why nobody will ever figure me out
Reason 1 - I've been living with me for 50 years and I can't do it, and I'm not a stupid person.
My favorite new TV show is Pushing Daisies. It's a quirky comedy about a guy who can touch dead people and they come to life. If he touches them again, they die again. If he lets them live more than a minute, someone/something else dies in their place. I'm not sure what it is about this show that has me captivated. Why is it I know when this show comes on and try to watch it? It's a definite sign I'm not spending enough time in the gym.
OK, I know a few reasons. First of all, it's a comedy. Everyone who knows me knows that's my genre. I love the Earl/30 Rock/Office trio on Thursday night. There are other new comedies though. Why this one? Granted, it's not CSI : Poughkeepsie, or CSI : Seattle, or CSI : Anyplace Else. I've been CSI'd 'til I could puke. Same with Law and Order. At least it's not Law and Order : Transvestite Bank Robbers Who Say Nie. The fact that 'cop show' is decidedly not my genre has had an effect on how much TV I watch anymore....less and less.
Still, this is a strange show. It has a narrator, who rarely uses names. The main character is mentioned only as "the pie maker" (right now, I couldn't tell you his name) and he works in a pie shop called The Pie Hole. His love interest is a girl he brought back to life by touching her, but now he can't touch her or she'll die. The writing is clever. Maybe that's it, because if it wasn't, I'd be grabbing the remote. The background and story lines are very surreal, even bizarre...kind of an Edward Scissorhands meets Twin Peaks kind of feel. No, none of it is the least bit believable. It's a twisted fairy tale kind of feel. I just can't figure out why it's grabbed my attention...because it has. For that reason alone, it probably won't last.
My favorite new TV show is Pushing Daisies. It's a quirky comedy about a guy who can touch dead people and they come to life. If he touches them again, they die again. If he lets them live more than a minute, someone/something else dies in their place. I'm not sure what it is about this show that has me captivated. Why is it I know when this show comes on and try to watch it? It's a definite sign I'm not spending enough time in the gym.
OK, I know a few reasons. First of all, it's a comedy. Everyone who knows me knows that's my genre. I love the Earl/30 Rock/Office trio on Thursday night. There are other new comedies though. Why this one? Granted, it's not CSI : Poughkeepsie, or CSI : Seattle, or CSI : Anyplace Else. I've been CSI'd 'til I could puke. Same with Law and Order. At least it's not Law and Order : Transvestite Bank Robbers Who Say Nie. The fact that 'cop show' is decidedly not my genre has had an effect on how much TV I watch anymore....less and less.
Still, this is a strange show. It has a narrator, who rarely uses names. The main character is mentioned only as "the pie maker" (right now, I couldn't tell you his name) and he works in a pie shop called The Pie Hole. His love interest is a girl he brought back to life by touching her, but now he can't touch her or she'll die. The writing is clever. Maybe that's it, because if it wasn't, I'd be grabbing the remote. The background and story lines are very surreal, even bizarre...kind of an Edward Scissorhands meets Twin Peaks kind of feel. No, none of it is the least bit believable. It's a twisted fairy tale kind of feel. I just can't figure out why it's grabbed my attention...because it has. For that reason alone, it probably won't last.
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