
Run, Buddy, Run
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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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Steam Bath & Chicken Little
12-09-1966Syndicate 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 kind Frank Nitti went to in the ""Untou...
- Ep 2
2.Wild, Wild Wake
19-09-1966While 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
26-09-1966Buddy 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 henchman walk right by Buddy without recognizi...
- Ep 4
4.Down on the Farm
03-10-1966At 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
10-10-1966Buddy has finally made it to Mexico. He stops at the ""Hotel de Puerto Grande""-- Puerto Grande is a small, poor town: nobody stays there, people only drive through on their way t...
- Ep 6
6.The Death of Buddy Overstreet
17-10-1966Buddy 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: if Mr. D. thought Buddy was dead, he co...
- Ep 7
7.Bank Holdup
24-10-1966At 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
31-10-1966Mr. 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
07-11-1966Buddy 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 head. Stan double-crosses Buddy, and phon...
- Ep 10
10.Mr. D's Revenge
14-11-1966Mr. 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 to an identity mix-up, the tables are tu...
- Ep 11
11.Good-bye, Wendell
21-11-1966Everytime 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
28-11-1966In 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
05-12-1966After 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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