Failure To Launch

Failure To Launch

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Failure To Launch episodes

  • Episode 47 - Lookwell
    Holy podcast, Launcheads! We’re covering Lookwell, the story of an actor turned detective written by Conan O’Brien and starring Adam West. We talk crime fighting, Batman, and the genius of absurdist television. Watch the pilot here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQ3HbB0c8Y
    1 hr 16 min
  • Episode 46 - Bunheads
    Belly up to the barre as Cassie Rosenbrock joins us to discuss Bunheads. We talk ballet, parents, and share a family cinnamon bread recipe. Watch the pilot here: https://www.hulu.com/bunheads
    1 hr 51 min
  • 420 - Exo-Man

    This week's Failure to Launch examines a 1977 sci-fi pilot, Exo-Man. Sounds fun, right?

    It's about a brilliant scientist who, through amazing technology, builds a bulletproof, invincible robot suit. Sounds cool, right?

    He faces off against the mob, who are out to kill him before he can testify in open court. Sounds exciting, right?

    There's car bombs, shootouts, bank jobs, culminating in our hero losing the use of his legs in a targeted hit! Sounds thrilling, right?

    It is!

    Eventually.

    Reviewers: James Ferris, Harry Brimage, Lisa Dib Soundboard: Andrew Cherry

    1 hr 38 min
  • Episode 45 - Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
    Comedian Marc Abrigo joins us to talk about his childhood favorite, Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series. We discuss hockey, puns, and the insurmountable greatness of 90’s Disney. Watch the pilot here: Part 1: https://youtu.be/yLgmT2ZomPg Part 2: https://youtu.be/yO80QFkh15I
    1 hr 35 min
  • 419 - Dr Paradise

    This week Failure to Launch ponders Dr. Paradise, the story of the titular doctor, played by Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), and his medical practice on a tiny tropical island. He's your classic grumpy arsehole doctor, so you'd expect him to have some redeeming feature to balance it out, right?

    Well, add these things to the scale: He owns the island, he runs a casino, he bullies everyone around him and reminds them how much power he has over them and occasionally pulls his goldfish out of it's tank for not fully explained reasons. Whatever's on the redeeming end of the scale has to be pretty damn massive, right? Right?

    Also, talking parrot.

    Reviewers: James Ferris, Lucy Shaw, David Shaw Soundboard: Andrew Cherry

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 44 - Garfunkel and Oates
    Enjoy our episode dedicated to IFC’s Garfunkel and Oates featuring Baruch Porras-Hernandez. We talk sex clubs, ukulele music, and the need for dude butts on tv. Watch the pilot here: https://www.netflix.com/watch/80010828
    1 hr 31 min
  • 418 - B-Men

    This week Failure to Launch examines B-Men, another CBS Summer Playhouse pilot. Jim, a smart, funny & handsome high schooler, & Kevin, a high schooler who's just smart and funny (ripped off), accidentally catch a criminal with a $25,000 bounty on his head. After this easy payday, they decide to get into bounty hunting despite still attending high school, not owning a gun and being complete idiots.

    At this point, every other character threatens to kill them, including a really old bounty hunter with an unconvincing robot hand, some bikers and an invincible cartoon-physics murderer. They've got their wits though, so it bumbles along until a car explodes and some other stuff.

    Contains trace amounts of Pauly Shore.

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    Reviewers: James Ferris, Lisa Dib, Alex Malone Soundboard: Andrew Cherry

    1 hr 27 min
  • Episode 43 - Cupid (1998)
    Feel the love in this episode dedicated to 1998's Cupid. Red Scott returns to talk tv romance, greek mythology, and the siren's call of the late 90s. Watch the pilot here: Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKTgR67S2xU - Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Evf_KGHMOA
    1 hr 46 min
  • 417 - 1775

    Failure to Launch enters a new year by going BACK IN TIME! Synergy!

    This week we drop back to 1992 for a pilot that takes us to 1775, aptly titled '1775'. Someone at CBS thought the year before the violent, bloody American Revolution would be a good setting for some Married with Children alternate-universe fanfic, so that's what we've got.

    The eldest daughter's kissing boys oh dear, Dad's a dud root, Mum hates him and there's two other kids but who gives a shit about them. It's set in 1775 though, so they run a tavern and Dad's cousin is George Washington (Adam West).

    Anyway.

    Reviewers: James Ferris, David Shaw, Alex Malone Soundboard: Andrew Cherry

    1 hr 16 min
  • Episode 42 - Z: The Beginning of Everything
    Strap in, old sport! This week we cover Amazon’s Z: The Beginning of Everything, a glitzy take on the Zelda Fitzgerald story. Amy Stephenson (podcaster, author) joins us to talk books, babes, and manic pixie dream girls. Watch the pilot here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftT5kP-Fpas Watch the series here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017APVGL4
    1 hr 22 min

About Failure To Launch

From the publisher's feed

We're all familiar with the idea of a pilot episode, the one-off test run of a series to see whether or not it could ever work as a television show. But what happens to the shows that never make it past that stage? Usually they're cast aside and disappear from the public eye forever, doomed to fade into obscurity.

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