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Run, Buddy, Run

TV·1966–1967·1 season, 17 episodes·CBS·Comedy·30m·Created by Leonard B. Stern

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Run, Buddy, Run is an American situation comedy starring Jack Sheldon, which ran on CBS from September 12, 1966, until January 2, 1967.

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Episodes by season

Season0117Episodes1966–67AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Steam Bath & Chicken LittleSeptember 12, 1966Syndicate boss Mr. Devere, along with Wendell, Norton and Joseph, pull up in a long, black car and go to a Turkish-bath steam room (the same
  2. S01E02Wild, Wild WakeSeptember 19, 1966While Buddy is hitchhiking through Midville, Kansas (population 187), kindly Sheriff Len Rhodes tells Buddy they have laws against hitchhiki
  3. S01E03Win, Place and DieSeptember 26, 1966Buddy is disguised as a Boy Scout, and even though he sticks out like a sore thumb as the tallest scout in the troop, Wendell and his henchm
  4. S01E04Down on the FarmOctober 3, 1966At the Devere Enterprises skyscraper in New York, Mr. D. announces a new plan to get Buddy Overstreet. Over his closed-circuit TV broadcast
  5. S01E05Grand Mexican HotelOctober 10, 1966Buddy has finally made it to Mexico. He stops at the ""Hotel de Puerto Grande""-- Puerto Grande is a small, poor town: nobody stays there,
  6. S01E06The Death of Buddy OverstreetOctober 17, 1966Buddy hops a freight to Florida. In an empty boxcar, he meets Norman Klute. Norman listens to Buddy's problems, and comes up with an idea:
  7. S01E07Bank HoldupOctober 24, 1966At Devere Enterprises they are having a meeting; order of business: Buddy Overstreet. Mr. D. grouses, ""At this rate, Overstreet's gonna di
  8. S01E08I Want a Piece of That BoyOctober 31, 1966Mr. D., Junior and Wendell are at the boxing matches; Frankie Phillips TKOs his opponent. Later, in Mr. D.'s office, Wendell asks, ""Profit
  9. S01E09Buddy Overstreet, Forgive MeNovember 7, 1966Buddy is in a factory, working as a welder. He makes the mistake of telling coworker Stan that Devere Enterprises has put a price on his he
  10. S01E10Mr. D's RevengeNovember 14, 1966Mr. D. has been foiled repeatedly in his attempts to rub out Buddy Overstreet. So Mr. D. sets up an elaborate plan to trap Buddy. But due
  11. S01E11Good-bye, WendellNovember 21, 1966Everytime Wendell goofs up and lets Buddy Overstreet slip through his fingers, Mr. D. says, ""Good-bye, Wendell"" -- and Wendell has to jump
  12. S01E12The Sky is FallingNovember 28, 1966In the steambath, Buddy had overheard the code words ""Chicken Little,"" which indicated the first part of a master scheme Devere Enterprise
  13. S01E13Buddy Overstreet, Please Come HomeDecember 5, 1966After Mr. D. had been chasing Buddy all season, he finds himself being chased: by tax auditors. Devere Enterprises may have to shut down th
  14. S01E14The Runaway KidDecember 12, 1966
  15. S01E15Goodbye, WendellDecember 19, 1966
  16. S01E16Buddy Overstreet, Forgive MeDecember 26, 1966
  17. S01E17Buddy Overstreet, Please Come HomeJanuary 2, 1967

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