Me and My Friends (Lost Backyardigans Pilot, 1998)

The Backyardigans is a CGI-animated edutainment TV show that aired on Nick JR. Its initial run was from 2004 to 2010, but reruns continued to air on Nick JR. in the USA until 2015. The show still airs on Treehouse TV in Canada. The show was about 5 friends who used their imagination to have little adventures.

In 1998, a pitch-pilot for the show called "Me and My Friends" was filmed at Nickelodeon Studios Florida. Unlike The Backyardigans we know today, "Me and My Friends" was not animated, but rather had people in bodysuits of the characters Uniqua, Pablo, Tasha and Tyrone walking around a real-life set. It has been speculated that the 5th main Backyardigans character, Austin, does not appear in the pilot.