Camp Runamuck
| Camp Runamuck | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | David Swift |
| Written by | William Freedman Ben Gershman Sidney A. Mandel Ann Marcus Bob Rodgers David Swift |
| Directed by |
Charles Barton Bruce Bilson Howard Duff Hal March R. Robert Rosenbaum David Swift |
| Starring |
Arch Johnson Dave Ketchum Dave Madden Alice Nunn |
| Theme music composer |
Frank DeVol Jack Keller Howard Greenfield |
| Opening theme | "Camp Runamuck Theme" |
| Composer(s) | Edward J. Forsyth |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | David Swift |
| Producer(s) | Billy Friedberg Irving Temaner (assistant) |
| Editor(s) | Ralph James Hall |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Runamuck Productions Inc. Screen Gems Television |
| Distributor | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | Pathécolor |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 17, 1965 – September 2, 1966 |
Camp Runamuck is an American sitcom which aired on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series was created and executive produced by David Swift, and aired for 26 episodes.
The series related the wacky goings-on at the titular boys' summer camp, and at Camp Divine, its girls counterpart across the lake. Runamuck was run by Commander Wivenhoe (Arch Johnson), a man who couldn't stand kids, and senior Spiffy (Dave Ketchum), his assistant of sorts.
Helping them out were counselor Pruett (Dave Madden), Doc Joslyn, and camp cook Malden (Mike Wagner). Eulalia Divine (Hermione Baddeley) was the owner of the girls' camp, which was run by chief counselor Mahalia May Gruenecker (Alice Nunn). Nina Wayne (younger sister of Carol) played Camp Divine's curvaceous counsellor Caprice Yeudleman. The competitiveness between the two camps and the incidents and accidents that would normally occur at such summer camps - missing kids, people falling into the lake, food poisoning, and so on - formed the basis of most of the show's plots.
The series was scheduled opposite CBS's The Wild Wild West and ABC's The Flintstones and struggled in the ratings. The series was canceled in September 1966 after one season.
Composer and bandleader Frank DeVol (who also wrote the series' theme song) played the part of Doc Joslyn in the pilot episode but illness forced him to quit the role, and he was replaced by Leonard Stone for the actual series. In April 1966, Dell Comics issued a Camp Runamuck comic book.
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