it’s not too hard to see why these shows
never made it past the first episode
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
weirdest TV pilots before we begin we
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videos for this list we’re looking at
the strangest and most baffling pilot
episodes ever committed to the small
screen will be considering both unaired
shows and those that somehow slipped
past network executives to be shown to
actual viewers number 10 young MacGyver
Angus MacGyver was an agent who fought
criminals with improvised weapons
instead of guns about a decade after his
popular series ended WB created the
spin-off young MacGyver instead of
following Angus MacGyver the show
followed his nephew clay becoming an
agent what guy was your uncle hey he’s
the reason I’m home what since the
original character never mentioned
having siblings this nephews existence
is strange outside of the questionable
familial connection the show gets lost
in a nonsensical plot about terrorists
getting a monopoly on diamonds to fund a
deadly attack actor Jared Padalecki did
his best playing clay MacGyver but we’re
glad he moved on to supernatural instead
of holding this confusing premise
together I’m sorry do not pretend you
care about the welfare of my people
number 9 the TV wheel
TV wheels concept sounded crazy enough
to work a group of comedians would
create sketches and position themselves
on different parts of a circular set
every time one sketch ended the camera
in the center of the set would rotate to
a completely new scene without cutting
unfortunately this ambitious premise led
to major pacing issues most skits were
either too long or too short the show
also slowed down in between scenes to
introduce cast members or random puppet
characters pretty nice guy but please no
fans despite a few good ideas and plenty
of comedic talent an uneven execution of
the concept stopped TV wheel dead in its
tracks number 8 Wonder Woman comic book
adaptations don’t get much stranger than
2011’s Wonder Woman after an
action-packed opening we cut to the
heroine arriving at her company although
she calls herself Diana the mascara
everyone seems to know she’s Wonder
Woman she also has a Diana Prince alias
that she uses to feel normal
it’s your home as Diana that mascara who
you are among others
having an alter ego is the equivalent of
schizophrenia help me out here the
heroines identity isn’t the only thing
the writers jumbled Diana’s iconic lasso
of truth has no magical powers her
trademark invisible jet can be seen as
she tries to sell Wonder Woman dolls for
profit taking liberties with source
material is understandable but we barely
recognized Wonder Woman after all these
odd decisions
I know Amazon’s are endowed with various
blessings we are not this endowed these
breasts are ridiculous number 7 The
Adventures of super pup as it turns out
there is a comic adaptation stranger
than Wonder Woman in The Adventures of
super pup traditional characters from
the Superman comics are replaced with
I know a reporter for The Daily Bugle
this led to groan worthy names like bark
bent pamela poodle and the villainous
professor sheepdip the only thing worse
than the puns were how horrifying
certain characters looked and although
the show was made for younger audiences
the story is so thin that a
kindergartener could point out the plot
holes
fortunately the adventures of super pup
never made it to broadcast if it had
Superman himself couldn’t have saved it
from cancellation we could never without
the help of booboo Bach oh it was
nothing number 6 heat vision and Jack
before Jack Black and Owen Wilson became
household names they starred in the TV
comedy heat vision and Jack Black played
an astronaut who gained super
intelligence during the day after an
accident in space
yeah Wilson plays a man whose mind was
trapped inside of a motorcycle that he
calls heat vision could you talk more
slowly heat vision no understand in the
pilot the duo works together to defeat a
body snatching alien while running from
an evil version of actor Ron silver
against all odds the bizarre premise is
coherent and consistently hilarious we
understand why Fox might have been
hesitant to order a full series but
comedy fans should savor this weird
adventure Jack says the earth shape is
mankind’s curse because we can never
reach our horizon I say around planet as
a gift we can move forward forever
number five the Orson Welles show what
do Muppets magic tricks and the manly
Burt Reynolds have in common they all
appeared on the Orson Welles show the
program was a unique take on the variety
show genre instead of interviewing
Reynolds directly Welles had the studio
audience ask the actor scripted
questions how do you feel about working
for bad directors directors I don’t know
if that questions from me here for Burt
the dear Lord only knows we hope that
our share of the Muppets stop by to talk
and provide color commentary call me
whatever you like don’t call me for
dinner and Welles performed several
magic tricks and incorporated a game of
Russian roulette before closing the
program with the poem say I’m weary say
I’m sad say that health and wealth have
miss’d me say I’m going cold
although the show content seemed too
straightforward it took months to get
the pilot ready the long production
schedule and quirky format ultimately
silenced this talk show number 4 baffled
casting Leonard Nimoy to lead a
supernatural thriller sounds like a slam
dunk but the writers of baffled still
dropped the ball me my plays Tom Kovac a
suave racecar driver who start seeing
grim visions of a tragedy in England
[Music]
[Applause]
upon arriving there he stops an
innkeeper from stealing an actress’s
youth and fights a ghost that possesses
a wheelchair-bound woman’s body the
clunky exposition never fully explains
how any of that is possible you have
rare and mysterious inside only listen
what you call inside I call a knock on
the head that I got when I wrecked my
car at 160 miles an hour and there’s
something weird about seeing Nimoy hit
on women with cheesy pickup lines you’re
warm
enthusiastic and why shouldn’t I use the
word you’re a great-looking chick will
give the writers credit the title
perfectly captures how it feels to watch
the show
number 3 buchinsky the challenges police
officers face when working with animals
can lead to great storytelling or a
train wreck like buchinsky in the pilot
we meet officer pooch in ski an
unpleasant yet gifted detective don’t be
afraid
you can trust over jiske when he’s
killed by a criminal his consciousness
takes over a Bulldog’s body once pooch
insky realizes he can talk he finds his
former partner and starts working again
surprise throughout the plot buchinsky
seems weirdly accepting of his canine
transformation
we’re also constantly hit with jarring
switches between a real dog and creepy
animal puppet everybody loves somebody
sometime
everybody tricky how did you become a
dog these issues led to an inconsistent
tone strange dialogue and little reason
to endure this rough pilot you’re a dog
I’m a cop
number two steel justice in a dystopian
future
detective David Nash greets his son
after he’s killed by a gangs bazooka
missile after describing his strange
dreams through moiré style narration he
meets a 2356 year-old time traveling
guide why isn’t there a record of you
anywhere not even a birth certificate
because I was born in the Mesopotamian
village at a time when records were not
so good I’m older than I look the guide
tells now she has a great gift within
him if you’re wondering why this bizarre
story is called steel justice let us try
to explain when Nash fights the gang
that killed his son he’s able to
transform his son’s robot dinosaur toy
into a giant mech that breathes fire how
by concentrating really really hard
and picture in your mind the one objects
your son valued more than anything else
in the world if you like police dramas
but hate logic watch this confusing mess
as soon as possible that weird enough
for you morally heat is really getting
to you isn’t it partner number one hi oh
honey I’m home
most people wouldn’t put Adolf Hitler
and sitcom in the same sentence hi oh
honey I’m home demonstrated exactly why
you shouldn’t Oh tonight you will making
schnitzel
what a jerk you must be real mad at me
honey I’m a very very bad Hitler in the
pilot caricatures of Adolf Hitler and
Eva Braun attempt to keep their Jewish
neighbors from ruining a meeting with
Neville Chamberlain when Chamberlain
comes by tonight get yourself all dolled
up you know show him a little bit of
that coochie-coochie girl magic Don’t
Tell Rosa
golden steam they stumble through
painfully corny jokes and sitcom tropes
while inexplicably speaking with
Brooklyn accents although the show was
created to satirize sitcoms the
characters are so mean-spirited
dim-witted or you know Hitler that it’s
difficult to find many laughs additional
episodes were planned but a negative
reception from pretty much everyone
ensure this sitcom never darkened the
screen again hey do you remember the
names we used to call each other when we
first started dating no you were mr.
sausage was your hoochie coochie coochie
coochie coochie do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
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never made it past the first episode
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
weirdest TV pilots before we begin we
publish new content every day so be sure
to subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
the strangest and most baffling pilot
episodes ever committed to the small
screen will be considering both unaired
shows and those that somehow slipped
past network executives to be shown to
actual viewers number 10 young MacGyver
Angus MacGyver was an agent who fought
criminals with improvised weapons
instead of guns about a decade after his
popular series ended WB created the
spin-off young MacGyver instead of
following Angus MacGyver the show
followed his nephew clay becoming an
agent what guy was your uncle hey he’s
the reason I’m home what since the
original character never mentioned
having siblings this nephews existence
is strange outside of the questionable
familial connection the show gets lost
in a nonsensical plot about terrorists
getting a monopoly on diamonds to fund a
deadly attack actor Jared Padalecki did
his best playing clay MacGyver but we’re
glad he moved on to supernatural instead
of holding this confusing premise
together I’m sorry do not pretend you
care about the welfare of my people
number 9 the TV wheel
TV wheels concept sounded crazy enough
to work a group of comedians would
create sketches and position themselves
on different parts of a circular set
every time one sketch ended the camera
in the center of the set would rotate to
a completely new scene without cutting
unfortunately this ambitious premise led
to major pacing issues most skits were
either too long or too short the show
also slowed down in between scenes to
introduce cast members or random puppet
characters pretty nice guy but please no
fans despite a few good ideas and plenty
of comedic talent an uneven execution of
the concept stopped TV wheel dead in its
tracks number 8 Wonder Woman comic book
adaptations don’t get much stranger than
2011’s Wonder Woman after an
action-packed opening we cut to the
heroine arriving at her company although
she calls herself Diana the mascara
everyone seems to know she’s Wonder
Woman she also has a Diana Prince alias
that she uses to feel normal
it’s your home as Diana that mascara who
you are among others
having an alter ego is the equivalent of
schizophrenia help me out here the
heroines identity isn’t the only thing
the writers jumbled Diana’s iconic lasso
of truth has no magical powers her
trademark invisible jet can be seen as
she tries to sell Wonder Woman dolls for
profit taking liberties with source
material is understandable but we barely
recognized Wonder Woman after all these
odd decisions
I know Amazon’s are endowed with various
blessings we are not this endowed these
breasts are ridiculous number 7 The
Adventures of super pup as it turns out
there is a comic adaptation stranger
than Wonder Woman in The Adventures of
super pup traditional characters from
the Superman comics are replaced with
I know a reporter for The Daily Bugle
this led to groan worthy names like bark
bent pamela poodle and the villainous
professor sheepdip the only thing worse
than the puns were how horrifying
certain characters looked and although
the show was made for younger audiences
the story is so thin that a
kindergartener could point out the plot
holes
fortunately the adventures of super pup
never made it to broadcast if it had
Superman himself couldn’t have saved it
from cancellation we could never without
the help of booboo Bach oh it was
nothing number 6 heat vision and Jack
before Jack Black and Owen Wilson became
household names they starred in the TV
comedy heat vision and Jack Black played
an astronaut who gained super
intelligence during the day after an
accident in space
yeah Wilson plays a man whose mind was
trapped inside of a motorcycle that he
calls heat vision could you talk more
slowly heat vision no understand in the
pilot the duo works together to defeat a
body snatching alien while running from
an evil version of actor Ron silver
against all odds the bizarre premise is
coherent and consistently hilarious we
understand why Fox might have been
hesitant to order a full series but
comedy fans should savor this weird
adventure Jack says the earth shape is
mankind’s curse because we can never
reach our horizon I say around planet as
a gift we can move forward forever
number five the Orson Welles show what
do Muppets magic tricks and the manly
Burt Reynolds have in common they all
appeared on the Orson Welles show the
program was a unique take on the variety
show genre instead of interviewing
Reynolds directly Welles had the studio
audience ask the actor scripted
questions how do you feel about working
for bad directors directors I don’t know
if that questions from me here for Burt
the dear Lord only knows we hope that
our share of the Muppets stop by to talk
and provide color commentary call me
whatever you like don’t call me for
dinner and Welles performed several
magic tricks and incorporated a game of
Russian roulette before closing the
program with the poem say I’m weary say
I’m sad say that health and wealth have
miss’d me say I’m going cold
although the show content seemed too
straightforward it took months to get
the pilot ready the long production
schedule and quirky format ultimately
silenced this talk show number 4 baffled
casting Leonard Nimoy to lead a
supernatural thriller sounds like a slam
dunk but the writers of baffled still
dropped the ball me my plays Tom Kovac a
suave racecar driver who start seeing
grim visions of a tragedy in England
[Music]
[Applause]
upon arriving there he stops an
innkeeper from stealing an actress’s
youth and fights a ghost that possesses
a wheelchair-bound woman’s body the
clunky exposition never fully explains
how any of that is possible you have
rare and mysterious inside only listen
what you call inside I call a knock on
the head that I got when I wrecked my
car at 160 miles an hour and there’s
something weird about seeing Nimoy hit
on women with cheesy pickup lines you’re
warm
enthusiastic and why shouldn’t I use the
word you’re a great-looking chick will
give the writers credit the title
perfectly captures how it feels to watch
the show
number 3 buchinsky the challenges police
officers face when working with animals
can lead to great storytelling or a
train wreck like buchinsky in the pilot
we meet officer pooch in ski an
unpleasant yet gifted detective don’t be
afraid
you can trust over jiske when he’s
killed by a criminal his consciousness
takes over a Bulldog’s body once pooch
insky realizes he can talk he finds his
former partner and starts working again
surprise throughout the plot buchinsky
seems weirdly accepting of his canine
transformation
we’re also constantly hit with jarring
switches between a real dog and creepy
animal puppet everybody loves somebody
sometime
everybody tricky how did you become a
dog these issues led to an inconsistent
tone strange dialogue and little reason
to endure this rough pilot you’re a dog
I’m a cop
number two steel justice in a dystopian
future
detective David Nash greets his son
after he’s killed by a gangs bazooka
missile after describing his strange
dreams through moiré style narration he
meets a 2356 year-old time traveling
guide why isn’t there a record of you
anywhere not even a birth certificate
because I was born in the Mesopotamian
village at a time when records were not
so good I’m older than I look the guide
tells now she has a great gift within
him if you’re wondering why this bizarre
story is called steel justice let us try
to explain when Nash fights the gang
that killed his son he’s able to
transform his son’s robot dinosaur toy
into a giant mech that breathes fire how
by concentrating really really hard
and picture in your mind the one objects
your son valued more than anything else
in the world if you like police dramas
but hate logic watch this confusing mess
as soon as possible that weird enough
for you morally heat is really getting
to you isn’t it partner number one hi oh
honey I’m home
most people wouldn’t put Adolf Hitler
and sitcom in the same sentence hi oh
honey I’m home demonstrated exactly why
you shouldn’t Oh tonight you will making
schnitzel
what a jerk you must be real mad at me
honey I’m a very very bad Hitler in the
pilot caricatures of Adolf Hitler and
Eva Braun attempt to keep their Jewish
neighbors from ruining a meeting with
Neville Chamberlain when Chamberlain
comes by tonight get yourself all dolled
up you know show him a little bit of
that coochie-coochie girl magic Don’t
Tell Rosa
golden steam they stumble through
painfully corny jokes and sitcom tropes
while inexplicably speaking with
Brooklyn accents although the show was
created to satirize sitcoms the
characters are so mean-spirited
dim-witted or you know Hitler that it’s
difficult to find many laughs additional
episodes were planned but a negative
reception from pretty much everyone
ensure this sitcom never darkened the
screen again hey do you remember the
names we used to call each other when we
first started dating no you were mr.
sausage was your hoochie coochie coochie
coochie coochie do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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