It’s even more painful when you think said show was a rare example of creativity in a TV wasteland of the same old dramas and comedies. Wow. I sound bitter already. My point is…
Was I the only one who loved Pushing Daisies? I don’t see how that’s possible. I didn’t much pay attention to TV reviews at the time, but from what I can tell from ye olde Wikipedia, the show got a pretty great critical reception and was nominated for a few Emmys.
Pushing Daisies is the show my childhood self imagined my adult self watching. There’s no way to make that sentence work, but I hope you follow. It’s bright–both in color and wit–more than a little fantastical, and so SO fun. Before I go any further, have a taste:
It’s a technicolor dream world laced with dark humor. It is, after all, about a man who revives the dead. But it’s SO BEAUTIFUL! There is magic in this show: in the incredible sets, the intricate costumes, and the quick lines. I can re-watch episodes over and over again and still be entertained.
It’s also incredibly sentimental and emotionally rich. So many different characters are longing for something or someone: Ned and Chuck for one another, Chuck’s aunts for her, Olive for Ned, Emerson for his daughter, and so on. There’s a lot of love but also tremendous loss!
OH MAN I’m making this post so serious I’m sorry there are just so many feels here are some gifs of Lee Pace hope that helps kbye:
Oh, did I mention LEE MF PACE? You may know him when he was fugged over by the Breaking Dawn team (they’re the best in the biz! …at fugging) to play Garrett the…oh I don’t know, just one of the randos, ok? But he actually did something with the role because he is made of charm.
Also in the cast: Kristin Chenoweth, who is so talented and always seems to be the life of the party/show/Oscars red carpet even when they make her do terribly embarrassing things (what WAS that cheese on the red carpet this year?) She shopped at a store I worked at once, and I can assure you that she really is as sweet and endearing as she appears to be. Here’s a collection of all the times she gets to sing in the show:
What makes its cancellation worse is that you can tell the cast loved the show, too:
That’s just some of what I loved about Pushing Daisies–it’s absolutely worth a binge-watch if you have a chance, or even just an episode here and there when you need a dose of magic. Sometimes I wonder if it would have done better had it premiered just a few years later…
Huh.
Were/are you a Pushing Daisies fan? Should we start a Kickstarter campaign for a Pushing Daisies movie or reboot, just like Veronica Mars?
