Send in the Clowns Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Pushing Daisies ABC, Wednesdays, 8/79/8 E/C “Circus, Circus!” Written by Peter Ocko Directed by Lawrence Trilling There are three major ingredients in Pushing Daisies: the witty dialogue, the quirky characters, and the eye-popping locations for each story. A distant fourth would be the murder mystery that this alleged forensic show is supposed to be solving every week. So far, most of the series has consisted of tweaking one of the three major ingredients, usually the location. In this week’s episode, Pushing Daisies ran away to the Big Top. While it would seem to…
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Pushing Daisies: “Bzzzz!”
Bee-yootiful Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Pushing Daisies ABC, Wednesdays, 8/79/8 E/C “Bzzzz!” Written by Bryan Fuller Directed by Adam Kane Pushing Daisies returns for its second season with most of the charm and magic of the first season, and all of the visual delights. This dark and irony-laced fairy tale for grownups continues to defy all convention by presenting the adventures of Ned the Pie-Maker and Chuck the Dead Girl as a fable drenched in flat, brilliant color, told in riddles and puns, and wrapped in a combination of pathos and comedy. The only questions in my mind are…