Camp Runamuck

To be honest, it's been so long since I watched this show that I have no idea if it was actually any good, but I remember liking it as a kid.

I also remember this show as one of a number of very short-lived sitcoms, from that same decade, which caught my attention as a youth, but which didn't survive past the first season: Besides "Camp Runamuck" (about a summer camp), there was also "Hank" (about a young guy trying to be a "drop-in" at college, rather than a drop- out), "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster" (about two carpenters, one of them Marty Ingles), "It's About Time" (about two astronauts who end up back in the caveman days), and "McKeever & the Colonel" (about the antics of a young cadet at a military school (which had a "Leave it To Beaver" feel to it).

I'm not sure why these shows stuck in my head as a unit, but if I happen to recall one of them, the other four always come to mind.

Poor show....no comments???? I remember waiting for Friday nights to catch Camp Rumamuck. It was basically a boys camp against the girls camp type of show, with the adults worse than the children. The 2 characters that stay in my mind to this day are the lover-ly Nina Wayne and Dave Madden. Dave's character was so taken with Nina (or maybe any "hot" female) that he was reduced to shaking with the sounds of rattling bones in the background. He needed to be shaken out of it and brought back to his senses. I was quite young and since the show is invisible in re-runs I must assume it's charm doesn't translate and may be much too dated for current audiences....

BUT STILL, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT AGAIN........

I found it odd that this sitcom was mainly about the adult camp staffers/counselors and we seldom saw any children/campers on most episodes. ☺

I remember Dave Ketchum as one of the counselors. There was an episode when the whole staff had to go on a diet. Hungry, they broke into the commissary through the roof. Dave was hung upside down with a rope to spray whipped cream into the burglar alarm and ended up spraying himself in the face. Somehow I cannot get that memory out of my mind.

The show's theme song was whistled, similar style as "Bridge over the River Kwai."

I remember this show being on just before "Hank," about the young man working his food wagon to get through college.

CR was a hilarious show!

I have finally seen this for first time in 2021. I cringed when i heard the theme song at the beginning.....wayyy to romper roomish .......but then i couple eps in a see very little annoying kids and a fun boys vs girls (some hot) scenario.... A younger reuben kincaid and others have funny moments.....lots of silliness....certainly some is cringeworthy......but considering current alternatives, this stands above 2021 avg shows.

Love finding rare 60s shows.