HOT AIR BALLONS COPS - THE SKETCH MTV DIDNT WANT YOU TO SEE
We originally shot this piece for the pilot episode of Human GIant, but we could never get this sketch on the show because there was one executive who used to work with us that HATED the sketch (and us) so much that he wouldn’t let us air it under any circumstances.
You probably are assuming he had some good reasons not to like the piece, take a look at his notes. First off, he called the piece “Unrealistic.”
“It just doesn’t make any sense. Why would anyone use a hot air balloon to chase a criminal?”
That was a good point, then again he did buy into the fact that Aziz bought an astronaut costume at a thrift store, trained for space travel at an amusement park and then traveled to the moon to fight an astronaut, so I guess realism has some shades of gray or this guy led an insane life.
He also claimed that the police officer’s uniforms were totally unrealistic (which they were were) but he felt that would distract the audience from the overall story of piece. He might have been right if we were making the Departed, but I don’t think the lack of real uniforms are going to get you lost in the Labryinth of this sketch’s plot, it’s pretty straight forward, after you read the title you kinda get the idea.
Sadly the final insult came he stared at me an admitted that hated when people wore fake moustaches, he thought that was “Just stupid”.
Sadly, I don’t think anyone ever let this guy in on the fact we were making a sketch comedy show. He probably thought we were the cast of Run’s House and he didn’t understand why the show got so broad.
Luckily this year that executive left the show, I think he’s moved to something more culturally refined, like the Flavor Flav sitcom on CW and we were left with really cool executives who let us have gay ghost sex, brutal stabbings, kiddie coffins, and plenty of moustaches.
So tune into Human Giant Season 2 Tonight 11PM/10C (ONLY 2 EPISODES LEFT!)
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