| Eisenhower and Lutz | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Allan Burns |
| Written by | Cheryl Blythe Allan Burns Mark Egan Gina Goldman David Nichols Burt Prelutsky Dava Savel Mark Solomon Dan Wilcox Shelley Zellman |
| Directed by | Peter Baldwin Allan Burns Andy Cadiff Beth Hillshafer Arlene Sanford David Steinberg Dan Wilcox |
| Starring | Scott Bakula |
| Composer(s) | Patrick Williams |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Dan Wilcox |
| Producer(s) | Gareth Davies Mark Egan Mark Soloman Shelley Zellman |
| Running time | 30 mins. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | March 14, 1988 – June 20, 1988 |
Eisenhower and Lutz is an American sitcom which aired for thirteen episodes on CBS in 1988.
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The series starred Scott Bakula (later of Quantum Leap and Enterprise fame) as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr., a shiftless ambulance-chasing lawyer. Lutz had trouble getting clients, so his father (played by Henderson Forsythe) added the name "Eisenhower" to his shingle to attract clientele, much the same way Laura Holt invented Remington Steele for her struggling detective agency on the private-eye drama of the same name. Lutz spent more time trading quips with the women in his life -- Megan, played by DeLane Matthews, and K.K., played by future Home Improvement star Patricia Richardson -- than he did actual legal work.
Creator Allan Burns later used three actors from this series--Matthews, Richardson and Geter--on his 1989 NBC sitcom FM.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Scott Bakula | Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr |
| Henderson Forsythe | Barnett M. "Big Bud" Lutz |
| DeLane Matthews | Megan O'Malley |
| Patricia Richardson | Kay "K.K." Dunne |
| Leo Geter | Dwayne Spitler |
| Rose Portillo | Millie Zamora |
| Episode # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Whiplash Kid Returns" (Part 1) | March 14, 1988 |
| 2 | "The Whiplash Kid Returns" (Part 2) | March 14, 1988 |
| 3 | "The Hernia Chronicles" | March 21, 1988 |
| 4 | "Take My Ex-wife, Please" | March 28, 1988 |
| 5 | "Blast from the Past" | April 18, 1988 |
| 6 | "Bud, Junior, Junior" (Part 1) | April 25, 1988 |
| 7 | "Bud, Junior, Junior" (Part 2) | May 2, 1988 |
| 8 | "Don't Change a Hair for Me" | May 9, 1988 |
| 9 | "Petrified Forrest" | May 16, 1988 |
| 10 | "Bud's Buddy" | May 30, 1988 |
| 11 | "Pride and Prejudice" | June 5, 1988 |
| 12 | "Play It Again, Bud" | June 13, 1988 |
| 13 | "The Devil Wears a Toupee" | June 20, 1988 |