Lookwell was a television program written and produced by Conan O'Brien and starring Adam West as a washed-up TV action hero who falsely believes he can solve crimes in real life. It was broadcast on NBC in July 1991 but was not picked up as a series. The show has a strong cult following based upon the pilot episode, available on bootleg tapes. The pilot included touring comedian and broadway performer Brian Bradley. It has been replayed on the Trio network for "Brilliant But Cancelled". Image File history File links Lookwell. ... Image File history File links Lookwell. ... Conan OBrien Conan Christopher O’Brien (born April 18, 1963) is a comedian best known as host of NBCs late-night talk show/variety show Late Night with Conan O’Brien. ... Adam West Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington) is best known as the actor who played the role of Batman on the original television program that ran from 1966 to 1968. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Trio (or TRIO) was an American cable and satellite television channel owned by NBC Universal. ...
Also note that the pilot was co-written and produced by Robert Smigel, creator of TV's "Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog" (also the actor/puppeteer), and "TV Funhouse". The Executive Producer is Lorne Michaels of Saturday Night Live. Robert Smigel (b. ... Best of Triumph DVD (2004) Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog is a puppet created and performed by Robert Smigel premiering in 1997 on NBCs Late Night with Conan OBrien. ... TV Funhouse is the title of a recurring skit on Saturday Night Live featuring cartoon animation by Robert Smigel, as well as a short-lived spinoff series that ran on Comedy Central, which starred Doug Dale as the host. ... Lorne Michaels Lorne Michaels CM , LL.D (born November 17, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television producer and writer best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute comedy-variety show from NBC which has been broadcast nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ...
Dutch bikewear manufacturer Lookwell started in Eindhoven in 1974 by making leather suits for hardcore sports bikers; from the beginning a large proportion of their products went straight onto the track to be put to the ultimate test.
Lookwell's best-known "road tester", however, is adventurer Sjaak Lucassen, who rode a Honda Fireblade 235 000km to the ends of the earth while wearing a Lookwell racing suit every day for three years.
Lookwell has taken this idea a step further, with a second lining, a mini-cape that zips inside the shoulders and fits tightly around your neck with Velcro.
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