One Again I Say: Pushing Daisies Rocked

[Capt_Piett]

"Kristin Chenoweth won the first Emmy of the evening for best supporting actress in a comedy series for a show, "Pushing Daisies," that's no longer on the air. "Pushing Daisies" won four honors total."

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it ABC!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/20/emmy.night/index.html

 

[Data Holmes]

I loved when, accepting the award, she commented, "I'm out of work now, and would love to be on mad men."

 

[Australis]

Pushing Daisies rocked?

Um. No.

 

[Rowan Sjet]

You're a filthy liar Australis.

 

[Lindley]

I'm not sure "rocked" is the proper term, but it certainly played a jaunty tune.

 

[barnaclelapse]

Oh, I don't know. I'd say it did some decided rockin' before it was all said and done.

 

[Australis]

You're a filthy liar Australis.

Meh. I watched one ep (something about something being left in a house by a guy in prison) and bits of others, and I was left pretty unimpressed.

That said, I do acknowledge it's pretty popular but, like Firefly, not the be-all and end-all. YMMV.

 

[Scout101]

I loved when, accepting the award, she commented, "I'm out of work now, and would love to be on mad men."

That part was great!

"I also like The Office and 24..."

 

[RobertScorpio]

Pushing Daisies rocked?

Um. No.

I agree..it was good at the start. But he whimsical nature of the show, I think, would never have supported that show long enough. Same reason I also think DEAD LIKE ME wouldn't have lasted much longer than it did...

Rob

 

[auntiehill]

I loved this show. Pushing Daisies did indeed rock. I will especially miss Emerson Cod:

If you can't hold it, go cry in the bathroom, sit on the toilet and do it. Like a man!

That idea might make a stupid idea feel better about itself.

My guess is that an attractive man who makes pies for a living shouldn't even spend a short amount of time in prison.

Death by scratch-'n'-sniff. What the hell happened to people shooting each other with guns?

Future Me is saying 'I told you so' all upside your head... but Now Me is standing here quietly.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Hurray for Kristen Chenowith, she truly deserved that win. The show rocked but right now, I'd settle for the best actors from it - Chenowith, Lee Pace, Chi McBride, Ellen Green and Swoozie Kurtz - getting roles in good shows worth watching. I think McBride has already been snapped up by some damn generic cop show.

I agree..it was good at the start. But he whimsical nature of the show, I think, would never have supported that show long enough.

Yes I'll admit it veered too much into the sweet end of the spectrum. The ratings might have been boosted if the show had had more of a bite, more of a Burtonesque dark side.

Ned did something pretty creepy when he brought Chuck back to life, knowing that it would kill someone else. It was only an accident that he killed someone who arguably deserved to die. But is that really all that fundamentally different than what Dexter Morgan does? It was all brushed aside, but didn't have to be. Pushing Daisies could have used a judicious dash of Dexter.

I loved when, accepting the award, she commented, "I'm out of work now, and would love to be on mad men."

Cripes, she'd be perfect for that show, which needs some new blood anyway. Time for perfect-doctor-hubby to murder Joan and clear the way for the next smart office hotty.

 

[Kelso]

I'd settle for the best actors from it - Chenowith, Lee Pace, Chi McBride, Ellen Green and Swoozie Kurtz - getting roles in good shows worth watching.

I think Bryan Fuller should reassemble them all for a Star Trek series.

 

[Australis]

Someone said Dead Like Me. I borrowed the first series from the library. I got about 4 or 5 eps in when I stopped. The whole pouty angsty "gee I'm dead and never even lived" SUCKED BAD. And getting killed by a toile t seat. Jesus. Save me from the quirky.

 

[Geck]

The show rocked but right now, I'd settle for the best actors from it - Chenowith, Lee Pace, Chi McBride, Ellen Green and Swoozie Kurtz - getting roles in good shows worth watching.

One notable omission from your list there. Not an Anna Friel fan? I personally thought it was one of the best casts on TV, all six of them.

I was thrilled for Chenoweth's unexpected win, and her completely overwhelmed reaction to it. Apparently she actually needed medical attention later and had to leave the ceremony. I definitely miss the show and really need to get off my butt and buy the DVDs soon... my interest did wane a bit in the middle of season 1, but season 2 surpassed all my expectations and was stellar. The writing and the cast both hit perfect strides, and the mini-story orcs helped keep a bit of focus and keep me tuning in each week.

I remember something about Fuller planning to continue the series in comic form? Did this ever come to pass?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I'd settle for the best actors from it - Chenowith, Lee Pace, Chi McBride, Ellen Green and Swoozie Kurtz - getting roles in good shows worth watching.

I think Bryan Fuller should reassemble them all for a Star Trek series.

Bryan Fuller is doing some TV show based on an infomercial company or something.

One notable omission from your list there. Not an Anna Friel fan?

She didn't really stand out as anything special from what I could tell. There are plenty of ingenue types in Hollywood. The others in my list have some absolutely unique quality. But it's an unusually great cast...

 

[bluedana]

The writing and the cast both hit perfect strides, and the mini-story orcs helped keep a bit of focus and keep me tuning in each week.

I'm a language geek, so I really loved the clever wordplay. I need to get the DVDs so I can use the closed-captioning and get the full benefit of the smart dialogue and narration. I also loved the unmentioned sight-gags. You really had to pay attention. Oh, and it was so, so pretty.

I was thrilled for Chenoweth's unexpected win, and her completely overwhelmed reaction to it. Apparently she actually needed medical attention later and had to leave the ceremony.

Chenoweth suffers from a serious, chronic condition that causes her excruciating pain. I recall an interview where she talks about performing night after night in Wicked and how difficult it was. I bet it had something to do with that.

 

[Nick Ryder]

She had a migraine... nothing to get too worked up over. Gal probably has some food sensitivities... chocolate and shellfish and eggs are common triggers... so who knows, maybe she had a big egg breakfast, then celebrated with some chocolate in the gift suites and maybe munched on some shrimp and "Hellooooo Migraine!"

My mom has had migraines since she was a teenager and they are excruciatingly painful, but they can crop up from time to time and they're worse than "just a headache" although why they called in an ambulance is kinda overkill.

 

[exodus]

I loved this show. Pushing Daisies did indeed rock. I will especially miss Emerson Cod:

If you can't hold it, go cry in the bathroom, sit on the toilet and do it. Like a man!

That idea might make a stupid idea feel better about itself.

My guess is that an attractive man who makes pies for a living shouldn't even spend a short amount of time in prison.

Death by scratch-'n'-sniff. What the hell happened to people shooting each other with guns?

Future Me is saying 'I told you so' all upside your head... but Now Me is standing here quietly.

Emerson was the best!!!

However, I'd like to add for all the fans and nay sayers.
Just because a show ends too soon doesn't make it bad.
The fact that it was nominated and won these awards proves that while the public is fickle, the show was acknowledged by it's peers in the industry as well worth every minute.

 

[Trekker4747]

When the show first premiered I enjoyed it. The sickly sacharine, fairy-tail book vibe of it was a touch grating -I would've prefered maybe a bit straighter approach- but I enjoyed it. Then two things happend.

First, the WGA strike of 2007. That ended PD's first season early and IRC it didn't come back once the strike ended early the following year it just had a short first season and a new episode didn't air until the second sason premiered.

The WGA strike hurt it as a new show to hold its audience and firmly establish one.

The second thing that happened was the bottom falling out of the markets which I think resulted in a change of the climate and moods of TV viewers, a sacharine pseudo-fairy tale show just didn't "gel" with that mood.

For me, the show was just too much. It was good, it was quirky, but I think a little too quirky for its own good and there wasn't much "drama" to latch on to. If the show doesn't take itself -all that- seriously it's hard to care about the events occuring in it or get involved with the mysteries.

Good show, but I can see why it failed. It was just too "off." I don't blame the station for canceling it, however, as the show just wasn't pulling in the viewers. Doesn't matter how original or acclaimed it was if it's not making them money they're not going to keep it around.