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Pushing Daisies

I think Kristi’s been asking me to watch this one since about the second episode. I eventually agreed, and today was the day I watched!

First off, this show is about Ned, who, as a young boy, learned that he could revive dead things with just a touch. Of course, he also quickly learned that there was a bit of fine print. In 60 seconds, someone/something else in close proximity would die. Also, once someone has been revived, a second touch from him means permanent death.

We’ll just say that from there we go into solving deaths for money [not his idea, poor Ned gets sorta dragged into that one] and well, you can use your imagination to figure out what this might mean for his love life…

As for me–I love it! It’s cheesy, but fun cheesy–not gagmewithaspoon cheesy. It’s not at all set up to be a ‘real life’ deal, so you can let your imagination go and forget all the But How’s? and just enjoy it for what it is!

The colors are so vivid! The quirky characters, combined with the extreme colors and patterns throws me back to Tim Burton’s Big Fish.

Bonus–the aunt’s of Ned’s love interest are played by Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors and one of the ladies from an old show, Sisters. [Ellen Greene and Swoosie Kurtz]

So do I recommend it? Yep! It’s only on episode 4 now and they’re all on abc.com to watch so you have no excuse!