Heat Vision and Jack

Someone described this show as the "greatest show you'll never see" and now thanks to you tube, you can see it. I got my hands on a copy of Heat Vision and Jack a few years ago, passed it around friends, and then forgot all about it. Sometime Saturday afternoon it just popped in my head again, and now, loyal foundation readers you too can see the legendary HEAT VISION AND JACK! Shot in 1999 after the Ben Stiller Show went off the air, this pilot was shot with Stiller, Owen Wilson and Jack Black as the lead. Stiller was trying to find a good vehicle for his pal Black, who at the time was struggling in obscurity, although an underground fave in Tenacious D before they went big. A bidding war broke out over this show, however at the last minute the network decided it was too expensive and too crazy to air. I wish networks would take more chances on quality shows like Get a Life and Arrested Development and realize how far street cred can get you. But these bastards never learn, and Heat Vision was to only survive as an underground video.


Heat Vision and Jack is a spoof of action and sci fi shows, think The Six Million Dollar Man etc. It has, sniff, rest in peace, Vincent Sciavelli and, in a career defining role, Ron Silver. I'm not embedding this because its 30 min long, however treat yourself to watching this. Let it download, get some cookie dough and laugh your ass off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWgXDOAJ5s