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1993 CBS. "Big Top Bago." Short summer series from Robert Zemeckis and Frank Marshall. Starring Peter Dobson as Johnny Bago. Guest stars: Stuart Margolin, Phil Fondacaro, Larry Hankin. Johnny witnessed a mob slaying and is on the run from the mob, and his ex-wfe, in Dub Taylor's Winnebago. Every week Johnny would have another adventure on the road and in various RV parks. Timothy Stack appears in about half of them in different small funny roles and Anna Berger plays Johnny's mom. This comes and goes on Youtube but all eight episodes are up now. I watched them all a couple of years ago on a different channel.
In this episode Johnny meets up with a travelling circus. Stuart Margolin is the ringmaster and big boss. Larry Hankin is the lion tamer. Johnny has to work odd jobs around the circus in order to make some money to get back on the road again. The boss's chimp has it in for him from the start. The boss's scam is that he tries to get everyone in debt to the circus so that they can never leave. Johnny's presence inspires dissent in the ranks, even from the loyal chimp, who is paid in bananas. "They're ripping you off, man! This is monkey pay!"
Johnny Bago is a fun series. Very funny. Dobson is great. Quirky short summer series are always among my favorites.
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