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| Ryan James McGrath | .... | design assistant (22 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Bill Taliaferro | .... | set designer (22 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Max Bozeman | .... | leadman (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Eric A. Hulett | .... | set dec buyer / set decoration buyer (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Jeffrey Paul Johnson | .... | property master (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Michael Vojvoda | .... | gang boss (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Stephen Gibson | .... | assistant property master (16 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Cynthia C. Rebman | .... | on-set dresser (16 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Melissa Merritt | .... | additional on-set dresser (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Jeff Ozimek | .... | set designer (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Nashon Petrushkin | .... | set dresser (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Lauren Lustig | .... | property buyer (11 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Michael E. Johnson | .... | props / property master (10 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Kim Papazian | .... | graphic designer (9 episodes, 2007) |
| Elizabeth Hershberger Gray | .... | art department coordinator (9 episodes, 2008) |
| Jonathan Woods | .... | storyboard artist (8 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Joey Genitempo | .... | stand-by painter (7 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Chris Withrow | .... | set dresser (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Beth Stenmark | .... | stand-by painter (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Steven Light-Orr | .... | set dresser (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Adam Zerkel | .... | on-set dresser (3 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Becky Herron | .... | art department coordinator (2 episodes, 2007) |
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| Elizabeth Castro | .... | visual effects producer (20 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| William Powloski | .... | visual effects supervisor (20 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Wayne A. Shepherd | .... | compositing supervisor: At The Post (18 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Antonello Stornelli | .... | visual effects (14 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Melinka Thompson-Godoy | .... | visual effects producer: LOOK! Effects, Inc. / visual effects coordinator (13 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Adam Avitabile | .... | visual effects supervisor: look effects, inc. (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Paul Hill | .... | digital compositor (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Melanie Rose Tucker | .... | visual effects coordinator (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Davy Nethercutt | .... | digital compositor (12 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Andrew H. Leung | .... | visual effects: Look FX / visual effects: LookFX (12 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Danny S. Kim | .... | visual effects (11 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Bob Minshall | .... | visual effects (9 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Jeremy Hunt | .... | visual effects artist (8 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Emily Sage | .... | visual effects (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Jesse Siglow | .... | visual effects / compositor: Entity FX (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Paul Stemmer | .... | visual effects editor (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Christopher Blazick | .... | pipeline engineer: EntityFX (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Chad Buehler | .... | digital compositor (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Aaron N. Leichter | .... | I/O coordinator: Entity FX (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Kymber Lim | .... | visual effects executive producer / executive producer: visual effects (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Terron Pratt | .... | digital effects producer: Entity FX (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Doug Spilatro | .... | visual effects (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Andrew Charlton | .... | visual effects editor (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Eli Jarra | .... | compositor: Entity FX / senior compositor: Entity FX (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Migs Rustia | .... | visual effects editor (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Chris Wright | .... | visual effects producer (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Eric Bacus | .... | visual effects (6 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Bruce Branit | .... | visual effects / digital artist / ... (6 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Sean Joseph | .... | digital artist (6 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Edward M. Ruiz II | .... | visual effects: Eden FX (6 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Nickolas Stevens | .... | digital artist (6 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Ben Campanaro | .... | digital compositor: Eden FX / compositing assistant: Eden FX / ... (5 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Lee Baker | .... | visual effects producer: Sandman Studios (5 episodes, 2007) |
| August Coleman | .... | compositor: Entity FX / digital compositor (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Philip Fraschetti | .... | digital artist: At The Post / digital compositor: At The Post (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Chris Hopkins | .... | lead matchmover (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Stephen Sobisky | .... | visual effects supervisor: Sandman Studios / visual effects supervisor (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Eric Haas | .... | visual effects: EdenFx / digital effects artist: EdenFX (5 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Andranik Taranyan | .... | 3d artst / compositor (4 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Lindsay Heinzen | .... | animator: Sandman Studios / animator / ... (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Rick Iacobo | .... | digital effects artist: Sandman Studios (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Tim Jacobsen | .... | visual effects producer (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Ammon Jones | .... | digital effects artist: Sandman Studios / digital effects artist (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Bob Lloyd | .... | visual effects supervisor (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Tony Morrill | .... | animator: Sandman Studios / animator / ... (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Christian Perry | .... | visual effects: Sandman Studios (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Todd Sheridan | .... | model maker: Sandman Studios / model maker / ... (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Mike Tidwell | .... | visual effects production manager: Sandman Studios / effects production manager: Sandman Studios / ... (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Cheryl Bainum | .... | executive producer: HATCH (4 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Dominic Daigle | .... | compositor: HATCH / CG artist: HATCH / ... (4 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Deak Ferrand | .... | concept artist/matte painter: HATCH / matte painter: HATCH (4 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Christian Cardona | .... | visual effects / digital compositor (4 episodes, 2008) |
| Scott Dewis | .... | visual effects (3 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Lee Gabel | .... | matchmove artist / digital compositor (3 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| John Karner | .... | visual effects (3 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Dan Lopez | .... | visual effects (3 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Johnathan R. Banta | .... | digital compositor / lead compositor (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Rommel S. Calderon | .... | visual effects (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Darren Farnes | .... | digital artist: Sandman Studios / effects designer: Sandman Studios (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Rob Field | .... | digital effects artist: Sandman Studios / digital effects artist (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Matt Hoffman | .... | visual effects producer: Sandman Studios / visual effects producer (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Anthony 'Max' Ivins | .... | visual effects supervisor: Look Effects (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Marshall Johnson | .... | digital artist: Sandman Studios / effects designer: Sandman Studios (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Lane Jolly | .... | digital compositor (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Steve McLeod | .... | compositor: Entity FX (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Shawn Neider | .... | production supervisor: Sandman Studios / production supervisor (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Rob Reinhart | .... | compositor: Entity FX / lead compositor: EntityFX (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Jason Michael Zimmerman | .... | digital compositor (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Lars Simkins | .... | digital compositor / matte artist / ... (3 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Chris E. Peterson | .... | digital artist / digital artist: Screaming Death Monkey (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| David Alexander | .... | 3D lead artist: Entity FX (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Dustin Andrew | .... | digital artist: Sandman Studios / effects designer: Sandman Studios (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Anthony Barcelo | .... | digital compositor / compositor: Entity FX (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Suzette Barnett | .... | compositor (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Geeta Basantani | .... | compositor / compositor: Entity FX / ... (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Cyntia Büll | .... | digital compositor (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Matthew Collorafice | .... | digital compositor / compositor: Entity FX (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Jack Noriaki Matsumoto | .... | 3D artist: EntityFX (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Steve J. McLeod | .... | digital compositor (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Andrea Paulino | .... | compositor: Entity FX / visual effects artist: Entity FX (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Sean M. Scott | .... | visual effects (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Dax Siplin | .... | 2D artist: Entity FX / 3D artist: Entity FX (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Reina Sparks | .... | matte painter: Zoic (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Christina Spring | .... | compositor: Entity FX (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Renaud Talon | .... | digital compositor (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Justin van der Lek | .... | visual effects (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Chris Wells | .... | digital compositor / digital compositor: Sandman Studios (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Doug Witsken | .... | compositor: Entity FX (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Stefan Bredereck | .... | visual effects artist: Eden FX (2 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Craig Edwards | .... | compositor (2 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Gabriel Cassata | .... | visual effects artist (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Mark Robben | .... | digital compositor: At The Post (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| Alena Bejenarou | .... | character technical director (unknown episodes, 2007) |
| Sun Chung | .... | visual effects (unknown episodes, 2007) |
| Ryan Reeb | .... | visual effects (unknown episodes, 2007) |
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| Arthur Scipio Africano | .... | camera operator: "b" camera (22 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Josh Gundling | .... | second assistant camera (20 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Ismael Araujo Jr. | .... | grip (19 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Vidal Cohen | .... | key grip (19 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Christopher Haifley | .... | first assistant camera (19 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Craig Price | .... | grip (17 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Tony Olivieri | .... | camera operator / camera operator: additional unit (16 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Neil Gold | .... | grip (16 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Karen Korn | .... | film loader / second assistant camera (15 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Michael A. Savage | .... | grip (14 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Jeremy Graham | .... | gaffer: 2nd unit / gaffer: second unit / ... (14 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Danielle C. Carroll | .... | film loader (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Michael Chambliss | .... | hot head technician / remote head technician (12 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Aaron Bowen | .... | second assistant camera / assistant camera (10 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Rick Davidson | .... | camera operator: "a" camera/Steadicam: additional unit (10 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Kyle Davis | .... | grip (10 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Eric Whitehead | .... | dolly grip (10 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| George Santo Pietro | .... | dolly grip (10 episodes, 2008) |
| James 'Keeper' Auld | .... | grip / rigging grip (9 episodes, 2007) |
| Matthew Livingston | .... | dolly grip (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Mark Colicci | .... | first assistant camera: second unit (8 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| David Klein | .... | cinematographer: additional unit / additional cinematographer (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Peter Drinco | .... | key grip: second unit (7 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Robert Shoemaker | .... | lighting technician: 2nd Unit (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Mark Pickens | .... | dolly grip: second unit (6 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Greg Brooks | .... | dolly grip (5 episodes, 2007) |
| David Morton | .... | gaffer (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Christopher Webber | .... | pre-rigging electrician (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Theodore Carl Flood | .... | electrician (5 episodes, 2008) |
| Matt Fortlage | .... | second assistant camera (5 episodes, 2008) |
| Michael Yarish | .... | still photographer (4 episodes, 2008) |
| Kathryn Comkowycz | .... | loader (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Eric Dyson | .... | first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Christopher Garland | .... | second assistant camera (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Malcolm Bryce | .... | gaffer (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Randy Shanofsky | .... | first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Chris Salamone | .... | grip (2 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Tim Bellen | .... | steadicam operator (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Jose Danner | .... | rigging key grip (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Charles Schner | .... | first camera operator: second unit (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Adam L. Taylor | .... | still photographer (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| Taylor Thompson | .... | production assistant (22 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Francie Brown | .... | dialect coach / dialect coach: Anna Friel (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Chad Gomez Creasey | .... | story editor (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| George Tyler Hansen | .... | assistant accountant (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Kath Lingenfelter | .... | executive story editor (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Matt Maguire | .... | production auditor (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Jean Nakahara | .... | production coordinator / production office coordinator (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Dara Resnik Creasey | .... | story editor (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Renee Riess | .... | stand-in (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Kristin Starns | .... | production secretary / production assistant (21 episodes, 2007-2009) |
| Joseph Fulton | .... | production assistant (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Kevin Mills | .... | set production assistant / writers production assistant (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Andrew Pellegrino | .... | assistant to actor (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Thu Pham | .... | assistant coordinator (13 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Tami D'Addio | .... | assistant: executive producer (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Ian Johnson | .... | publicist (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Rebecca Locke | .... | assistant production coordinator (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Dalton Newsom | .... | assistant to producer (8 episodes, 2007) |
| Diane H. Newman | .... | script supervisor (8 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Allison Cox | .... | office production assistant (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Andrew C. English | .... | production office intern (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Pascual Romero | .... | production assistant (7 episodes, 2007) |
| Taylor Finley | .... | unspecified assistant (6 episodes, 2007) |
| James A. McCoy | .... | set production assistant (6 episodes, 2007) |
| David Dino Wells Jr. | .... | additional set production assistant / set production assistant: second unit / ... (6 episodes, 2008) |
| Nick Bohr | .... | assistant production coordinator (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Michael Haro | .... | location manager (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Lisa 'Petey' Peterson | .... | assistant accountant (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Diane Weiss | .... | script supervisor (5 episodes, 2007) |
| Chad Witt | .... | set production assistant (5 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Matthew B. Chamberlin | .... | location manager (5 episodes, 2008) |
| Jessamyn Land | .... | set production assistant (5 episodes, 2008) |
| Adam Feingold | .... | office production assistant (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Ben Idom | .... | production assistant (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Bridgette Kelley | .... | script supervisor (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Katie Smyser | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2007) |
| Eric L. Hurd | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Sarah Jaime | .... | producer: behind the scenes (3 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Alana Katzner | .... | production assistant / production intern / ... (3 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Andrea Morgan | .... | dialect coach: Anna Friel (3 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Vicki Goldsmith | .... | set production assistant (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Rachel Mullin | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Tamara Andrews | .... | dog trainer (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Ron J. DeGuzman | .... | set production assistant (2 episodes, 2007) |
| Nila Neukum | .... | additional script supervisor (2 episodes, 2007) |
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| Jason Halley | .... | key set production assistant (unknown episodes, 2007) |
| Joe Don Harris | .... | stand-in (unknown episodes, 2007) |
| Megan Schmidt | .... | set production assistant (unknown episodes, 2007) |
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After having read two or three negative reviews on the main page of IMDb for "Pushing Daisies", and having literally minutes ago finished watching the final episode, I thought it was about time I said what I thought of PD.
First off, to address what some of the issues that I have seen other people having with this show: something along the lines of "I expect the people who have been woken from the dead to have a more realistic reaction". Realistic, on this show ? Pushing Daisies is, truly, pure and utter escapism. It's colour palette, the dialogue used, the scenarios, situations, music: all of it, to me, is just an escape from everyday life. An escape from the mundane and boring. It is here where Pushing Daisies exceeds exceptionally well Pushing Daisies isn't for everyone: A large majority of the television audience don't "get" it, for some people it's just too out there and silly. But for people like me, even from the first episode I watched of it (Season 2's "Frescorts") and I was just blown away by the show. From then on, I bought both the box sets and they have barely been out of my DVD player. Other people I know can't stand it, it really seems to be like Marmite.
The show follows the adventures of Ned, the Piemaker, with a magic finger, who brings back childhood sweetheart Charlotte Charles, works in association with private investigator Emerson Cod, owns the Pie-hole and employs waitress Olive Snook. Completing the main cast members are aunts Lily and Vivian, whom Charlotte (Chuck) is never allowed to see. They live in a fantasy world where the dead are brought back to life, everything is shown with a wonderfully bright splash of colour, and narrated by Jim Dale.
Other than outlining the basics of the show, I really can't praise it much more without saying: Just watch it. Despite being screwed over by the Writer's Guild of America strike, with only 22 episodes ever to be made, it provides wonderful plot twists, story lines, characters and situations while providing (for me) a satisfying ending (yes, I could tell it had been tacked on the end and rushed, but I was still happy with the way it went out). Whether it is creative or just pretentious, for a lot of people (me included) it made the most addictive and wonderful viewing, and I hope for the future of television that more shows like this are created so I'm not left with just 22, 40 minute memories of what true entertainment can be.