Dirty Sanchez Pilot

"*Basically they followed us around with cameras, with no clear direction, followed us to skate comps and events, like Pritchard vs Dainton video. And um and the show hadn't been commissioned, we were just filming stuff for a pilot, it wasn't like Jobs for the boyos or European Invasion, it was just us fucking about.*"
— Dainton on the pilot

The Dirty Sanchez pilot is a piece of Sanchez Lost Media which would have served as a test episode for the eventual first season. There is very minimal information provided, however, some details are known thanks to the 2020 podcast episode The Dirty Sanchez Story/ Vol 1.

## Prelude

"*MTV didn't know what to do with us, they just wanted fucked up-the most fucked up people and follow them around with a camera.*"
— Lee Dainton

Prior to the pilot, a homemade video entitled "Pritchard vs Dainton" was created that featured mainly Lee Dainton and Matthew Pritchard, but also featured Dan Joyce and Pancho on a few moments. The video consisted of skateboarding and the occasional stunts and pranks involved. The video was popular among the skateboarders in Wales and MTV took notice, wanting to create a new show that featured "fucked up people". Attempted to take their chances with the prospect and tried multiple times to gain MTV's attention for a show. At one point after a meeting, Pritchard and Joyce strolled around naked which almost blew their chances before it could begin. Eventually, MTV expressed a desire for the show and approached the boys, with various names being created, Dan Joyce in particular wanting to call the show "C U Next Tuesday" however the American executives didn't understand the abbreviation, claiming "it doesn't air on a Tuesday" missing the joke entirely. The show was eventually called "Dirty Sanchez" and a female director from London, Becky Staniforth was brought forth to direct, however it wasn't commissioned at that point so a pilot needed to be filmed to test the waters.

## Filming

Filming was describe as "a couple of cameramen following them around and doing a few interviews", the cameramen were brought out to record several hours worth of footage over the course of the summer. Most filming took place at events and skate competitions. Tons of pictures and footage was created in hotel rooms and featured hefty amounts of stunts that took things to an high level of extreme. The pilot was a success and a large amount of footage would eventually be used in the first season, in fact almost all the interviews featured in the first season were from the pilot filming. Notable pilot stunts included Man vs Car, which was the first stunt ever filmed and Box Prank which was done on a whim as a bit of fun, some were heavily edited down despite airing, such as Stinging Nettles which had been filmed on the first day and featured tons of unseen footage. Some of the stunts and footage would not go onto air, some due to how graphic or disgusting it was, others because it didn't "fit the vision", most notably the "Shitface" stunt by Dan Joyce was not included as were several old footage from the Pritchard vs Dainton videos. In fact some were so extreme they have yet seen the light of day other than the odd discussion and picture.

## Known Stunts

This is a list of confirmed stunts that were claimed to have been featured.

* Man vs Car
* Box Prank
* Stinging Nettles
* Poo Laundry
* Shitface
* Tarantula Knob
* Piss Face
* Bog Brush
* Poo Curry
* Ice hockey
* Polar bear
* Figure skating
* Shitbag