TV New Yorker investigates a new phenomina -- forgotten TV pilots finally seeing the light of day, or rather the darkness of a night club:
"Saturday TV Funhouse" was a dark parody of Bozo, with Smigel playing Prozo, a half-drunk clown. Prozo kicked things off by leading the studio audience in song: "If you're Jewish and you know it, clap your hands!" As children clapped uncertainly onscreen to the increasingly odd lyrics ("If your mom's completely Asian, but your father is Caucasian, making you an Amerasian, clap your hands!")
In Britain we have a similar phenomina -- it's called Sky Movies Max ...

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