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Today, Jack Black is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars—known for iconic roles in School of Rock, Kung Fu Panda, Tropic Thunder, and his most recent Minecraft movie. But did you know he almost starred in a TV series created by Rick and Morty and Community mastermind Dan Harmon?

This unaired pilot—often called one of the greatest shows that never made it to air—could have changed Jack Black’s career forever. Discover the full story behind this forgotten project, why it was never picked up, and how close we came to seeing Jack Black dominate television.

It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 621--Heat Vision and Jack (https://www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-621-heat-vision-and-jack/)

We venture into the absurd with this pilot, where one character gets his abilities due to solar radiation, while his partner is half motorcycle and half human. This project had two future stars, as well as a third coming off his big movie a year earlier. (Coming. IYKYK.) ABC passed on it, and apparently FOX had to decide between this and a classic FOX sitcom as a 1999-2000 midseason replacement. FOX made the right choice.