Popular cable horror hostess Elvira, Mistress of The Dark was a hot enough commodity such that she got to star in her own feature film in 1988. There are those that say that the movie was meant to be a back-door pilot for an NBC series, but it never materialized.
Five years later, Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) finally landed, at the very least, a pilot for a sitcom, partnering with 20th Century Fox for The Elvira Show. However, network suits were turned off by the sex jokes and other innuendos, as apparently, this was aimed to air during "family hour" time (8-9 pm ET), so the pilot never made it to air, and has circulated online and on the convention circuit.
Katherine Helmond, fresh from Who's The Boss?, co-stars, with John Paragon (ex-Pee-Wee's Playhouse) as the voice of the cat.
If the whole idea of a young woman discovering she has powers while living with her aunts sounds familiar, well, three years later, Archie Comics' Sabrina, The Teenage Witch was adapted for television, first as a TV-movie for Showtime, and then, kicking off a 7 year run on ABC & WB as a family friendly sitcom. Go figure.
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