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''Johnny Bago'' was a short-lived TV series airing on Creator/{{CBS}} in the summer of 1993, created by Creator/RobertZemeckis and [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman]] (Zemeckis also executive produced the series and directed the pilot) and starring Peter Dobson.

Small time hood Johnny Tenuti has just been released from prison after a five year sentence for a crime he claims not to have committed. His cousin, a mid-level Mafioso, asks Johnny to cover for him on a date [[TwoTimerDate which is on the same day as his wedding anniversary]]. Johnny does so, only to find himself framed for murdering the Mafia don's son.

So Johnny goes on the lam. He hooks up with an old man named Hick in a Winnebago RV. After Hick dies, Johnny repurposes Hick's RV and hides out in the RV community, travelling the highways and byways of America using the alias "Johnny Bago."

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!!Provides examples of:

* ABNegative: Johnny's blood type. See LittlestCancerPatient below.
* {{Blackmail}}: The MO of a ringmaster of a circus Johnny briefly joins. The ringmaster has info on everybody in the circus, making them work for him for free or else he'll turn them in. He also feeds them garbage leftovers from the previous days' crowds.
* TheDon: The father of the man Johnny didn't kill.
* ElvisLives: In a trailer park, natch.
* EveryEpisodeEnding: Johnny's letters home to his mother, giving her updates about his travels. The Mafia intercepts her mail and makes copies, so they also know what he's been up to.
* ExpositoryThemeSong: from Music/JimmyBuffett of all people.
* FishOutOfWater: City boy Johnny is unprepared for life on the road and in the rural areas he's travelling through.
* GirlOfTheWeek: From a doctor to an environmentalist to a circus fat lady, every girl tends to fall for Johnny eventually.
* GoldFever: Johnny discovers a gold mine near Mt. Rushmore, but has to let someone else reap the rewards because he's on the run.
* GotMeDoingIt: While at the circus, Johnny picks up the foreign ringmaster's VerbalTic.
* InspectorJavert: His ex-wife, who is also his parole officer, and who is trying to bring him in for murder.
* LineOfSightName: Johnny happens upon the alias "Bago" after seeing that on the RV's dashboard.
* LittlestCancerPatient: Johnny's rare AB- blood type is needed for a bone marrow transplant on a young girl.
* TheMafia: They want to kill Johnny for killing the Don's son...that is, if his ex-wife doesn't get him first.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: See series description.
* PovertyFood: In one episode Johnny is forced to join a traveling circus. The ringmaster is a blackmailer who is forcing all the workers to work for him for free, and feeds them leftovers from the previous day's crowd all mixed together. It's served in scoops of brown ''blech''.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Ex-Wife, but still. Johnny's ex-wife is the series' [[Series/TheFugitive Sam Gerard]] [[InspectorJavert stand-in]].
* ShootTheTelevision: When Johnny goes over to complain about the noise from the TV, Elvis shoots it. Johnny decides not to say anything about the barking dog.
* VoiceoverLetter: Johnny's letters home.
* WalkingTheEarth: Well, riding in a Winnebago RV, but it's the same principle.
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''[[ThemeSong Johnny Bago's gonna have his day/A little further down the lost highway...]]''