DwarfCast 155 – Red Dwarf USA Pilots – Commentary

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In my own personal and humble opinion, Red Dwarf fans are very lucky to have something like the US pilots. The mystery and excitement of them during the 90s and the black market in increasingly terrible copies are a defining part of many of our fandoms. Despite the fact we've still been unable to source a decent quality copy of either pilots, the time has come for Ian, Danny and Cappsy to commentate on these pilots 30 years after they were ill-conceived.

Show notes

• Pilot #1.
• Pilot #2.
• With thanks to the G&T Malcolm in the Middle correspondent Stephen Hegarty for his... contribution.
• Craig Bierko's 30th anniversary message for Dimension Jump XX.
• Red Dwarf USA clips featured in ABC's The Best TV Shows That Never Were.
• The early edit.
• A full and mostly clean version of the RD USA theme tune.
• Todd Rundgren's Wikipedia entry.
• Rob Grant's buttski to return to America?