New Episode-Mick Garris' Quicksilver Highway (1997)

Stephen Kingcast

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Tv & Film, Arts, Arts:books, Books

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In 1997, Mick Garris stepped back behind the camera to launch what he'd hoped would be an ongoing anthology horror show on FOX. Capitalizing off the success of The X-Files, Quicksilver Highway would have been an ongoing series of standalone stories tethered together by a troupe of actors and narratively framed by the enigmatic Aaron Quicksilver, played by legendary Christopher Lloyd. Though the show never took off, we were provided with a great What Could Have Been? In this episode, I review the movie, comprised of an adaptation of Stephen King's "Chattery Teeth" and Clive Barker's "The Body Politic." As always, if you have any thoughts on anything related to Stephen King, write into stephenkingcast@yahoo.com Follow on Bluesky, Facebook, Tik Tok and Instagram. Stay organized and up to date with all things Stephen King at stephenkingcast.com

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.
0:06.2	Each week I will review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King and the chronological order of publication.
0:12.4	And today is a treat.
0:14.6	Today is the episode more than any other episode that has ever been asked for.
0:20.2	You know the real ones out there. You know that you've asked for it. You know the real ones out there.
0:22.2	You know that you've asked for it.
0:23.8	You know that you've wanted it.
0:25.1	You have asked me for years.
0:27.8	What are your thoughts, constant reader?
0:31.4	On 1997's Mick Garris directed Fox airing two-part edition of Quicksilver Highway.
0:42.5	Tell me your thoughts.
0:43.5	Well, after long last, after all these years, after all these centuries, you're going to get my thoughts on 1997s Mick Garris's
0:51.4	Mick Garris's Directed Quicksilver Highway. I'll talk all directed Quicksilver Highway.
0:55.0	I'll talk all about Quicksilver Highway in a second, but first, more than anything else, I want to say thank you, everybody.
1:01.3	Thank you for listening.
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1:32.2	So before we get to Quicksilver Highway, I just wanted to, you know, share a couple things related to the Stephen Kingcast.
1:35.0	You know, as you know, this show has been going on since 2014, but over the last year, actually
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