Comments on: Pushing Daisies and Kings: What’s Wrong with People?

By: sean

sean — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:32:27 +0000

i did not see kings either but pushing daisies was an excellent show, as was dead like me… neither show got a complete wrap up as deserved.
however i would agree that these two shows were entirely different other than the wit and hovering death in the air.
pushing daisies was very intriguing, as it had a grim fairy tale like appeal and witty rhetoric.
i would implore anyone who could name a show that that was not formulaic that held consistency, aside from shows that only really made sense after all the episodes or most were viewed…. the great stories and myths of old were told in a formulaic fashion as to maintain the interest of the listeners…. who wants another jumpy slaughter house five scenario… really…. if the plot does not seem formulaic it is because it has no substance…. the trick of any great writer is to captivate the audience enough to not notice the formulaic setup of the story but not to disregard it entirely…. no one actually wants to listen to a story that contains gaps and means nothing as whole unless this is understood before listening… ie a collection of stories that might hold small connections but are in total their own individual stories.

By: Billy

Billy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:16:45 +0000

Pushing Daisies got my attention from the first episode and held it since then. It was my favorite show, ever, and I am so saddened that it didn’t catch on. I found this website trying to answer the question: Why didn’t people like pushing daisies?

I really don’t know. Anyone who saw episodes like, “The Fun in Funeral” or “Bitches” in season one, or “Bad Habits” and “Di Sum, Lose Some” in season two would have stuck with the show forever. Everything about it was fantastic, and although the basic format was the same, saying that ‘every episode is the same’ is just not fair. Isn’t every crime-drama the same? Set up a murder, then they try to solve it, and then you get the big reval at the end.

I loved the characters like Olive and Emerson. But the one thing I will never, ever forget is the ‘Birdhouse in Your Soul’ scene from the episode “Pidgeon.” it really touched my heart, as did nearly every episode, which is why I was faithful to daisies until the very sad end of what should have been years of a wonderful show.

By: caroline

caroline — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:53:39 +0000

Dead Like Me doesn’t have the shiny happy adorableness of Pushing Daisies – in fact, it’s kind of the polar opposite in that area. But it’s smart, and hilarious, and weird and I can’t believe that it ever got canceled.

I loved Pushing Daisies, even realizing that it was the same set up every week. I loved the characters, cartoony as they are, and the quirkiness, and Pigby. But if I had to pick between Pushing Daisies and Dead Like Me to renew…. it’s a tough one.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:54:51 +0000

Sara — That kind of makes sense to me, because I really like cartoons!

Lyn — I guess I also didn’t mind that every episode is the same, because it made me feel good every time. The formula didn’t bother me as much as the House formula did, I guess.

Sierra — I’ve never seen Dead Like Me, but you’re inspiring me to check it out if it’s like Pushing Daisies, but better!

Thanks, guys, I can see what you’re getting at.

By: Sierra

Sierra — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:49:44 +0000

I love Kings, and am enjoying it while it lasts, but I can’t say that I felt that way about Pushing Daisies. I really wanted to love it because I was a huge fan of Dead Like Me, the show that the idea for Pushing Daisies came from, but it was just inferior in every way. It looked really pretty, but there was not nearly as much substance. Like Lyn said, every episode was the same. It was a simple mystery of the week format, so I was confused as to why critics loved it so much. If I want a quirky show about death, I would much rather go back and watch Dead Like Me.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:16:10 +0000

Regarding Pushing Daisies, I agree with Sara … but another issue is that every episode seemed exactly the same.

By: sara

sara — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:03:05 +0000

Well, I didn't watch Kings, but I think I was kept at a distance from really embracing Pushing Daisies because of the overwhelming adorableness. It was so shiny and colorful and pretty that the darkness, the death the characters were dealing with all the time, felt as unreal as those pretty, pretty pies and every single thing Chuck wore. I just couldn't form any sort of attachment to the characters because they seemed like cartoons.