Mad Mad World was an unsold pilot shot in April 1962 for CBS, which would spoof the news, with Jim Henson supplying Muppet skits. Producer Max Liebman described it as “A weekly roundup of absurdities. A survey of real and composite characters and situations in the nation and around the world. A mad report of what has happened or could have happened during the week.” The basic concept was reminiscent of the British series That Was the Week That Was, which debuted in 1962 in the UK and would spawn a US counterpart in 1964 over NBC (also using puppetry, supplied by Bil Baird).