"Dead Like Me" Send in the Clown (2004)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

James Whitmore Jr.

Writers:

Bryan Fuller (creator)
John Masius (story) ...

TV Series:

"Dead Like Me" (2003)

Original Air Date:

25 July 2004 (Season 2, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Grim Reaper | Death | Soul | Undead | Strangulation

Cast

Ellen Muth	...	Georgia 'George' Lass
Laura Harris	...	Daisy Adair
Callum Blue	...	Mason
Jasmine Guy	...	Roxy Harvey
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Joy Lass
Mandy Patinkin	...	Rube Sofer
Greg Kean	...	Clancy Lass
Britt McKillip	...	Reggie Lass
Christine Willes	...	Delores Herbig
Steven Grayhm	...	Brennan
Patricia Idlette	...	Kiffany
Crystal Dahl	...	Crystal
Glynis Davies	...	Deirdre Daly
Serge Houde	...	Therapist
Michael Daingerfield	...	Conrad

Runtime:

Germany:49 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

John Masius Productions

Trivia:

A scene with a group of Metermaids (featuring secondary character "Roxy") is a direct spoof of the opening Roll Call scenes from "Hill Street Blues" (1981), down to the style of camera work, a balding cop running the meeting (finishing it with Hill Street Blues' Character Phil Esterhaus's signature line "be careful out there"), and finishing with the meter maid mini-trucks leaving the station ala the squad cars from Hill Street Blues (while the Hill Street Blues theme plays int he background).

Goofs:

Continuity: The position of the newspaper on the desk, that Roxy's meter reader commander puts down, as he talks to her.

Quotes:

Mason: [referring to Roxie's attempt to stab his hand for taking her hash browns] I've never seen such violence over such small potatoes.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Hill Street Blues" (1981)