The Sound of Music-related stories
Posted Oct 1st 2008 11:59PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
(S02E01) What's the buzz? The buzz is bees and bees were the main topic on tonight's season opener. Frankly, I really don't like bees, so I found the sight of the dead body -- Kentucky Fitz -- covered in pus-filled bee bites rather repulsive. However, you got to hand it to
Pushing Daisies for production values.
Everything about the show remains top-notch. The look, the feel, the essence remains as precious as the Emmy-award winning pie-lette (for direction). In fact, that's the only problem with
PD; it is precious. For some people that's too much. For me, this is TV that's just too good to care about the delicate balance between surreality and satire, fable and a far-out acid trip.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: Bzzzzzzz! (season premiere)
Posted Apr 22nd 2008 8:41AM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Medium, Video, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E13) "Allison... close your eyes. I gotta get out of bed now and I'm not wearing any clothes." - Lee Scanlon
The opening voice over left me a bit unnerved. I'm used to Medium starting with some kind of disturbing vision. The only thing disturbing about Allison's narration was that it made me feel like I was watching Criminal Minds.
The pool of blood seeping from the head of Di Novi's dead friend was a little closer to what I've come to expect and I really liked the surrealistic way Scanlon and Di Novi repeated Allison's dream verbatim.
Continue reading Medium: A Cure For What Ails You - VIDEO
Posted Dec 30th 2007 4:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 7, NBC has a new Football Night in America, followed by the Colts/Titans game.
- ABC has The Sound of Music at 7.
- The CW has a new CW Now at 7.
- At 8, CBS has a new episode of The Amazing Race.
- ESPN has the PetroSun Independence Bowl at 8.
- Lifetime Movie Network has Finding John Christmas at 8, then Christmas in Paradise.
- At 10, E! has a new episode of The Girls Next Door, followed by a new Snoop Dogg's Father Hood.
Check your local TV listings for more.