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In 1962, while Gagarin flew around the Earth and others prepared for World War III, no event has happened in Hungary since a certain year, and it looked like nothing will for at least 30 years. However, to ensure the certain, Mr. Simon, block-trustee and ever-watching bastion of socialist order and decency steps into action.

"My Mother/Agent" is based around a pair of shoes that have magical powers. The plot centers around a young starlet, Chloe, who inherits a talent agency (though "talent" might be a misnomer) in Sweetgum, Georgia. Chloe flies to Georgia with one goal in mind--to inspect the talent agency so that she can put a price tag on it and get back to her own career. She finds the agency being run by Ruby June, a former beauty queen with a taste for "sweet tea" and a sassy assistant named Saffire. All goes according to plan until the spirit of Chloe's dead mother makes her appearance as the heart and "sole" of the agency via a pair of high heel shoes.

Phill Jupitus takes a look back at television ideas that never got past the pilot stage.