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Ambivalent television viewers, Erin and Cam, soar the small screen skies for the best, and worst, television pilots.

Erin and Cameron


    • May 21, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Flight 245 Badlands 2005

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 78:05


    Howdy, pardners! This week, Erin and Cam take you to the future-past with mind bogglingly prescient pilot flop: BADLANDS 2005

    Flight 244 Baffled!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 74:54


    This week, Erin and Cam careen into the spooky world of 70s fashion and Formula One racing in the post-Star Trek Leonard Nimoy vehicle: BAFFLED! (Emphasis theirs)

    Flight 243 Steel vs Sweet Magnolias

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 61:59


    Erin and Cam are more nervous than a long tailed chair in a room full of rocking cats (or something like that)! It's time for another versus episode! This week, they watch the unaired 1990 spinoff pilot to the hit film STEEL MAGNOLIAS and the Netflix show SWEET MAGNOLIAS!

    Flight 242 Private Eye

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 56:00


    This week, intrepid gumshoes Erin and Cam are on the case of the forgotten film noir revival show: PRIVATE EYE. Will they like what they see or will they get conjunctivitis?

    Flight 241 Get Real

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 71:41


    This week, Erin and Cam watch the forgotten 90's family drama GET REAL. Despite starring an Oscar winner and nominee, does it "achieve coolness?"

    Flight 240 The Owl

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 74:12


    This week, Erin and Cam had a hoot and a holler as they watched the failed pilot for THE OWL!

    Flight 239 VR.5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 76:52


    All you Lawnmower Men and Women, throw on your Oculus Rifts and prepare yourself for some good old fashioned misogyny -- 90s style! This week, Erin and Cam watched: VR.5!

    Flight 238 American Nuclear

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 53:36


    This week, Erin and Cam have a meltdown discussing the failed 80s pilot AMERICAN NUCLEAR.

    Flight 237 Walker Texas Ranger (1993) vs Walker (2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 67:14


    Yee-haw! This week, Erin and Cam are home on the range with another vs episode: WALKER, TEXAS RANGER (1993) and WALKER (2021).

    Flight 236 ER (1994) vs The Pitt (2025)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 81:34


    This week, Erin and Cam are in critical care as they cover two shows: ER (1994) and The Pitt (2025). Be warned...one show will flatline.

    Flight 235 Secrets and Lies

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 71:56


    G'day! This week, Erin and Cam navigate SECRETS AND LIES, a show with all the twists and turns of a nice suburban hiking trail.

    Flight 234 Women's Murder Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 67:17


    This week, Erin and Cameron watch what they believe to be the most dangerous show they've ever watched: WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB! Listen -- if you dare!

    Flight 233 Land of the Giants

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 67:20


    Sorry, this episode is late. Erin and Cam flew through a giant amorphous ball on a routine spaceflight to London. Enjoy THE LAND OF THE GIANTS!

    Flight 232 Otherworld

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 71:39


    This week, Erin and Cameron watch as a family of five kill a buttload of fascists and it is as satisfying as it sounds.

    Flight 231 Desperate Housewives

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 63:33


    Borrow a cup of sugar and engage in some innocent arson as Erin and Cameron visit Wisteria Lane. This week they discuss the pilot episode of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and have things to say about ALIEN: ROMULUS.

    Flight 230 Football Wives

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 68:40


    You've been wondering for years, could there be a bottom to this barrel? Erin and Cam think that with FOOTBALL WIVES, there might just be...

    Flight 229 Spider-Man (1977)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 53:42


    Hey, True Believers! This week, the Effervescent Erin and her simple sidekick, the Cantankerous Cam, marvel at a person who has all the abilities of a spider, man! Excelsior!

    Flight 228 B Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 65:36


    This week, Erin and Cam grade the high school antics of counting hunting team Kevin Nesbit and...the pleasant faced guy.

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    Flight 227 The World Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 64:14


    This week, Erin and Cam catch a glimpse of THE WORLD BEYOND. Will they like what they see?

    Flight 226 The Best Of Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 62:37


    It's a New Year, is anyone ready for THE BEST OF TIMES?!?

    Flight 225 Space Rangers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 73:46


    Hope everyone is having a nice holiday! Here's a belatedly thematically appropriate gift for you all: SPACE RANGERS.

    Flight 224 Space Precinct

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 66:20


    Slo-Mo is back, and he's been given some new, off putting appendages!! Welcome to the 90s of the future which means it'll be sexist as all hell. Erin and Cameron watched: SPACE PRECINCT!

    Flight 223 Space Police

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 51:49


    Set your nightsticks to stun, as Erin and Cameron get tangled up in marionettes in the lost pilot: SPACE POLICE.

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    Flight 222 Star Cops (1987)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 53:28


    Well, well, well, what do we have here? This week, Erin and Cameron watched the alarming television pilot for the 1987 BBC2 series STAR COPS.

    Flight 221 Lost In Oz (2002)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 65:10


    Greetings from the Podcasting Guild! This week, Erin and Cameron take you on a magical trip to the early 2000's as they watch one (of apparently) three shows called LOST IN OZ. Will it stink or will it "defy gravity?"

    Flight 220 Mr And Mrs Smith (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 74:22


    Cameron and Erin hit the trifecta with Mr and Mrs Smith related television media. Did they save the best for last, or is the world all topsy-turvy now?

    Flight 219 Mr and Mrs Smith (2007)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 62:53


    Greetings! We hope you are all holding it together as best as possible. This week's show, the unaired 2007 pilot for MR. AND MRS. SMITH, probably isn't going to help...

    Flight 218 Mr. And Mrs. Smith (1996)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 73:14


    Buckle your safety belts and return your seats to their full upright position. This week, Erin and Cam are embroiled in ersatz espionage with the failed 90's television show MR. AND MRS. SMITH! (Part 1 of 3 of their Mr and Mrs Smith miniseries)

    Flight 217 Dracula (1973)/ Tales From The Darkside

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 57:21


    For their final trick, Erin and Cam give you TWO...pretty mediocre tales of the macabre. The Dracula Episode of Canada's own PURPLE PLAYHOUSE and TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE. Enjoy!

    Flight 216 Curse Of Dracula/ Tales From The Crypt

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 58:08


    How's it going, night dwellers? This week, Erin and Cam continue on their on horror anthology journey with two more (scary?) shows: CURSE OF DRACULA and TALES FROM THE CRYPT. Sleep tight!

    Flight 215 Monsters/ Dracula: The Series 1990

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 69:35


    Will Erin and Cam survive the horrors of another two-fer episode? This week, they watch both Monsters and Dracula: The Series (1990). Enjoy!

    Flight 214 Mr. And Mrs. Dracula

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 65:37


    Well, Erin and Cam are back after a harrowing trip to Kennedy Space Center! What better way to celebrate their return than with their first Halloween show of the season: MR. AND MRS. DRACULA. With a title like that, you know it has got to be quality...

    Flight 213 Mickey And Nora/Making It Legal

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 73:57


    In what might be Erin and Cam's most harrowing episode, they watched TWO unaired sitcoms. They may never be the same.

    Flight 212 Kung Fu: The Next Generation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 75:12


    Buckle up, grasshoppers! This week, Erin and Cam pull the threads of failed Kung Fu sequel starring Brandon Lee -- KUNG FU: THE NEXT GENERATION. Warp one, engage!

    Flight 211 Dr. Paradise

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 60:38


    Grab your passports as Erin and Cameron take you to paradise. DR. PARADISE, that is.

    Flight 210 The Omen (1995)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 76:43


    This week, Erin and Cam watch the television remake of a classic 1970s Horror movie -- and it's not the one you think it is. And the one it is, is still wrong...

    Flight 209 Suburban Beat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 72:49


    Grab your walkie-talkies and a glass of chardonnay, this week Erin and Cam hit the streets with the unaired pilot SUBURBAN BEAT.

    Flight 208 The Flying Nun

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 50:37


    This week, Erin and Cameron watched the pilot for THE FLYING NUN and learn about the two things that will get you closer to heaven: lift and thrust.

    Flight 207 Microcops

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 69:41


    "Traffic Cops. In. SPAAAAAAAAACE!"

    Flight 205 Wolfblood

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 73:08


    This week, Cam and Erin drown in a sea of fish puns and werewolf semantics when they watched FISH POLICE and WOLFBLOOD.

    Flight 204 Wolf Lake

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 77:09


    Kiss your libidos goodbye, because Erin and Cam watched WOLF LAKE!

    Flight 203 The Listener

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 58:45


    Can Erin and Cam hear THE LISTENER?

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    Flight 203 The Insiders

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 75:21


    "Leave Silver, Horseman." This ain't The Outsiders. This is THE INSIDERS. (Oh, and it's 100% nothing like Miami Vice...)

    Flight 202 The Immortal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 74:06


    Grab your samurai swords and ditto yourself into immortality! This week, Erin and Cameron watched the Canadian horror/action show THE IMMORTAL.

    Flight 201 Code Of Vengeance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 66:52


    Once more, Piloting the Pilots dusts off another lost television artifact. We're pretty sure only four people in existence have ever watched CODE OF VENGEANCE -- and that includes Erin and Cam! Join us!

    Flight 200 Blue Thunder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 71:41


    This week, Erin and Cameron bring the thunder -- the BLUE THUNDER, that is. Featuring one of Dana Carvey's first roles!!!

    Flight 199 Lady Blue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 63:48


    This week, Erin and Cam excavate another lost artifact from the 80s: LADY BLUE.

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    Flight 198 Starman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 70:06


    Surly, this isn't the same STARMAN as the 1984 John Carpenter movie? No, it's the short-lived television sequel starring AIRPLANE'S Robert Hays. And don't call me Shirley.

    Flight 197 Strike Force

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 68:37


    This week, Erin and Cam learn to just say "no" (and "yes") to the short lived 80's cop drama: STRIKE FORCE!

    Flight 196 The Phoenix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 67:02


    Ancient aliens Gide Erin and Cam deeper into a long forgotten past with the failed 80's sci-fi show THE PHOENIX!

    Flight 195 The Powers Of Matthew Star

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 67:15


    Apparently THE POWERS OF MATTHEW STAR is being charming as heck!

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