Scattering Stories: From TV and Film

TV: Desparate Houswives

Five neighbors spread the ashes of their departed friend and neighbor, Edie.

TV: Six Feet Under

In Six Feet Under, after Brenda's father is cremated, she and her brother make suggestions about where to spread their father's ashes, but their mother objects and spreads the ashes elsewhere.

TV: Mary Tyler Moore

In an episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show, "Chuckles Bites the Dust", Sue Ann Nivens describes her unusual request for where she wants her ashes scattered. (Video to come.)

Film: The Bucket List

In the film, The Bucket List, the ashes of the two main characters are placed at a special location, to fulfill their final wishes.

The Bucket List

TV: Married with Children

In an episode of Married With Children, Kelly does something funny with her neighbor's urn.

TV: Six Feet Under

In an episode of Six Feet Under, a group of young actors snorts lines of a deceased friend's ashes, like cocaine.

TV: Big Love

In an episode of Big Love, Margene's mother dies unexpectedly and in her grief, she becomes attached to the urn taking it everywhere - even on a family road trip. During the chaos of the trip, she places the urn on top of her car and drives off. The urn falls and shatters as she drives over a bridge, and the ashes all blow away.

Big Love: The Complete Third Season

Film: The Whole Shebang

In the film, The Whole Shebang, a fireworks maker's nephew sends his ashes up in one of his aerial firework displays.

The Whole Shebang


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