"Pushing Daisies" Comfort Food (2008)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Peter Lauer

Writers:

Bryan Fuller (creator)
Douglas Petrie (written by)

TV Series:

"Pushing Daisies" (2007)

Original Air Date:

3 December 2008 (Season 2, Episode 8)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

Chuck doesn't tell Ned that she kept her father alive after Ned brought him back, and Dwight Dixon dies because of it. Meanwhile, Ned and Olive are left to solve the murder of one of the contestants at a bake-off. |

Plot Keywords:

Minute | Murder | Pie | Death | Restaurant

Cast

Lee Pace	...	Ned
Anna Friel	...	Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles
Chi McBride	...	Emerson Cod
Jim Dale	...	Narrator (voice)
Field Cate	...	Young Ned
Ellen Greene	...	Vivian Charles
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Lily Charles
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Olive Snook
Josh Randall	...	Charles Charles
Tim Bagley	...	Colonel Likkin
Patrick Fischler	...	The Waffle Nazi
Beth Grant	...	Marianne Marie Beattle
Eric Stonestreet	...	Leo Burns
Stephen Root	...	Dwight Dixon
Daeg Faerch	...	Ingmar Todd

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Jinks/Cohen Company

Trivia:

The character Marianne Marie Beetle, played by actress Beth Grant, appears in both _"Pushing Daises" (2007) (Comfort Food) (#2.8))_ and the _"Wonderfalls" (2004) (Muffin Buffalo) (#1.7))_.

Goofs:

Continuity: The girl appears to take a bite of the waffle that the Waffle Nazi offers her. Immediately after, he turns it to face the camera and there is no bite in it.

Quotes:

[Dwight Dixon is looking for the watch that he thinks is in Chuck's coffin but which Lily actually has. She confronts him with a loaded shotgun]
Lily Charles: The way I see this, we both got something you want.
Dwight Dixon: What would that be... my... spicy cocktail?
Lily Charles: I got my daughter's watch... and you got your insides where you want 'em.

Movie Connections:

References "Wonderfalls: Muffin Buffalo (#1.7)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Eternal Flame