The comedy's wonderful ensemble includes Ian Buchanan, as the flappable star of The Lester Guy Show, David L. Lander, as the director with an impenetrable Slavic accent, and Marvin Kaplan, as the nervous producer.

The show's comically choreographed mayhem is a difficult premise to sustain, like trying to stage a big bumper-car pileup again and again. So be sure to watch – and tape – this week's pilot directed by Lynch. It's a doozy.