tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post7115049959040052470..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Pushing Daisies, "Circus Circus": What sort of contraptions?Alan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33761290226310161962009-07-24T20:21:30.515-04:002009-07-24T20:21:30.515-04:00Anon...u got it...i was thinking the exact same th...Anon...u got it...i was thinking the exact same thing...trying to recall the episode where chuck says that they are her step-aunts...thats it..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-22596643543733968162009-06-12T08:26:14.238-04:002009-06-12T08:26:14.238-04:00I know this is an old thread but I came across it ...I know this is an old thread but I came across it in passing and thought I'd help ya'll out with the Charles family tree. In the 2nd season episode "Bad Habits," Chuck hires a genealogy tracking expert, explaining to Ned, "... they're step-aunts. Dad was in his 20s when his dad married Lily and Vivian's Mom." Thus, they are all "Charles," (Lily and Vivian taking their step-father's surname). Vivian Charles and Charles Charles' engagement and Lily Charles and Charles Charles' secret baby-making romance are not incestuous (genetically speaking!)<br />All of the confusing little hints they give can be explained after all! I was so happy when I finally figured it out :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-6290528421958965862008-10-13T21:39:00.000-04:002008-10-13T21:39:00.000-04:00I don't have it on my DVR to re-watch and confirm,...I don't have it on my DVR to re-watch and confirm, but I thought the "contraption" that Ned referred to was his dog-scratcher-hand tool that he uses to pet Digby and occasionally to caress Chuck's face (as he did at the top of this episode). <BR/><BR/>[BTW, that whole miscommunication between Ned and Emerson, regarding Ned and Chuck's intimate interactions and Ned's subsequent "there's a mask" line (re: the clown mask on the side of the road), was hysterical.]Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703089734703263363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-9183367927739354362008-10-13T10:21:00.000-04:002008-10-13T10:21:00.000-04:00Just reading the comments made me giggle about thi...Just reading the comments made me giggle about this episode again, which is probably my favorite in the series. My two favorite quotes were the one about the mimes not talking (I knew that one was coming and I still laughed) and the one about the clowns only making two things around here: balloon animals and enemies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-50803136929219780512008-10-11T20:54:00.000-04:002008-10-11T20:54:00.000-04:00Regarding the family tree: I went back and looked ...Regarding the family tree: I went back and looked at the first episode. Yes, they did specifically refer to the aunts as Vivian and Lily Charles on two occasions: in a news story about Chuck's death, and in a news story about the aunts killing a home invader. So either they're retcon'ing this or something's not what it seems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-18805306096413498932008-10-11T15:44:00.000-04:002008-10-11T15:44:00.000-04:00In addition to everything everybody else has alrea...In addition to everything everybody else has already mentioned... love Chuck's interrogation of the friend in the beginning.<BR/><BR/>Re Chuck's family tree: The key line is at the end, where Chuck is starting her new life, telling her own life story: "raised in a small town by two unmarried sisters <I><B>I call</B></I> my aunts." (emphasis added) That very clearly indicates that these are courtesy aunts, not biological aunts. As for the aunts' surname: I don't know if that was ever stated in the series. I don't particularly trust IMDB.com, because like Wikipedia, it's a collection of what people think they know and not necessarily correct, but the information on ABC.com is more problematic. It's possible that the show's creator decided to go in a different direction with those characters this season and is explicitly retcon'ing it, although I'm not sure if it counts as retcon if they didn't actually specify the relationship in the series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1858484080975535132008-10-10T22:11:00.000-04:002008-10-10T22:11:00.000-04:00I'm saddened by the numbers report. This show is s...I'm saddened by the numbers report. This show is so different, so quirky, so sweet. There's nothing else like it out there.<BR/><BR/>I just love it every week.<BR/><BR/>The clown car gag was hilarious.<BR/><BR/>I cried inside when Emerson pulled out his "Lil' Gum Shoe" pop-up book.K J Gillenwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023089365553324315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-66032769226944486482008-10-10T12:49:00.000-04:002008-10-10T12:49:00.000-04:00As I say to my 12-year-old daughter every week, "C...As I say to my 12-year-old daughter every week, "Chi McBride is gold, baby. Gold!"<BR/><BR/>Also: "Clowns only make two things around here--balloon animals and enemies."ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705796697198412139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-83029029519129092692008-10-10T09:46:00.000-04:002008-10-10T09:46:00.000-04:00Oh please please TV gods..do not cancel this show....Oh please please TV gods..do not <BR/>cancel this show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-50399752894796275642008-10-09T20:15:00.000-04:002008-10-09T20:15:00.000-04:00@ Kate: that would work, except that according to ...@ Kate: that would work, except that according to both abc.com and IMDB, Lily and Vivian's surname is "Charles" - the same as Chuck's and her "dad's." I know the show's quirky, but there's "strange" and then there's "incest" and I don't think the show would cross that line. Which is why I'm inclined to believe that Charles Charles is, as others have suggested, an uncle, not Chuck's bio-dad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-15952305267144092362008-10-09T16:40:00.000-04:002008-10-09T16:40:00.000-04:00^I bet it wasn't nearly as colorful, though :-p^I bet it wasn't nearly as colorful, though :-pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-40916030838788185802008-10-09T15:25:00.000-04:002008-10-09T15:25:00.000-04:00The clown car gag was almost as funny as the first...The clown car gag was almost as funny as the first time I saw it... when Reno 911 did it BACK IN JULY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-54815286338992060932008-10-09T15:12:00.000-04:002008-10-09T15:12:00.000-04:00The family relations are pretty clear at this poin...The family relations are pretty clear at this point. Vivian was engaged. Her sister Lily slept with her fiance. Lily got pregnant and went to a convent to have the baby, so Vivian never knew Lily was pregnant. Somewhere in there the engagement was broken off--possibly because Vivian found out that Charles-the-fiance sired a child, given that he did raise Chuck until he died, so the fact that *he* had a child was no secret. Charles died, "aunts" raise Chuck. Ta-da! I think the show has been pretty clear by now, and we have all just been confused by assumptions we made before the show made things explicit.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00820724566634962323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-14417904677804361722008-10-09T15:02:00.000-04:002008-10-09T15:02:00.000-04:00I know. Every week I pray that they'll give it on...I know. Every week I pray that they'll give it one more week before they cancel it.Grunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308246886810700890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-89164858374084555172008-10-09T13:42:00.000-04:002008-10-09T13:42:00.000-04:00Great episode! I'm really relieved that Pushing D...Great episode! I'm really relieved that Pushing Daisies is as enjoyable as I remember it. <BR/><BR/>My favorite part: Jim Dale saying, "What was with the attitude, lady?" in his narration about Chuck.Brandon Nowalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10502723992011706850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-5816234050873073932008-10-09T13:17:00.000-04:002008-10-09T13:17:00.000-04:00This show is amazing. The clown car gag had me OTF...This show is amazing. The clown car gag had me OTF, as did the scene in the morgue (especially the stilts and the feet with striped socks and ruby slippers), and the human cannon ball as murder weapon (“ta da!”). I’m still laughing at the clown car. “The clowns travel in a pack.” “Like wolves!” “No, like cigarettes.” Ha!<BR/><BR/>Other things that had me cracking up:<BR/><BR/>"A truckload of mimes just pulled up, and they ain't talkin'." <BR/><BR/>“I could throw up in my mouth and I wouldn’t taste the difference!” <BR/><BR/>The early-mid-afternoon, late-mid-evening and late mid middle night prayers.<BR/><BR/>And just when I thought the show was done making me laugh, I saw scenes from next week. Father Mulcahy and Sister Christian!! “Nun on the run! Nun on the run!”ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942160835095245787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-43351834729290896262008-10-09T12:53:00.000-04:002008-10-09T12:53:00.000-04:00hey alanlove your blog. i came across it by way of...hey alan<BR/><BR/>love your blog. i came across it by way of mo ryan's "the watcher" column.<BR/><BR/>i've noticed an interesting pattern. in the second season premiere, the husband of the dead bee woman is played by peter cambor- formerly on the show "notes from the underbelly". then in last night's episode, the client is played by rachael harris, also from "notes from the underbelly". and recently i read that michael weaver will appear in an upcoming episode as part of a trio of norwegian detectives who bear a striking similarity to our trio of detectives. and what show did weaver previously appear on? "notes from the underbelly". <BR/><BR/>is someone on the "daisies" staff a really big fan of that dearly departed show and when can we expect an appearance from jennifer westfeldt?kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00400763044903620865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-86266512109664781182008-10-09T12:21:00.000-04:002008-10-09T12:21:00.000-04:00Loved the episode!! Chi McBride is so freaking fa...Loved the episode!! Chi McBride is so freaking fantastic in this role. Love him!<BR/><BR/>I think I missed the "Did. Not. Know..." line by Ned though. Can someone tell me when that was in the episode? I watched the entire episode without doing anything else and I still can't remember that line...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-19540698841199772162008-10-09T12:17:00.000-04:002008-10-09T12:17:00.000-04:00Does anyone else wonder about Digby the dog? If h...Does anyone else wonder about Digby the dog? If he was brought back from the dead about 15-20 years ago, shouldn't he be ready to "really" die? Or does the touch bring someone back to life and then they don't age anymore?<BR/>Granted, I've thought way too much<BR/>about this..........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-85845786234896417622008-10-09T11:44:00.000-04:002008-10-09T11:44:00.000-04:00Not good at all on the ratings front. 5.75M viewe...Not good at all on the ratings front. 5.75M viewers at 8, lossing 400K at the half hour. In the second half hour, tied for 4th with Top Model among 18-49.<BR/><BR/>And Criminal Minds inexplicably continues to dominate at 9, despite Private Practice being much improved.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295270766215749309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-87248042935871273402008-10-09T10:52:00.000-04:002008-10-09T10:52:00.000-04:00There were many laugh-out-loud moments last night....There were many laugh-out-loud moments last night. I love this show, especially Emerson. Chi McBride is awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39179849030124456532008-10-09T10:17:00.000-04:002008-10-09T10:17:00.000-04:00Dave, she said something like "two nice ladies who...Dave, she said something like "two nice ladies who took me in" or something. I caught that too.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to Olive coming back. I, like Chuck and Ned, also miss her around the Pie Hole.Grunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308246886810700890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-85942355816601088922008-10-09T10:05:00.000-04:002008-10-09T10:05:00.000-04:00When I saw the room full of stuffed animal prizes ...When I saw the room full of stuffed animal prizes I couldn't help thinking of Wonderfalls shout out to Jaye Tyler's worst nightmare.Sister Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05951804464704449331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-73041196763331413302008-10-09T09:05:00.000-04:002008-10-09T09:05:00.000-04:00Towards the end of the episode, Chuck refers to he...Towards the end of the episode, Chuck refers to her aunts in a way that makes them non-blood aunts, though I cant remember the exact quote.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, the clown car full of clowns was obvious, but I still found the reaction of Ned and Emerson funny, and I laughed out loud at the clown on stilts going by.daveawayfromhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237313399294302353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-52627176664625783002008-10-09T08:52:00.000-04:002008-10-09T08:52:00.000-04:00I thought there would be clarification on the patr...I thought there would be clarification on the patronage, like as we discussed last week that the man Chuck thinks is her dad actually adopted her and that he is brother of the aunts. But, I am willing to give them a couple more weeks for it all to make some sense. Obviously they are going somewhere w/ it.<BR/><BR/>Such a beautiful show, I think I could watch it with the sound off and still appreciate the sets and the camera's attention to detail. My dog goes a little nuts every time it is on because there is so much visual for him - he can almost stop staring at our dinner plates and just look at the tv.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916059223365488148noreply@blogger.com