Friday, July 19, 2019

What Might've Been: Smartass (1999)

Smartass was a made-for-cable comedy game show, except for one thing. It didn't sell.

Host Jack Cass, a CGI anthropormorphic donkey (voiced by co-creator/co-executive producer Mark DeCarlo of Studs infamy), presided over the silliness of a game that could've landed at Comedy Central---if it hadn't been produced by Studios USA (Universal), and, perhaps, intended for USA Network.

Let's check the pilot.



If Jack looks like he was meant for a video game, it's because he was. University Games came out with a home video game version of the show, and that, at least, found its way to stores. Cross-promoting on television? Not so much.

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