Enjoy it as dumb fun and it will indeed be fun. 1000 Ways to Die The science of living and the randomness of departure are united with a dashboard of Darwinism. And the show doesn't suffer for it one bit. Various causes of death based on true cases are examined with computer-animated depictions and commentary. I suspect he was really just some guy selling newspapers outside the studio, who was offered a few bucks to act official and accepted. But for those of us who have remained on the fence until now, his raunchy, rat-a-tat. The conspiracy theory expert becomes a certified 'deathologist' an episode or two later. I don’t know if A Million Ways to Die in the West will turn any of the MacFarlane haters into fans. The same people keep showing up as experts, though their titles shift. It also gets funny to see the 'experts the show uses, to attempt a legitimization of itself. Set in 1882 in the American west, Albert is a lowly farmer with a nice girlfriend. But this is about the only 'thought candy' 1000 Ways to Die provides. A Million Ways to Die in the West Subtitles.
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The series aired two pilot episodes on Spike in May 2008, with Thom. Is it possible that death follows strippers? Maybe. Each episode also includes commentary from various experts on the science behind the deaths. Practically every other woman on the show is a stripper (as the narrator assures us) and ample screen time is given to showing us these women strutting around as sex kittens before someone else around them dies. With Alisdair Simpson, Ron Perlman, Khyber Zaffarkhan, Boyd Flinders. In many cases, it's pretty clear that the producers and writers took great liberty with the characterizations (they wanted to make sure that for the most part, you don't feel too much sympathy for those who are going to die). The dramatizations are pure ridiculousness. In my opinion, it's the funniest bit of the show, and you'll probably find yourself trying to guess what the death will be 'called' before it appears on screen. And each scene concludes with a 'title' for that death, which is usually a pun. Each show is a collection of 'shorts' wherein someone dies, usually in an unusual way.
Amidst a number of shows which try so hard to be cerebral and generally expose themselves as fraudulent, 1000 Ways to Die is an odd breath of sincerity sincerely stupid and ridiculous, but refreshing.