Created by Shek Baker, Dennis Stemplinski, Matt Vermeulen

A man faces extremely long odds in his quest to secure a pumpkin and regain his ability to watch DVDs.

Screened: 2009-11-04 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 37/87 - 42.53% share; placed 7th of 9

Roommates Marc Antony and Mark Anthony come into conflict over which similarly named man is more deserving of a prestigious award.

Screened: 2009-11-04 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 10/87 - 11.49% share; placed 9th of 9

Created by Ed Mundy, Patrick Reardon, Andrew Jedlicka

Ed Mundy put together a lot of familiar 101ny faces for this behind-the-scenes show about what it'd be like if we were, you know, a real network based loosely on a sitcom. The ambitious effort may have been too inside for the NYTVF audience, but earned top-failed pilot.

Screened: 2009-09-23 at New York TV Festival

Votes: 48/124 - 38.71% share; placed 8th of 11

How does one do laundry when one is unemployed, and a huge monkey lives in the laundry room? This show attempts to tackle this age-old quandary.

Screened: 2009-09-23 at New York TV Festival

Votes: 41/124 - 33.06% share; placed 9th of 11

Created by Tip McMahon

Hobotown: it's not where you want to go unless you really want to give hobos cookies. Especially when all the hobos seem to be missing...

Screened: 2009-09-23 at New York TV Festival

Votes: 15/124 - 12.10% share; placed 10th of 11

Created by Greg Stees

Vamps alum Greg Stees scored Top Failed Pilot with a show about a guy who loses a limb, gains a fortune via lawsuit, regains the limb, and tries to make it as a star.

Screened: 2009-08-05 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 53/131 - 40.46% share; placed 7th of 10

Longtime screening presence Mitch Magee plays a bartender who knows just the right drink for every customer.

Screened: 2009-08-05 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 44/131 - 33.59% share; placed 9th of 10

Created by Aldous Davidson

The brain trust behind Vamps returns with their first Top Failed Pilot, portraying a world in which Angela Lansbury takes over Vincent D'Onofrio's L&O shift.

Screened: 2009-07-01 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 40/108 - 37.04% share; placed 7th of 10

Meet Curtis, a fellow who goes on adventures.

Screened: 2009-07-01 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 24/108 - 22.22% share; placed 8th of 10

Created by Joe Bell

From the people who made Identical Brothers comes the story about a hirsute man, his boat, and his terrible, terrible decisions.

Screened: 2009-07-01 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 23/108 - 21.30% share; placed 9th of 10

A bi-coastal effort, Body Buddies explores the world of a couple of guys who really hate flying a LOT.

Screened: 2009-07-01 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 18/108 - 16.67% share; placed 10th of 10

Created by Shek Baker, Matt Vermeulen, Dennis Stemplinski

A man is faced with the disagreeable choice of paying 21 dollars in taxes, or making a questionable tax deduction that might lead to shenanigans!

Screened: 2009-05-06 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 58/101 - 57.43% share; placed 6th of 8

Created by Eric Acosta

The inventive premise of this show is that both sides to every story must be examined. In this episode, we see 'The Karate Kid' from Johnny Lawrence's point of view.

Screened: 2009-05-06 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 43/101 - 42.57% share; placed 8th of 8

Nate Starkey and company earned April's Top Failed Pilot with this, uh, documentary about lesser-known cities. In this episode, Jersey City, which has sculptures (as well as a very hot problem).

Screened: 2009-04-01 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 52/118 - 44.07% share; placed 6th of 10

Created by Tony Zaret

Tony Zaret made a rock opera about an evil robot who enslaves humanity and forces everyone to play a Guitar Hero-like game, which gives the robot the strength to fight the human resistance, which is made up of rockers who play real instruments and have strange powers. It garnered few votes, but spawned an instant cult following (for this month, anyway).

Screened: 2009-04-01 at 92YTribeca

Votes: 36/118 - 30.51% share; placed 9th of 10