O'Brien and Smigel were "Batman" fans and recognized what Adam West could do. Lookwell is the quintessential vehicle for West's comedic talent. It's easy to imagine a weekly series wearing out its welcome fairly quickly (as Batman did), but that pilot episode is a gem for the ages.
Transitional Technology is fast becoming a Catalog of Cool for our times. Does anyone else remember as fondly as I do, Gene Sculatti's Catalog of Cool that was published in 1982?
Until you mentioned Maurer's substack, I was terrified because just yesterday I went looking for Lookwell ALSO and couldn't find it on streaming (but didn't think of YouTube) and now today you're talking about it and it was like some kind of psychic phenomenon was happening--and then you mentioned Maurer and I remembered why I went looking for Lookwell (because I subscribe to him also--maybe you mentioned him once and that's how I came to know about him?) so we were both prompted by the same source so what seemed like an unaccountable psychic phenomenon had a "rational explanation after all" (like in every TV show and movie). Phew.
O'Brien and Smigel were "Batman" fans and recognized what Adam West could do. Lookwell is the quintessential vehicle for West's comedic talent. It's easy to imagine a weekly series wearing out its welcome fairly quickly (as Batman did), but that pilot episode is a gem for the ages.
A gem for the ages indeed!
Transitional Technology is fast becoming a Catalog of Cool for our times. Does anyone else remember as fondly as I do, Gene Sculatti's Catalog of Cool that was published in 1982?
Yes! That book was a bible to my 18 year-old self.
Until you mentioned Maurer's substack, I was terrified because just yesterday I went looking for Lookwell ALSO and couldn't find it on streaming (but didn't think of YouTube) and now today you're talking about it and it was like some kind of psychic phenomenon was happening--and then you mentioned Maurer and I remembered why I went looking for Lookwell (because I subscribe to him also--maybe you mentioned him once and that's how I came to know about him?) so we were both prompted by the same source so what seemed like an unaccountable psychic phenomenon had a "rational explanation after all" (like in every TV show and movie). Phew.