Camp Runamuck
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| Camp Runamuck | |
|---|---|
| Format | Sitcom |
| Created by | David Swift |
| Starring | Arch Johnson Dave Ketchum Dave Madden Hermione Baddeley Alice Nunn |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 17, 1965 – September 2, 1966 |
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| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Camp Runamuck was an American sitcom which ran on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season that 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 counselor Spiffy (Dave Ketchum), his assistant of sorts.
Helping them out were counselor Pruett (Dave Madden, who would later play Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family), Doc Joslyn, and camp cook Malden. Eulalia Divine (Hermione Baddeley) was the owner of the girls' camp, which was run by chief counselor Mahalia May Gruenecker (Alice Nunn). Nina Wayne (older sister to the late 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.
It all added up to innocent, wholesome fun, suitable for showing in the UK by the BBC on Saturday mornings ten years after it aired in the United States. (Although this was the first network UK screening of Camp Runamuck, the series was aired by some ITV regional stations in 1969.)
[edit] Notes
The composer and bandleader Frank DeVol played the part of Doc Joslyn in the opening episode but illness forced him to quit the role.
[edit] Cast
Commander Wivenhoe : Arch Johnson
Senior Counsellor Spiffy : Dave Ketchum
Counselor Pruett : Dave Madden
Doc Joslyn (1) : Frank De Vol
Doc Joslyn (2) : Leonard Stone
Camp Cook Malden : Mike Wagner
Eulalia Divine : Hermione Baddeley
Mahalia May Gruenecker : Alice Nunn
Caprice Yeudleman : Nina Wayne
The Sheriff : George Dunn
