Run Buddy Run
| Run, Buddy, Run | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Leonard Stern |
| Starring |
Jack Sheldon Bruce Gordon Jim Connell Gregg Palmer |
| Narrated by | Ted Knight |
| Theme music composer | Jerry Fielding |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Leonard Stern Daniel Melnick |
| Producer(s) | Jack Elinson |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Talent Associates |
| Distributor |
Warner Bros. Television Distribution (North America) CBS Television Distribution (international) |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 12, 1966 – January 2, 1967 |
Run, Buddy, Run is an American sitcom starring Jack Sheldon, which ran on CBS from September 12, 1966, until January 2, 1967.
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.
In his production of Run, Buddy, Run, Leonard Stern used many of the same technical persons behind his Get Smart series on NBC.
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.
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