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An unsold television pilot called "Counterspy''.
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Topics: Classic TV, Television, Unsold television pilot, Unsold pilot
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An unsold television pilot called "Sea Divers". I'm not surprised this wasn't picked up, the production values would have been b-grade even for a syndicated show.
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Topics: Classic TV, Television, Unsold pilot, television pilot, 1958
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An unsold television pilot from 1961 called "Strictly for Laffs", in which comedians told jokes. Oddly, this pilot runs for 21 minutes, though the average show of the time lasted at least 24 minutes. Many people appear, including a few famous ones including Rose Marie, Alan Reed, and Moe Howard.
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Topics: Classic TV, Unsold Pilot, Television Pilot, 1960s, 60s, Sixties, Television
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A very silly 1963 unsold pilot for a proposed sitcom called "Munroe". This is not "NET Playhouse" or "Playhouse 90". At 22 minutes, it is shorter than the average sitcom of the era. Print is very shaky/unsteady.
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Topics: Classic TV, Television, 1960s, 60s, Sixties, Sitcom, Unsold Pilot, Unsold TV Pilot
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97
Aug 24, 2020
08/20
by
Marty Pasetta Orion Entertainment
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This is a pilot for a version of the game show Name That Tune that never got picked up for syndication in 1990.
Topic: name that tune game show unsold pilot 1990 peter allen lost media
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An unsold television pilot presumably from the 1950's. Based partially on the real-life murder of criminal Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel. Air date is unknown.
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Topics: Classic TV, Television, Unsold Pilot, Television Pilot, Crime, Murder, Murderer, Criminal,...
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An unsold TV pilot from 1963 called "The Plot Thickens". Same concept as the early 1950s series "Crawford Mystery Theatre" (of which only a single kinescope survives...anyone able to upload it?). In this pilot, a panel is shown a short film about a crime, and then has to guess who the guilty person is. Features Groucho Marx as one of the panel members.
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Topics: Classic TV, Television, Unsold Pilot, Unsold TV Pilot, Television Pilot, 1960s, 60s, Sixties
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A bizarre 1952 TV pilot for "The Spike Jones Show", a comedy/variety show. The pilot was not picked up, but Spike Jones did eventually host a series on TV: In 1954 he hosted a mid-season replacement, in 1957 he hosted a summer replacement, and in 1961 he hosted yet another series.
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Topics: Classic TV, 1950s, 50s, Fifties, Television, Unsold Pilot, The Spike Jones Show, Music, Surreal
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A 1975 unsold pilot for a proposed game show called "We've Got Your Number", hosted by Jack Barry.
Topics: Classic TV, Television, Unsold Pilot, Failed Pilot, Jack Barry, 1970s, Game show, Unsold TV Pilot
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An episode of "The Frankie Laine Show", featuring Patti Page and Tommy Dorsey. According to someone on YouTube, this is an unaired pilot for a series which was never produced. Perhaps one of the oldest unsold pilots you'll ever see....
Topics: Classic TV, Television, The Frankie Laine Show, Patti Page, Frankie Laine, Failed Pilot, Unsold...
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I have no idea what this is, except that it isn't the DuMont show. A children's game show with Paul Winchell. It seems to be from 1962 based on a search on Google books. Probably a pilot. Also, this copy is incomplete, missing part of the opening and some of the contestant introductions. May have been intended as a daytime show based on the brief running time. I'll never understand how failed pilots can survive when entire runs of actually-aired TV series are lost.
Topics: Classic TV, Television, Game show, 1960s, Children's television, Paul Winchell, Unsold Pilot,...
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Unsold pilot starring Groucho Marx and George Fenneman. This is a comedy talk show with a game show element thrown in. Guests include a woman who wants to be president, two women who want husbands who love cats, and celebrity guest William H. Parker (police chief). Although this pilot didn't sell, it has a lot in common with a series which did make it to air called "Tell it to Groucho". I do not know if this is truly public domain.
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Topics: Classic TV, Television, Talk show, Game show, Groucho Marx, George Fenneman, Comedy, Unsold Pilot,...
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Said to be an unsold television pilot from 1951. Starring the great early TV personality Dagmar, along with Art Carney, Robert Emhardt, Enid Markey, Jack Sheehan, Ben Lackland and Donald Curtis. It over-runs the 30-minute time-slot considerably.
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Topics: Classic TV, Television, Unsold TV Pilot, Television Pilot, Failed Pilot, Unsold Pilot, 1951, 1950s,...
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449
Dec 8, 2017
12/17
by
The WB
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A contest hosted by Godfrey to determine the best look-alikes in a sea of Justin Timberlakes, Britney Spears, Ben Afflecks and J-Los. Commercials from the original broadcast are isolated in a separate file. Copyrights are retained by the respective corporations and/or their predeceasing entities which are credited for the video files contained herein. However, since it's generally the fans, not the studios who keep low quality recordings such as this alive (and this one ain't streaming or on...
Topics: TV Special, Celebrities, Look-Alikes, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Elizabeth Taylor, Columbo,...
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Here's something so bad it makes "Queen for a Day" look like "Masterpiece Theatre". It is an unsold television pilot from 1954, for a game show called "Pass the Line" in which an artist slowly draws a picture in ten steps, and each step is copied by a panel of "celebrities" (one of which is Jonathan Winters!). At the end of the incredibly awful pilot, the host and some other guy directly speak to the networks telling them why they should pick up the...
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Topics: Lame, Crap, WTF, 1950s, 50s, Fifties, Classic TV, Television, Game Show, Panel Show, Unsold Pilot,...
556
556
Mar 27, 2019
03/19
by
Dick Berg/Stonehenge Productions
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Unsold pilot for a sitcom adaptation of the Larry Shue play, starring Robert Joy, who originated the role on the Broadway stage. Also stars Harley Jane Kozak, John Dye, M. Emmett Walsh, and Toni Sawyer. Created in 1989, but not aired until 1996.
Topics: Sitcom, Pilot, Unsold Pilot, TV, Television, Comedy, Robert Joy, Harley Jane Kozak, John Dye, M....
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42
May 7, 2018
05/18
by
James A Richards
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This file is a Channel Pittsburgh program. Channel Pittsburgh is a developing non-profit, online television station for Pittsburgh-area media artists and media students that will also show public domain material. Learn more at www.channelpittsburgh.org.
Topic: Unsold Pilot
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Unsold pilot/TV movie by Donald Bellisario. A half-Native American cop falls in love with the ghost of a young woman. He struggles to help her come to terms with her death while also seeking to bring to justice the man responsible for her murder.
Topics: tv movie, unsold pilot, donald bellisario, james whitemore jr, kate hodge, jim davidson, tsai chin,...
