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"Pushing Daisies" Dummy (2007)



Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   225 votes
Director:
Barry Sonnenfeld
Writers:
Bryan Fuller (creator)
Peter Ocko (written by)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
10 October 2007 (Season 1, Episode 2)
Plot:
The team investigates an unusual car manufacturer after a murder victim claims that he was killed by a crash test dummy. full summary | full synopsis
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"Dead people don't talk...usually" more

Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:42 min (excluding commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: The narrator states that Emerson Cod "finished purling the row," Emerson is actually knitting it. more
Quotes:
Narrator: At that moment, the Pie Maker felt a mixture of happiness and trepidation.
Ned: Why is it always a mixture?
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs Titanic (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Hopelessly Devoted to You more

FAQ

Is the commercial announcer played by same woman who plays Chuck?
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"Dead people don't talk...usually", 17 December 2008
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Author: Max_cinefilo89 from Italy

After introducing its wacky yet endearing premise in the pilot, Pushing Daisies moves into even zanier territory with Dummy, which also marks the true beginning of the show's bizarre whodunit formula.

Actually, there's another element, too: the beginning is always devoted to the misadventures of young Ned (Field Cate) as he learns to master his abilities. In this case, we get to see him experiment with frogs in the science lab to determine the one-minute rule about reviving dead people. After that, it's straight to the newest case: a corpse who claims he was killed by a crash test dummy at the car factory he used to work for. While the gang investigates the downsides of the "cars of the future", Emerson is unhappy about Chuck joining the team, Ned is unhappy because he can't touch his sweetheart and Olive pines over her unrequited love for the pie-maker.

Okay, so the concept of killer dummies might come off as a bad parody of the Child's Play movies, but thanks to great wit and excellent acting it all holds up. Highlights include Emerson's deadpan remarks (not to mention his knitting hobby) and Olive's musical number (no wonder Kristin Chenoweth was nominated for an Emmy), and that's just when they're apart - the real treat comes when they're sharing scenes ("Do they touch much?" "I wish they did").

And, in keeping with the show's oddball central romance, the epilogue, while sentimental, manages to be sincerely touching. As a doomed love story, it beats the hell out of Titanic.

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