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Dead Pilots Society

Bonus: Top Five Funniest Openings in Dead Pilots Society History - Number 1

Dead Pilots Society

Ben Blacker and Andrew Reich

Tv & Film, Dead Pilots Society, Tv Pilots, Tv Reviews, Andrew Reich, Documentary, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Ben Blacker, Sitcoms, Society & Culture

4.6563 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

As a special bonus for MaxFunDrive 2026, we bring you the top five funniest openings in Dead Pilots Society history, as voted by the DPS staff. It was a challenge to narrow it down to just five, but that just means you’re getting the best of the best.

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You know the thing and no one picked up your thing

0:05.0

And so you buried the thing

0:07.0

That's not the end of the thing

0:10.0

Don't you like eyes yet there's a spooky surprise

0:13.0

And though you cannot revise

0:16.0

And nothing ever really dies.

0:38.3

Okay folks, it is time.

0:49.7

We're finally ready to reveal the number one funniest dead pilot society opening in the history of dead pilot society as voted on by the staff of dead pilot society.

0:53.7

The number one. Before I reveal reveal it let me say that you should go right now to

1:00.5

maximum fund dot org slash join dead pilots and become a member for as little as five dollars a month

1:09.0

we bring you something that no one else does. We're the only ones who do this.

1:14.1

And if you would like us to keep doing it, and we're probably going to keep doing it either way,

1:18.9

to be honest. But still, if you want to be a part of this, you know, this podcast that's

1:23.9

doing nothing but bringing laughter and good feelings out into the world.

1:28.9

We really hope that you will decide that now is the time to join us as a member.

1:35.2

All right, without further ado, our number one pick is eternally yours by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman,

1:44.1

showrunners of ghosts.

1:45.5

Maybe this isn't surprising, given that this is the only pilot that we have ever rerun.

1:51.5

We've done exactly one rerun, and it was this.

1:54.4

It also has a distinction of being likely to become the first dead Pilot Society Dead Pilot to be officially revived.

2:02.7

The executives at CBS came when we did the read at the Hollywood Improv of this.

2:08.2

And Joe and Joe and the executives decided, you know what, we can't give up on this show.

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