Lookwell (1991) (TV)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

E.W. Swackhamer

Writers:

Conan O'Brien (writer)
Robert Smigel (writer)

Release Date:

July 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. Pilot episode for a TV series that was never picked up. |

Plot Keywords:

Unsold TV Series Pilot

Cast

Adam West	...	Ty Lookwell
Ron Frazier	...	Detective Kenneri
Ann Weldon	...	Hyacinthe
Todd Field	...	Jason
Deborah Richter	...	Miss Royster
Bart Braverman	...	Alberti
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Bradley	...	Alex
John Capodice	...	Phil
Rif Hutton	...	Cop
John Riggi	...	Ben
Daniel Roebuck	...	Cop

Directed by
E.W. Swackhamer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Conan O'Brien		writer
Robert Smigel		writer

Produced by
Howard Klein	....	executive producer
Lorne Michaels	....	executive producer
Conan O'Brien	....	producer
Robert Smigel	....	producer

Original Music by
Jack Elliott
Peter Millrose

Production Management
Jim Biederman	....	production supervisor
Denny Salvaryn	....	unit production manager

Sound Department
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist

Stunts
Joe Murphy	....	stunt coordinator

Production Companies

• Broadway Video

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1991) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Broadway Video

Trivia:

The set for Ty Lookwell's home has a bust of Shakespeare that's a duplicate of the one in Wayne Manor, concealing the "Access to Bat-Cave via Bat-Poles" controls, in _"Batman" (1966/II)_

Quotes:

Ty Lookwell: Perhaps if you watched a little bit more television you'd be better at your job.

Movie Connections:

References "Happy Days" (1974)

Lookwell: The funniest show you never saw

Some time ago, the cable network TRIO aired the pilot for LOOKWELL as part of its "Brilliant But Cancelled" series. I TiVoed it and have watched it many times since.

Ty Lookwell is the role Adam West was born to play, which is good as it clearly was written for him. The writing plays to West's strengths as a comedian, particularly his surreal delivery of lines that no one else could say without cracking up.

It might have been exhausting to keep this going week after week, but I sure would have liked to see them try.

Someone should assemble a "great unsold pilots" DVD series; LOOKWELL could certainly headline the comedy edition.