# "How did anyone think that was a good idea?"

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-anyone-think-that-was-a-good-idea/849380 "2020-03-13T02:12:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-anyone-think-that-was-a-good-idea/849380/102 "2020-03-23T15:17:07Z")

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Crossposted from the “failed pilot” thread:

> [@Shows that weren't picked up as a series/never came to be.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-werent-picked-up-as-a-series-never-came-to-be/849024/71):
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> [Alan Alda adopting an invisible baby from outer space, Dwayne Hickman as a Manhattan lawyer with a 140-year-old client, Dwayne’s younger brother Darryl starring in a live action _Flintstones_…](https://www.handitv.com/lists/6-failed-tv-pilots-from-1966-that-featured-familiar-faces)

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