''Eisenhower and Lutz'' is an American

sitcom A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent settin ...

that aired for thirteen episodes on

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from March 14 to June 20, 1988.

Overview

The series stars Scott Bakula as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz Jr., a shiftless ambulance-chasing lawyer. Lutz had trouble getting clients, so his father ( Henderson Forsythe) added the name "Eisenhower" to his shingle to attract clientele. Lutz spent more time trading quips with the women in his life–Megan (

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) and K.K. (

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)–than he did actual legal work. Creator

Allan Burns Allan Pennington Burns (May 18, 1935January 30, 2021) was an American screenwriter and television producer. He was best known for co-creating and writing for the television sitcoms ''The Munsters'' and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. Early life ...

later used three actors from this series—Matthews, Richardson and Geter—on his 1989

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sitcom '' FM''.

Cast

* Scott Bakula as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz Jr * Henderson Forsythe as Barnett M. "Big Bud" Lutz *

as Megan O'Malley *

as Kay "K.K." Dunne * Leo Geter as Dwayne Spitler * Rose Portillo as Millie Zamora

Episodes

External links

* 1988 American television series debuts 1988 American television series endings 1980s American sitcoms 1980s American legal television series 1980s American workplace comedy television series Television shows set in Palm Springs, California American English-language television shows Fictional American lawyers Television series by MTM Enterprises CBS sitcoms Television series created by Allan Burns {{US-comedy-tv-prog-stub