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| rdfs:comment | - 1000 Ways to Die is a documentary television series that premiered on May 14, 2008 on Spike. The program recreates unusual deaths and includes interviews with experts who describe the science behind each death. Up until season 3, the final story of each episode showed actual footage of dangerous situations that almost ended in death, along with interviews with people involved in the situations.
- Spike TV's 30-minute anthology of people dying in spectacular, gruesome and often stupid ways. Names were changed to avoid lawsuits, but the stories are based on actual events-- supposedly. Each episode also includes commentary from various experts on the science behind the deaths. The final story of each episode, up until season one, shows actual footage of dangerous situations that almost ended in death, along with interviews with those involved, who survived. The series aired two pilot episodes on Spike in May 2008, with Thom Beers (owner of Original Productions, the company that produces the series) narrating. Ron Perlman took over as narrator when the first season began regular weekly airings in February 2009; starting with "Tweets of the Dead", Joe Irwin assumed narrating duties (Per
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| narrated | - Ron Perlman
- Thom Beers
- Alisdair Simpson
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| Writer | - Geoff Miller
- H.A. Arnarson
- Tom McMahon
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| abstract | - 1000 Ways to Die is a documentary television series that premiered on May 14, 2008 on Spike. The program recreates unusual deaths and includes interviews with experts who describe the science behind each death. Up until season 3, the final story of each episode showed actual footage of dangerous situations that almost ended in death, along with interviews with people involved in the situations.
- Spike TV's 30-minute anthology of people dying in spectacular, gruesome and often stupid ways. Names were changed to avoid lawsuits, but the stories are based on actual events-- supposedly. Each episode also includes commentary from various experts on the science behind the deaths. The final story of each episode, up until season one, shows actual footage of dangerous situations that almost ended in death, along with interviews with those involved, who survived. The series aired two pilot episodes on Spike in May 2008, with Thom Beers (owner of Original Productions, the company that produces the series) narrating. Ron Perlman took over as narrator when the first season began regular weekly airings in February 2009; starting with "Tweets of the Dead", Joe Irwin assumed narrating duties (Perlman's voice is still used in the disclaimer and title sequence). It's not known for sure if it's a permanent change. Official site here. See also the Darwin Awards, which are based upon essentially the same thing. The main difference is that the Darwin Awards emphasize the "stupidity" aspect, whereas 1000 Ways usually favors the "got what they deserved" variant (though there are a lot of stories in both this show and "The Darwin Awards" in which the victim was Too Dumb to Live).
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