Whatever Happened to Robbie Rist - Cousin Oliver from TV's The Brady Bunch
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- čas přidán 17. 09. 2020
- Here are my memories of The Brady Bunch's Cousin Oliver as well as an update on the actor who played him, Robbie Rist.
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Dave. Love your site. You may want to pin this comment to the top as an extension to the information in your video. With regards to Robbie being a musician, here is a link to a video that has film of him as a drummer for a band called The Masticators back around 2000. The video is a career retrospective of the female lead singer with Masticators, Lisa Mychols (who I think is fantastic). The lead song in the video is a new 1960s girl group retro styled (like your site) Christmas song with holiday nostalgia featuring many shows you’ve mentioned on your site. After you watch the Christmas video use the time stamps in the video description to skip to the Masticators songs “Black Sedan” and “Radio Police” near the end. Robbie was (is) an intense drummer!
Lisa Mychols “Ringing Bells on Christmas Day” (New Sept 2020)
czcams.com/video/NgJi2S9qAcY/video.html&t
Two more items, The Masticators (with Robbie) also did the theme song for the pilot TV show Electra Woman and Dyna Girl remake featuring Markie Post around 2000. In your video you showed a picture of him singing “Go All The Way.” I discovered him by accident searching for a song called “The Rainmaker” by the 1980s band The Rainmakers. I found Robbie’s version which, like his drumming, was just as intense and just as great!
That Christmas song was great. Rist on drums was pretty cool as well.
Thanks for sharing, Nicky!
@@jdsundstrom was he the annoying kid on the Lucas Tanner show?
Dave Sundstrom Robbie did a couple of intro commercials for his time on the Brady Bunch a couple of years ago for me TV other than that I don’t even know where he’s been
Dave it was neat seeing in your video that Robbie was so much more than Oliver. Robbie drumming for the band was the icing on the cake! This is the first time I’ve heard of Lisa Mychols. I loved her Christmas song, the cute video and the song after it was beautiful.
Robbie Rist doesn't deserve all the hate for the Cousin Oliver storyline. He was just an actor doing his job.
@Jewel Clark Actually, we should blame the network execs that demanded that a "Cousin Oliver" type of character be introduced into the show before they agreed to renew it for a 5th season.
Didn't hate Robbie just the character.
Most of the hate is due to the fact Cousin Oliver was a jinx.
Jewel Clark if I recall, there was an episode where bad things were happening around the house, and oliver thought it was the result of his presence
Agreed. Especially since he always has been a really good actor!
When a series introduces a cute, cherubic, young child in the cast that is a sure sign that the show is on its last legs.
AKA "Cousin Oliver Syndrome" :)
So true. The partridge family did the same thing in their last season. It was a neighbor’s kid that would drop by and sing with them. Can’t remember the character’s name. 🤔
Ricky
Dave Sundstrom thanks, Dave. I love anything about the brady bunch.
@@maryannlockwood7806 They did the same thing with "Family", "All in the Family" and the "The Cosby Show".
the "cousin Oliver Syndrome" is the kiss of death for any sitcom.
For just a minute you actually had me believing Robbie Rist was performing as a John Denver tribute artist! Thanks for an absolutely awesome video, Dave.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Jack!
He did briefly appear on stage with Denver as a kind of gag during that time
Robbie Rist is probably in an encounter group with Brian Bonsall, Raven-Symoné, the kid who played Seven on Married with Children, and the actor who was going to be the baby on Moonlighting.
@James Satterfield That I did not know.
I couldn't STAND Robbie Rist in ANYTHING back in the day! He seemed like an entitled child who just "showed up" and got an undeserved "guest star" credit after a show was well established... Of course I was a stupid little kid at the time.
Today I wish Mr. Rist nothing but good fortune and success!
When Robbie did more stuff than the bradys
Very true!
Family Ties gets the biggest ‘jump the shark’ moment for actually aging Andrew from a newborn in 85-86 season to a Pre-schooler in 86-87. The show was never the same after. Cousin Oliver came on when the Brady Bunch was near the end because the kids had grown up.
I guess you never watched Ghost Whisperer. The kid aged 6 years in one episode!
Emily Miller I never watched that show, but that takes the cake over Family Ties, Lol
Chrissy Seaver in Growing Pains also aged 5 years between seasons 5 & 6. For both shows, producers thought that the initial youngest characters (Jennifer Keaton & Ben Seaver) were no longer cute.
Sam Westing You gotta love 80’s/early 90’s sitcoms! Lol
Love his first BB ep if only just for Mike’s pretty serious looking trip and fall as he steps on the basketball that Oliver tossed off the driveway. Mike’s mock up building gets crushed against the island in the kitchen. 😂. Was just watching Season 1 Family Ties two parter with Tom Hanks , pretty funny as well . His return as alcoholic Uncle Ned is another good one. I think FT was done after Season 2 when the lines just became robotically silly. Alex smartassing about Nick had its moments, though.
One of my first "Robbie Rist experiences" was when he played Ted Baxter's son on THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW. I remember he was wearing a kid-sized WJM-TV news anchor jacket like the one his TV dad (Ted Knight) had worn on that show. As Ted's son (I think he was adopted), he was so very polite and not like the other mischievous characters he played during his younger days.
I agree that he was annoying.
Robert Reede was done with the show by this time, and there was no chance of renewal. I loved it growing up.
Yep. Reed wasn't even in the final episode.
John Denver's Mini-Me.
He was Milo in 1986’s Iron Eagle
Yep, John Denver was a national treasure. I remember my family had one of those 10 records for penny subscription (think it was K-Tel Records or something like that?) and then every month they'd send you the "album of the month" and if you kept it they'd change you $9.99(?). One month we got "An Evening With John Denver", I was a kid and never heard of him before, my mom wanted to send it back, but my older brother insisted we keep it. Glad he won out because that album to this day stands as my favorite live album, favorite albums, of all-time. Just a fantastic album.
Thanks for sharing your memories, DeadBunny69!
And Robbie Rist has outlived John Denver.
Columbia Record Club…
Thank you for including Kidd Video, along with the clip! I adored that show.
Me too!
I've had a soft spot for Robbie since I was a child. He was amazing in Kidd Video!(How I miss the 80's fashions!) and it seems like I just grew up with him. :-)
Couldn't agree more, Mary!
The character of Cousin Oliver was the equivalent of Scrappy Doo for me. No insult to the actor.
A big THANK YOU for mentioning "Big John Little John" and "Kid Video". Totally forgot about these.😉
I believe Patty Duke's son MacKenzie Astin was the "Cousin Oliver" of The Facts of Life. There's been many Cousin Oliver's brought in over the years when a show is on its last leg struggling to breathe for just one more season....
The "Pippa" character is a better comparison.
@@jimmichaud8487 I don't remember Pippa.
@@ilovegoodsax Pippa appeared in the last season. She was an Australian exchange student. The actress who played her was Sherrie Krenn (who later on was a successful country singer (billed as "Sherrie Austin).
That was fun. The world is really sad right now and David you provided some 'good stuff' to cheer me up. Thanks :)
Glad you enjoyed it, Dave CGS!
What about his stint on The Bionic Woman? Granted, he was only in 3 episodes, but he was memorable.
You're right, Jen. Thanks for pointing those episodes out!
You should do one of these about Seven on Married With Children.
My favorite thing about Seven is once he left, they referenced Seven by putting him on a milk carton a few years later.
The cousin who ruined the Brady Bunch.
@Jewel Clark good point! Seemed like a lot of 70's sitcoms were going for that mini John Denver looking kid.
Someone should have gotten fired for coming up with the Seven bit. His ending was pure genius though.
Brady Bunch was my favorite show growing up in the 1970’s. Thank you for this video. I’m not a Cousin Oliver hater and have often wondered what ever happened to him. Glad he’s done well in his life.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Tina!
You failed to mention Robbie as Ted Baxter's genius adopted son in the Mary Tyler Moore show.
Don't remember that, thankfully.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker Never watched "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" as I couldn't stand Ed Asner (still can't though he's dead).
Yep, he didn't kill the brady bunch, its like blaming yoko ono for breaking up the beatles - it was something that was ending anyway. However, it (the addition of his character) does qualify for the show "jumping the shark".
Great analogy.
True about Yoko, but maybe we could have gotten another album or two out of the Beatles before Yoko came along.
I can't believe I missed this last night! I went to bed way to early. I agree the show was already jumping the shark when cousin Oliver came to the Brady's.
I'm glad you did a video about him. Brings back memories
Thanks Cathy!
I also remember towards the end of the series an episode with Ken Berry to do with a rainbow family, looked like a pilot but it didn't go anywhere, maybe a few years to soon to be accepted
Yep. You're talking about "Kelly's Kids". Robbie actually auditioned to be one of the kids...but didn't get the part.
Todd Lookinland - Mike Lookinland's brother - was cast as the lead Kelly kid. And, of course, the gorgeous Brooke Bundy was the mother.
That was going to be a sort of Multi-Cultural Version of the Brady Bunch.
My siblings and I loved the Brady Bunch and we loved cousin Oliver too. And I've just spent the last few days binge watching The Brady Bunch series - I'm 57 years old 🤣🤣🤣
Couldn't stand cousin Oliver, just as I couldn't stand Sam on "Diff'rent Strokes". I think it was the haircuts of both actors.
I loved "Kid Video" and didn't realize he was on it.
As far as Danny Cooksey, Sam, I thought he was great on the episode "Eagles" of the original "MacGYVER".
Fair enough! I knew that he was in Kidd Video...but until I started putting together this video, I didn't realize that he had been the voice of Michaelangelo in TMNT.
lol I'm with ya on Sam from Different Strokes!
How do you feed about that little singing kid on the last few episodes of Partridge Family?
@@johnalanelson I've never watched "The Partridge Family".
@@jediknightjairinaiki560 It beat the pants off Brady Brunch in it's initial run but didn't do nearly as well in syndication!
Notice, The Simpsons have staying power. That is because they never introduced replacement kids. Cartoon characters never grow up and lose their cuteness.
I wouldn't call the Simsons kids "cute", .. . and I don't think THEY were ever MEANT to be either.
Also regarding Galactica 1980. The only redeeming thing for me on that show was the cameos by Wolfman Jack.
As a little kid in Britain in the Seventies, I found it striking how so many American boys on TV looked like young John Denvers. Thinking about it now, I think it might’ve been Robbie Rist in all cases (I watched the Brady Bunch, Big John, Galactica 1980...).
Yep. I just think you saw Robbie all over the telly!
Well, maybe some of them were Moosie Drier.
1975, 5th Birthday. Got my 1st record player, one of those plastic clam shell types that were popular then and my 1st album was Glenn Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy and my 1st 45 was John Denver's Thank God I'm a Country Boy. Great Flashback. thanks again
Thank you for sharing your memories, John!
Robbie also played the role of "Booger" in an unaired TV pilot based on the film "Revenge Of The Nerds." Understandably it did not get greenlighted to series; really awful! Someone uploaded it to CZcams if anyone is curious.
I admit it. I was curious! czcams.com/video/P47q1UeuObw/video.html
He was in a band called "The Andersons" back in the early 2000's. I saw them live in 2001 at the House of Blues in Hollywood, they were a good sounding group kind of rock, heavy power pop, as I recall they had a cd out at that time called "Family Secrets."
I love the Brady Bunch. I was 9 when the show started in 1969. Many sitcoms end after 4 or 5 seasons. Cousin Oliver was not to blame for the show ending.
Dude I’m so glad I found you. Haha it’s like you are describing MY memories. We really did have the best era
Great piece Dave on Robbie ..I can honestly say I had no idea at all about his life after the Brady Bunch..so I learned something new..I'm so happy that he didn't sink to the bottom like alot of child actors..that's great...and thanks again Dave
You're very welcome, Charles!
Oliver by the time he came around Marcia was looking so sweet to me as a kid i couldn't of given Oliver a second thought.
I love how positive you are and how much you care about the people you cover.
You always remember that these people are just that - People.
Thanks for the kind words, Daniel. 🙂
I totally believed you when you said Robbie became a John Denver tribute singer. It seemed so logical :)
I know, right? Sorry 'bout that though, Professor X. I really shouldn't kid around in my videos like that.
Me too. It does indeed seem like a logical outcome.
When the cousin Oliver's show up it is the kiss of death for the series
I loved big john/little John. I did not remember Rist being little John. Nor did I know he was in Kid Video. So interesting! This was a great upload.
Glad you enjoyed it, Mark!
Another big part of why "The Brady Bunch" declined in the ratings was because Robert Reed had been battling the production of the show and frequently wasn't on the show because his character was "Away On Business"
The Brady bunch came to the end because the kids were becoming adults.
Didn’t the actor who played Mike Brady die of AIDS?
I thought he was a cute little boy. I'm glad he's had a successful life.
Yah. Me too. I love happy endings!
I met Robbie a few years ago when my band was playing in a dive bar in Glendale, CA. Robbie was so cool and genuine. Completely into music and just somebody you wanted to be friends with. If you ever meet him in person, it’s impossible to not like him.
I wonder if Robbie Rist has seen this video. I would be honored if I were him. Nicely done!
He has. 🙂
@@jdsundstrom That is great! How nice of you to do this video. I bet he appreciated it!
Holly cow!!! I remember that kid video show. I would have never been able to had you not shown a clip of it. That was waaaaay back in the recesses of my mind. Thanks for the memory.
OMG! Dave, you were ONE of my favorite channels here. Now? You are my absolute favorite!!
I've been hoping and waiting for a video on Robbie for a bit, and this was great!!
Because I'm a bit of a punk rock nerd, I HAVE to mention a band he was in with some of Orange County's best musicians, called Your Favorite Trainwreck. Dave, if you didn't take the time to listen, they are truly amazing. My favorite album of 2012. He plays drums. He's also in a video from singer Jeff Caudill called I Was the Lead Singer.
Sorry, plugging a band that has friends of some friends in it. I just love Robbie's body of work. And I'm so stoked you did this video!!!❤
I personally believe his undoing related to him being overexposed. He was typecast as the same mop-haired, 4-eyed, cherubic, smarty-pants kid. The Mary Tyler Moore show had hime for a while. Mary Tyler Moore (S06E24) Ted and the Kid
Wow, he got tons of work after the B.B. I am impressed and pleasantly surprised. Much as people voice their displeasure about him, He turned out to be involved in more projects than the cast of B.B. and really is quite talented. 😺
He was the nail in the coffin for The Brady Bunch. Once he was introduced, I stopped watching. Cool that he was on so many TV shows! I didn't know he was into music.
Cousin Oliver may have been a dud for many...but Robbie Rist is one cool cat!
Wow big John little John. Haven’t thought about that show for years. Loved it when I was a kid.
Really enjoyed the trip down memory lane. Just subscribed and look forward to more classics, maybe even my favorite of all time which was the very underrated Courtship Of Eddie’s Father. Thanks!!!!
Welcome aboard!
Wow! I have to say, his role as "Little John stands out in my memory more than anything. It's so, so good to hear that he is doing well! I will definitely check out Robbie's youtube channel. Thanks again, Dave, for another review of the career of a more obscure, but nonetheless, good young actor, and getting us caught up on where he is today!!
Great video! I also remember Robbie playing Booger on the Revenge of the Nerds television pilot. Good to see how successful he's been over the years, very talented person!
I don't remember a Revenge of the Nerds TV show! I'll have to track that one down.
He’s in one of my favorite episodes of Simon and Simon. He played a teenage computer geek who stole from the bank machine ☺️
Yes, Robbie Rist did help to kill the "Brady Bunch". But he ain't got nothin' on Ted McGinley!
@The Jack I did too Jack. Sometimes a joke is just a joke.
YT comment of the day!!!!
McGinley didn’t kill Married… with Children. He actually gets a bad rap..
I kind of remember his character on the Brady bunch but I was watching it reruns I'm not that old was born in '72 thanks good video Sir
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Peter!
Actually, there have been quite a few actors that have been "secondary" characters (like Eddie Haskell on "Leave It To Beaver") whose actors have surpassed everyone else on a show: "Courtship of Eddie's Father" - playmate for Eddie: Jodie Foster. "Eight Is Enough" - stepmom's nephew comes in: Ralph Macchio. "Happy Days:" Young man shows up who alleges The Fonz pushed him around when they were little kids, and he now knows karate and wants to fight Fonzie - Tom Hanks. "Silver Spoons:" Ricky's buddy, Derek: Jason Bateman. "Growing Pains:" A foster kid that Mike finds: Leonardo DiCaprio. "Ned's DeClassified School Survival Guide:" A kid who was literally always seen but never heard on that show: I think his name is Austin Butler, who got a bunch of jobs after that.
Great stuff, Charles! Thanks for sharing.
The Brady Bunch should have continued for another year or two... I could have used a few more years of Marcia and Jan. :)
Marcia and Jan could have done a spin-off show similar to "Three's Company".
Or...they could have done something called "The Brady Brides"! Oh wait...they did that.
Brady bunch should've ran all the way to the end of the 70s ...instead of 1969 - 1974. Instead 1969 to 1979.
I had forgotten All About Kidd Video. That show also made me think of the Great Space Coaster.
That show had some great tunes!
He was adorable💕 So great to learn about his success.
As a kid, I first came across him as Star in Balto, then Eido in the English dub of Zatch Bell, and then as Choji in Naruto...and had no idea that they were the same guy, let alone about his start in The Brady Bunch. He's like the inverse Bryan Cranston in a way, in that he's been a constant but only later down the line has he been given his dues as an actor. Real awesome guy, he sounds like.
Love it, Asher!
1:02 - People have also remarked that he similarly resembles Paul Williams (from Smokey And The Bandit and Phantom of The Paradise) and I've heard him get confused with the other child actor Peter Billingsley (Messy Marvin, A Christmas Story). Oh, and it's interesting to note that the cartoon character at 3:23 even happens to LOOK like him.
Oh my goodness!! I forgotten all about Kidd Video!! I was a teen in the 80’s and remember watching this show Saturday morning. I really liked the theme song too lol
You had me with that John Denver joke.
Some of my friends and I saw Paul Pope, Robbie Rist and the Tower of Light Beer Rhythm Section play a club in Buffalo, New York in the early 90s. Robbie actually took the time to talk with us between sets!
I loved John Denver too, got to see him in person , he sang for 3 straight hours just him and his guitar,, 💕
How cool is that?!!?
Robbie Rist as Booger?! It happened! In an unaired pilot for a Revenge of the Nerds tv series he took over the role from Curtis Armstrong. The pilot was finally released as an extra on a Revenge of the Nerds DVD release.
I remember when Robbie Rist played Whiz on the Saturday morning cartoon, Kidd Video back in the 80's!!!
He was Ted and Georgette s adopted son on Mary Tyler Moore show .
I remember that!
R.R. also played Glendon Ferrel. He was a next door neighbor to Lucas Tanner, played by David Hartman. Glendon lived with his grandmother. The show was Lucas Tanner that aired during the 1974-1975 television season.
Thank you for helping to change my opinion on this successful actor.
Quite the musician.....he has a great band called Ballsy New World. We always called him Little John Denver Too! Robby fought so much. He beat addiction. He really has overcome much.
And while his Brady’s appearances may be annoying the news of him winning life’s battles certainly isn’t. Coolnegative, stay strong my friend.
“From my video to my radio!”..Didn’t think I’d hear that today!.but that’s the beauty of life.One never knows..
Life is full of fun little surprises!
He should start a Judas Priest cover band and call it "Diamonds and Rist".
Any forecast of his concerts should be called the "Rist Watch".
I always thought that he looked like a mini-John Denver too. I was so glad to hear you say that.
Great video omg YOU GOT ME I didn't no cousin Oliver was on GALACTICA mind blown
Sadly, his stay on the Galactica was a brief one.
I liked Robbie. I found him a fun character in the declining episodes of the Brady Bunch. His character was so up and positive and always smiling. Ya he was great, a lot of great memories there for me.
haha. thanks for zooming in on the drumstick. That caught my eye too.
Cousin Oliver was the salt and vinegar chips of acting. 😁😁😁💯💯💯😁😁😁
I always liked cousin Oliver😊👍
Great video Dave!😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
The few times I met Robbie around town at my high school and when he bought a Datsun Roadster at a self service car lot I was working at, he seemed like a decent guy.
Found it, thanks again Dave!!!!
Thanks for subscribing!
Dave, I said this before while commenting on another of your videos but it’s worth repeating. It’s very magnanimous of you to promote another’s channel. And I’m not going to add especially since it’s Robbie Rist’s because while I did find his Brady’s work annoying he certainly has overcome many challenges. I’m going to subscribe it presently.
Promoting cool channels is part of the fun! Thanks for subscribing to Robbie's channel...as well as mine, Norton!
You’re welcome, Dave and come on 100K!
I saw Robbie play and sing Classic Rock songs as the opening act for a Journey tribute band, in Sothern California. Just him, an acoustic guitar, and his take on classic hits. He was pretty good.
Sounds like a great evening!
I actually liked when they brought a new face into the show... OLIVER reminded me of John Denver and especially Paul Williams
Loved this. You mentioned things I didn't realize he did. I always felt he was cute-looking. He seems to have taken care of himself.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Kidd Video! From my video to my radio
When I was growing up I used to like watching a tv series called Big John Little John and Robbie Rist was also in that show and it was a fun show.
It really was a fun show!
I liked him in Big John, Little John. I think I watched that on Saturday mornings before I saw the Brady Bunch reruns.
Kidd Video was my EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!
Big fantasy/sci fi sitcom geek that I am, I loved "Big John, Little John" when it first aired. We got the DVD a year of so ago and the series holds up! It has the feel of a 60s fantasy sitcom, and they do an impressive job of conveying the illusion of a school full of kids with just a few extras and some stock shots!
He always reminded me of "The Great Gazoo" - a character suddenly added to a series for no apparent reason. Turns out "The Great Gazoo" was voiced by a soon to be famous actor as well. Thanks for reminding me of this! ;)
Yep...the great Harvey Korman!
I always hated it when The Great Gazoo always called Fred Flintstone a "dum-dum" with such an arrogant and conceited tone to his voice. My least favorite "Great Gazoo moment" was when Fred was going into the kitchen for a piece of pie as a late-night snack and when he opens the door to the fridge, Gazoo smashes the pie in Fred's face saying "You had it coming, dum-dum!!" Though I'm relying on memory with that last comment.
The Great-Gazoo Might Have Worked lf He Was A Impressive Looking Character Instead Of A Goofy-Silly Looking Alien Who Was Always Blubbering And Bawling I Know HB Wanted To Make Him More Human. But They Went Overboard With It. The Intro Of Gazoo Before You Actually See Him Wasn't Bad At All. When Fred And Barney Found The Spaceship In The Middle Of The Road All You Heard Was A Voice Inside Of The Spaceship It Was Actually Quite Suspenseful. Then When He Said Press That Orange-Button There And Stand Back! Fred Did The Top Of The Spaceship Opened Up And Gazoo Came Flying Out Of It. Then He Said Ah Fresh Air. Aw What A Disappointing-Letdown Was More Like It.
Actually The Great-Gazoo Was Created By Joanna Lee (She Played The Alen Tana In Plan-9 From Outer-Space!) She Was Writing Tv-Scripts For Various Tv-Shows At The Time Tv-Shows Like Gilligan's Island! The Walton's! The Flintstones Was 1 Of Those Tv-Shows That She Was Working On At The Time. (I Think She Won A Emmy-Award She Directed A Made For Tv-Movie Too I Think It Was Titled Mirror Mirror!-(1979) I Think Lee Meriwether Starred In It. Apparently JL Didn't Like To Talk-About Being In Plan-9 In Outer-Space! She Was Asked About Ed Wood Jr Once. I Never Heard Of Him Was Her Reply. She Died In 1996 RIP.
You Should Talk About Who Created The Character The Great Gazoo Dave Joanna Lee Created The Great-Gazoo She Played Tana In Plan-9 From Outer-Space! She Was A Tv-Writer For Various Tv-Shows The Flintstones! Was 1 Of Those Tv-Shows.
Kidd Video's song "Time" was good enough to be in the top 40 in 1985-86. That song was the talk of middle school.
😂 I saw him on a promo last year, I think, for The Brady Bunch on METV. Adorable!
I was never a big fan of Robbie, but I loved your clip. I bought that John Denver Greatest Hits album in 1974, along with the Beatles Red and Blue compilation albums, and The Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 Foursider. The big selling point on the John Denver album was the long version of Sunshine on My Shoulders. Sadly, Denver's mistreatment of his wife Annie soured me on his music only a few years later. I never play him anymore.
He was also the character of “Booger” in the never aired pilot TV show based on the movie of REVENGE OF THE NERDS.
I've seen that one. I understand why it was just a pilot.