https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/09/eisenhower-lutz.html
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1108196/
1988 CBS. "The Hernia Chronicles." Scott Bakula, Patricia Richardson, Henderson Forsythe, DeLane Matthews, Rose Portillo, Leo Geter. I saw Rebecca Schull from Wings when I was going to pick an episode of this at random. She was in two eps. but not this one I am going to review today. She is still with us at 93. Guest star this week is Castulo Guerra as Dr. Alvarez. Creator Allan Burns had some of the same cast in another sitcom after this on NBC called FM.
Premise here is Scott Bakula is shyster Palm Springs lawyer Bud Lutz Jr. and Henderson Forsythe is his father Big Bud. Patricia Richardson is Bud's ex and a successful attorney in a big firm while Bud is struggling to get clients. This week Big Bud is going under the knife for hernia surgery after rupturing himself trying to move the new Eisenhower & Lutz sign. There is no Eisenhower, Big Bud just added that name to the sign to class up the place. Bud Jr's storefront law office is something like Saul Goodman would use during his rough days on Better Call Saul. Bud Jr. is worried about his father being in the hospital and trying not to show it.
I watched the first two episodes of Eisenhower & Lutz a couple of years ago on Youtube and this was episode number three. Thirteen episodes aired. It is a serviceable B grade sitcom. Nothing great, nothing terrible. I used to make fun of Entertainment Weekly for giving everything a B minus. Turns out most of these old shows I've watched are B minus. That's not a bad thing. Could be worse.
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