Cure for the Common Death 

1000 Ways to Die looks at the following cases: "#77 Red, White and Blew" a man accidentally shoots himself in the face with a homemade firecracker on the fourth of July, "#756 Bank Ruptured... See full summary »

Director:

Thom Beers

Writer:

Tom McMahon

Stars:

Ron Perlman, Khyber Zaffarkhan, Jordana Mansbacher

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Ron Perlman	...	Self - Narrator (voice)
Khyber Zaffarkhan	...	Self - Physical Medicine & Rehab (as Dr. Khyber Zaffarkhan)
Jordana Mansbacher	...	Self - Eating Disorder Specialist
Peter Chang	...	Self - Heavy Metal Journalist
Kim Henderson	...	Self - Toxicologist (as Dr. Kim Henderson)
Stefan Timmermans	...	Self - Sociologist
Jules Sylvester	...	Self - Wildlife Expert
Mike Segda	...	Self - Scuba Diving Expert
Chris Colwell	...	Self - Skydiver
David Britz	...	Taylor
Shawn Gnandt	...	Bernie
Surawit Sae Kang	...	Lee
Marion Kerr	...	Wendy
Michael Lehr	...	Feng (as Michael T. Lehr)
Christine Mulhern	...	Radium Co-Worker

Storyline

1000 Ways to Die looks at the following cases: "#77 Red, White and Blew" a man accidentally shoots himself in the face with a homemade firecracker on the fourth of July, "#756 Bank Ruptured" a man with pica disorder dies when he eats too many metal objects, "#66 Guitar Zeros" two heavy metal fans in China fall out of a window while head banging, "#196 Radium Girls" a woman dies of cancer after painting herself with glow-in-the-dark radium paint, "#638 Oz Holed" two Ozzy Osborn fans die after trying to snort fire ants, and "#710 Tanked Girl" a deep sea diver dies when someone accidentally opens a decompression chamber. It also looks at the case of a skydiver who survived a mid-air collision with another skydiver.

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Plot Keywords:

pica | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

WILHELM SCREAM: #77 Red White & Blew when Bernie gets blown up in the face by the explosive.

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Goofs

In the "Guitar Zeros" segment, Chinese head-banging buddies Lee and Feng are seen listening to their music in their room after dark. But after the two young men jump to their deaths, it is clearly midday outside.

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Connections

References Tank Girl (1995)

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Details

Release Date:

22 March 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Original Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min