How many people saw that 30-minute pilot for Ben Stiller‘s Heat Vision and Jack seven years ago on Fox? Penned by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab, it was about an astronaut named Jack Austin (Jack Black) and his pet motorcycle (voiced by Owen Wilson) hiding out from the dreaded Ron Silver — the actor playing himself as a dual-identity villain — and his evil NASA bosses.
Fox blew it off, but it’s pretty damn clever and funny….a satire of gimmick superpower shows in the vein of “Captain America”or “Knight Rider.” In any event, here it is on YouTube.
