508 - Defenders of Dynatron City
Failure To Launch
A tie-in cartoon for a videogame that flopped. Obviously includes Tim Curry.
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507 - Bermuda Triangle
Failure To Launch
A family's boat trip ends when they wash up on an island in the Bermuda Triangle, but don't worry, it's aggressively All Good.
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506 - Suburban Beat
Failure To Launch
80's housewives team up to crack an incredibly inappropriate case, but tbf the cops are shit.
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505 - Creating Rem Lazar
Failure To Launch
Old friends Michael Williams and Sarah Baggs follow Ferris down a centrist musical rabbit hole.
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504 - Madame Sin
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Robert Wagner (Dr. Evil's Number 2) as a cut rate Bond goes up against Bette Davis (her own eyes) as a full-blown Bond villain.
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503 - The Owl
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Growly, 80s-style vigilante justice dispensed by a flying-animal-themed anti-hero. Hero is more homeless than usual.
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502 - Sniff
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That reporter from Batman '89 has a crimefighting dog and a live-in Dad. Solves crime?
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501 - Infiltrator
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Scott Bakula has another run in with a space probe, but this time, it's personal. Because it's inside him.
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432 - I-Man
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Scott Bakula is exposed to Space Gas and cannot die. He finds this extremely inconvenient.
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431 - M3K
Failure To Launch
It’s the Three Musketeers, but set in modern day (August 2000) America! How does that work? We still don’t know.
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This week's Failure to Launch covers Mason, a 1975 sitcom vehicle for child star Mason Reece. Mason was already famous nationally for a number of TV commercials, so getting him is own show was a sensible decision.
The next decision the show runners made, though... look, if the content warning didn't clue you in to this pilot's 'comedic' theme, let's just say this is the worst decision we've seen a pilot make in 85 episodes of Failure to Launch, bar none. If you ever wanted to hear Harry's brain explode, this is the episode for you.
Also, the manager of the hotel from The Shining is Mason's dad. So, there's that?
Reviewers: James Ferris, Lucy Shaw, David Shaw, Alex Malone
Soundboard: Harry Brimage