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N.Y.P.D. (Talent Associates/ABC)(1967-69) starring Jack Warden, Robert Hooks, Frank Converse
Jigsaw John (MGM/NBC)(early 1976) starring Jack Warden
Crazy Like A Fox (Columbia/CBS)(1984-86) starring Jack Warden & John Rubenstein
Crazy Like a Fox
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
contributions by
Cindy Rumbold
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CRAZY LIKE A FOX
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Columbia Pictures Television
for
CBS (Sundays 9:00 pm EST)
Created and Produced by
Frank Cardea, George Schenck, John Baskin & Roger Shulman

US Detective series 1984-86    35 episodes x 60 min color

starring
Jack Warden as Harrison "Harry" Fox, Sr.
John Rubinstein as Harrison Fox, Jr. (Attorney)
Penny Peyser as Cindy Fox (Mrs. Harrison Jr.)
Robby Kiger as Josh Fox (their son)

'Crazy like a Fox' theme composed and arranged by Richard Glasser

production Design by Michael Baugh  
titles designed by Laurence Starkman

############ Crazy Like A Fox ##############
############### (pilot) ##################
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1.00 [00] CRAZY LIKE A FOX (pilot)(60 min)
<181121>
written by
Roger Shulman, John Baskin, George Schenck & Frank Cardea
directed by Gary Nelson
guest stars
Jane Kaczmarek
Joyce Van Patten

############ Crazy Like A Fox ##############
############# season 1 1984-85 ###############
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CBS Sundays

1.01 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: DUBBLE BUBBLE
30Dec84 CBS Sun
written by Nancy Bond & John Breckfield
directed by Michael Caffey
guest stars
Albert Salmi (Petrocelli)
Lukas Haas,
Martin E. Brooks
Nancy Bond (writer & guest star,
part of production team for In the Heat of the Night)

1.02 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: TURN OF THE CENTURY FOX
6Jan85 CBS Sun
written by Thomas A. Chehak
directed by Paul Krasny
guest stars
Rue McLanahan (The Golden Girls)
Deana Roberts
Kenneth Tigar
Robert Hegyes (Welcome Back Kotter)

1.03 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: PREMIUM FOR MURDER
13Jan85
written by Stephen Lord & Tim Maschler
directed by Paul Krasny
guest stars
Anne Lloyd Francis (Honey West)
Robert Pine (CHIPS)
Peter Hobbs
Elliot Nugent

1.04 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: TILL DEATH DO US PART
20Jan85
written by Tim Maschler
directed by Stuart Margolin (Bret Maverick, The Rockford Files)
guest stars
Nicholas Hammond
Terri Treas
Phyllis Thaxter
George Kirby

1.05 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: MOTOR HOMICIDE
3Feb85
written by
Roger Shulman, John Baskin, George Schenck & Frank Cardea.
directed by Bill Asher
(Bewitched, former husband of Elizabeth Montgomery Montgomery)
guest stars
Ed Begley, Jr. (St. Elsewhere)
Paul Koslo
Al Ruscio
Bo Swenson (Walking Tall)

1.06 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: WANTED--DEAD AND ALIVE
17Feb85
written by
Roger Shulman, John Baskin, George Schenck & Frank Cardea
directed by Paul Krasny
guest stars
Carl Held
Richard Kuss
Belinda J. Montgomery

1.07 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: BUM TIP
24Feb85
written by George Lee Marshall
directed by Stuart Margolin
guest star
Carol Kane (Taxi)

1.08 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: FOX HUNT
3Mar85
written by Thomas A. Chehak
directed by Bob Sweeney
guest star
Della Reese (Touched By An Angel, The Redd Foxx Show)
John Zell
George Kirby
Ralph Manza

1.09 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: THE GERONIMO MACHINE
10Mar85
written by
Roger Shulman, John Baskin, George Schenck & Frank Cardea
directed by Stuart Margolin
guest star
Natalie Schaefer (Gilligan's Island)
Joshua Bryant
Homer Jenson

1.10 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: FOX IN WONDERLAND
17Mar85
written by
Roger Shulman, John Baskin, George Schenck & Frank Cardea
directed by Paul Krasny
guest stars
Tracy Scoggins
Stephanie Blackmore
Tom Hallick

1.11 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: FOX AND HOUNDS
24Mar85
adapted by Rich Fishman from a story by Robert Malcolm Young
written by Thomas A. Chehak & Ruel Fischmann
directed by Chuck Braverman
guest stars
Barbara Babcock (Hill Street Blues)
Jonathan Banks (Wiseguy)
Ron O'Neal
Philip Brown

1.12 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: SUITABLE FOR FRAMING
31Mar85
written by Tim Maschler
directed by Paul Krasny
guest star
John Considine (as Cindy's brother Skip)
Barbara Howard
Richard Road

1.13 [--] Crazy Like A Fox: THE MAN WHO CRIED FOX
7Apr85 CBS Sun
written by Thomas A. Chehak
directed by Vincent McEveety
guest stars
Art Hindle .......... Paul
Gary Graham ......... Judd
Darleen Carr .. Donna (Streets of San Francisco, Bret Maverick)
David Wayne ......... Hyde (Ellery Queen)
Robin Strand
Paul Lambert
Harry searches for Harrison's old college pal, now a
best selling writer, who may - or may not - have been
kidnapped after writing an expose of organized crime
in San Francisco.

############ Crazy Like A Fox ##############
############# season 2 1985-86 ###############
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CBS Sundays 9:00 pm Eastern

2.01 [14] Crazy Like A Fox: EYE IN THE SKY
6Oct85 CBS Sun
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Paul Robert Coyle / Oliver Clark
directed by Paul Krasny
guest stars
Barbara Rhoades
Jed Allen

2.02 [15] Crazy Like A Fox: SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH HARRY
13Oct85
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Harvey Weitzman & Sid Dorfman
directed by Paul Krasny
guest stars
Phil Rubinstein
Robert Hanley
Sharon Acker

2.03 [16] Crazy Like A Fox: REQUIEM FOR A FOX
20Oct85
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Thomas A. Chehak
directed by Vincent McEveety
guest stars
Vera Miles
Stephen Joyce
Keye Luke (Kung Fu)
Frank Bonner (WKRP In Cincinnati)

2.04 [17] Crazy Like A Fox: MURDER IS A TWO STROKE PENALTY
27Oct85
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by
George Schenck, Frank Cardea, Roger Shulman, & John Baskin
directed by Don Weis
guest stars
Robert Colbert
Lurene Tuttle
Jacqueline Scott
Dick Van Patten (Eight Is Enough)

2.04 [18] Crazy Like A Fox: FOX IN 3/4 TIME
3Nov85
<193125>
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Julie Friedgen
directed by Chuck Braverman / Paul Krasny / John Llewellyn Moxey
guest stars
Pat Carroll
Jacqueline Scott

2.05 [19] Crazy Like A Fox: DESERT FOX
10Nov85
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Tim Maschler / Philip Saltzman
directed by Vincent McEveety
guest stars
Lori Lethen
George Kirby
Ralph Manza
Barbara Cason

2.06 [20] Crazy Like A Fox: SOMEDAY MY PRINTS WILL COME
a.k.a. Someday My Fox Will Come
<193121>
1Dec85
produced by Philip Saltzman
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Harvey Weitzman & Sid Dorfman
directed by Carl Kugel and Paul Krasny
guest stars
Norman Fell (Three's Company)
J'anet DuBois (Good Times)
Al Ruscio
Sandra Gould (Bewitched)
Russ Marin
Joe Rentaria

2.07 [21] Crazy Like A Fox: IF THE SHOE FITS
<193131>
15Dec85
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Mary Anne Kasica & Michael Scheff
directed by Marc Daniels
guest star
Lloyd Bochner
Robert O'Reilly
Kip Niven
Tim Choate
Ken Olin (Thirty Something)
Theodore Wilson

2.08 [22] Crazy Like A Fox: IS THERE A FOX IN THE HOUSE?
<193124>
22Dec85
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Elroy Schwartz
directed by Paul Krasny
guest stars
Peter Mark Richman
Della Reese
Ed Hooks
Michael Lembeck
Daryl Anderson (Lou Grant)
Paul Comi

2.09 [23] Crazy Like A Fox: YEAR OF THE FOX
<193122>
29Dec85
produced by Philip Saltzman
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Jack V. Fogarty
directed by Michael Lange
guest stars
France Nuyen
Herb Edelman (The Golden Girls)
Benson Fong
Kenneth Gray

2.10 [24] Crazy Like A Fox: FOX AND THE WOLF
5Jan86
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Steve Greenberg & Aubrey Solomon
directed by Paul Stanley / Stan Lathan
guest stars
James McEachin
Gene Barry (Bat Masterson)
Joseph Weiss
Charles Levin
Bryon Morrow
Kathy Moffat

2.11 [25] Crazy Like A Fox: HEARING IS BELIEVING
15Jan86
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Julie Friedgen
directed by Paul Krasny
guest stars
June Allyson
Morgan Paull
Robin Deardin
Robert Hanley
Mark Taylor

2.12 [26] Crazy Like A Fox: HYDE-AND-SEEK
22Jan86
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Paul Robert Coyle
directed by Paul Krasny
guest stars
Cyd Charisse
Belinda J. Montgomery

2.13 [27] Crazy Like A Fox: THE ROAD TO TOBAGO
<193139>
29Jan86
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Tim Maschler
directed by Paul Krasny
guest star
James Hong

2.14 [28] Crazy Like A Fox: YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD CORPSE DOWN
<193111>
5Feb86
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Richard Raskind
directed by Marc Daniels
guest stars
Marta DuBois (in a dual role) (Tales of the Gold Monkey)
Nancy Walker (Rhoda)
Timothy Scott
Ellen Tobin

2.15 [29] Crazy Like A Fox: THE FOX WHO SAW TOO MUCH
<193142>
12Feb86
produced by Hugh Benson
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Robin Bernheim
directed by Paul Krasny
guest stars
Cliff Potts
Mark Shera (Barnaby Jones, S.W.A.T.)

2.16 [30] Crazy Like A Fox: JUST ANOTHER FOX IN THE CROWD
26Feb86
producer, Hugh Benson
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Gerald Sanoff
directed by Mike Vejar
guest stars
Hank Aaron as himself
Giselle MacKenzie
Floyd Leon
Robert Reed (The Defenders, The Brady Bunch)
Eugene Roche
Alan Hale Jr (Gilligan's Island)

2.17 [31] Crazy Like A Fox: FOX ON THE RANGE
5Mar86
producer, Hugh Benson
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Tim Maschler
directed by Michael Caffey
guest stars
Louise Mandrel (one of the Mandrel Sisters)
Joe La Due
Doug McClure (Trampas in The Virginian)
James Hampton (F Troop)
Claude Akins (Movin' On, BJ & The Bear)

2.18 [32] Crazy Like A Fox: THE DUKE IS DEAD
5Apr86
producer, Hugh Benson
co-producer, Carl Kugel
adapted by Roger Shulman & John Baskin from
the story by Paul Robert Coyle
directed by Reza Badiyi
guest stars
Leigh McClosky (Dallas)
Dody Goodman (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)
Vic Tayback (Alice)
Isabel Sanford (The Jeffersons)
Cindy Morgan
Philip Levien
Deena Friedman

2.19 [33] Crazy Like A Fox: ROSIE
12Apr86
producer, Hugh Benson
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Mary Anne Casica & Michael Scheff
directed by Marc Daniels / Michael O'Herlihy
guest stars
Dorothy Lamour (Hope & Crosby 'Road' movies)
Cliff Norton
Christopher Alport
Susan Tolsky (Here Come the Brides)
Beverly Garland (Decoy, Scarecrow & Mrs. King)

2.20 [34] Crazy Like A Fox: DEAD ON ARRIVAL
<193148>
19Apr86 CBS Sun
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Paul Robert Coyle
directed by Michael Lange
guest stars
Stuart Pankin
Ramon Bieri (Bret Maverick)
Tom Power

2.21 [35] Crazy Like A Fox: A FOX AT THE RACES (final episode)
4May86 CBS Sun
co-producer, Carl Kugel
written by Robin Bernheim
directed by Sigmund Neufeld
guest stars
Kim Darby (True Grit)
Norman Fell
Della Reese
Tom Poston (The Steve Allen Show, Newhart, Mork & Mindy)

############ Crazy Like A Fox ##############
################# reunion ##################
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[TVM] STILL CRAZY LIKE A FOX
5Apr87 (Reunion TV movie)
executive producers Frank Cardea and George Schenk                
assiociate producer Darlyne West       
produced William Hill                
written by Frank Cardea and George Schenk                    
directed by Paul Krasny                
guest stars
Graham Chapman           
James Faulkner           
Michael Jayston           
Rosemary Leach           
Catherine Oxenberg    ....     Nancy   
with
Colin Stinton     ....     Thurmond Richards    
Moray Watson    ....     Hubbard   
John Moffatt    ....     Milton   
Maxine Howe    ....     Rebecca Bick   
Matt Zimmerman    ....     Donald Bick    
Allan Cuthbertson    ....     Monty Clayton    
John Cater    ....     Rockhill   
Paul Brooke     ....     Constable    
C.J. Allen     ....     Service Station Attendant    
Stephen Churchett    ....     Sergeant    
Artro Morris    ....     Elderly Judge    
James Fleet    ....     Bellhop   
Catherine Harding    ....     Chambermaid    
Christopher Robbie    ....     Newscaster    
Edward Wiley    ....     Skipper   

During a vacation in England Harry and Harrison inadvertently
become the prime suspects in a murder case, and must go on the
run in the British countryside with the whole of the police
force on their trail.
               
############ Crazy Like A Fox ##############
################# the end ##################
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