Back when TV networks existed, they gathered their best and brightest talent together in the spring to shoot TV shows that might make it to air in the fall.While TV has changed drastically since then, numerous shows are still shot in hopes of making more.
New episode alert! This week we dive into the world of the Arconia as murder and mystery unfurls in the new Hulu show Only Murders in the Building. Starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, this true crime/mystery adventure is by far one of the funniest shows of the year. Almost as funny as we are in this episode. Hosted by Matthew Pizana & Del Pullen.www.PilotPassPod.comDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
Another new episode of Pilot Pass has arrived. This week we are joined by Matthew Thornbury to talk The Last Man on Earth. So, get off your diving board toilet, turn on this podcast, and enjoy.
New episode altert! This week we dive down the CBS sitcom rabbit hole and talk about The Big Bang Theory. Alongside our guest co co host Mathew Thornbury share our thoughts about this Wonder bread of sitcoms. Hosted by Matthew Pizana & Del Pullen.www.PilotPassPod.comDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Episode 1"This weeks all new Pilot Pass hops the pond over to Europe for the sharped tongue but not always quick witted girls from Derry Girls. This weeks show is co co hosted by friend of the show Alex Gaskin. Hosted by Matthew Pizana & Del Pullen.www.PilotPassPod.comDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Classics"Another Pilot Pass episode is live and ready for your earballs. This week we hit the road with our favorite Guy Fieri and enjoy some diners, drive-ins, and dives. Hosted by Matthew Pizana & Del Pullen.www.PilotPassPod.comDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "The One Where Monica Gets a New Roommate"Another Pilot Pass episode is live and ready for your earballs. This week we get caught up in all of the hullabaloo as we rewatch the '90s classic Friends. As a special treat, we bring our old friend Taylor Elizabeth in to be the third member of the team. As such, please direct all hate mail to her. Hosted by Matthew Pizana & Del Pullen.www.PilotPassPod.comDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"A new episode is ready to go. This week we discuss the UPN classic sitcom, Moesha. Join Moesha, her Saturn selling dad, a new step mom, that annoying brother of hers, and all her friends and friendemies. Hosted by Matthew Pizana & Del Pullen.www.PilotPassPod.comDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Like Father Like Daughter"A new episode is ready to go. This week we discuss the classic taxi driving sitcom TAXI. Starring Mr. Devito, Mr. Danza, and a whole other cast of characters, Taxi competed with some of the heavyweight sitcoms on its time to go on to become one of the best shows about taxi cabs ever made (insert taxi cab confessional joke here). Hosted by Matthew Pizana & Del Pullen.www.PilotPassPod.comDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
A new episode is ready to go. This week we go back to our childhood for one of the greatest game shows of all time Double Dare. The show is so special, we had to bring on our favorite special friend, Taylor Elizabeth. Hosted by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen.www.PilotPassPod.comDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
Pilot Pass is back with an all new episode. This week we talk the NBC show Scrubs. This is such a special episode we brought in a third member to join us. Our special guest this week is the great and hilarious Saffron Herndon. Hosted by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotpassTwitter: https://twitter.com/pilotpasspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilotpassDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
New episode is ready to go. This week we talk the classic NBC show Newsradio. This is such a special episode we brought in a third member to join us. Our special guest this week is the great and hilarious Brad Lacour. Hosted by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotpassTwitter: https://twitter.com/pilotpasspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilotpassDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
Take a ride to the Peach Pit with us as we go back to the only zip code everyone knows, it's BH90210. As the president of the 90210 fan club, it was a rewarding experience bringing Del along for the ride. Hosted by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotpassTwitter: https://twitter.com/pilotpasspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilotpassDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
What a special treat this week as we wind Del up and let him hot take all over the place about the new CW show Walker. A remake of the Chuck Norris classic, this time Walker lives in Austin. And doesn't karate? Hosted by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotpassTwitter: https://twitter.com/pilotpasspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilotpassDownload. Listen. Enjoy.
Recorded in front of a live studio audience of Del’s cat Zelda and my Horrace Grant bobblehead, this week’s PP we talk about Disney’s new MCU show WandaVision. We laugh. We cry. We are slightly confounded by what’s going on. Hosted by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotpassTwitter: https://twitter.com/pilotpasspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilotpass Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Pilot Pass is back. this week we talk Cobra Kai. Download listen and enjoy
A new season is upon us! Season 2 kicks off with the HBO show VEEP staring Julia louis-dreyfus as VPOTUS or Vice President of the United States.
It’s an award show! Just like the classic tv trope, we are here with a look back at season one of Pilot Pass with an award show we call The Passies. Hosted by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotpassTwitter: https://twitter.com/pilotpasspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilotpass Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Dry"This week on the show we talk about the new Showtime series Moonbase 8 starring some of the greatest humans to ever live: Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, and John C. Reilly, who along with series director Johnathan Krisel, created the show together. Matthew tries really hard to say things that would get him beat up by a professional football player. Hosted by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotpassTwitter: https://twitter.com/pilotpasspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilotpass Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episodes Reviewed: "Pilot" (2020), "Dancing to the Max" (1989)This week on the show we talk Saved by the Bell the newest version from the Peacock Network. We discuss the old show, the new show, Matthew comes up with a brilliant comparison between the Bell and The Wire, and Del brings it all the way home.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotpassTwitter: https://twitter.com/pilotpasspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilotpass Download. Listen. Enjoy. Hosted as always by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen.
Episode Reviewed: "All You Need Is Love" Back in 1984 rural America was introduced to the relatively unknown concept of court held at night and a young judge named Harold T. Stone. That's right, in the '80s, crime was so bad in New York City that a sitcom based on post-midnight court cases was all the rage. Download. List. Enjoy.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotpassTwitter: https://twitter.com/pilotpasspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilotpass Hosted as always by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen
Episode Reviewed: "Knight of the Phoenix"Who needs friends when you have a talking car? This week on the show we talk Knight Rider staring the god among men David Hasselhoff. Joining us this week is our dear friend Matthew Thornbury. He co-hosts a podcast with our Matthew called Matt Men Podcast. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotpassTwitter: https://twitter.com/pilotpasspodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pilotpass Hosted as always by Matthew Pizana and Del Pullen
Episodes Reviewed: "One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure – to Go" (1990), "Now Museum, Now You Don't" (1991), "Nail the Conquering Hero" (1992)Climb in the phone booth and let's take a ride with Bill and Ted and their excellent adventures. Join Del and Matt discuss the quality, or the lack of, both the animated version (1990) followed by the live-action version (1992) and starring the voice actors who replace the original cast in season 2 (1991) of the animated series of this famous film franchise. Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Brother's Keeper" We meet Don Johnson's Sonny Crockett, the fashion explosion that was bigger than the one that killed his partner (played by Jimmy Smits). Crockett pairs with Philip Michael Thomas's Rico Tubbs in an attempt to bring justice to the mean streets of sunny Miami, Florida. Also, let's not forget about Elvis, Sonny's pet alligator.Special thanks to our guest this episode Matthew Thornbury. Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "That '80s Pilot"Remember That '70s Show? Well, why not another one? One decade later - That's right it's That '80s Show which aired for only half a season on FOX before being canceled, but boy, was it glorious. Starring the then-unknown Glenn Howerton (Dennis Reynolds on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") as struggling musician and record store employee Corey Howard alongside new-hire June Tuesday (Chyler Leigh) and owner Margaret (played by six-time Emmy winner Margaret Smith).Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "365"This week we've gone back to the '80s as we talk about the Showtime series Black Monday. Directed by frequent collaborators Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, Black Monday delves into the stock market crash of 1987 and creatively uses a huge amount of current comedic talent to tell its story of the fictitious version of how and WHO created the crash. Starting with Don Cheadle as second-tier brokerage president Maurice Monroe, we tumble through the comedic performances of Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall, Paul Sheer, Horatio Sanz, Yassir Lester, Eugene Cordano, and Bruce Dern, before landing on Ken Marino's amazing performances as BOTH Larry and Lenny Leighman, a parody of the infamous Lehman Brothers brokerage that filed for bankruptcy in the 2008 real-life remake. Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Murder at the Webb Ranch"Created by Nancy Hower and John Lehr Quick Draw was one of Hulu's first forays into original programming, though a large portion of the show is unscripted and improvised. The show follows Harvard graduate Sheriff John Henry Hoyle (John Lehr) and his attempt to gain acceptance into the town of Great Bend, Kansas as well as convince the uneducated townsfolk of the benefits of his learned "forensics sciences" to help solved various crimes commit by the Cole Younger gang. His deputy Eli Brocias (Nick Brown), unrequited lover Honey Shaw (Allison Dunbar), and undertaker Vernon Shank (portrayed by frequent Hower and Lehr collaborator Bob Clendenin) offer little to less help.After the review, the boys are treated to an interview with co-creator John Lehr himself. Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"What's a family without a little drama? Like...an exorcism? The Pitts debuted on the FOX network in March of 2003 and was canceled just two months later. Created by husband and wife team Mike Scully (showrunner for The Simpsons, 1997-2001) and Julie Thacker (writer for The Simpsons) The Pitts follows the typical American sitcom family who literally has the worst luck imaginable.Though all going on to careers in Hollywood, this show might have been exactly the quagmire that could have held everyone involved back. Thankfully the show was canceled and everyone else moved on to bigger and better things. Except us - the audience. Ahhh - memories. The terrible, terrible, memories.Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Second Contact"Star Trek: Lower Decks is the new animated series from CBS by the creator Mike McMahan, a writer and producer for the wildly popular series Rick and Morty. Lower Decks follows in the same tried and true comedic-paced footsteps, but without the unique characters that make shows like Rick and Morty and Star Trek (colon: Any Generation) stand out.The show follows Brad (Morty) and his professional/personal relationship with Tawny (Rick) as they navigate an other-worldly scenario (see: Rick and Morty: All Episodes)Download. Listen. Enjoy.
We've gone game showing on this week's episode as we talk Don't. Hosted by Adam Scott on ABC, Don't stars teams of 4 trying to beat a variety of games to win cash money. Download Listen and Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"In honor of the new movie Psych 2: Lassie Come Home Matthew and Del talk USA's famed show Psych starring James Roday as psychic detective Shawn Spencer and Dulé Hill as Burton "Gus" Guster, the Watson to Shawn's Holmes. Created by Steve Franks. Download. Listen. Share.
Episode Reviewed: "The Cellar"In this week's episode, Michael Zavala from the MZ Now podcast sits in for Del (who is on assignment out in TV Land) to discuss with Matt the Steven Spielberg relaunch of the anthological series Amazing Tales on Apple TV.Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"Host Matthew and Michael Zavala (of the MZ Now podcast) talk all things Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, the new Apple TV show from Rob McElhenney, Megan Ganz, and Charlie Day some of the mad genius minds behind It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. McElhenney stars as Ian Grimm, creative director of Mythic Quest (a fictional MMORPG), who is attempting to wrangle his creative team as the company struggles to release its newest update, "Raven's Banquet," upon the gaming world. Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Pilot" Matthew Thornbury guests as the group discusses one of FOX's most famous and infamous shows Married... with Children, FOX's longest-running live-action show to date. Starring Ed O'Neil as the beaten-down Al Bundy, and Katey Sagal as Peggy Bundy it highlights the life of a middle-class Chicago shoe salesman as he struggles to make ends meet all while dealing with an ungrateful family and the annoying neighbors next door, Steve and Marcy. Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "The Informer"Let's visit Stalag 13 and talk about the classic WWII POW comedy series Hogan's Heroes that ran for 6 seasons and starred Bob Crane as Colonel Robert Hogan, the leader of an underground rebel Allied force inside the German internment camp. We meet Hogan's team as well as his nemesis Colonel Klink who runs the camp. This is the only episode presented in black & white.Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "The Launch"This week's show blasts off to visit the new Netflix show Space Force starring Steve Carell as Air Force Lt. General Mark Naird charged with putting "boots on the moon by 2024." John Malkovich plays his foil Dr. Adrian Mallory Space Force's chief scientist and Ben Schwartz hams it up as social media director F. Tony "Fuck Tony" Scarapiducci.Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Rally Cap"Del and Matthew talk about IFC's hilarious comedy Brockmire. Starring Hank Azaria as Jim Brockmire, a once-famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing on-air meltdown caused by his wife's serial infidelity, leading to a decade away from the booth before his surprising return as an announcer for a small local team.Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Pilot" This week's show is all about the team from Reno 911!, Comedy Central's mockumentary cop show. Special guest Michael Zavala (from the "MZ Now" podcast) zoom in to discuss the classic sitcom's pilot. Let's all meet Lt. Dangle, Deputy Junior, Deputy Wiegel, and the rest of the Reno sheriff's department together.Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Nothing in This World Is Easy"Nadia, a young woman who is on a journey to be the guest of honor at a party in New York City, gets caught in a mysterious loop as she repeatedly attends the same event and dies at the end of the night each time only to awaken the next day unharmed as if nothing had happened.Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Matchmaker"Del & Matthew review the Hulu original black comedy anthology series Dimension 404 which debuted in 2017 and features Mark Hamill as the Narrator. It's the premiere episode, "Matchmaker" dating is hard. It's even worse when you have to rely on an app to match you with your perfect mate. However, everything is not what it seems (just like usual).Make sure to follow us on the social media if you like what you hear.Download. Listen. Enjoy.
Episode Reviewed: "Not Your Average Joe"We made it past the pilot episodes! That means we're doing better than a lot of shows we're going to be talking about.Del and Matt talk about the sensation that's been sweeping the nation (and apparently the rest of the world as well) in early 2020, Tiger King. From the park workers at G.W. Zoo, to Carol Baskin, and of course Joe Exotic himself, we recap the pilot episode of Netflix's phenomenon.If you like what we are doing, follow us on social media.Download. Listen. Enjoy.
The first episode, cleverly titled "The Pilot" of Pilot Pass is finally here!Back when TV networks existed, they gathered their best and brightest talent together in the spring to shoot shows that might make it to air in the fall. While TV has changed drastically since then, numerous shows are still shot in hopes of making more.Join in with your hosts Del Pullen & Matthew Pizana as they review both old and new tv show pilots alike on Pilot Pass.
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