Operation Watch This: Spine Chillers

Spine Chillers was a short-lived BBC show that aired in 2003. But in England they don't call them "shows" they call them "lorries." Anyway, this lorry is a mystery. It doesn't have an entry on wikipedia (i.e. it doesn't exist), and the information on IMDB is piecemeal. There are a couple of short clips dispersed throughout the internet, and from what I can gather, each episode told a stand-alone story with its own cast and is regularly billed as a "comedy drama" whatever that means. In any case, no one seems to know exactly what Spine Chillers is or was because it's somehow the only thing that has slipped through the internet's fingers.

But we do know one thing for certain. One episode of Spine Chillers, "Goths," about a pair of goths who are house hunting, stars Mackenzie Crook, better known as Gareth from The Office (UK), is hilarious, and is available in its entirety after the jump. Hooray, we win.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Here's a question: how long do you think it will be before making fun of goths stops being funny? My guess is one billion years. Like, maybe when we've all become telepathic mole people who live underground in fear of the Robos who dominate the surface strip-mining for laser-cannon fuel. Maybe then. Maybe.

Posted by Gabe at 11:30 AM in Operation Watch This
Tags: Goths | Mackenzie Crook | Spine Chillers

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Whoa, they also took the opening graphic text treatment and Brian from Spaced.

Posted by: Andrew Ti at 08/07/08 12:23 PM | Reply
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speaking of shows that elude the internet, does anybody know the name of that reality show that was on E! about people trying to make it in Vegas? There were girl's trying to do club promotion and vie for the attention of the city's hottest bachelor. There was also a band fronted by a guy who looked like fat ashton kutcher, who gave up his dreams of playing MLB for a shot at success with nu-metal.

Posted by: Alistair at 08/07/08 1:48 PM | Reply
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That was awesome. I see why it's a comedy drama. Did not expect that ending. Too bad they aren't on Netflix.

Posted by: Genevieve at 08/07/08 2:50 PM | Reply
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Thank you for posting this! It made my day.

Posted by: Ana at 08/07/08 4:44 PM | Reply
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And speaking of Spaced, that's Mark Heap (aka Brian) playing the grim Balfus.

Posted by: Sloth38 at 08/07/08 4:58 PM | Reply
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