Pushing Daisies

[Fragony]

Had never heard of it but it's a fun series. How the story is told is so blatantly copied from Amilie Poulin that it feels cheap instead of clever, but there's plenty of hilarity to make up for it. Any takers?

[Peasant Phill]

Here's one.

It's been a while since I saw an episode though.
The central 'tragic' love story and the humour are hard to find anywhere else.

[Fragony]

Yeah it's really funny. The jokes keep taking me by surprise. But it's also simply charming. Do think the voice-over was a mistake though, it has got enough fresh idea's of it's own.

[Peasant Phill]

I don't think the voice-over was a mistake. I have seen Amélie Poulin (a while ago) but I didn't make the connection. I'm sure that many didn't even see Amélie and won't fault the voice-over at all.

I'm a sucker for modern fairy-tales and 'Pushing Daisies' is just that. A storyteller is an important part of a fairy-tale, so even if it's not original it's still part of the charm.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Yeah same as Phill, although I did make the connection. The way the dialogue flows, the use of trivia/details, etc... It's been a while since the second series was on Canvas, though.

On the other hand I disagree with you about the narrator for another reason (Phill gave the most important one: it fits the genre). The narrator sets the tone so that the character dialogue isn't just curious exercise in wordplay, so that it makes sense. Also the series is also about the curious coincidences and ironies, narrators help there too to facilitate the change in perspective.

[Fragony]

Hmmmm you guys are probably right