{{Infobox television | image = Poochinski (1990 TV pilot).png | caption = | genre = | creator = | writer = [[David Kirschner]]<br/>[[Brian Levant]]<br/>Lon Diamond | director = [[Will Mackenzie]] | starring = [[George Newbern]]<br>[[Amy Yasbeck]]<br>[[Peter Boyle]] | theme_music_composer = [[Andy Summers]] | opentheme = | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = | num_episodes = 1 | executive_producer = David Kirschner<br/>Brian Levant<br/>Robert M. Myman<br/>[[John Ritter]] | producer = David Kirschner<ref name="kirsch1">(27 August 1989). "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_action=search&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF56761C7671292&p_field_direct-0=document_id The Plot Thickened]", ''Daily News of LA'' ("It reported that NBC just bought a show called "Poochinski." According to its producer David Kirschner ....")</ref> | camera = | runtime = | company = Adam Productions<br/>[[Hanna-Barbera|Bedrock Productions]]<br/>[[20th Century Fox Television]] | channel = [[NBC]] | released = {{Start date|1990|07|09}} }}
'''''Poochinski''''' is a 1990 unsold [[television pilot]].
==Background== The story follows [[Chicago]] police detective Stanley Poochinski (played by [[Peter Boyle]]), whose spirit is transferred into a [[flatulence|flatulent]] [[Bulldog|English bulldog]] after he is killed in the line of duty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/01/poochinski-proves-that-not-all-dogs-go-to-heaven-some-just-become-peter-boyle.html|website=www.vulture.com |title='Poochinski' Proves That Not All Dogs Go To Heaven (Some Just Become Peter Boyle) |first=Matt |last=Schimkowitz |date=22 January 2013 |access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref> The canine detective then returns to solving crimes.<ref name="debut">Terrace, Vincent. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XxTx1xK-q14C&pg=PT1092 ''Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937–2012''] (2013)</ref><ref name="pooched">(27 May 1990). [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB372E8B6E03C3D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Kup on Sunday], ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' ("A proposed series about a dog, titled 'Poochinski,' failed to make the cut.")</ref>
[[NBC]] decided not to pick up the series, but subsequently did air the pilot, on July 9, 1990.<ref name="debut"/> Years later, the show's premise has been recognized as one of the most bizarre in television history. On July 10, 2018, ''[[The Last Podcast on the Left]]'' aired the pilot in its entirety on their live stream on the [[Adult Swim]] website.<ref name="ref1">(14 January 2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20131023063404/http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2010-01-14/poochinski-the-greatest-show-of-all-time-that-was-never-made/ The Greatest Show of All Time (That Was Never Made)], [[VH1]]</ref><ref name="pooch2">Warder, Robin (6 October 2012). [http://www.cracked.com/article_20042_6-tv-shows-you-wont-believe-were-actually-made_p2.html 6 TV Shows You Won't Believe Were Actually Made], ''Cracked''</ref><ref name="special">(5 August 2004). [https://www.proquest.com/docview/420341522 ABC special shines light on failed shows], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''</ref><ref name="pooch10">Lyons, Margaret (6 January 2010). [http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/01/06/clip-du-jour-poochinski-is-the-bestworst-show-that-never-was/ Clip du jour: 'Poochinski' is the best/worst show that never was], ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''</ref><ref name="1995ref">(2 March 1995). "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5YxQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6932,332808&dq=poochinski&hl=en This humorous TV book assures BAD time for all]", ''[[Milwaukee Sentinel]]''</ref>
==Cast== * [[George Newbern]] as Det. Robert McKay * [[Amy Yasbeck]] as Frannie Reynolds * [[Frank McRae]] as Capt. Ed Martin * [[Brian Haley]] as Sgt. Shriver * [[Peter Boyle]] as Stanley Poochinski
== See also ==
* [[Sight Unseen (TV series)|''Sight Unseen'' (TV series)]]
* [[List of television shows notable for negative reception]]
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0422974|Poochinski (1990)}} * [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=srI8fEXmnQc Cinema Snob's take on the 1990 pilot] {{US-tv-episode-stub}}{{David Kirschner}}
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