Stick Around (TV pilot)

Stick Around
Genre Science fiction sitcom
Written by Fred Freeman
Lawrence J. Cohen
Directed by Bill Hobin
Starring Andy Kaufman
Fred McCarren
Nancy New
Cliff Norton
Craig Richard Nelson
Theme music composer Rob Hegel
Carol George
Opening theme "Stick Around"
Country of origin United States of America
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 1
Production
Producer(s) Fred Freeman
Lawrence J. Cohen
Location(s) Metromedia Square, Hollywood, California
Editor(s) Jay Scherberth
Running time Approx. 0:28:25
Production company(s) T.A.T. Communications Company
Humble Productions, Inc.
Release
Original network ABC
Picture format Videotape
Original release May 30 (1977-05-30) – May 30, 1977 (1977-05-30)

Stick Around was an unsold television pilot for ABC, starring Andy Kaufman.  Only one episode was ever made, airing on 30 May 1977.

Kaufman portrayed Andy, a run-down servant robot in the future.  He used the same voice of his "Foreign Man" character that would one day become the signature voice of Latka Gravas on Taxi.

The pilot also starred Nancy New and Fred McCarren as Elaine and Vance Keefer, a married couple in the year 2055.  The plot of the episode revolves around Andy the robot's inadequacies as an older model, and whether or not they should replace him.  Vance owns an antique store, and there are a lot of jokes that revolve around his misconceptions about the antiques he has, all of which are common household appliances of the 1970s.  Vance is very frustrated by Andy's incompetence but eventually he and Elaine decide to keep him.

Andy would revive the robot character to some degree in the 1981 film Heartbeeps.

References

Terrace, Vincent: Experimental Television, Test Films, Pilots and Trial Series; McMillan Publishing

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