it's not finished! .... it's finished.

I found this on the SPACED website (link in blog title) I thought it was interesting & knew that at least one other person would think so. It's (I *heart*) Simon Pegg discussing some of the influences on SPACED:
Simon wrote (Mid-April, 2001):
"I've never really spoken of, or recommended one of the key influences on the writing of Spaced, this being the show,
Northern Exposure. It's a lot gentler than Spaced but it nevertheless
inspired me in it's use of the dreams and 'what if' sequences. The central strory concerns a New York doctor, who finds himself paying off his medical school tuition by serving as practitioner in a remote Alaskan township. It's nothing like Spaced really but if you watch it you will see kindered sentiments. Indeed when we pitched Spaced to LWT in early 97' we said it would be a cross between The Simpsons, The X-Files and Northern Exposure. "