Pilot Study

The latest episode of Pilot Study is all about Donald Glover's new show, "Atlanta." Over at FX, Glover's put together something that avoids the Entourage "show about fame" pitfalls, gets by without using the musical talents of Childish Gambino, and that lives up to those Twin Peaks comparisons, for a couple very different reasons.

The pilot was previously free on YouTube, but has since expired. You can find it now at the typical digital outlets.

"Unaired" month continues with a look at Kanye West's mysterious HBO pilot. The pilot has only been publicly displayed once, by co-star Wyatt Cenac, which makes for a fascinating dive into the history and lone 3 minutes available online. We talk its relation to "Curb Your Enthusiasm," director Larry Charles and somehow, Tom Cruise.

Next week, we talk the new Donald Glover series, "Atlanta."

Note: I'm sick. My apologies.

"Unaired" month continues with our look at the U.S. version of "The IT Crowd." Starring Joel McHale, the show attempts to transition the UK property, utilizing one of the original lead actors in the process. We talk McHale's casting, a terrible pratfall and Moss' glasses.

Special guest Alan Miller (The Vinyl Crawl, real life IT guy) joins us and plays a round of The IMDB game.

Special Guest: Alan Miller.

The newest episode of Pilot Study continues our "Unaired" month with "Revenge Of The Nerds," the movie to TV adaptation. It's racist, sexist and well, probably a show written by white dudes. All this, plus a plot that makes little to no sense, gave us the "worst pilot we've ever done."

Special guest Nick Spacek (Modern Vinyl/From & Inspired By) joins us once again.

Timeline

3:14, Title Talk

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We kick off our "Unaired" theme month with the previously lost pilot for Clerks, the sitcom (+ laugh track) adaptation of the Kevin Smith film. Jim Breuer makes a pre-SNL appearance, the writers can't use Jay or Silent Bob and Keri Russell even makes an appearance as typical '90s bimbo.

Special guest Nick Spacek (Modern Vinyl/From & Inspired By) talks the show with us and impresses with his round of The IMDB game.

Timeline

1:25, Introducing the theme month

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The newest episode of Pilot Study takes on the new Danny McBride/Jody Hill project, "Vice Principals." Chris and Grimes discuss whether we've hit "McBride Saturation" and if his character here deserves the same sympathy given to Kenny Powers. Grimes also talks getting in-school suspension for being a "high school bad boy."

2:20, Development of Vice Principals/Bill Murray

Episode 26 of Pilot Study centers on "The West Wing," premiering in 1999 and taking home a slew of Emmy awards for its first season and beyond. The pilot, by itself, was responsible for three Emmy wins and another nomination (somehow it didn't win for writing). Guest Julio Anta (The Native Sound) brings in a long history with the show, and for that generosity, we punish him with a tough round of the IMDB game. I've left a couple time markers below, as we do get into some spoilers at the end.

42:49, Random spoilers start here

Pilot Study returns for its second season with a television endurance test of which no human should readily attempt. Yep, we're doing a "Full House"/"Fuller House" doubleheader. We talk the truly bizarre Olsen moment in the reboot, along with how both pilots are kinda, sorta the same script.

Episode 24 of Pilot Study (and the season 1 finale) has us inducting Lost into the Pilot Study Hall Of Fame. We talk the early script for the related Nowhere, the opening (expensive) beach scene and Michael Keaton turning down the lead role.

Episode 23 of Pilot Study hits on "Eastbound & Down," in honor of baseball signaling the (hopeful) approach of warm weather. We talk who Kenny Powers was possibly based on, the direction of Jody Hill and an early pilot script.

Next week, we'll be inducting our first pilot into the Pilot Study Hall of Fame.