Spatz

A funny kid's T.V. show about a group of workers in a London restaurant called Spatz. The two canadian managers were always at each others throats over how to run the restaurant (which was the only branch in Britain), stupid Stanley was just plain, well, stupid, and Dexter and Vince were the coolest dead-end restaurant workers in the mall.It had a great story every week and was thoroughly enjoyable for all ages.

I recall this being on YTV (Youth TeleVision), a Canadian cable network (still going). It was interesting watching a take on a Canadian business opening up in England. I had no idea that Vas Blackwood, whom I know from being Rory Breaker in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was in this as a regular! Loved the show at the time, would enjoy seeing it again. Hello, Netflix???

I just checked this out and I wanted to thank the writers of the comments about Spatz. We had a lot of fun doing the show and it is extremely gratifying to hear that it was so enjoyed. As to the comments about the sexual tension between Jenifer Calvert as Karen and myself, I think it really added something to the show. The writers of the show, Grant and Lee really gave us wonderful material to work with and the entire cast worked very hard to make the show work. Also, our primary director. Stan Swann deserves a lot of credit for the look and feel of the show, he was tireless and very patient. Once again thanks and best wishes to all those viewers. sincerely Paul Michael AKA TJ.

I didnt actually watch this until its re-runs in the mid-1990s and although I can only manage to remember 2 of the characters (one of them, an American woman), it was incredibly funny enough to keep me glued to the TV set every Saturday afternoon at the age of 9, so i would naturally recommend this to kids. Good stuff.

I'm the only person I know who remembers this show, so it's nice to find out it wasn't in fact a figment of my imagination.

I was about 8 when I watched this, and all I can remember is fancying TJ something rotten, and being deeply jealous of Karen - even an 8 year old could see what was going on there. I also remember a scene where Karen dropped her contact lenses in a fish tank and had to wear glasses - years later I now sympathise - when she thought she'd found them she stamped on her glasses, but it was a fish egg or something.

This show would be worth repeating for kids (and adults) of today - you can find find the opening credits and a brief glimpse of an episode on Youtube - it really doesn't look very dated. I'd watch it!! Chalice