Butch Patterson: Private Dick
Overview
Butch Patterson: Private Dick is a Canadian serial comedy television series centering around the seedy exploits of a self-described premature ejaculating, alcoholic, kleptomaniac, sexually deviant private detective played by Canadian actor/comedian Greg Lawrence. The series had a three season run, airing on The Comedy Network. Although the show was not a critical or commercial success, it maintains a small cult following. After the series' initial run, reruns were featured on the now defunct CBC Country Canada. Since then, all three original seasons have been released on DVD.
Episodes
S01E02 The Jewel Heist (2)
S01E03 The Hit
S01E04 Call Him Ishmail
S01E05 Losing It
S01E06 The Dinner Party
S01E07 The Affair
S01E08 Strike One
Blanche duMaurier and Debbie Hitler strike a deal but Debbie double-double crosses Blanche. Tommy gets into the drug running business and Butch steals a new suit.
S01E09 Mom
Butch is celebrating closing his latest case when a new femme fatale shows up. After a spirited drinking contest butch agrees to take her case. Butch is set up by his Mom and she collects...
S01E10 The Dance Contest
Butch cons Blanche into being his dance partner so he can expose the seedy steroid and drug fueled underbelly of dance marathon competitions being rigged by Tommy Rubella.
S01E11 The Chase
Butch plays pool for booze and has the unfortunate luck of stumbling across Frank the man whose life he has ruined by endless crank calls over the past decade. Frank chases Butch around the city...
S01E12 The Reading Drive
Tommy Rubella has been fixing the reading drive and Butch is hired by a concerned parent. Butch goes undercover as a French foreign exchange student in a grade five public school class. Pt. 1
S01E13 The Wrath of Vance
Vance returns from the dead to expose Tommy for double crossing Debbie who was double crossing Blanche who was being set-up by Butch who was double crossing Tommy. Then Vance dies again.
Cast
David L. McCallum
