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461: Deep Diving the ER Pilot

Podcast |: The Popcast With Knox and Jamie
Publisher |: Wondery
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Arts,; Society & Culture,; TV & Film
Categories Via RSS |: Arts,; Society & Culture,; TV & Film
Publication Date |: Jul 06, 2022
Episode Duration |: 01:18:02

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In this episode, we wheel our pilot program gurney down the 1994 procedural drama hallway of ER. Join us in the exam room as we discuss how ER was the defibrillator for NBC, why George Clooney was basically a baby dinosaur, and which actors we would re-cast. Plus we touch on whose careers have flatlined and who came out with a prescription for stardom.

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Rewind: LOST Pilot Program 438
Background: Television Pilot (wiki) | Everything You Need To Know About Pilot Season by Christopher Ming
Watch the ER pilot: Hulu | HBO | Amazon (purchase)
Reference: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
Oral histories of ER: EW | NY Times | TV Guide
Noteworthy Steadicam tracking shots: ER’s opening | True Detective | Elephant
Mentions: S1E19 Love’s Labor Lost | S1E1 Benton v. Morgenstern scene | S1E24 Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Fact check: William H. Macy’s wife was part of the college admissions scandal?
Reminder: Bechdel test | Latiff test
Buy: ER the video game
Recasts: Kate Walsh | Lauren Graham | Connie Britton | Amanda Peet (See also: Amanda Peet and Sarah Paulson convos on Instagram) | Gabriel Union | Elizabeth Berkley
Learn more: Michael Chriton wiki
Starters: 40 ER guest stars
Recommendations: House | Veep | The Good Doctor
Red light mentions: Other Jamie Goldens | GenX Knoxes | Joey Chestnut takes down a protestor

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