https://www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-489-platypus-man/

It's the mid-90s and two startup networks are looking for programming (https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/30/arts/television-review-2-new-sitcoms-1-new-network.html). A flavor of the month at the time (https://archive.nerdist.com/remembering-richard-jeni/) was giving stand-up comics their own shows (https://www.reddit.com/r/sitcoms/comments/1am280m/platypus_man/), see Seinfeld, Life with Louie, and Roseanne, and later The Drew Carey Show and Everybody Loves Raymond. The new network was UPN (https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/platypus-man-1200439976/) and the comic was (https://www.aspentimes.com/news/richard-jeni-a-real-stand-up-guy/) Richard Jeni (https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/08/18/jeni-hopes-to-evolve-beyond-extinct-platypus-man/), who took a concept (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/RichardJeni) from his stand-up show (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-16-ca-669-story.html) and loosely molded it into (https://www.aspentimes.com/news/richard-jeni-a-real-stand-up-guy/) a Seinfeld-like TV show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus_Man).

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It's the mid-90s and two startup networks are looking for programming. A flavor of the month at the time was giving stand-up comics their own shows, see Seinfeld, Life with Louie, and Roseanne, and later The Drew Carey Show and Everybody Loves Raymond. The new network was UPN (https://www.google.com/search?q=Platypus+Man+UPN&sca_esv=daec8179f8ec0e02&sca_upv=1&biw=1600&bih=773&tbs=bkt%3As%2Ccdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F1995%2Ccd_max%3A12%2F31%2F1995&tbm=bks&sxsrf=ADLYWILTl2fCzAxRJhUVK5ICD1ygVTcEpg%3A1724819013253&ei=RabOZtCcD6eA5OMPif2kmQk&ved=0ahUKEwiQ09jE65aIAxUnAHkGHYk-KZM4ChDh1QMICg&uact=5&oq=Platypus+Man+UPN&gs_lp=Eg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzIhBQbGF0eXB1cyBNYW4gVVBOMgUQIRirAjIFECEYqwIyBRAhGKsCSKgcUJ4DWOgZcAF4AJABAZgB_QWgAbwQqgENMC40LjAuMS4xLjAuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCBqAC0geYAwCIBgGSBwcxLjQuMC4xoAfrDA&sclient=gws-wiz-books) and the comic was Richard Jeni (https://www.google.com/search?q=Platypus+Man+Richard+Jeni&sca_esv=daec8179f8ec0e02&sca_upv=1&biw=1600&bih=773&tbs=bkt%3As%2Ccdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F1995%2Ccd_max%3A12%2F31%2F1995&tbm=bks&sxsrf=ADLYWIKy4MhwRS8P1a7lA1-3gjfhxlxaXg%3A1724819018994&ei=SqbOZqGwPNvfp84Pl5LLoAE&ved=0ahUKEwih_bbH65aIAxXb78kDHRfJEhQQ4dUDCAo&uact=5&oq=Platypus+Man+Richard+Jeni&gs_lp=Eg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzIhlQbGF0eXB1cyBNYW4gUmljaGFyZCBKZW5pMgUQIRirAkiVClC4BFjqBnAAeACQAQCYAZQDoAH2BKoBBzAuMi40LTG4AQPIAQD4AQH4AQKYAgKgAvIBmAMAiAYBkgcDMC4yoAfUAw&sclient=gws-wiz-books), who took a concept from his stand-up show and loosely molded it into a Seinfeld-like TV show (https://web.archive.org/web/20140405000104/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3152132-platypus-man/#entry).