HeyJaredThe Pilot's Club
The Whatnauts present The Pilot's Club, a Patreon exclusive podcast all about the first episodes of television shows. Join Melissa and Kyle as they watch and discuss a variety of TV pilots that catch their interest for a number of reasons.
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Lost (opens the original)
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Episode 32. Pilot's Club honors the 20th anniversary of Lost with a look at its two-part pilot! We discuss the expensive and hasty gamble that ABC took on this pilot, how this compares with the pilots of other shows with huge casts like Game of Thrones or Shogun, our top hunks, and we wonder why nobody ever called Boone "the pen guy." Click here to watch a video of this episode. (00:00) - - Intro (00:03) - Welcome (00:51) - Happy 20th anniversary to Lost (08:00) - An incredible opening few scene
Homecoming (opens the original)
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Episode 31. This month's pilot is Homecoming, the Prime show directed by Sam Esmail from Mr. Robot, based on the audio fiction podcast of the same name. We discussed the changes in aspect ratios, feeling the Florida humidity, and the era when every audio drama had to include a character turning on a recorder so you knew why the podcast was a podcast and not another medium. (00:00) - Intro (00:03) - Welcome (01:37) - So many reasons for us specifically to love this show (09:15) - Stylistic choice
Phineas & Ferb (opens the original)
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Episode 30. We watched the pilot episode of the 2007 Disney Channel cartoon Phineas & Ferb, "Rollercoaster," and the season two episode "Rollercoaster: The Musical" where they just did the pilot again but with more jokes and songs this time. We discuss the show's deliberate repetition and the creativity that comes from that limitation, how it combines stories that other cartoons would keep as separate segments, and Humongous Entertainment PC games. (00:00) - Intro (00:03) - Welcome (00:50) - Car
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