The TV Wheel
By
ComedyTV Movie
1995 54min
Synopsis
A pilot for a sketch comedy show. A single stationary camera was mounted inside the center of a large rotating platform. As the platform rotated around the camera, a scene would come into view of the camera. The wheel would stop and a sketch would play out in the scene, which was often framed by some piece of appropriate artwork or prop (for the purposes of forced perspective). At the end of the scene, the wheel would rotate, carrying one scene out of the camera's view and bringing another in, and a new sketch would begin in the new scene. Some scenes were self-contained on the platform, while others were open to the studio beyond the platform (and additional action would take place in the background).
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Technical team
Judd Apatow Writing
Morwenna Banks Writing
Paul Feig Writing
Joel Hodgson Writing
Nick Bakay Writing
Nell Scovell Writing
Joel Hodgson Producing
Javier Winnik Producing
Jim Hodgson Producing
Production
HBO