Anyhow, the reason this caught my eye is that it "stars" Peter Boyle. As you'll see in this clip*, he was in the first section of the pilot, then voices the dog after his character is killed. So I have to assume he would have only provided a voice if this went to series. Why would you hire the singular-looking Peter Boyle and then only use his (also great) voice?!
This is a classic case of too many cooks. Along with Boyle, the talent here was all over the map as far as their backgrounds.
Will MacKenzie had directed a lot of episodes of "Newhart" and "WKRP," "Moonlighting," "Family Ties," "Everybody Loves Raymond" (with Boyle!) and many other shows. (He also played Carol's husband on "The Bob Newhart Show").
Amy Yasbeck played John Ritter's wife in "Problem Child," and also in real life.
Andy Summers is the guitarist for The Police!
Frank McRae was Sharkey in "License to Kill" (one of the most violent yet under-rated James Bond films ever), and also the police captain in "48 Hours."
But the biggest surprise is producer David Kirschner, the man behind both "An American Tail" and the stupid Chucky horror films!
Not a good combination of talents.
It kind of reminds me of "A Christmas Story," which was directed by Bob Clark (“Porky’s” and the horror-cult classic “Black Christmas), based on a book by Jean Shepard, who wrote humor pieces for "Playboy," "Car & Driver" and "MAD Magazine." That movie came out much better than "Poochinski," though.
*NOTE: The clip of "Poochinski" above is from an ABC special on (I believe) unsold pilots. Despite the branding, "Poochinski" really did air on NBC.
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