A Birdhouse in Your Soul By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Pushing Daisies ABC, Wednesdays, 8/79/8 E/C “Pigeon” Written by Rina Mimoun Directed by Adam Kane Okay, this is how much genius gets packed into the writing for this show: Olive Snook tells Chuck’s Aunt Viviane (Ellen Green) that she should “build a birdhouse in her soul” to lodge hope in. Later, during a drive that leads them to a windmill, Olive and Aunt Viviane sing “Birdhouse in Your Soul”. Cute. But dig a little deeper, and there’s more. “Birdhouse in Your Soul” is a song by…
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Pushing Daisies: “The Fun in Funeral”
Buckle and Swash By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Stegall Pushing Daisies ABC, Wednesdays, 8/79/8 E/C “The Fun in Funeral” Written by Bryan Fuller Directed by Paul Edwards It’s the little things that make this show pure genius. In an early bit during the third episode ofPushing Daisies, young Ned (Field Cate, Without a Trace) experiments with fireflies to figure out the parameters of his “gift” for resurrection. He learns that if he touches a dead creature and brings it back to life for more than one minute, some other creature must die in its stead. Horrified by the implications,…