# Pushing Daisies 10/31: "Girth" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-10-31-girth/424826 "2007-11-01T03:26:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-10-31-girth/424826/81 "2007-11-02T12:13:26Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] What is the correct term for this genre? It’s a little bit cartoony, a little fantasy, a little Seuss-y. Anybody? [/QUOTE] I looked it up on the DirecTV on-line listing, and they have it down as a drama. I don’t know how to classify the show myself, but it certainly isn’t that… ETA: Chi McBride and Swoozie Kurtz need to do a snark-off episode. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-10-31-girth/424826/82 "2007-11-02T15:38:17Z")
[QUOTE=Mikemike2] I don’t think we know the answer yet. As I said people get revived mangled, but fruit gets healed when Ned touches it. Also revived things may be immortal. Ned’s dog is doing very well as it is probably in its mid twenties. [/QUOTE] Especially since the dog got flattened by a semi. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-10-31-girth/424826/83 "2007-11-02T15:53:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Especially since the dog got flattened by a semi. [/QUOTE] But Digby did not get flattened, he got bounced. I have seen too many deers that look fine, lying dead on the side of the highway, due to internal and non-visible injuries. Apparently Ned’s power fixes internal damage, especially if recent, but not external damage. We are still learning about his power. He probably has much to learn still. This is because this show is a much more a fairy tale than a realistic drama. I liked the exchanges of Ned not believing in ghosts and insisting that just because what he does is magical doesn’t mean that other magic exists. Jim ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-10-31-girth/424826/84 "2007-11-02T17:31:05Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] ETA: Chi McBride and Swoozie Kurtz need to do a snark-off episode. [/QUOTE] Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick … I would pay _cash money_ for that. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-10-31-girth/424826/85 "2007-11-02T17:35:07Z")
Maybe for sweeps! Hold hands, peoople, and wish really hard… It’s a fairy tale. Why not? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-10-31-girth/424826/86 "2007-11-02T21:05:18Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Hee hee…Emerson = PI and Ned = _Pie_(maker). I’m looking too hard. [/QUOTE] Maybe not. This show is dense with sight gags, puns, and references to other works. It’s hard to tell where intentional ends and accidental begins. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-10-31-girth/424826/87 "2007-11-02T21:17:33Z")
Just coming in to drop something I read on another board. The only people referenced with specific time measures (i.e. - blahblah was 47 years, 3 days, 2 hours…) are the people who died - and Ned. Makes you wonder - did he die before? Susan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-10-31-girth/424826.md?page=4)