How ‘Pushing Daisies’ came alive
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ABC’s “Pushing Daisies” is one of the most imaginative TV shows to come along in awhile, so have you ever thought: Where the heck did this wacky idea come from?
Well, turns out that this brainchild of creator Bryan Fuller’s was almost a mere subplot on Showtime’s “Dead Like Me.”
Fuller was working on that death-happy show when he got the notion of a character who was thwarting the Grim Reaper by bringing people back to life with a single touch.
Luckily for “Daisies” fans, Fuller left “Dead” to work on FOX’s “Wonderfalls”—he does like them quirky shows—so that storyline was never used.
Read more about how the show came to life in this TV Guide story. (My personal favorite tidbit of info is that director Barry Sonnenfeld asked that the color blue not be used when developing the show’s vivid color scheme.)
And as for what’s up with the murder-solving “Daisies” crew, tonight’s episode brings back Chuck’s kooky aunts Lily and Vivian.
Apparently collecting that reward money for capturing Chuck’s killer didn’t make the aunties happy for long.
Chuck follows through on her threat of hiding anti-depressants in their food, when she convinces Olive to bring them some drug-laced pies.
Go here to E! Online to check out a scene from tonight’s episode, which features E!’s TV reporter Kristin Dos Santos in a cameo as a corpse.
Hey, it wasn’t all fun and games, the girl was working—she scored some great interviews with Lee Pace (Ned), Anna Friel (Chuck) and the wee Kristin Chenoweth (Olive).
Enjoy your “Daisies” tonight!
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Pushing Daisies is my favorite show of all the new shows. Actually it is the only one I like.