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Join Scott Johnson & Tom Merritt as they watch all the great TV pilots of all time, so you don't have to! Think of it as Film Sack for TV!

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    • TV & Film
    • 4.0 • 127 Ratings

Join Scott Johnson & Tom Merritt as they watch all the great TV pilots of all time, so you don't have to! Think of it as Film Sack for TV!

    Autopilot S3E12 - Kolchak The Night Stalker

    Autopilot S3E12 - Kolchak The Night Stalker

    Join Scott and Tom as they break down this week's pilot: Kolchak: The Night Stalker!

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter—Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin—who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those that law enforcement authorities would not follow up. These often involved the supernatural or even science fiction, including fantastic creatures.

    • 30 min
    Autopilot S3E11 - TJ Hooker

    Autopilot S3E11 - TJ Hooker

    Join Scott and Tom as they break down this week's pilot: TJ Hooker!

    T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982, on ABC and ran on the network until May 4, 1985. The show was then picked up for a further single season by CBS

    • 30 min
    Autopilot S3E10 - The Incredible Hulk

    Autopilot S3E10 - The Incredible Hulk

    • 30 min
    Autopilot S3E09 - Space 1999

    Autopilot S3E09 - Space 1999

    Autopilot S3E09 - Space 1999

    The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.

    • 30 min
    Autopilot S3E08 - Magnum P.I.

    Autopilot S3E08 - Magnum P.I.

    Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network.

    • 30 min
    Autopilot S3E07 - Logan's Run

    Autopilot S3E07 - Logan's Run

    The series depicted Logan and Jessica -- pursued by Francis (Randolph Powell) -- traveling in a futuristic hovercraft-like vehicle on a cross-country trek to Sanctuary in a post-apocalyptic America. The domed city was seen only in the pilot and two other episodes, using recycled footage from the film. In a change from the book and film, the television series had the city run by a cabal of elderly citizens; Francis has been promised a life beyond thirty as a city elder if he can bring back the fugitives. Logan and Jessica were joined on their journey by an android named REM, played by Donald Moffat.

    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5
127 Ratings

127 Ratings

Friendly & Helpy ,

Fun, Interesting, & Informative

Good audio quality, too.

Neodana ,

Love the show ! !

Thanks so much for your review of Space 1999 ! I was also very into Star Trek TOS in reruns. I used to make audio recordings of every episodes before VCR’s . I really loved Space 1999 when it was released in the mid 70’s but lived in a rural area where I couldn’t get the station out of Boston that aired the show. My grandmother lived in another town that carried the station so I saw the pilot Breakaway first and loved it. I was also able to see Guardian of Piri, Force of Life and Alpha Child. I never saw any other episodes at the time.
Fast forward to 1990 and I scored the 4 VHS releases which I then saw
Earthbound, Matter of Life and Death and Voyagers Return. I was also able to see Guardian of Piri again. Then in 1991 the series was released on Laser Disc. I purchased both seasons and a Laser Disc player. Being able to finally see the entire 1st season was such a pleasure. Season 2 was a disappointment if I’m being honest.
Over the years the VHS release and the DVD’s got better. The Blu Ray is the ultimate and I still watch it when I can. I wish season two had continued with the same characters in season one but as we know it did not.
Love the podcast

ErikStrieter ,

I'm sure it'll be as bad as the rest.

Who am I kidding? The whole FrogPants group ALWAYS bring their A game and this will be none the less. Thank you STEVE (and everyone else) for being AWESOME!!!!

Updated some 6yrs later:
What happen? Why stop what was an awesome idea with a great podcast to go with it? Is you plate overflowing and the decision was made to push this to the side and forget it?

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