One Foot in the Grave (album) founder of K Records and Beat Happening. It also features performances by Built to Spill members James Bertram and Scott Plouf, Love as Laughter's Sam Jayne, as well as The Presidents of the United States of America frontman Chris Ballew, and was recorded at Dub Narcotic Studio, which at the time was housed in Johnson's basement. Despite failing to chart, "One Foot in the Grave" strengthened Beck's critical reputation, arguably allowing him to break into the mainstream with "Odelay" in 1996. As of July 2008, "One Foot in the Grave" has sold over 168,000 copies in the United States. "He's
One Foot in the Grave had gone upstairs during a game of Happy Families and not returned; Ronnie then shows her feet hanging outside of the window, revealing that she has committed suicide. The Broadcasting Standards Commission received complaints about this scene. When the final episode, "Things Aren't Simple Any More" originally aired on 20 November 2000 at 9pm, it coincided with the broadcast of the first jackpot winner in the UK version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", which had been filmed the Sunday before the broadcast. ITV was accused of engineering this in order to damage the final episode's expected high ratings,