Eisenhower and Lutz

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|genre = Sitcom

|writer = Cheryl Blythe
Allan Burns
Mark Egan
Gina Goldman
David Nichols
Burt Prelutsky
Dava Savel
Mark Solomon
Dan Wilcox
Shelley Zellman

|director = Peter Baldwin
Allan Burns
Andy Cadiff
Beth Hillshafer
Arlene Sanford
David Steinberg
Dan Wilcox

|starring = Scott Bakula
DeLane Matthews
Patricia Richardson
Henderson Forsythe

|opentheme = "Boys Like You" performed by Amanda McBroom

|composer = Patrick Williams

|country = United States

|language = English

|num_seasons = 1

|num_episodes = 13

|list_episodes =

|executive_producer = Dan Wilcox

|producer = Gareth Davies
Mark Egan
Mark Soloman
Shelley Zellman

|runtime = 30 minutes

|company = MTM Enterprises

|channel = CBS

|first_aired = {{start date|1988|3|14}}

|last_aired = {{end date|1988|6|20}}

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Eisenhower and Lutz is an American sitcom that aired for thirteen episodes on CBS 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 (DeLane Matthews) and K.K. (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.

Cast

Scott Bakula as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz Jr
Henderson Forsythe as Barnett M. "Big Bud" Lutz
DeLane Matthews as Megan O'Malley
Patricia Richardson as Kay "K.K." Dunne
Leo Geter as Dwayne Spitler
Rose Portillo as Millie Zamora

Episodes

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = The Whiplash Kid Returns: Part 1

| DirectedBy = Allan Burns

| WrittenBy = Allan Burns

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|3|14}}

| ShortSummary = Bud Lutz Jr., straight out of law school, sets up his practice at a busy, accident-prone intersection in Palm Springs.

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = The Whiplash Kid Returns: Part 2

| DirectedBy = Peter Baldwin

| WrittenBy = Allan Burns

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|3|14}}

| ShortSummary = See Part 1, above.

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = The Hernia Chronicles

| DirectedBy = Dan Wilcox

| WrittenBy = Dan Wilcox

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|3|21}}

| ShortSummary = Bud Jr. is worried about his father's hernia surgery. Meanwhile, Kay and Megan compare notes about their mutual love interest, Bud Jr.

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Take My Ex-wife, Please

| DirectedBy = Bethany Rooney

| WrittenBy = Dava Savel

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|3|28}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Blast from the Past

| DirectedBy = Peter Baldwin

| WrittenBy = Cheryl Blythe & Allan Burns

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|4|18}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Bud Junior, Junior: Part 1

| DirectedBy = David Steinberg

| WrittenBy = Mark Egan & Mark Solomon

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|4|25}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Bud Junior, Junior: Part 2

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| WrittenBy = Mark Egan & Mark Solomon

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|5|2}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Don't Change a Hair for Me

| DirectedBy = Arlene Sanford

| WrittenBy = Shelley Zellman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|5|9}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Petrified Forrest

| DirectedBy = Dan Wilcox

| WrittenBy = Burt Prelutsky

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|5|16}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Bud's Buddy

| DirectedBy = Peter Baldwin

| WrittenBy = David Nichols

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|5|30}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Pride and Prejudice

| DirectedBy = Peter Baldwin

| WrittenBy = Gina Goldman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|6|5}}

| ShortSummary = Bud takes on a racial prejudice case. Meanwhile, Megan breaks up with Bud because his pride is getting in the way of their relationship, and an older woman has eyes for Bud.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Play It Again, Bud

| DirectedBy = Andy Cadiff

| WrittenBy = Mark Egan & Mark Solomon & Shelley Zellman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|6|13}}

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