Johnny Bago

Johnny Bago
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Jeffrey Price Peter S. Seaman Robert Zemeckis
Starring	Peter Dobson Rose Abdoo Anna Berger Richard Romanus Timothy Stack Michael V. Gazzo
Theme music composer	Jimmy Buffett
Composer	Phil Marshall
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (2 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Frank Marshall Jeffrey Price Peter S. Seaman Steve Starkey Robert Zemeckis
Producer	Hal Galli
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	Chicago Five Productions Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment Universal Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	June 25 (1993-06-25) – July 30, 1993 (1993-07-30)

Johnny Bago is an American comedy television series created by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman and Robert Zemeckis. The series stars Peter Dobson, Rose Abdoo, Anna Berger, Richard Romanus, Timothy Stack and Michael V. Gazzo. The series aired on CBS from June 25, 1993, to July 30, 1993. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

After being framed for a mob murder, ex-con John Tenuti stows away in a retiree's Winnebago and adopts the alias Johnny Bago.

Cast

• Peter Dobson as Johnny Bago
• Rose Abdoo as Beverly Florio
• Anna Berger as Ma Tenuti
• Richard Romanus as Vinnie
• Timothy Stack as various news reporters§
• Michael V. Gazzo as Don Roselli
• Art LaFleur as Captain Lemsky
• Barry Shabaka Henley as Detective Venezia

§ In a running gag, whenever an on-air local news report was about Bago's latest sighting, or somehow involved Johnny, the news reporter delivering the update would be played by Timothy Stack. Each reporter had a different name, station affiliation, wardrobe, look, etc.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Johnny Bago Free at Last"	Robert Zemeckis	Story by : Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman & Robert Zemeckis Teleplay by : Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman	June 25, 1993 (1993-06-25)
2	"Hail the Conquering Marrow"	Allan Arkush	Jule Selbo & Trish Soodik	July 2, 1993 (1993-07-02)
3	"Johnny's Manly Act"	Frank Marshall	John Warren	July 9, 1993 (1993-07-09)
4	"Johnny's Golden Shaft"	Bryan Spicer	Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman	July 16, 1993 (1993-07-16)
5	"Big Top Bago"	Oz Scott	Robert Ramsey & Matthew Stone	July 23, 1993 (1993-07-23)
6	"Lady Madonna"	Peter Markle	Terrel Seltzer	July 30, 1993 (1993-07-30)
7	"Spotting Elvis"	Oz Scott	Terrel Seltzer	Unaired
8	"Johnny Saves the World"	N/A	N/A	Unaired

References

1. Voros, Drew (June 24, 1993). "Johnny Bago". Variety.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
2. Steve Weinstein (June 24, 1993). "Zemeckis, Pals Go on the Lam With CBS' 'Johnny Bago' : Television: Why are a bunch of big-budget movie heavyweights making an action comedy series? To have some fun". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
3. O'Connor, John J. (July 2, 1993). "TV Weekend; Fleeing a Godfather's Hit Men? Try a Winnebago". The New York Times . Retrieved July 17, 2018.

External links

• Johnny Bago at IMDb