The critical darling of the 2007 Fall television season, Pushing Daisies, will debut tonight at 7:00 on ABC. The show is produced by Bryan Fuller (who was behind the underappreciated Dead Like Me and is a writer for Heroes), and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. It is about a man with the ability to bring people back to life with one touch and uses that power to solve crimes. As hokey as the premise sounds, I encourage everyone who follows this blog to give it a shot tonight. Why am I shilling for it on TheLostOgle?
Well, whereas Saving Grace is set in what we are supposed to believe if Oklahoma City (even though the backdrop looks more like a modern day Mayberry), Pushing Daisies has a different Oklahoma tie. The star of the show, Lee Pace, is from Chickasha, and Oklahoma City University alum Kristin Chenoweth, plays the character Olive Snook. It will be interesting to see if this different kind of Oklahoma flavor will be a better mix than the contrived “Sooner State” portrayed in Saving Grace.
I can’t promise it will be a great television experience as I, too, will be watching it for the first time, but at minimum, we should get some entertainment seeing the 6′3″ Pace standing next to spritely 4′11″ Chenoweth.
Let us know what you think in the comments section.
This post has nothing to do with Mike Gundy, Jenni Carlson or the Ballerina Dude from Edmond. What gives?
Who knows, maybe Tyler Nelson will make an appearance as one of the people Lee Pace temporarily brings back to life.
You can almost see the height difference here:
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0925266/105_pre.jpg.html
Actually, this one is much better:
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0925266/Ss/0925266/041r_pre.jpg.html
This show has received great reviews.
However, Sonnenfeld apparently went way over budget on the pilot and probably won’t be directing any more episodes. I’m told the look and feel of the show is the best thing about it, so I don’t know how it will look on a more modest budget.
Here’s hoping some of that good ol’ fashion Chenoweth pluck can help it out…
Looks like lil Tyler settled the lawsuit filed against him, http://newsok.com/article/3139762/1191425111
i lived one house down from christian kane. i used to swim in his pool. just throwing that out there.
Olive Snook? Can we give her a “Saving
Grace” type name?
Something, like, Olive Snewcastle, maybe?
With all this talk of famous Okie’s, has no one even noticed that our very own Miss America is taking on Mozilla and Microsoft?
http://missamericakidsafebrowser.com/
Olive Gotebo?
Olive Slapout?
Olive Smoore?
Olive Pink?
Olive Saltus
Olive El Reno has a good sound.
Olive Sasakwa?
Olive Two Feathers?
I like Olive Olustee. There’s a lot to work with there.
For a “kid-safe browser,” hostess Lauren is somewhat scantily clad.
Fifteen minutes into the show. It seems pretty good, but man, the whimsy! This show has some serious whimsy. Not sure how much of that I can take.
okfuskee. olive okfuskee.
Just so you’ll know, Saving Grace is shot in Calgary.
I liked it, but I’m afraid to get attached. The show had the look and feel of something that would go over quite well on a pay cable show, but is probably too good for the masses. I’d bet 90% of the public would watch the show for 5 minutes, get confused, and let their mind wander to what Bruno Tomj-whatever said about Mark Cuban’s cha-cha.
I would imagine the whimsy will be scaled back for however many episodes are left before Michael Ausiello’s “Save P.D.” campaign fails. The pilot (or “Pie-lette” as this episode was named) has to do all the set up for the rest of the series. From here on out, it looks like there will be more solving crimes and granting last wishes.
I would definitely watch a show with Olive Pink hanging around the Pie Hole….especially if it was on Skinamax.
Did anyone else notice that when Chenoweth’s character stood on the table while coming on to Lee Pace’s character, Pace was still a tad bit taller than her?
Great show. Good acting. Whimsical. Clever. Sarcastic. Big Words (you have to love a show that confuses “masturbation” with “mastication”).
It will never make it.
not that anyone care, but i am now in love with lee pace. from oklahoma? bfa from julliard? hello!