# Pushing Daisies 12/10: The Legend of Merle McQuoddy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575 "2008-12-10T17:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/1 "2008-12-10T17:19:00Z")
Someone from the past shows up, and Emerson and Olive [investigate the mysterious death of a lighthouse keeper.](http://abc.go.com/primetime/pushingdaisies/index?pn=index) Hee…Olive and Emerson. They should give out Emmys for Best Acting in a Drama Series by a Duo. There’s a push to get AMC to pick up Pushing Daisies. [FWIW…](http://savedaisies.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/2 "2008-12-10T17:29:31Z")
I saw Chi McBride on Craig Ferguson the other night. I think he was trying not to be too upset, he talked about having to learn to knit for the role but all he could knit would be a really long scarf. Why didn’t we see these guys all over the place promoting the show? I’ve only seen Kristen C on talk shows and she’s usually on there to promote other things. I don’t know if moving it to AMC would keep all the actors on board. I would love to see it saved but not if it means losing any of the cast. Stupid ABC! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/3 "2008-12-11T00:04:34Z")
Billy Graham Christmas Special? \*Billy Graham Christmas Special? \* My ABC affiliate is pre-empting Pushing Daisies for a **BILLY GRAHAM CHRISTMAS SPECIAL?** I am at a loss. Please tell me where I can catch the show! Does ABC still offer it online? Someone is going to get a very stern phone call at WFTV. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/4 "2008-12-11T00:31:14Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Billy Graham Christmas Special? > > \*Billy Graham Christmas Special? > \* > My ABC affiliate is pre-empting Pushing Daisies for a **BILLY GRAHAM CHRISTMAS SPECIAL?** Hey, the way Billy Graham’s been looking, he’ll be eligible as the special guest corpse on the show before too long. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/5 "2008-12-11T00:35:12Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I am at a loss. Please tell me where I can catch the show! Does ABC still offer it online? Yes, usually the next day. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/6 "2008-12-11T02:17:12Z")
For those who were disturbed by the lack of previews, don’t despair! According to IMDB, there is an episode next week at the usual time. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/7 "2008-12-11T02:46:23Z")
I really hope this thing with Chuck’s dad get’s resolved before the last episode. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/8 "2008-12-11T03:30:12Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > For those who were disturbed by the lack of previews, don’t despair! According to IMDB, there is an episode next week at the usual time. I just found [this article](http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/when-will-canceled-tv-shows-leave-the-air--54), which says ABC will show 3 more episodes (in addition to next week’s show)- date & time to be announced. Spoiler box for **ivylass** ’s benefit: If I was Ned, I would have touched Charles Charles during the fight in the Pie Hole. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/9 "2008-12-11T03:31:07Z")
I hope so, but they do tend to resolve storylines quickly (and create new ones). Did everyone catch the pattens on the raincoats Olive bought? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/10 "2008-12-11T03:32:03Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > If I was Ned, I would have touched Charles Charles during the fight in the Pie Hole. That’s what I was afraid Charles Charles was planning on doing deliberately, hoping that Chuck would think Ned did it on purpose and get far away from him. I kind of liked Mr. Charles better dead, actually. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/11 "2008-12-11T03:33:07Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I hope so, but they do tend to resolve storylines quickly (and create new ones). > > Did everyone catch the pattens on the raincoats Olive bought? 🙂 Heh! Yep! Olives for Olive, pies for the Piemaker, and cods for Cod. I loved the dynamic with Emerson and Olive tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/12 "2008-12-11T03:44:40Z")
Emerson & Olive do make a great team, don’t they? I wonder why Charles Charles wears the bandages even when he’s alone with Chuck? She saw him without them when Ned first brought him back, I don’t think she’s repulsed by the sight of him. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/13 "2008-12-11T04:09:32Z")
Because Charles has “dead-face” (or something similar)–he’s been underground for 30 years–the ultimate skin-condition. Yuck. You can see a little of it under his bandages–his face looks gritty and leathery. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/14 "2008-12-11T04:16:48Z")
File this under “Questions we’ll probably never know the answer to”: Do revivified people need to eat or drink or…well, poop? Because while I’m sure that it wouldn’t be all that difficult for short-time deaders like Chuck and Digby to actually perform those biological functions after being…refunctioned…but I can’t see a whole lot of Daddy Charles’s insides having the structural integrity to make that work… ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/15 "2008-12-11T05:44:58Z")
Loved the raincoats and the Olive/Emerson team–especially the chest bump, the “Aw HELL NO” in unison, and Olive talking like Emerson while sitting in his chair and talking to the diorama lady. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/16 "2008-12-11T13:08:26Z")
I have that exact same clown that Lily shot in the closet! (_Had_, actually, it lives at my grandma’s house now because I feel pretty much the same way about clowns as Lily does.) Merle McQuoddy was played by Dwight, wasn’t he? When the acapella group started singing “Candle on the Water”, I almost ran to get my daughter. I’ve never gotten her to watch the show, but at least a couple of times during each episode, I think, “Damn! She would love this!” ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/17 "2008-12-11T13:23:10Z")
Can we all resolve that there should be a law passed such that any show on which Kristen Chenoweth appears, she will be required to sing at least one number per 30 minute segment? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/18 "2008-12-11T13:48:20Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Can we all resolve that there should be a law passed such that any show on which Kristen Chenoweth appears, she will be required to sing at least one number per 30 minute segment? > > 😉 At a minimum. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/19 "2008-12-11T14:06:00Z")
Was it just me or did anyone else notice the sound of a car crash while Ned and Chuck watched CC drive away? As for the question reguarding re-vivification - Charles Charles other major muscle groups seem to be in good order - its reasonalbe to assume that his internals are just fine as well. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575/20 "2008-12-11T14:32:26Z")
> [@simster](#): > > As for the question reguarding re-vivification - Charles Charles other major muscle groups seem to be in good order - its reasonalbe to assume that his internals are just fine as well. Even as I was typing that question, I was thinking that he seems very robust for a 20-year corpse. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-12-10-the-legend-of-merle-mcquoddy/476575.md?page=2)