What if the Studio Didn’t Get “E.T.” [Video]

We all know that E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is one of the most popular movies of all time, but there had to be a point where it didn’t seem like a sure thing. Steven Spielberg had to be shopping the idea around the studios. The Above Average Network imagines one of those pitch meetings where they just didn’t get it in their latest “Rejected Pitches” sketch.

What did you think of the video? Would “Little Brown Turd” have been a better title for E.T.?

[Via YouTube via The Daily What]

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