About two weeks ago I saw that the DVR was recording something. It was a Saturday night, so I had no idea what it could possibly be. I turned on the television and much to my surprise it was recording Pushing Daisies! I had completely forgotten that they were airing the final episodes. But you know what else I forgot? FDot already sent me the final three episodes because they already aired on BBC! He sent them to me right before my trip to San Francisco and I completely forgot about them until that time!
As I was watching the first episode full of operatic Olive and rampaging rhinos, I remembered just how much I loved this show and how sad I was to see it ending. But even though I wanted the experience of the final episodes to last forever, after watching the first episode on television, I immediately ran down to the computer to watch the last two episodes. I was completely in love. And while you could tell that these episodes were not meant to be series finales by any means, I was impressed with how much they were able to wrap up with some post-production magic (and perhaps a bit of dumb luck with the storylines timing). The final episode airs this Saturday at 10PM on ABC. I feel like a legitimate reviewer being able to actually review something before it reaches the general public!
So long Pushing Daisies! I’ll miss you terribly. But I have Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls that I haven’t seen yet, so I can still get my fill of Bryan Fuller wacky, deathy, deliciousness.
Moral of this story; Don’t eff with John!
That was disturbing Craig. I would have laid my money on the bunny until I saw that. I think it would be a close and bloody battle.
Wait, I hadn’t clicked Mark’s link. I’m back firmly in the “bunny will kick ass” camp.
Tam: Glad you’re back. The bunny would make toast of the cheeseburger.
But then again, I Love cheesetoast.
No, No, I’m sticking with the bunny!
Just in case there are any doubting Thomases (is that a word) out there: CLICK HERE
John: Ummm, yeah, thanks for that.
John: I will never doubt you again.
M. Nico: That explains why they used it against other things in space.
A sentient cheeseburger by a landslide.
sentient cheeseburger = survived slaughter house, meat grinder, and broiling; what’s a bunny gonna do that hasn’t already been tried and been failed?
TwoPi = My Hero
Tam: Any time!
Mark: I always knew I liked you.
Cupcake: Isn’t there quite a bit of debris in space that might mar the surface of a space bound mirror?
A compelling argument TwoPi, however, you are assuming that it has maintained sentience through out the process. Who’s to say it wasn’t granted sentience after said processes.
Plus, I ask you: exactly how will it move? Just because it is aware doesn’t mean it can move.
Yeah, so maybe the burger can’t move. Maybe it would just sit there. Waiting for the bunny to come take a nibble of its delicious lettuce. AND THEN IT WOULD STRIKE!
john: It might be rather high up above most of the man-made debris. Higher up allows you to see more of the Earth.
TwoPi: You are a sentient being, correct. So I challenge you to catch the zigzagging bunny in my back yard! And don’t bring up any kind of traps. Sentient cheeseburgers don’t have arms or legs to create traps, so you have to sit in one spot and catch that speedy bugger. Can you do it??
Damn, late again!
Does the bunny have Craig-killing teeth?
Craig: I think you have proved my point. The cheeseburger would sit there with his lettuce hanging provocatively, the bunny would furtively hop over, and then pounce and chomp his lettuce and everything else to death.
Loved Pushing Daisies, but almost immediately upon seeing the first episode I knew it wouldn’t survive. It wasn’t dumbed down enough to lowest common denominator status to appeal to mainstream America. The dialogue was quick and witty, the storylines & characters engaging, and the tone whimsical. In other words, no way Joe the Plumber was going to understand it.
Alas, another great show cancelled.
I hear there is going to be a comic put out to wrap up any remaining story lines.
P.S. Dead Like Me started really strong and I liked it a lot, but it became very depressing. No character was ever happy. Don’t watch the direct to DVD movie that followed the series either. The characters that didn’t come back for that (or were replaced by other actors) are sorely missed.
I remember liking Wonderfalls, but its stint was so brief I can’t even remember it anymore.
Ryan: The bunny has all killing teeth. And the cheeseburger just has his gumming buns.
Scott: In Dead Like Me, The spirits who finally made it to the great beyond were very happy. I hadn’t heaard about the direct to DVD movie, but I def won’t watch it on your advice.
Deceased: Mr. P. Cottontail.
Cause of death: congestive heart failure.
He should have stuck to his greens.
Turns out a sentient cheeseburger doesn’t need to be able to move; it is a self-contained baited trap, waiting to lure unsuspecting omnivores with its lovely aroma, then attack with trans fats and cholesterol.
How exactly is bunny chomping going to kill it? It managed to transfer its conscience from a pile of cow viscera through a meat grinder and on to a burger patty, it will survive anything Mr Bunny might do.
Of course, its next form may well be the dreaded Sentient Bunny Pellet, but surely that is a vicious menace as well.
TwoPi: You have no idea. I swear our two rabbits produce more than twice their body weight in pellets each day.
So….much….poop!
If I remember correctly, Daisy Adair was very happy when she moved on. I know the regular characters all had some form of regret, but who doesn’t?
Isn’t this a question of whether sentient hamburgers have better defenses against bunnies than Craig?
Well, I’ve enjoyed this afternoon with my “old” friends, but I’m going to bed now. Bye.
I’m with John. Poop production is prodigious, even with my little 2 pounder. And when he bites it hurt. Experience speaks. That burger would be screaming in no time.
Strength:
Craig < Bunny < Sentient Cheeseburger
I watched the Dead Like Me movie! And it was, well,….in good news, I’m not eager for them to make another one, so in that sense I guess there’s closure.
What I liked about the movie was seeing what happened to the non-reaper people in the intervening years, especially Georgia’s family, and so that was nice. But with Mandy gone and Daisy changed — I hate it when they change actors mid-stream — I just didn’t care about the Reaper storyline. So I’m not sorry I saw it exactly, but I’d be hard pressed to recommend it.
Craig: We will have to be sure to keep you away from any sentient cheeseburgers. For whom else would we dance?
All work and no commenting makes M. Nicodemus a dull boy
Ryan: this is beginning to sound like a government contract; the specifications for the proposed solar powered death-beam keep changing to accommodate previously unseen variables, which in turn pushes back the delivery date of said death-beam while simultaneously increasing the cost of the project exponentially. You, my friend, could have a future in politics.
John: Ugh! Keep your rabbit poop away from my deliciously lethal cheeseburger!
Mark: Nighty night.
Pineapple. Then kiwi.
Fresh blackberries; Nana Nicodemus made the best blackberry pies!
Little know fact: Luther Burbank created a white variety of the blackberry in 1894 called an iceburg blackberry.
Nico: Why must people tamper with nature. And yellow raspberries? That’s wrong.
Speaking of TV shows; this looks interesting. Wait a second, it’s airing on FOX. Never mind, they will cancel it half way through the pilot and fill the dead airtime with reruns of “When Animals Attack.” If we are lucky it will be a bunny episode.
Tam: I used to live across the street from the Luther Burbank Gardens, it was kinda neat to see all the weird plants. The Iceburg Blackberrys weren’t really any good, but some of the other fruits he made were awesome!
Raspberries are probably my favorite, but I don’t trust golden raspberries.
The only thing I know that focused solar power works on is pure evil. I saw it work in Legend.
A bunny would probably take a sentient cheeseburger. Now if the cheeseburger had extra condiments such as a pickle or those little onion pieces like McDonalds uses that the cheeseburger could use as projectile weapons, then the bunny might have a problem.
I’m more concerned with white chocolate. Yes, it’s white, but it’s not technically chocolate. So…what it is then?
Cupcake: “Is it just me or do the writers of Star Trek not understand the economic implications of replicators?” in the first season of Next Gen, Picard said money was obsolete and they didn’t use it anymore. Yet, they still had gold pressed latinum in DS9. I don’t really know how this answers your question, I’m just throwing it out there since work at this blocked today as well. Presumably, the green pornos had something to do with it.
HUGS…
Tam: “Favorite fruits anyone? And I don’t mean Polt. ”
What, I can’t be a favorite fruit? Mine are strawberries, by the way.
HUGS…
Polt: The question arose after watching the first season of DS9. The trade and transport of food items, medicines, and small parts seems unnecessary.
Ryan: Raspberries are my fave too.
Polt: Well it goes without saying that you are our favorite.
Nico: Yeah, weird plants just for fun is okay I guess, but they rarely taste as good. Although the other hand, many things we take for granted today such as orange carrots have been tampered with. Last year just for fun I bought my Mom some heirloom carrot seeds. There was white, purple and yellow. I was totally in love with the yellow and white ones. They were much sweeter, purple were about the same as orange. So in some cases we’ve bred the coolness factor OUT of foods rather than put it back in. Purple potatoes from Peru are fun too.
Tam: Heirloom tomatoes freak me out.
FDot: White chocolate shares some characteristics of regular chocolate. Its made with cocoa butter which is part of the regular chocolate, so its like the poor (badly tasting) cousin. Unless its in cheesecake then I have no complaints.
Ryan: They are a little scary looking sometimes but I think they taste way better. Not that we get that many up here in the supermarket.
FDot: “The only thing I know that focused solar power works on is pure evil. I saw it work in Legend.” LOL!
Favorite fruits: Fuji Apples, Navel Oranges and Bananas. I love raspberries too, but I have to avoid berries.
Cupcake: All tomatoes are gross, but heirlooms are gross and scary.
Tam: what annoys me is the bland flavor we have come to accept from store bought fruits and vegetables, which were modified to withstand cross country shipping while sacrificing flavor. Additionally, most fruits are picked before they are ripe so they will have a longer shelf life at the store, which prevents them from attaining their full fruity potential; very unlike Polt
John: I love you! Tomatoes are disgusting, vile, and evil.