PsychBurn (1998)

PsychBurn was what musicians call a contractbreaker ABC had given us some coin to make a few short films for a TV Pilot LoveIn Tonite was to be a psychedelic rock variety show with live performances skits and whatnot to cash in on the emerging hippie demographic Even preDisney the network was riddled with a bunch of outoftouch pencilpushing buffoons so I quickly realized the show would be a disaster Imagine if Midnight Special was produced by Aaron Spelling Then cast Charles Nelson Reilly as emcee That would have been a far more lively show than LoveIn Tonite So I decided to deliver the suits a farewell kickinthebutt called PsychBurn The best part was that they presented my film sight unseen at a board meeting about the new Fall Season I heard some heads rolled over that one JXW