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What’s it called?
“Bzzzzzzz!”
Who’s responsible?
Teleplay is credited to series creator/mastermind Bryan Fuller (who previously created “Dead Like Me” and “Wonderfalls”).
What says ABC?
“Chuck goes undercover as a ‘Bee Girl’ at a honey-based cosmetics company after their new spokesmodel (guest star Autumn Reeser) is stung to death. She soon discovers that office politics are killer (literally) between the founder (guest star Missi Pyle as Betty Bee) and the new owner (guest star French Stewart as Woolsey Nicholls). Meanwhile, Ned can't stand her growing independence or the fact that she wants to move out of his apartment. In other developments, Lily spirits Olive off to a nunnery so she won't spill Lily's deep, dark secret, on the Second-Season premiere of ABC's critically-acclaimed ‘Pushing Daisies’ nominated for 12 Emmy Awards.
“Guest starring in "Bzzzzzzzzz!" are Field Cate as Young Ned, Sammi Hanratty as Young Chuck, Sy Richardson as the coroner, Diana Scarwid as the Mother Superior, Peter Cambor as Dusty Fitz, Autumn Reeser as Kentucky Fitz, Missi Pyle as Betty Bee, Robin Gwynne as the customer and French Stewart as Woolsey Nicholls.”
Does Barry Sonnenfeld direct this week’s installment?
Another cinematographer-turned-director, Adam Kane (season one’s “Pigeon”), helms the opener, though Sonnenfeld is expected back this season.
What’s this about Olive knowing Lily’s “deep, dark secret”?
In what turned out to be the first-season finale, Aunt Lily (Swoosie Kurtz), having accidentally ingested an improbable quantity of anti-depressants, confided to Olive (and Olive alone) that Chuck is her biological daughter. (The reason Lily thinks of spiriting Olive to a nunnery is the nunnery is what harbored Lily as her stomach swelled a quarter-century earlier.
The big news?
Olive’s stay at the nunnery will extend well beyond tonight’s installment.
What else is ABC not telling us?
Though Fuller’s name isn’t on its teleplay, next week’s installment is arguably even funnier than this week’s.
What’s doing with the series’ best character, avaricious private detective Emerson Cod?
He continues to demonstrate his fondness for pop-up literature. And viewers will get a sense that his estranged daughter will be turning up early in the season.
Didn’t Diana Scarwid play Jaye’s mom on “Wonderfalls”?
She did.
Is Missi Pyle the hot shapeshifter from “Heroes”?
That’s Missy Peregrym. Missi Pyle is the hot alien from “Galaxy Quest.”
Why does “Autumn Reeser” ring a bell?
She played Taylor Townsend on 31 episodes of “The O.C.”
What’s great?
The hilariously abrupt arrival (and departure) of The Poor. Chuck’s spinning stool. The cornered Olive. Ned’s approach to waterbug control. The gingerly manner with which Cod unveils his ancient carbon-receipt credit-card device. The working lamp in the pop-up book. The coroner’s (knowing?) crack about talking to the corpses. “But it also speaks to the efficiency of your human resources department.” “You know, somehow a crazy cat lady don’t seem so crazy no more.”
What’s not so great?
This week’s dose of exposition can get dizzying.
How does it end, spoiler-boy?
Finished with his pie, the man dons his hat.
8 p.m. Wednesday. ABC.
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Is she required to dance around to Blind Melon songs?
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It's Missy Peregrym. She's on Reaper. Missy Crider was on 24.
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Actually - she was on Heroes. She was the con-woman who tricked Hiro and Ando into helping her at the casino in Vegas in season 1.
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So hot!
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I hope it's raitings are good, I want it to stay on the air.
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I sort of like the show, but the forced whimsy can be irritating. Will we get the "Five years, two months, seventeen days, ten hours, six minutes and seven seconds" eye-rolling narration this season?
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She also was an All-American Witness for the UCLA Mock Trial Team, back in the day.
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Can't wait
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Pushing Daisies is great, but it need to evolve into something beyond what it was in its first season or otherwise it will get cloying ere long.
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Serious. Love.
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This might be my most highly anticipated season premiere. The writer's strike and then ABC's refusal to re-air the show during the hiatus has put me in serious Pushing Daisies withdrawal. There's nothing else quite like it on television.
also, am I the only one that doesn't mind the sense of whimsy this show has, and sees it as one of its strengths? -
Been waiting to see this in HiDef ever since...
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I love it just the way it is. I can't go anywhere else on TV for something like this.
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This show is Great glad it is Back on
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obviously i like the whimsy, or i wouldn't like Pushing Daisies. i also hope the show never stops being whimsical, or it would lose an intrinsic aspect of its character.
but i also agree that, by itself, whimsy for its own sake can be irritating: schtick like "Five years, two months, seventeen days, ten hours, six minutes and seven seconds" can get old fast. that's why i said the show needs to evolve over time (e.g. maybe exploring why the pie-maker has the particular power he has), because the show has greater potential than just being a chirpy version of CSI: Pie-Town. -
about the only show on reg tv i dont miss.
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When was the last time a talk back got this far without a hater talking about how terrible (whatever the subject) is? This definitely is the show I missed most over the summer (besides Dexter).
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the show is a dr seuss fable for adults...you dont like it, dont fuckin watch...no room for haters on this thread
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you want to know why the piemaker has his powers? the reason fuller didnt and will not put in some bs origin story is because then the show loses all its magic...god, bet you liked watching vader as a little kid
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...Had sex with a radioactive corpse. Thus his powers were born.
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Fringe, Heroes and PD all feature main characters being brought back from death. Seems to be a popular theme right now.
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...has not yet aired, it's a second season episode.
And this is quite possibly the premiere I am most excited for this season. -
But hate the implementation
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what is with 'people like me', you ask?
what, you have something against canadians?
i wasn't asking for a 'bs origin' story btw. i'm simply curious as to the rules governing the pie-maker's universe, and i don't see how that necessarily takes the magic out of it.
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So what show did you want that premise to be? Wacky comedy? Dark Superhero show? The fact that it creates own little universe is one of its pleasures.
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Think of it in terms like this: An origin story is a lot like religion. Oh sure it claims to have all the answers you seek, but the more you really look into it, the more it starts to unravel. And I have to agree with bacci40... as nuts as it might make us, shows always seem to go downhill once they've had their entire mystery "explained". As for the rules for the pie-maker's ability... all I can say is this... We know what the rules are. Do we really need to know why those are the rules? I mean... the first season was only 9 episodes long. At least give it a chance to grow before it shoots itself in the foot.
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that the guy can bring the dead back, but at a price if over a set legenth of time.
He keeps the girl alive, despite the price and they have to live with never being able to make real contact.
But screw the pie fetish, the narator -
I said I kinda like the show, but sometimes it gets too cute for its own good. Anyway, rest assured (if you were restlessly unsure) I'll keep watching it because, as pointed before, there's nothing quite like it on the tube, the actors are cool (incluiding the awesome dog!) and I do want to see where the story is going. Hopefully ABC will give us that chance.
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cuz you all have beady little eyes and flapping heads....and you cant pronounce "about"...seriously, why do people need to understand fantasy? its fantasy...why do you all want to be dorothy and find out who is really behind the curtain....trust me...kansas sucks
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Bones, Criminal Minds and Lipstick Jungle, because that simplifies setting the VCR to tape the entire ABC line-up - the season premieres of Pushing Daisies, Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money.and if I had a DVR I'd also record the Breaking Bad marathon on AMC. Or watch the Twilight Zone marathon on The X or the Boston Legal season one double feature on ION TV.And that's why Knight Rider and Gary Unmarried don't stand a chance of lasting 13 episodes.
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and also played Arthur's old high school crush who liked him for more than just his superhero costume on The Tick. She also guested on Boston Legal. Did I mention totally hot?
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When Ned touches a dead person, animal or plant it returns to life. When he touches then a second time they die. And if he doesn't touch someone he's revived within sixty seconds, someone else dies. that's how he inadvertently killed chuck's dad while reviving his own mom. And that's why he can never physically contact either Chuck or his dog. Those are the rules.While I'm enjoying the Daisies love-fest here, I'm waiting for the Heroes haters to pour in whining "everyone who dies on this show comes back to life!"They should have Jon Stewart guest as someone who also has the same power as Ned. They could call the episode "The Daisy Show". What, too lame?I don't have a nun's habit fetish, so i hope they don't leave Olive Snook in the nunnery too long.
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Pushing Daisies couldn't even get Best Series Comedy. Sorry Bryan Fuller.
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Relax, I'm kidding.I did read an article with the DSM creators discussing how they plan to fine tune the show's feel and lighten it's mood a little. someone yelled out "And this year i can raise the dead."The point being, sarcastic or not, they were acknowledging Pushing Daisies as a more popular and successful show.And seriously, anyone who isn't loving the Dr. Seuss style whimsy on Pushing Daisies really ought to change the channel instead of griping about hoping they change the show the rest of us love the way it is. I think there are dozens of Tv shows considerably less whimsiical than PD that you might enjoy. I hear that "24" is hardly whimsical at all.
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Remember the magic Jack Sack, the manly purs-- sorry, carry-all that holds an infinite number of wonderful items in its bottomless, whimsical interior? Stuff like C4, pre-rigged exploding memory cards, and surely (poisonous) flowers and (biting) puppies.
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If no one has seen that movie yet, you should. It is a visual feast and the locations used and art direction kick ass. Great film.
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Favorite new show of last year. Ok, tied with Mad Men...MAYBE. Totally different shows. Why am I arguing with myself? ANYWAY, this is the one show that constantly puts a smile on my face. Watch it with a girl. Works wonders.
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Yea, they couldn't push aside Two And A Half Men to make room for it. And Andromeda Strain deserved a nom for miniseries.Your point being...
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wait, who said i hate the implementation?
is it the same guy who said i was demanding an origin story (something else i never said)?
all i said was that the show's whimsy wouldn't be enough to carry it long-term & that it would need to evolve at some point. yes, the show's universe is interesting, that's kinda *why* i'm curious to know more about it. i'm not saying that we *need* an explanation for the pie-maker's power, but i don't see why it'd be so objectionable to find out more about the show's internal logic.
but apparently wanting to know more makes me a hater. apparently i should just stick my head in the sand or something. seriously, i really like Pushing Daisies but some of you folk here are huffing the fumes.
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Read carefully, sir. I was referring to Melvin_Pelvis. I actually thought your chirpy CSI:Pie Town was funny.
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Melvin_Pelvis said he liked the premise but hated the implementation. And no, wanting to know more doesn't make you a hater. Since the religion simile didn't go over well, think of it like a magic trick: When you don't know how it works, it holds a certain charm to it. Once the method behind the trick has been revealed... it's kinda lame. But of course, I'm sure a lot of people on this talkback have already matured to the point where all magic is lame (I blame David Blaine).
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So wrong... but damn that's hot! lol!
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Chenoweth needs some kind of an award.
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...and needs to be brought back! I havent got around to watching this yet, (mostly due the fact that its on ITV in Britain and ITV is the worst station ever concieved)...but Wonderfalls was one of the best comedy shows to be on in a while(didnt have a patch on the other culled masterpiece Arrested Development though)...and naturally it got cancelled-ho humm...I must see what Caroline Dhavernas is up to career wise these days actually
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That Happy Time Temp Agency line made my day!
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This show is so much fun. I giggled my butt off when Lily told Olive another secret. And Chuck's new apartment looks like mine - except replace one wall of books with DVDs.
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Tonight's episode still lingers in my mind. And from the looks of it, given where it's unfortunately headed storywise, Kristin Chenoweth cleavage shots are all gone! No cleavage! No cleavage sandwiches! No cleavage salad! No cleavage gravy! Cleavage Hash! Cleavage a la King! Or gallons of cleavage soup! Gone, ALL GONE!
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Happy Time Temp Agency pops up again after all these years.
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Never realized how much until I grinned for an hour straight during tonight's premiere. Such a great episode with fantastic guest stars. And yay for the Dead Like Me reference! I hope we get to see other crossover locations (and people!) from Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me. Der Waffle Haus would fit right in. At least it looks like Diana Scarwid will be sticking around a little longer, so huzzah for that.
And if Kristin Chenoweth had had this episode to submit for the Emmys, she probably would have won. Olive just gets better and better. She's now without a doubt my favorite character on the whole show. Her confession about submitting a police report for her possessions, along with the "cabbage patch" line, made me laugh out loud. Missi Pyle was also great tonight. So glad this show is back. -
One word: Entertaining.
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The only show that can make me smile for one hour straight.
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of a show with talented craftsmen in all departments, all working to realize a singular, specific vision. It's a remarkable job. It's the type of unified focus I wish a show like Fringe would emulate. Having said that, I do think PD suffers a bit because what it strives to be is too big for the medium of network TV and I think this is one possible reason why - despite all the quality (and often detailed/subtle) work - the show can't quite make more "must see" lists and gain wider acceptance. It's sort of like the world's greatest conductor conducting the world's greatest orchestra playing the greatest works of classical music... in an elementary school gymnasium. You can see and hear greatness but what they're offering can never be fully realized in that type of venue. So while you might be content with the concert, you won't be awed the way you should be and your opinion of the orchestra won't be even close to where it would be if you had instead heard them in Carnegie Hall. An elementary school gymnasium is perfect for listening to elementary school musicians not a world class concert. The image Daisies projects is so strong and compelling that it makes me wish that the stories were a tad grander, that there were more time and money to setup a few more shots and tweak the lighting, that they created more shots with richer sfx to magnify the sense of wonder, that it were filmed in IMAX, that they did a few more takes to make a particular shot just right etc. As it stands, as good as things are, I'm somewhat left with a slight feeling that it doesn't quite hit the spot, like the orchestra in the gymnasium. This is a minor quibble though.
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Watch season 1 again on bluray. I swear to Lucifer, it was like watching a brand new show. It really made it more epic.
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i dashed off a few comments on the six shows I watched tonight for the Jump the Shark yahoo group. Wasn't Chuck mad at Ned at the end of the first season? That plot went away... I guess she had plenty of time to forgive him during the strike and the long hiatus.Here's my "review" from JYS:The most whimsical show on television debuts - gets a fresh start - with some major plot developments continued from the short first season and all the familiar colorful and eccentric characters plus very cool guests Missi Pyle and French Stewart. The one plot they seem to have dropped or brushed aside, though, was last seasons cliffhanges about Chuck discovering how Ned was to inadvertantly blame for her fathers death. The opening narration makes it clear that it was accidental and Ned didn't know how his gift worked at that time. (he can raise the dead with a touch, kill them with a second touch, but he the revived person isn't re-deadened within a minute, someone else dies.)It's reasonable that Chuck would realize it wasn't Ned's fault eventually and forgive him, but the previous season finale seemed to suggest that that might take some time. Apparently that time occured during the lengthy hiatus.I'm not sure a person stung to death by bees would continue to swell up and develop welts or pustules or whatever those lumpy bee-stings are called. But I do know that this is NOT a show you watch expecting clinical forensic accuracy.
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Add me as one of the people that was smiling through the whole episode. I definitely missed this show. :)
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loved that reference =)
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PD is the only show with a weekly murder that can make one feel happy.
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I kinda want to ask where are all the h8ers. Count me in on lovin' this show and still having a grin this morning.
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...this show is so gay, so totally gay, that after 5 minutes of watching, I felt like baking up a carrot cake and coordinating my curtains with a nice throw for my sofa. Naturally I dived for the remote to turn it the fuck off and play GTA4 instead.
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No fear my Cheno-vage loving friend. I understand that Olive's stay in the nunnery is only for a few episodes.Didn't they address The Ned and Chuck dead dad issue at the bee hives, when they discussed bringing Chuck's dad back from the dead not being such a good idea...AND, where can I pick up my copy of Lil Gum Shoe?
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Although I can see where the show has it's fans. For me, the overload of...whimsy...was trite and forced, none of it felt natural at all, every moment came across as "aren't we the most darling show" to the point of being insufferable. It was a visual treat to a degree as well, but there again, too much time was spent on visual flair for the sake of flair to the point of distraction. Maybe the worst element was the now-in-vogue voice over...it's not as horrid as the voice over on Grey's Anatomy, or the "if you're too stupid to pick up on the themes then lets' spell them out" voice over on Desperate Housewives, but it was cute to the point of annoying.
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... don't worry, we TOTALLY believe you're straight. Really, we do. :-/
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Code for whack off to gay porn.
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If only they had mentioned Deloris Herbig, as in "her big brown eyes".
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Takes one to know one.....:)
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Funny episode filled with some great wordplay and wonderful visuals.
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I feel sorry for the folks that don't like this show...they're missing out on something wonderful. For me, this show is like PeeWee's Playhouse, several Dr. Seuss books, and a decent acid trip all rolled into one.
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Thanks. I'm not sure I'll have the time but I'll certainly keep it in mind.
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I like quirky things but Pushing is just boring. The talking to dead people is already getting old as is the (Catholic based) you can't have what you want most in life because only in heaven can you finally get it/her. I'm not watching this season.
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..maybe you should watch it with your girlfriend? I watched it with mine, and it was actually--wait. Did I just assume you had a girlfriend? Sorry. Nevermind. Just...yeah. Sorry.
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That was a long hiatus. I'd forgotten what it was like to watch an hour long show with a smile on my face the whole time. So great when the rest of the shows out there are so relentlessly bleak. I just love this show. From the very beginning with bringing the bees back to life, such a great moment. I couldn't crush on both Chuck and Olive any more. Loved that Diana Scarwid made an appearance. I keep hoping for the rest of the Wonderfalls cast, at least Bill Sadler, the sister (forgot her name) and Jaye, of course. If not the actual characters, then the actors. I've never liked French Stewart, but he was made for this show. Can't wait for more.
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Each episode feels like a fable storybook (A pop-book, perhaps?). Just everything - the voice over, the tone, the set design - screams storybook. It's really a different treat from stories that are like thiller/mystery novels or never ending epics (I'm not knocking either; I have favorites of every kind). But sometimes a simple storybook is refreshing - a head clearer.
Actually, I think Pushing Daisies has a lot in common with the piggy movie "Babe" and/or "Babe: Pig in the City". -
Does anyone know if casual viewers can follow anything even with all the expository interludes? Cause it's only gonna get worse with all these wonderful plot twists. At times the voice over must sound likes its talking down to all the late-comers, and geesh it sure does eat up screen time leaving much of the rest of the show chugging at a manic pace to make up for the lost time. I guess I'd rather lose 10 minutes to constant recaps rather than see the show cancelled, but still, I hope they're letting Jim Daily catch his breath.
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in the movie Passchendaele. Although it may only be released in Canada. Look for it in November.
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The first 2-3 minutes was bugging the shit out of me. I'm sure it was at the behest of ABC to make sure people who are just tuning in can enjoy it as well, but wow..that was just TOO long. But then I forgave them because the scene immediately after had Chuck in silk.
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Her father was her father. Her aunt is her mother. Her mother/aunt's sister was engaged to her father. So exactly how are Chuck's aunts her aunts? I assume her aunts are not her father's sisters. She was told her mother died in childbirth. If Chuck's mother never really existed then who are these women who, I assume, Chuck has believed to be her mother's sisters? Or did I miss something?
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@ JTS C.C wrote: "I was irrimatated by Pushing Daisies....I feel that they over-laid the whole thing with so much over-produced orchestral score that I could barely follow what they were saying half the time."I think that's supposed to be part of the fairytale charm of the whole proceedings.And hopefully not that old "the musics too loud, I can't hear the dialog" gripe that, you know, old people have been complaining about
for decades. You're too young for the old folks complaints.I'd say the music is "sprightly" and upbeat and certainly adds to the
shows mood without entirely overwhelming it.But if it's a problem for you, well, you know, Bones and Knight Rider and Christine/Gary and whatever's on PBS and cable.Or you can always read to the kids. Heh, try to get them to sit still for that.Although I will admit, just this morning I was thinking that Pushing Daisies does feel a bit like they took the opening credit sequence from Desperate Housewives - the theme song and the brightly colored art history animation - and stretched it out into an hour long. So you may have a point. -
Wow.
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It's like Hudsucker Proxy meets Amelie meets Tim Burton, but better than all of that. I don't care so much for the stories, but I love the look, dialog and characters. This and Dexter are my two favorite shows these days.
But it doesn't inspire me with confidence that Knight Rider scored better. I don't know how anyone could make it past that first episode. It's easily the worst new show I've ever seen. People in this country have no taste. A bunch of filthy savages we are.
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