Lookwell (TV Movie 1991)

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Adam West

Ty Lookwell

Ron Frazier

Detective Kennery

Ann Weldon

Hyacinth

Todd Field

Jason

Bart Braverman

Alberti

Deborah Richter

Miss Royster

Brian Bradley

Alex

Jeff Austin

Desk Sergeant

Chris Barnes

Rental Agent

John Capodice

Phil

Molly Cleator

Casting Director

Brixton Karnes

Actor #2
(as Brick Karnes)

Sal Lopez

Manny

John Riggi

Ben

Stephen Schubert

Policeman #1
(as Steve Schubert)

Terry Beaver

Audree Chapman

Receptionist

Sip Culler

Pimp

Director
- E.W. Swackhamer
Writers
- Robert Smigel
- Conan O'Brien
All cast & crew
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I saw this show today and was highly entertained! The writing is excellent (I wasn't surprised, knowing O'Brien and Smigel were involved) and Adam West was as great as ever. The type of storytelling here isn't exactly new, but with the writing and the ever-likable West, it really worked. Too bad the networks didn't agree.

So, how about now? Would this show work now if they did it again? I'm sure Mr. West would be willing to give it another go, and if it was on NBC, well, they need all the help they can get right now and this is the kind of show that could help them get out of their 4th place rut, if only to a small degree. I know I would love to see this cult hit resurrected!

Random thought: if The Max Weinberg 7 played the Lookwell theme as Conan went to his desk and he didn't know about it, I wonder if he'd recognize it?

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Trivia
Upon later cult success, the pilot was, as co-creator and co-writer Robert Smigel later stated in a retrospective interview concerning the series, the subject of a film offer from an unnamed studio. The offer was of no interest to Smigel, however, as the studio wished to recast the lead character of Lookwell with that of a bigger star, namely Nicolas Cage. The offer in the end, of course, fell through, because, according to the writer, without Adam West it simply 'wouldn't work'.

Quotes
Ty Lookwell: Did you do that shopping I asked you to do?
Hyacinthe: I tried, but the store said they don't make that hairspray anymore.
Ty Lookwell: Those fools.

Alternate versions
When this pilot was re-aired in 2003 on the Trio network, a few cuts were made to fit in the 22 minute time slot. The biggest difference was the deletion of the epilogue in which Lookwell announces to his class that Jason and Miss Royster were sent to jail for stealing the car. Then, he introduces his two new students who are the Samoan prisoners that Lookwell met earlier in jail. Finally, he shows the class another scene from "Bannigan".