Adam West in Lookwell

    I imagine i'm a little late to the party on this one.

    I was listening to the excellent podcast of Ralph Garman in conversation with Adam West (which you can find here) and in it Ralph mentioned a pilot Adam did in the early 90's for a comedy detective show called Lookwell. So curiosity got the better of me and I hunted it down on youtube, and I gotta say it didn't disappoint. It's one of those shows that you can't help but think "why the hell didn't this get picked up?" but at the same time you're kinda thankful it didn't because now you're left with this little treasure.  

    It spoofs those sunday afternoon murder mystery shows like Murder She Wrote and, somewhat anachronistically i guess, Diagnosis Murder; show's where the lead character gets themselves involved in homicide cases that they have no business interfering with, and it's centred by a top comedic performance from the man who would become Mayor Adam We almost 10 years later. 

    Like is said at the start, I think i'm a little late to the party on this one. Apparently it's been doing the comic convention circuit in the US for the last 20 years, but I haven't heard anything of this in the UK. Maybe it's just been off my radar but regardless of that, if i can spread this around a little it can only be a good thing.

Enjoy.