Eisenhower and Lutz is an American

United States

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 sitcom

Situation comedy

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 which aired for thirteen episodes on CBS

CBS

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 in 1988.

Overview

The series starred Scott Bakula

Scott Bakula

Scott Stewart Bakula is an American actor, known for his role as Sam Beckett in the television series Quantum Leap, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1991 and was nominated for four Emmy Awards. He also had a prominent role as Captain Jonathan...

 (later of Quantum Leap and Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise

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fame) as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr., a shiftless ambulance-chasing lawyer. Lutz had trouble getting clients, so his father (played by Henderson Forsythe

Henderson Forsythe

Henderson Forsythe was an American actor. Forsythe was known for his role as Dr. David Stewart #2 on the soap opera As the World Turns, a role he played for 32 years, and for his work on the New York stage....

) added the name "Eisenhower" to his shingle to attract clientele, much the same way Laura Holt invented Remington Steele

Remington Steele

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for her struggling detective agency on the private-eye drama of the same name. Lutz spent more time trading quips with the women in his life -- Megan, played by DeLane Matthews

DeLane Matthews

DeLane Matthews is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Beth Barry in the CBS television series Dave's World from 1993 to 1997.-Career:...

, and K.K., played by future Home Improvement star Patricia Richardson

Patricia Richardson

Patricia Castle Richardson is an American television and film actress best known for her portrayal of Jill Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement.-Early life and education:...

 -- than he did actual legal work.

Creator Allan Burns

Allan Burns

Allan Burns is an American screenwriter and television producer. Burns is best known for, alongside James L. Brooks, creating and writing for the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda.-Early life:...

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

NBC

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 sitcom FM.

Cast

Actor	Role
Scott Bakula	Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr
Henderson Forsythe	Barnett M. "Big Bud" Lutz
DeLane Matthews	Megan O'Malley
Patricia Richardson	Kay "K.K." Dunne
Leo Geter Leo Geter Leo Geter is an American character actor who has appeared in many films, including the 1984 hit Footloose, as well as Near Dark, The Stand, and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, and Silent Night, Deadly Night....	Dwayne Spitler
Rose Portillo	Millie Zamora

Episodes

Episode #	Title	Airdate
1	"The Whiplash Kid Returns" (Part 1)	March 14, 1988
2	"The Whiplash Kid Returns" (Part 2)	March 14, 1988
3	"The Hernia Chronicles"	March 21, 1988
4	"Take My Ex-wife, Please"	March 28, 1988
5	"Blast from the Past"	April 18, 1988
6	"Bud, Junior, Junior" (Part 1)	April 25, 1988
7	"Bud, Junior, Junior" (Part 2)	May 2, 1988
8	"Don't Change a Hair for Me"	May 9, 1988
9	"Petrified Forrest"	May 16, 1988
10	"Bud's Buddy"	May 30, 1988
11	"Pride and Prejudice"	June 5, 1988
12	"Play It Again, Bud"	June 13, 1988
13	"The Devil Wears a Toupee"	June 20, 1988