Every week I have been trying to resist this…but i cant any longer. Pushing Daisies is one of my most favorite tv shows ever. (aside from battlestar gallactica, twin peaks and the x-files) It is scratch and sniff, syruppy sweet, and candy colored goodness all in one gumball. It is Burtonesque in its magic, romance and dark comedy. The only thing missing is a pair of 3-d glasses.

The show is about Ned a lonely piemaker who as a boy discovers with one touch he can bring the dead back to life. He discovers another ability, a second touch and they are gone for good. Unfortunately he also learns that if he lets them live someone else must take their place.

Pushing Daisies has a Big Production feel..almost as if it were a two hour feature length movie. This may be the result of a cast who are predominately stage actors and actresses or may be that the Executive Producers Brian Fuller and Barry Sonenfeld have ties to big stuff like Star Trek, The Adams Family and the Coen Brothers.

There are so many things that I love about this show….I love that Jim Dale the voice from the Harry Potter books on tape narrates this program. I love that Ned’s bakery is called The Pie Hole. I love that the two things Ned cherishes most in the world he cant touch (Digby his dog and Chuck his true love). And I love that this program doesn’t discriminate. It is equally enjoyable for both the young and old. Check it out in all its technicolor glory…Wednesdays, 8 pm on ABC.

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