NBC & Screen Gems took a chance on a sitcom set at a summer camp. Like another Screen Gems series from the same period, Gidget, Camp Runamuck lasted just one season, partially due to its opposition, including another Screen Gems entry, Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, and the 1st year Western, The Wild, Wild West.
25 years after the series ended, MTV Networks (now part of Paramount Global) acquired rerun rights to the series, and ran it in the daytime on Nickelodeon. Runamuck then moved to Comedy Central the following year, and hasn't been seen since, save maybe for Sony-owned Get TV (no longer available in the 518).
Following is the pilot, "Who Stole My Bathtub?":
We previously reviewed this series many moons ago over at The Land of Whatever, but we're bringing this out today in memory of star Dave Ketchum, who has passed away at 97. Ketchum followed up Runamuck by joining the cast of Get Smart. Co-stars Leonard Stone & Dave Madden also would turn up elsewhere (Dragnet, Partridge Family) after the series ended. Look quick for a cameo by Maureen McCormick, four years before The Brady Bunch.
No rating.
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