Saturday, January 31, 2015

Clarissa Now



This week we talk about the pilot for the failed spin off to the series Clarrissa Explains It All. Melissa Joan Hart's Clarissa Darling is 18, she's in New York and she's got an internship at a newspaper. ... That's about it. There may be tangents.

Friday, January 23, 2015

Poochinski



This week on Pilot Season: Peter Boyle is a dog now, man! When slovenly but talented detective Stan Poochinski is killed in the line of duty his soul transfers into a dog.

Sunday, January 18, 2015

The IT Crowd (US)



The Insert Witty Name Show has been retooled!  Welcome to Pilot Season, the show where we look at first and sometimes only episodes of TV shows!

Following Heil Honey, I'm Home we take a look at the US remake of the British sitcom The IT Crowd - and Alan blindsides me with history questions I don't know the answer to. The jerk!

Friday, January 2, 2015

Pilot Season: Heil, Honey I'm Home!



For the month of January we're taking a look at series of TV pilots. The first being the "perhaps the world's most tasteless situation comedy" - 1990s "Heil, Honey I'm Home" a sitcom about Hitler and his Jewish neighbors.