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Piloting the Pilots
Ambivalent television viewers, Erin and Cam, soar the small screen skies for the best, and worst, television pilots. **NO AI TRAINING: Without limiting the author's and publisher's exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this podcast, its audio files, transcripts, or show notes to 'train' generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is expressly prohibited. The copyright owner reserves all rights to license uses of this work for AI training and development of machine learning…
Episodes
- Piloting the Pilots
Flight 113 Mission: Impossible
What’s up, Agents! This week, should they choose to accept it, Erin and Cam go back in time to the analog world of the Sixties for Mission [pause] Impossible…
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Flight 112 Yellowjackets
What’s up, Busy Buzzers! This week, Erin and Cam go back to the terrifying decade of grunge and boy bands, the Nineties! They discuss the show Yellowjackets…
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Flight 111 Resident Evil
What’s up, Zombies! This week, Erin and Cam call an audible to revisit the Resident Evil franchise. They dance around Spoilers, doubt their survival skills…
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Flight 110 Star Trek: Enterprise
What’s up, Trekies! This week, Cam and Erin get Back to Bakula with Star Trek Voyager. CONTENT WARNING: Audio may not be suitable for children from…
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Flight 109 Quantum Leap
What’s up, Leapers! This week, Cam and Erin provide some (more) linguistic updates, how quantum entanglement is like Super Mario Brothers, and debate whether…
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Flight 108 Stargate-SG1
What’s up Gaters! This week, Cam and Erin provide some linguistic updates, recast themselves in their lives, and encounter ambush bush all while watching…
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Flight 107 Babylon 5
Hey TV Fans! This week, Cam and Erin watched Babylon 5 and struggled to find something about the show to babble on about. Contact Twitter -- @pilotpilots Email…
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Flight 106 First Kill
Good Day, Night Fiends! After a week thwarted by technical issues, Erin and Cameron return with a look at the new Netflix YA Vampire Romance, FIRST KILL. They…
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Flight 105 Days Of Our Lives
Good Day, Opera Fans!! This week, Erin and Cameron cozy up to the most boring game of The Sims since the Sims as they cleanse themselves of the not-so-tawdry…
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Flight 104 Halo
Sempre Fi, Spartans! This week, Erin and Cameron warm up their consoles and watched the new Paramount+ show: Halo! They discuss missed Biblical references, the…
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Flight 103 Buck Rogers
Bee-dee-bee-dee-bee! This week, Erin and Cameron are flung from their dystopian present to the far dystopian future in the late 70s tv show: BUCK ROGERS. They…
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Flight 102 Strange New Worlds
Greetings, Star Fleet Cadets! We just can’t stay out of the stars – and things get political. This week, Erin and Cameron discuss the brand new Star Trek…
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Flight 101 Moonshot
Greetings, Lunatics!! “Moon Month” comes to an end with an ignominious crater of crap. This week, Cameron and Erin watched the in-flight movie: Moonshot. They…
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Flight 100 Moonlighting
Greetings, Lunatics!! “Moon Month” continues with a neo(ish)-noir staylings of 1985’s MOONLIGHTING. Cameron and Erin discuss the incomprehensibility of the…
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Flight 099 Moone Boy
Hello Friends (Both imaginary and less so)! This week, Erin and Cameron continue with their impromptu “moon month” with the Irish television series MOONE BOY…
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Flight 098 Moon Knight
Hello! This week, Erin and Cameron get lost in the new Disney+ series Moon knight. What happened to the fish? What did that old lady do? Who was the Egyptian…
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Flight 097 The Greatest American Heroine
Greetings from Palmdale! Believe it or not, we’re not done with the world of The Greatest American Hero just yet.This week, we watched The Greatest American…
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Flight 096 The Greatest American Hero
Hello, Extra Terrestrials! Believe it or not, we’re back with another classic from the 80s! Beamed to us from interstellar fans from beyond our solar system…
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Flight 095 Perry Mason (2021)
Hello, Jurors! Once again (again), Erin and Cameron travel to the far flung(present) past with the rebooted legal(?) drama, Perry Mason. They talk about mashed…
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Flight 094 Perry Mason
Hello, Jurors! Today, Erin and Cameron travel travel to the far flung past with the original legal drama, Perry Mason. They talk about Perry Mason’s incredible…
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Flight 093 MacGyver
Hello, Riders! This week, Erin and Cameron watched MacGyver, the ultimate temporary fix. They'll discuss the majesty of Asia’s Grand Canyon, 80s progressivism…
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Flight 092 Knight Rider
Hello, Riders! This week, Erin and Cameron discuss why furries make the best spies, try to deduce Michael Knight’s precise vocation, and break down the best…
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Flight 091 The Love Boat
Hello, Crewmates! This week, Erin and Cameron discuss zombie dreams and their remedy (more zombies), sing the praises of Bryce Dallas Howard, and give you some…
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Flight 090 Golden Girls/Golden Palace
Hello Gals! This week, Erin and Cameron discuss to crunchy crypt keepers, vintage recipes, and those gals that are oh so golden. Enjoy! Contact Twitter --…
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Flight 089 Hannibal
Hello, Clarice(s).... This week, Erin and Cameron discuss the Silence of the Lambs spinoff: Hannibal. They also give you a run down of some of the truly great…
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Flight 088 And Just Like That
We’re back!! “It’s called the ‘reverse Sleeping Beauty.’” – Cam Finally, a show for Generation X, liberal Karens! Erin and Cam watched the Sex and the City…
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Flight 087 Felicity
We’re back!! After an unplanned hiatus due to illness, Cameron and Erin are back with a special, extra long episode! This week, they go over some of the good…
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Flight 086 The Wonder Years(es)
Good morning, Starshines! This week, Erin might have to eat her words with regards to reboots as she and Cam watch both The Wonder Years (1989) and The Wonder…
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Flight 085 Dawson's Creek
Ahoy hoy, Creekers! It’s finally here, Dawson’s Creek, a show that’s either an angsty, coming of age drama or a sinister origin story. We talk about flaccid…
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Flight 084 Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Greetings, sexy vampires! Sorry this week’s episode is late, but when you hear Erin’s voice...you’ll get it. Erin and Cam discuss vampire taxes, the coolest…
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Flight 083 I Know What You Did Last Summer
What’s up, party ghouls! Erin and Cam have pulled another fast one and decided to go with the recently released, nostalgia wank that is “I Know What You Did…
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Flight 082 ~Vampires
What’s up, bloodsuckas! This week, Erin and Cameron endure about a quarter of an hour of the show they said they were going to do, before bailing to more…
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Flight 081 The Thing (In-Flight Movie)
Welcome to Antarctica! This week, Erin and Cameron revisit one of their favorite films. They gush over its superlative soundtrack and acting, discuss movies…
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Flight 080 Ares
Welcome to the Society! Erin and Cameron know you all “disappear well enough,” but could you disappear enough into a Dutch secret society (i.e. student…
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Flight 079 Resident Evil Infinite Darkness
Greetings, Ghouls! Once again, Erin and Cameron brave the dark world of zombies with the Netflix animated show RESIDENT EVIL: INFINITE DARKNESS. They discuss…
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Flight 078 Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild (In-Flight Movie)
What's up, you beasts! This week, Erin and Cameron finally watch Monster Hunter...just not the one they wanted to do. Instead, they watched, uh, whatever this…
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Flight 076 Evil
We’re back! This week, Erin and Cam get entrenched the streaming wars, catch you up on some of things they’ve been watching, and debate what exactly makes a…
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Flight 075 Ragnarok
Hei venner! This week, Erin and Cam know just enough to get themselves into trouble. They discuss Sweet Baby Thor, bad superhero tropes, and ask, “is it weird…
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Flight 074 Grey's Anatomy
What’s up, docs? This week, Erin and Cam discuss all your favorites: Dr. Hair, Dr. Douche, and Dr Dull. We talk about the unprofessional atmosphere, their…
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Flight 073 Zoo
Rawr, animals This week, Erin and Cam travel the globe to discover the mystery of zombie lions and why the show Zoo doesn’t appear to be about them. They also…
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Flight 072 Titans
Hey heroes! Get your lozenges, because here we are, again, with another superhero property with MBO Max’s misguided effort: Titans. Cam and Erin discuss…
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Flight 071 Reality-Flix
Hello! Sorry about the delay, but I guess that’s reality... This week, Erin and Cameron offer you a potpourri of shows. We talk about vagina candles, how fried…
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Flight 070 The Gifted
Hello, MENSA Maniacs! This week, Erin and Cam’s present to you is a dive into the X-Men universe with THE GIFTED. What color should Atlanta be? Would you beat…
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Flight 069 Castlevania
Hello,Night Children! This week, Erin and Cam enter into their spookiest genre yet — video game adaptation. They discuss what sexy Trevor Belmont, beastiality…
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Flight 068 Loki
Hello, Demigods! Welcome to The Rencast! On today’s episode gush over the MCU’s newest Disney+ series, Loki. They discuss Tom Huddleston and Owen Wilson’s…
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Flight 067 Sweet Tooth
Hello, hybrids! On today’s episode the podcast’s bona fides are confirmed regarding Jupiter’s “Legacy,” Erin and Cam give some solid parenting advice, and take…
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Flight 066 Greenland (In-Flight Movie)
Hello, survivors! It’s a disaster this week as Erin and Cam attempt to outpace the plodding action of GREENLAND. They talk about parenting during a natural…
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Flight 065 Jupiter's Legacy
Hello, heroes! This week, Erin and Cameron punch the lights out of economic anxieties as they watch the capitalist propaganda of Jupiter’s Legacy’s pilot…
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Flight 064 His Dark Materials
Hello, and welcome to our 100th episode! (46 episodes of MsW and 64 of Piloting the Pilots) This week, it’s Rashomon as Cameron and Erin have completely…
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Flight 063 Shadow And Bone
We’re back, werebears! This week, Erin takes control of the scheduling and picks a different show. Instead of Baywatch, this week Erin and Cameron cover the…
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Flight 062 Charlie's Angels
Hi Angels! You take the good with the bad -- and this week, it’s bad as Erin and Cam discuss the 70s phenomenon that was CHARLIE’S ANGELS. They talk about how…
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Flight 061 Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
Howl are you doing?! This week, Erin and Cameron abandon all pretense that they were ever going to make it through Ridiculous 6 and end up watching a random…
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Flight 060 The Young Riders
Giddy-up, pardners! This week, Erin and Cameron gush over the largely forgotten gem, THE YOUNG RIDERS. They ponder its intended audience, discuss its blend of…
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Flight 059 Sex And The City
Welp...you win. This week, Erin and Cameron grab a pack of Marlboro’s and hit the streets of "the City that Never Sleeps" in the iconic Sex and the City. Erin…
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Flight 058 House
::pulls down mask and shakes head:: This week, join Erin and Cameron in the PR as they discuss the medical detective drama: HOUSE. They discuss Doctery…
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Flight 057 The Falcon And The Winter Soldier
Greetings, True Believers! This week Erin and Cam watch the high-flying Falcon and the brooding Winter Soldier in a story about feuding brothers that never…
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Flight 056 Miss Scarlet And The Duke
‘Allo, guv’nors!! This week Erin and Cam got themselves into a spot of bother, didn’t they, when they watched the PBS Masterpiece show: Miss Scarlet and the…
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Flight 055 The Glades
What’s up, swamp people! This week Erin and Cam watch as a hunky douche solves murders in The Glades — or maybe just a regular old swamp. They discuss its…
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Flight 054 Columbo
The game is afoot! Listen along as two dashedly daring detectives, Erin and Cam, deduce the diabolically demented doings of upercrust devils when they watch…
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Flight 053 The Kissing Booth (In-Flight Movie)
How you doin’? This is it. The end of love. Forever. Cameron makes a grand gesture to express his affection for Erin, but does it work? We talk about rage…