All television pilots that get filmed but not aired or are the only episode of their series to air are classified as "movies" on IMDB. I have no idea why that is the classification used.
To quote the noted 20th-century philosopher Bugs Bunny: "Gasp!"
Seriously, thank you SO much for this blast from the past. I think I was...14, maybe? when this aired. Having watched Laugh-In and the new Laugh-In while I was a tot, I knew what George Schlatter was all about, and this was still the weirdest, corniest goddamn thing I had ever seen. I mean, *makes All This gesture* what the hell? Jokes about the murder of the author of the Scarsdale Diet? Jackie Mason as Mr. O'Reilly? Crispin Glover crying "ELEPHANTS!!!" while listening to "that new Talking Heads tape"?! What fever dream is this?
(I am only slightly ashamed to admit that The Best of Times left me with a whomping crush on weird little Crispin Glover, which was only solidified by Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, where he was positively dreamy, albeit still deeply weird.
All television pilots that get filmed but not aired or are the only episode of their series to air are classified as "movies" on IMDB. I have no idea why that is the classification used.
To quote the noted 20th-century philosopher Bugs Bunny: "Gasp!"
Seriously, thank you SO much for this blast from the past. I think I was...14, maybe? when this aired. Having watched Laugh-In and the new Laugh-In while I was a tot, I knew what George Schlatter was all about, and this was still the weirdest, corniest goddamn thing I had ever seen. I mean, *makes All This gesture* what the hell? Jokes about the murder of the author of the Scarsdale Diet? Jackie Mason as Mr. O'Reilly? Crispin Glover crying "ELEPHANTS!!!" while listening to "that new Talking Heads tape"?! What fever dream is this?
(I am only slightly ashamed to admit that The Best of Times left me with a whomping crush on weird little Crispin Glover, which was only solidified by Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, where he was positively dreamy, albeit still deeply weird.
When I saw the title I honestly thought this would be a review of the Robin Williams/Kurt Russell movie!