Run, Buddy, Run
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Run, Buddy, Run

7.0 / 10
1966
1 season
17 episodes
Comedy

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Steam Bath & Chicken Little

    12-09-1966

    Syndicate 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 kind Frank Nitti went to in the ""Untou...

  • Ep 2

    2.Wild, Wild Wake

    19-09-1966

    While Buddy is hitchhiking through Midville, Kansas (population 187), kindly Sheriff Len Rhodes tells Buddy they have laws against hitchhiking and vagrancy. When Buddy sees 2 of Mr...

  • Ep 3

    3.Win, Place and Die

    26-09-1966

    Buddy 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 henchman walk right by Buddy without recognizi...

  • Ep 4

    4.Down on the Farm

    03-10-1966

    At the Devere Enterprises skyscraper in New York, Mr. D. announces a new plan to get Buddy Overstreet. Over his closed-circuit TV broadcasts, he announces an incentive program: gr...

  • Ep 5

    5.Grand Mexican Hotel

    10-10-1966

    Buddy has finally made it to Mexico. He stops at the ""Hotel de Puerto Grande""-- Puerto Grande is a small, poor town: nobody stays there, people only drive through on their way t...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Death of Buddy Overstreet

    17-10-1966

    Buddy 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: if Mr. D. thought Buddy was dead, he co...

  • Ep 7

    7.Bank Holdup

    24-10-1966

    At Devere Enterprises they are having a meeting; order of business: Buddy Overstreet. Mr. D. grouses, ""At this rate, Overstreet's gonna die of old age!"" Junior announces that,...

  • Ep 8

    8.I Want a Piece of That Boy

    31-10-1966

    Mr. D., Junior and Wendell are at the boxing matches; Frankie Phillips TKOs his opponent. Later, in Mr. D.'s office, Wendell asks, ""Profitable night, Mr. D.?"" To which Mr. D. r...

  • Ep 9

    9.Buddy Overstreet, Forgive Me

    07-11-1966

    Buddy 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 head. Stan double-crosses Buddy, and phon...

  • Ep 10

    10.Mr. D's Revenge

    14-11-1966

    Mr. 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 to an identity mix-up, the tables are tu...

  • Ep 11

    11.Good-bye, Wendell

    21-11-1966

    Everytime Wendell goofs up and lets Buddy Overstreet slip through his fingers, Mr. D. says, ""Good-bye, Wendell"" -- and Wendell has to jump out of a speeding car, or jump off the...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Sky is Falling

    28-11-1966

    In the steambath, Buddy had overheard the code words ""Chicken Little,"" which indicated the first part of a master scheme Devere Enterprises had. But now, phase 2 of the plan is...

  • Ep 13

    13.Buddy Overstreet, Please Come Home

    05-12-1966

    After Mr. D. had been chasing Buddy all season, he finds himself being chased: by tax auditors. Devere Enterprises may have to shut down their illegal operations and go legit. We...

  • Ep 14

    14.The Runaway Kid

    12-12-1966
  • Ep 15

    15.Goodbye, Wendell

    19-12-1966
  • Ep 16

    16.Buddy Overstreet, Forgive Me

    26-12-1966
  • Ep 17

    17.Buddy Overstreet, Please Come Home

    02-01-1967

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