This show deserves awards- many hundreds of accolades and awards.
It is fresh week after week, and keeps me completely entertained every time.
This week, they are tracking a death caused by a scratch and sniff- and it's funny.
As funny as it is, the show also manages to be quasi intelligent and has cute little inside jokes and puns all over it.
Paul Reubens (you all know him- Pee Wee Herman- http://imdb.com/name/nm0000607/) guests as a bad guy...
"Follow the yellow thick hose..."
Another play on words and funny reference (Wizard of Oz anyone?)
As Olive and Chuck get closer, they scheme to try to make Chuck's aunts feel better, and in doing so become even closer as friends- although as Olive says, not close enough to cry in front of one another yet... so when Chuck cries after Olive gives her her mom's sweater that the aunts gave Olive, its funny.
Aunt Lily won't get back in the water, but then it starts raining and the aunts end up getting back in the pool...
Anyway, they solve the murder mystery, and all seems well- but Oscar (Paul Reubens) keeps Chucks sweater because the smell of it intrigues him...
Showing posts with label Pushing Daisies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pushing Daisies. Show all posts
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Pushing Daisies
Whew! The show opens with this very odd sequence where the pie maker is watching Chuck sleep and then she wakes up and trips as she gets out of bed and falls onto him and she doesn't die, so they get naked, but she says she has too many clothes on (she is naked remember) and proceeds to peel off her skin, and under that skin is Olive- yes, it was a dream...
Weird.
Anyway, so I used to watch 'The Soup' with Joel McHale- good thing because that's how I was able to recognize him in his guest role as this week's murder victim brought back to life. He was poisoned, but as he was dying he fell on a pointy dog brush handle and ended up dying from stabbing himself repeatedly. He had 4 wives (as a polygamist), and alluded that one of them had given him his poisoned coffee. He also had Bubblegum, a special dog he bread himself.
What follows is a confusing but funny sequence of interviews of the four wives and it's well done. The wives figure out where the Pie Hole is and confront the gang- and the youngest wife Halley admits to using Almond coffee creamer (which is how cyanide tastes).
Halley blames another dog trainer, Ramsfeld Snuppy, for the murder out of jealousy over puppy breeding. He plans on cloning the run-over Bubblegum's DNA and selling this new perfect breed in his stores. Snuppy had a contract from Harold selling Bubblegum to him (dead or alive) against the wishes of the wives.
So this whole plot unfolds, the first wife (Hilary) did both murders and Chuck and the Pie Maker realize that they will never be able to touch, but to be able to go to sleep in the same room every night is enough for them.
Awwwww
Weird.
Anyway, so I used to watch 'The Soup' with Joel McHale- good thing because that's how I was able to recognize him in his guest role as this week's murder victim brought back to life. He was poisoned, but as he was dying he fell on a pointy dog brush handle and ended up dying from stabbing himself repeatedly. He had 4 wives (as a polygamist), and alluded that one of them had given him his poisoned coffee. He also had Bubblegum, a special dog he bread himself.
What follows is a confusing but funny sequence of interviews of the four wives and it's well done. The wives figure out where the Pie Hole is and confront the gang- and the youngest wife Halley admits to using Almond coffee creamer (which is how cyanide tastes).
Halley blames another dog trainer, Ramsfeld Snuppy, for the murder out of jealousy over puppy breeding. He plans on cloning the run-over Bubblegum's DNA and selling this new perfect breed in his stores. Snuppy had a contract from Harold selling Bubblegum to him (dead or alive) against the wishes of the wives.
So this whole plot unfolds, the first wife (Hilary) did both murders and Chuck and the Pie Maker realize that they will never be able to touch, but to be able to go to sleep in the same room every night is enough for them.
Awwwww
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Pushing Daisies
Another very cute, random episode.
The storyline this week was funny- and we get to see another side of Olive. Turns out she used to be a horse jockey and retired when another jockey got trampled during the race he was supposed to win- and Olive took first place in. It's cute how we learn a little more about her each week, and she is a truly delightful character.
To balance all that sugary sweetness, the other storyline this week is about Ned's childhood- how he never got mail from his dad at boarding school until one Halloween he gets a postcard saying his dad has moved- and he goes to see the new house, and his Dad walks out with a new wife and 2 new sons. Ned (and Digby his undead again dog) are dressed in sheets as ghosts and his dad doesn't recognize him, just gives him a candy bar. From that point on Ned hates Halloween, and every year goes back to his old house where he grew up and lies down on the floor where his bed used to be.
I am noticing the costumes in this show- and I like them. If you pause at 20 minutes in, you see Chuck and Olive wearing very cute dresses- I really like the colors and styles. Plus, Olive wears the cutest shift dresses on each episode. Just an observation.
Anyway, so they are investigating the death of a new jockey who claims he was trampled by the other jockey who got trampled in the race- and they go to the guy's mother to find answers because when they opened his grave, they found just a horse's head! Turns out, the mom (who is a bit batty) saved her son's ashes in a trophy case on the mantle, and buried his horse's head in the grave in secret.
Quick side note- the fruit Ned uses in his pies is rotten- when he touches it, it gets ripe again and beautiful and juicy... (although theoretically that could fail since he touches the fruit- so who cuts it up and bakes it into the pies? But that's petty criticism) HOWEVER- he is eating pie with the aunt's and as he puts the strawberry in his mouth, it dies and is immediately rotten! He can't even enjoy the 'fruits' of his labor! (I know, bad pun...) So Ned realizes that Chuck is sending her aunt's pies.
In a weird twist, the first dead trampled jockey wasn't really dead- he was revived in the ambulance but his legs so badly broken that they used his dead horses legs to fix them- and make him taller. He lives in his mom's basement, but he didn't kill the other jockeys. However,when Olive and Chuck give him a ride home, they look to see what his mom keeps in his trophy if not his ashes- and find the ashes of the saddle that was sabotaged which is why he died in the first place. His Mom comes in with a horse and chases Olive and Chuck and turns out she is the murderer, getting revenge for the 'death' of her son's career...
In what could possibly be the sweetest ending ever, Ned takes Olive to her aunt's house (at 2am) dressed in a sheet as a ghost so she can trick-or-treat....
The storyline this week was funny- and we get to see another side of Olive. Turns out she used to be a horse jockey and retired when another jockey got trampled during the race he was supposed to win- and Olive took first place in. It's cute how we learn a little more about her each week, and she is a truly delightful character.
To balance all that sugary sweetness, the other storyline this week is about Ned's childhood- how he never got mail from his dad at boarding school until one Halloween he gets a postcard saying his dad has moved- and he goes to see the new house, and his Dad walks out with a new wife and 2 new sons. Ned (and Digby his undead again dog) are dressed in sheets as ghosts and his dad doesn't recognize him, just gives him a candy bar. From that point on Ned hates Halloween, and every year goes back to his old house where he grew up and lies down on the floor where his bed used to be.
I am noticing the costumes in this show- and I like them. If you pause at 20 minutes in, you see Chuck and Olive wearing very cute dresses- I really like the colors and styles. Plus, Olive wears the cutest shift dresses on each episode. Just an observation.
Anyway, so they are investigating the death of a new jockey who claims he was trampled by the other jockey who got trampled in the race- and they go to the guy's mother to find answers because when they opened his grave, they found just a horse's head! Turns out, the mom (who is a bit batty) saved her son's ashes in a trophy case on the mantle, and buried his horse's head in the grave in secret.
Quick side note- the fruit Ned uses in his pies is rotten- when he touches it, it gets ripe again and beautiful and juicy... (although theoretically that could fail since he touches the fruit- so who cuts it up and bakes it into the pies? But that's petty criticism) HOWEVER- he is eating pie with the aunt's and as he puts the strawberry in his mouth, it dies and is immediately rotten! He can't even enjoy the 'fruits' of his labor! (I know, bad pun...) So Ned realizes that Chuck is sending her aunt's pies.
In a weird twist, the first dead trampled jockey wasn't really dead- he was revived in the ambulance but his legs so badly broken that they used his dead horses legs to fix them- and make him taller. He lives in his mom's basement, but he didn't kill the other jockeys. However,when Olive and Chuck give him a ride home, they look to see what his mom keeps in his trophy if not his ashes- and find the ashes of the saddle that was sabotaged which is why he died in the first place. His Mom comes in with a horse and chases Olive and Chuck and turns out she is the murderer, getting revenge for the 'death' of her son's career...
In what could possibly be the sweetest ending ever, Ned takes Olive to her aunt's house (at 2am) dressed in a sheet as a ghost so she can trick-or-treat....
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