The Nerd

"The Nerd" was an unsold pilot show made back in 1989. It was ultimately aired in 1996...and considering the quality, I am shocked it ever aired anywhere except, perhaps, by some monsters in order to torture their victims! Yes, it is THAT bad.

The show begins with a couple inviting an important guy over for dinner and they wanna impress him. However, Rick (the ill-named Robert Joy) arrives unannounced and they feel obligated to invite him to stay for dinner. However, Rick soon shows that he is LESS cultured and mannered than any of the Three Stooges or Pauley Shore and he single-handedly ruins the evening with his obnoxious comments and boorishness.

If you think Rick's shtick could have been funny, you are mistaken. It's god-awful and the sort of thing almost all viewers would turn off after the first five minutes...it's THAT bad.

Oh boy. "The Nerd" is an unsold pilot show made back in 1989. And they ultimately let it air in 1996. This show's premise would have been based on the play of the titular name. In this Rick Steadman, saved the main character of this pilot in and in an attempt to "pay it forward" allows for Rick to stay at his house. Typical boss comes dinner sitcom premise. It attempts to be another odd couple, however it ends up falling short as Rick just isn't funny. He's Obnoxious. It would be very interesting to see how they would have incorporate the plays biggest reveal that Rick Steadman was a hired actor to teach the protagonist who there real priorities are . However I doubt this failed pilot as a show would have been able to do this. Perhaps an episode mocking the idea of the play called "Rick, Deadman"- In which our protagonist find out that there invited to the real Rick Steadman funeral. I honestly believe this play could have worked as a sitcom premise, however this pilot lacks the comedic aspect of a sitcom. Definitely should have re-wrote the titular nerd. Maybe make him liked by the boss, but hated by the couple. Instead of having us forced to watch 4 people constantly complain about his antics. It's very much deserved not to be made. But, "Maybe it just needed to have his life interfered with a little, that's all."