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 Hermione Baddeley Alice Nunn
Theme music composer	Frank DeVol
Opening theme	"Camp Runamuck Theme"
Composer(s)	Frank DeVol Ed Forsyth
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Swift
Producer(s)	Billy Friedberg
Editor(s)	Ralph James Hall
Running time	30 mins. (approx)
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Picture format	Pathécolor
Audio format	Monaural
Original run	September 17, 1965 – September 2, 1966

Camp Runamuck is a short-lived 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.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Production notes 3 Cast 4 Episodes 5 Syndication 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Synopsis

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 counselor 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 (older 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 finally canceled in September 1966 after one season.^[1]

[edit] Production notes

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.^[2] In April 1966, Dell Comics issued a Camp Runamuck comic book.^[3]

Some of the characters on that show were based on some of the names described in the song "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" by Alan Sherman, including Joe Spivey.

[edit] Cast

• Arch Johnson as Commander Wivenhoe
• Dave Ketchum as Senior Counsellor Spiffy
• Dave Madden as Counselor Pruett
• Frank De Vol as Doc Joslyn (1)
• Leonard Stone as Doc Joslyn (2)
• Mike Wagner as Camp Cook Malden
• Hermione Baddeley as Eulalia Divine
• Alice Nunn as Mahalia May Gruenecker
• Nina Wayne as Caprice Yeudleman
• George Dunn as The Sheriff

[edit] Episodes

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate
1-1	"Camp Runamuck"	September 17, 1965
1-2	"Rabbits of the World Unite"	September 24, 1965
1-3	"Fraternize"	October 1, 1965
1-4	"I'm in Luv with Your Beautiful Limpid Eyes, But I Can't Marry You Because You're a Cow"	October 8, 1965
1-5	"Say, You're A Bleeder Aren't You?"	October 15, 1965
1-6	"There Not Making Hurricanes Like They Used To"	October 22, 1965
1-7	"Turtle???"	October 29, 1965
1-8	"Slaughter"	November 5, 1965
1-9	"Today is Parent's Day"	November 12, 1965
1-10	"Masquerade"	November 19, 1965
1-11	"Spiffy Quits - Part 1"	November 26, 1965
1-12	"Spiffy Quits - Part II"	December 3, 1965
1-13	"Soapsuds"	December 10, 1965
1-14	"The New Swimming Pool"	December 24, 1965
1-15	"Wivenhoe's New Car"	December 31, 1965
1-16	"Tomboy"	January 7, 1966
1-17	"Look Out, Here Comes Arnie"	January 14, 1966
1-18	"Diet"	January 28, 1966
1-19	"Air Conditioner"	February 4, 1966
1-20	"Food Poisoning"	February 11, 1966
1-21	"Building"	February 25, 1966
1-22	"Termites"	March 4, 1966
1-23	"Peace"	March 18, 1966
1-24	"Malden Falls in Love"	March 25, 1966
1-25	"Senior Citizens"	April 8, 1966
1-26	"Commander for a Day"	April 15, 1966

[edit] Syndication

The series aired 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] References

[edit] External links

• Camp Runamuck at the Internet Movie Database
• Camp Runamuck at TV.com