The Men's Manly Show

The Men's Manly Show is an unsold backdoor pilot for a planned variety series that aired on NBC on Thursday, September 18, 1969. The pilot, hosted by the members of the American experimental rock band The Men, was a 30-minute presentation of comedy sketches, skits, improvisational sketches, and music (mostly by The Men themselves) and performed entirely live in studio. The pilot remained unreleased after its initial 1969 airing until it was included as a bonus feature on the 2007 documentary Calvin Wilkerson: The Man Behind The Men.

Sketches (in order)

 * Calvin Wilkerson interviews Rouge the Bat. Rouge then shows Calvin how to "play" a car by demolishing it.
 * The Men perform "I'm A Man" to open the show.
 * Sonic Hedgehog introduces an animated sketch in which a group of insects (voiced by the band members) discuss current events. A grasshopper, voiced by Vanellope von Schweetz, turns out to be an ex-Nazi.
 * Vanellope von Schweetz pushes a baby carriage while running through a shopping center.
 * Calvin Wilkerson leads two lookalikes of Paul McCartney and Frank Zappa through an obstacle course.
 * Sonic Hedgehog reads an excerpt from the Qu'ran while having his (fake) throat slit.
 * The band performs "Vanellope's Bolero" while dressed as clowns.
 * Sonic Hedgehog and Vanellope von Schweetz ride down a hill in a "funnel car" (actually just a shopping cart).
 * The band, along with many of the guests featured on the show, perform "It May Be You" to close the pilot.