Episode
Benson: Solid Gold
Overview
On a trip to Las Vegas, Benson meets the comic duo The Smothers Brothers.
Details
- Series
- Benson
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1985-02-01
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Solid Gold is Episode 17 in Season 6 of Benson. It aired on 1985-02-01. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 16: Making Change
Benson, the Governor, Kraus, and Clayton talk about people from their past who influenced their lives greatly.
Episode 18: The Oval Office
While being called in from President Reagan on account of a remark Benson made, Benson and the Governor reach The Oval Office, and while waiting for the President, the two get trapped in there.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: Take This Job and Love It
Benson gets surrounded in red tape when he takes on the city mayor who pans to outlaw breakdancing in public places.
Episode 19: Mid-life Cowboy
An exhausted Governor Gatling decides to play cowboy at a dude ranch to unwind.
Episode 14: On the Road
Benson tries to investigate Kraus when she doesn't show up for a while. Kraus returns to acting and Benson disguises himelf as a limo driver to try and get her back.
Episode 20: Scenario
Benson, the Governor, and everyone in the mansion go to the bomb cellar to try and prepare for a nuclear attack against the United States.
Episode 13: Home for Christmas
As he is walking on the sidewalk during a Christmas rush, he trips and falls. While he is unconscious, he dreams about Christmas with his mother (Beah Richards).
Episode 21: Dubois: Portrait of a Politician
While the Governor is away on business, Benson is responsible for the work that needs to get done. In this particular case, Benson vetoes a bill that the Governor agreed to sign.
Episode 12: Make War, Not Love
A Declaration of War is brought out among two fighting nations after Benson attends a Trade conference.
Episode 22: Katie's Cousin
Katie's wild and undisciplined cousin Laura persuades Katie to lie to her father about sleeping at a friends and really go to a bar to pick up College men. You know what really flies when Benson and Clayton go to the same bar to get a drink and see them. Benson confronts Katie that he won't tell on her, it's up to her to decide whether or not to tell her dad or not.
Episode 11: The Reunion
Benson visits with his brother and Uncle who he hasn't seen in years.
Episode 23: The Bookburner
Benson's tie-breaking vote on a school bill leads to a major conflict with a powerful senator and a book-burning incident.