POOR DEVIL (1973): This unsold pilot is a real oddity. Sammy Davies Jr is a low-level demon seeking a promotion, Christopher Lee is Lucifer, his boss, Hell looks like a groovy airport lounge, and Adam West guest stars. What more could you possibly want?

Enjoy Poor Devil in full here:

𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Scott Galloway, multi-millionaire professor, gives dire warning about the decline of American capitalism, expanding wealth inequality and far-right CEOs. ★ NEW ARTICLE ⬇️

Do these pilots languish unseen? Surely* some enterprising company could put out compilation dvds of pilots that never went to series. * I'm not calling you Shirley.

I think so, yeah. There are a couple of American clip shows about bonkers pilot episodes on YouTube, well worth checking out

My dad plugged this film. I remember it being on TV on a Sunday afternoon in Scotland in the 70s when I was still in single digits. I don’t recall it ever being repeated.

Crazy the variety of projects Christopher Lee appeared in around this time.

Would watch. It looks great! Looked, I guess.

Here's the whole thing. Enjoy!

instead we got Barnaby jones 🥴

The concept may not have succeeded on TV in America, but something similar became a long running radio comedy series on BBC Radio 4.