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5.9/10 TV Created by Leonard Stern Theme music composer Jerry Fielding First episode date 12 September 1966 Network CBS Number of episodes 16 | 7.9/10 IMDb Genre Sitcom Narrated by Ted Knight Country of origin United States Final episode date 2 January 1967 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Jack Sheldon
Bruce Gordon
Jim Connell
Gregg Palmer Cast Jack Sheldon, Bruce Gordon, Gregg Palmer, Nicholas Georgiade Similar The Governor & JJ, The Girl with Somethin, I'm Dickens - He's Fens, The Phil Silvers Show, Pistols 'n' Petticoats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Run, Buddy, Run is an American sitcom starring Jack Sheldon, which ran on CBS from September 12, 1966, until January 2, 1967.
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Overview
Sheldon, a jazz trumpet player and singer, portrayed Buddy Overstreet, an "ordinary guy", an accountant, on the run from a group of comical gangsters. As the plot unfolds, while he is taking a steam bath, Buddy overhears mobster "Mr. Devere" or "Mr. D", played by Bruce Gordon, plotting the death of a "Chicken Little". Jim Connell played Gordon's bumbling son, "Junior". Gregg Palmer appeared in the recurring role of Harry, a gunman in Chicago.
In a typical segment, Buddy Overstreet enters a new town trying to establish employment, and Mr. D would arrive and force Buddy into a narrow exit. In the ninth episode, Buddy is working as a welder in a factory when he tells a coworker Devere Enterprises has put a price on his head. The colleague double-crosses Buddy, and phones Mr. D's office long-distance.
Among guests on the series were Jack Albertson, Med Flory, Sid Melton, Burt Mustin, J. Pat O'Malley, Julie Sommars, and Vaughn Taylor.
Reception
The program aired on Monday nights at 8 p.m. Eastern, sandwiched between the last season of Gilligan's Island starring Bob Denver and The Lucy Show with Lucille Ball. It failed to garner sufficient ratings and was dropped at midseason after sixteen episodes were produced. Its competition was I Dream of Jeannie on NBC and the second half of The Iron Horse, an ABC Western about the railroad.