The New Adventures of Beans Baxter is an adventure/comedy television series that aired 1987. It was created by Savage Steve Holland, who also wrote and directed most of the 17 episodes. The show revolved around the spy activities of Benjamin "Beans" Baxter, Jr., a Kansas teenager who had just moved with his parents and younger brother to Washington, D.C., as part of his father's reassignment as an employee of the U.S. Postal Service.