05-07
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1849/season/3/episode/21
#Benson #RobertGuillaume #ABC #tvshows

39 years ago today:
Benson
S5E22: Let's Play Doctor
Benson learns that a crusty old medic does not have a medical license and when that man is up for the governor's Humanitarin Award, he wants none of the credit.
Airdate: 1984-05-04
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1849/season/5/episode/22
#Benson #RobertGuillaume #ABC #tvseries

37 years ago today:
Benson
S7E22: And the Winner is . . .
As time is running out, Benson, the Governor, or the crooked senator will soon be out of a job. Which one? As the details come to a close we find that the winner of the election is......
Airdate: 1986-04-19
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1849/season/7/episode/22
#Benson #RobertGuillaume #ABC #ClassicTV

3️⃣ Nobody outshines #RobertGuillaume, of course. Not just for his impeccable delivery of witty insults, but for the times Benson gets to direct his righteous anger at someone richly deserving of it.

37 years ago today:
Benson
S7E21: Friends and Enemies
With Governor Gatling's term about to close and Benson up to run for Governor, the Governor learns that he can run for yet one more term and decides to grab it. This leads to a final competition, hurt, and quarrels between the Governor and Benson. (Part 1 of 2)
Airdate: 1986-04-12
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1849/season/7/episode/21
#Benson #RobertGuillaume #ABC #Television

37 years ago today:
Benson
S7E21: Friends and Enemies
With Governor Gatling's term about to close and Benson up to run for Governor, the Governor learns that he can run for yet one more term and decides to grab it. This leads to a final competition, hurt, and quarrels between the Governor and Benson. (Part 1 of 2)
Airdate: 1986-04-12
https://themoviedb.org/tv/1849/season/7/episode/21
#Benson #RobertGuillaume #ABC #ClassicTV

34 years ago:
Lean On Me (US)
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staf...
1989-03-03
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/14621
#LeanOnMe #JohnGAvildsen #MorganFreeman #BeverlyTodd #RobertGuillaume #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

And of course, the first ever Black Raoul (in the 1990 Los Angeles production replacing Michael Crawford) Robert Guillaume, who most will remember from his role on the TV shows “SOAP” and “Benson”
#RetroView #RobertGuillaume

#benson #robertguillaume #popcultureicon #80stelevision #wednesdaywisdom #tvquotes #talkingtv #bronxny #losangles

Benson: The mansion's trusted Gardner, against his will, is forced into retirement due to the state's mandatory retirement age. Can Benson help him keep his job?

Quest For Retire: Season 4 Episode 5 Aired Nov 12, 1982

"It is easy to ignore the problems of the other fellow, but when it comes to age discrimination, someday, each of us will be the other fellow." - Benson DuBois

#RobertGuillaume (1927–2017) would have been 95 today.

He won Emmys for the same role on 2 different shows: #Soap and #Benson!

#ClassicTV #1970sTV