Pilot Study

Pilot Study

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Pilot Study episodes

  • Saved By The Bell
    We continue our "Saturday Morning" theme month with a look at NBC's "Saved By The Bell." We talk the history of the show, and its beginnings with "Good Morning, Miss Bliss," along with the pilot's Zack/Jessie relationship and of course, some title talk.
    On the back end, we continue our extended Saturday Morning talk (27:52), discussing discontinued cereal products.
    40 min
  • Episode 50: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

    Today we kick off both season 3 and our "Saturday Morning" theme month with "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers." Joined by guest Michael Escanuelas (@missingartwork), we talk the show's numerous connections to "Zyuranger," Zack's constant dancing and of course, the terrifying-as-hell putty patrol.

    58 min
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
    Today we kick off both season 3 and our "Saturday Morning" theme month with "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers." Joined by guest Michael Escanuelas (@missingartwork), we talk the show's numerous connections to "Zyuranger," Zack's constant dancing and of course, the terrifying-as-hell putty patrol.
    58 min
  • Episode 49: The Life & Times of Tim/The Leftovers

    The newest episode of Pilot Study and our season finale features talk on both "The Life & Times Of Tim" and "The Leftovers." In this finale, the co-hosts each suggest a show for one another, while Chris and Grimes then talk the pilots. Will either of them continue on to episode 2?

    See you in season 3, beginning on May 23.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 48: Louie

    The newest episode of Pilot Study and our finish of "Heightened" theme month centers on the FX series "Louie." We discuss the lead-up to the show, how the stand-up is cleverly worked into the plotlines, and the program's music.

    Stay tuned next week for our season finale.

    40 min
  • Episode 47: Flight Of The Conchords/Tenacious D (Live)

    Our SXSW live episode talks both "Flight Of The Conchords" and "Tenacious D." We discuss how each show looks in 2017 — with Flight on its 10-year anniversary and Tenacious on its 20th — and how music assists narrative in each. We end with a live round of the IMDB Game. Michael Escanuelas of Missing Artwork/The Modern Vinyl Podcast guests.

    Special Guest: Michael Escanuelas.

    53 min
  • Episode 46: Maron

    The newest episode of Pilot Study takes on "Maron," in our first entry of "Heightened" theme month. We discuss the WTF podcast origins, being afraid of silence, and the title sequence/blues riffs. We end with a round of "Spin Out" where Grimes pitches an animated show that kinda has to happen.

    39 min
  • Episode 45: Riverdale

    The newest episode of Pilot Study takes on "Riverdale," and its "Archie Got Hot" tagline. Chris is joined by Modern Vinyl staffers James Cassar and Meghin Moore, while they discuss the Ms. Grundy conundrum, Josie & The Pussycats, female friendship and much more.

    53 min
  • Episode 44: Legion

    The newest episode of Pilot Study takes on "Legion," the new FX series set within the "X-Men" universe. Noah Hawley (Fargo) serves as showrunner and the cast is led by Dan Stevens (The Guest). Garth Watson of Film Brew guests and plays a round of The IMDB Game.

    https://soundcloud.com/filmbrew

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 43: Greenmount

    The newest episode of Pilot Study is our first "Pilot Preview" episode. Here, we look at "Greenmount," a 14-minute proof of concept that stars Shane Kippel and Samantha Munro (Degrassi: The Next Generation). You can watch the pilot, here: https://www.facebook.com/joshua.prior.58/posts/1428728183827663.

    You can donate to their GoFund Me, here: https://www.gofundme.com/greenmount-television-series

    27 min

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Chris and Grimes dig deep into the world of television pilot episodes. We don't talk about episode 2. We hate second episodes.