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Fresh off the "genius pilots never picked up" list, containing other missed hits such as Heat Vision & Jack, I bring you Lookwell - The show about a television detective (Adam West) that goes around solving crimes despite him not having any affiliation with any law enforcement or private investigation service -- with hilarious results. Written and produced by Robert Smigel & Conan O'Brien.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196712/
Download: http://www.versuscity.net/lookwell.zip
Oh man I can't wait to watch this!
And if you could whip up a link to Heat Vision and Jack that would be awesome. Watched it a few years ago but lost the disc I had it on. Its a great pilot. Rumor has it Jack Black and Owen Wilson have been trying to get it made into a movie.
It's really good; West is so incredibly awesome in it. Although, I do understand why the networks knocked it back, its humour is REALLY subtle, and I think the most TV viewers wouldn't appreciate that.
That was some comedy gold right there. Adam West is great at playing, well Adam West. Its a really funny show, but making a entire series out of it would be a stretch. It would have made a great movie however.
Some golden moments:
Lookwell: "Oh, did you do that shopping for me?"
Housekeeper: "I'm sorry Mr. Lookwell but they don't make that brand of Hair Spray anymore."
Lookwell: ::sighs:: "Those fools."
Another golden moment:
:: lookwell starts spraying paint on the cars bumper ::
Painter: "Hey man, don't paint the bumper!"
Lookwell: "Really? Its all the rage, in minnesota."
I've got a 3 part mpeg of it here, later tonight I'll re-encode it as a single xvid or something to save space and upload it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clash_Master
That was amazing!
Yeah. I don't think it's hard to imagine it as a full series either.Wouldn't need anything more than some new crime for him to stupidly try to solve. =\ Shame that it never had a chance.
Is there an archive of cancelled pilots like this somewhere on the web?
Not that I'm aware of. The only thing that immediately jumps to mind is www.channel101.com but I don't think these are ideas actually pitched to networks. I just happen to find all these nuggets of non-greenlit gold in my adventures on the web checking stuff out...
Watched it, thought it was pretty funny. Astroblue is right , a lot of the humor is way too subtle for most people to get. I loved the part where he was pretending to be homeless
"Good evening, I haven't a home."
"Hello, nice to be indoors."
"Hi there, the sidewalk is my pillow"
"Pardon me, eat out of a trash can"
www.channel101.com has this show starring Jack Black called "Computer Man" Its quite funny. Its Jack Black wearning nothing but tightie whity underwear, an old monitor over his head, and a keyboard on his chest. Him and his owner get into trouble basically.