In 1999, two years before the original Office and one year before Curb Your Enthusiasm, an off-beat, extremely British sitcom changed what a comedy series could feel like. That series was Spaced, which debuted 25 years ago on September 24, 1999. Conceived by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes, and directed by Edgar Wright, Spaced helped usher in an entirely different pop culture landscape. Today, it might seem like a footnote to more famous media like Shaun of the Dead, but the influence of Spaced on the geek media world is perhaps greater than can be measured.
Virtually unknown at the time, Pegg and Hynes gave the world a strangely specific gift that’s still relevant 25 years later, even if it hasn’t quite passed the test of time.
