Johnny Bago

Johnny Bago is an American comedy television series created by Jeffrey [Price and Peter S. Seaman|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.

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