In 1974 he served as co-executive producer for an unsold sitcom pilot for ABC called "The Fireman's Ball." The plot concerned the misadventures of a group of San Francisco firemen. ABC liked the concept enough to recast and re-shoot another pilot in 1975, with
Johnny Brown and
David Ketchum the only returning actors, but the network decided not to pick it up for their fall line-up when the audience reaction to its 1975 airing was decidedly cool.