15 Bizarre TV Shows That Somehow Ended Up Airing
Anyone know where we can binge-watch these?
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TV shows can feel a little formulaic sometimes.
Average family + cultural references + wacky neighbor = SITCOM.
Hot people + cool house + booze = REALITY.
Gratuitous violence + gratuitous nasty = HBO.
That's why we salute the insane producers, desperate celebrities, and cynical network execs who have given us these refreshingly bizarre premises over the years.
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![My Mother the Car NBC, 1965 A man buys a used car that turns out to be his dead mother, reincarnated as a vintage 1928 Porter. Also, this guy is horny](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/4/4/729444.jpg?v=1)
![Wonder Showzen MTV2, 2005 This was a psychological horror dressed as children's programming. D.O.G. .Who did B.GY. you exploit today? It used Sesame S](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/9/729439.jpg?v=1)
![SHATTERED UK 2004 This reality show was a competition to stay awake for one full week while completing menial tasks. The final 3 contestants had to li](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/7/729437.jpg?v=1)
![Mr. Smith NBC, 1983 An escaped orangutan drinks a serum at a government facility and becomes a hot shot political mastermind. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/4/0/729440.jpg?v=1)
![COP ROCK ABC-1990 This musical police procedural featured showstoppers like: -Quitcherbitchin lache to hear the doggie sing again -I wanna go bumpty b](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/4/2/729442.jpg?v=1)
![Joe Millionaire Fox, 2003 Contestants on this dating show battled for the love and affection of a i-millionaire. In reality, the handsome bachelor was](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/4/729434.jpg?v=1)
![Buddies ABC, 1996 After a single, wildly popular appearance on Home Improvement, Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer were given their own series. Then produ](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/6/729436.jpg?v=1)
![Kid Nation CBS-2007 Lord of the Flies meets... actually, it's just Lord of the Flies. ONANZA 40 kids between 8 and 15 spent a month trying to create a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/4/1/729441.jpg?v=1)
![In 1990, NBC aired a single episode of a show called WHERE'S RODNEY wherein a troubled teen magically summoned Rodney Dangerfield to solve his romanti](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/8/729438.jpg?v=1)
![Manimal NBC, 1983 Shapeshifting crime-fighter Dr. Jonathan Chase could turn into any animal in THE world. Although he mostly just turned into a hawk,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/1/729431.jpg?v=1)
![1.6 million Norwegians tuned in live to watch SLOWTV SALMON FISHING The prize for winning this salmon fishing competition was a pair of weird sunglass](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/2/9/729429.jpg?v=1)
![The Swan FOX, 2004 This perverse ugly duckling allegory gave reality show contestants extreme plastic surgerY. That, and a lifetime of body dysmorphia](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/0/729430.jpg?v=1)
![Qh MyyGhost South Korea, 2015 A virgin ghost inhabits a woman's body, and makes her f*k her boss.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/2/729432.jpg?v=1)
![Heil Honey I'm Home! UK, 1990 heil honey O'm tfome Like I Love Lucy, if Ricky actively tried to murder Fred and Ethel.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/3/729433.jpg?v=1)