Full Original Unaired Pilot Episode Online - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Lorimar Television · 06-24-2018, 08:12 PM

This was brought up in another thread but I hadn't seen it until just now. It's the entire unaired pilot complete with Jarrett Lennon as Mark Foster! Included are scenes that never made it on the air like Brendan bringing a tarantula when the Lamberts move in as well as Al moving in to Dana and Karen's bedroom. The closing credits are slightly different as well. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x409ohs

TV Guy · 06-24-2018, 09:15 PM

Thanks for posting. I had never really watched an episode of the show all the way through.

Some of the cast is weak, and the characters undeveloped. And did we really need the grandmother and aunt, too? And Patrick Duffy seems a bit miscast as a goofball after all those years playing Bobby Ewing.

However, I was most surprised by Suzanne Somers. She’s the best thing about this show. She knows how to deliver a punchline, and she does the serious/warm moments very well too. This is a better role for her than Chrissy Snow (particularly the braindead version of Chrissy). Staci Keenan also does well. It’s too bad there isn’t a better show built around them.

RetroGuy2000 · 06-25-2018, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lorimar Television

This was brought up in another thread but I hadn't seen it until just now. It's the entire unaired pilot complete with Jarrett Lennon as Mark Foster! Included are scenes that never made it on the air like Brendan bringing a tarantula when the Lamberts move in as well as Al moving in to Dana and Karen's bedroom. The closing credits are slightly different as well. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x409ohs

Thanks, Lorimar!

Having seen the remade pilot many times, I don't feel this pilot was any weaker than the broadcast pilot. I certainly don't see the "bad acting" from Jarrett that his second agent claimed got him canned from Step By Step (he mentions it in Christine Lakin's podcast). He was as good as Christopher in the role.

The Brendan-Mark tarantula scene is a nice bonus!

Viewers can still see portions of Jarrett in the broadcast pilot, at least in the backyard barbecue scene. And of course in the opening credits.

I wish they would have kept Aunt Penny and the Grandma, at least on a recurring basis. They basically replaced them with Cody, who certainly brought a lot to the show (and you really don't notice this until the end of the show, when he's gone).

JO Sweet Heart · 07-01-2018, 11:17 PM

^^^ I knew exactly what was going to be missing when I first got word about Cody being kicked from the show because he was my favorite character.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TV Guy

Some of the cast is weak, and the characters undeveloped. And did we really need the grandmother and aunt, too? And Patrick Duffy seems a bit miscast as a goofball after all those years playing Bobby Ewing.

Maybe that was why Patrick went for the role because it was so different compared to his Dallas character.

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

Tupring · 10-02-2018, 08:41 AM

I uploaded this extremely rare pilot and own possibly the only VHS copy that exists today. When I was a teenager, my family was signed up to do market research surveys and this was shown to us privately via Paragon Cable on Channel 51 (one of their FirstChoice Pay-Per-View channels) and I was smart enough at age 15 to know to record it with the VCR. In 2016, I finally found the copy I misplaced many years ago in a box of unlabeled tapes.

Lorimar Television · 10-11-2018, 04:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tupring

I uploaded this extremely rare pilot and own possibly the only VHS copy that exists today. When I was a teenager, my family was signed up to do market research surveys and this was shown to us privately via Paragon Cable on Channel 51 (one of their FirstChoice Pay-Per-View channels) and I was smart enough at age 15 to know to record it with the VCR. In 2016, I finally found the copy I misplaced many years ago in a box of unlabeled tapes.

We really appreciate it! It could've been lost forever otherwise!

superpsych · 08-20-2021, 10:34 PM

Does anybody have the unaired pilot of Step by Step? The link from DailyMotion no longer works.

Lorimar Television · 08-20-2021, 11:53 PM

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...U3F2AkaCXSBoJJ

JO Sweet Heart · 08-21-2021, 04:24 PM

^^^ Wow, I never knew that the first episode was never shown. Was it not shown later on at some point during the show's first season?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

RetroGuy2000 · 08-21-2021, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JO Sweet Heart

^^^ Wow, I never knew that the first episode was never shown. Was it not shown later on at some point during the show's first season?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

They reshot the pilot, and it's basically the same as the old pilot, but with Jerrett's scenes replaced with Christopher's scenes. However, in a few of the broadcast episode's scenes, you can actually still see Jerrett. You can see "Old Mark" and Brendan playing together in the background of the scene at the picnic table, for example. I guess they didn't shoot a whole episode, but instead just spliced in new footage to replace "Old Mark" with "New Mark".

superpsych · 08-21-2021, 07:30 PM

The full episode was shot and was on DailyMotion but it was taken down

Lorimar Television · 08-23-2021, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

They reshot the pilot, and it's basically the same as the old pilot, but with Jerrett's scenes replaced with Christopher's scenes. However, in a few of the broadcast episode's scenes, you can actually still see Jerrett. You can see "Old Mark" and Brendan playing together in the background of the scene at the picnic table, for example. I guess they didn't shoot a whole episode, but instead just spliced in new footage to replace "Old Mark" with "New Mark".

Yep exactly!

Tupring · 09-20-2021, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by superpsych

The full episode was shot and was on DailyMotion but it was taken down

Yeah, It doesn't work anymore because they closed my account…
I'll upload the copy I still have on my computer and post a link here.

LINK: https://multiup.org/9e861c406c461c6f64c71f36ff290047

StepByStep4ever · 10-10-2024, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tupring

Yeah, It doesn't work anymore because they closed my account…
I'll upload the copy I still have on my computer and post a link here.

LINK: https://multiup.org/9e861c406c461c6f64c71f36ff290047

Can you reupload the unaired pilot? The links are dead now. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

06-24-2018, 08:12 PM	#1
Lorimar Television Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 7,034	Full Original Unaired Pilot Episode Online This was brought up in another thread but I hadn't seen it until just now. It's the entire unaired pilot complete with Jarrett Lennon as Mark Foster! Included are scenes that never made it on the air like Brendan bringing a tarantula when the Lamberts move in as well as Al moving in to Dana and Karen's bedroom. The closing credits are slightly different as well. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x409ohs
	__________________ Some of my favorite theme songs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-e...89CsiJpV_irnNw

06-24-2018, 09:15 PM	#2
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	Thanks for posting. I had never really watched an episode of the show all the way through. Some of the cast is weak, and the characters undeveloped. And did we really need the grandmother and aunt, too? And Patrick Duffy seems a bit miscast as a goofball after all those years playing Bobby Ewing. However, I was most surprised by Suzanne Somers. She’s the best thing about this show. She knows how to deliver a punchline, and she does the serious/warm moments very well too. This is a better role for her than Chrissy Snow (particularly the braindead version of Chrissy). Staci Keenan also does well. It’s too bad there isn’t a better show built around them.

10-02-2018, 08:41 AM	#5
Tupring Member Forum Cub Join Date: Oct 02, 2018 Posts: 2	I uploaded this extremely rare pilot and own possibly the only VHS copy that exists today. When I was a teenager, my family was signed up to do market research surveys and this was shown to us privately via Paragon Cable on Channel 51 (one of their FirstChoice Pay-Per-View channels) and I was smart enough at age 15 to know to record it with the VCR. In 2016, I finally found the copy I misplaced many years ago in a box of unlabeled tapes.

08-20-2021, 10:34 PM	#7
superpsych Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 18, 2006 Posts: 45	Does anybody have the unaired pilot of Step by Step? The link from DailyMotion no longer works.

08-20-2021, 11:53 PM	#8
Lorimar Television Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 7,034	https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...U3F2AkaCXSBoJJ

08-21-2021, 04:24 PM	#9
JO Sweet Heart Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 11, 2012 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 7,834	^^^ Wow, I never knew that the first episode was never shown. Was it not shown later on at some point during the show's first season? God bless you always!!! Holly

08-21-2021, 07:30 PM	#11
superpsych Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 18, 2006 Posts: 45	The full episode was shot and was on DailyMotion but it was taken down