# suggest a show similar to Pushing Daisies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742 "2009-11-24T04:32:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/1 "2009-11-24T04:32:37Z")
brief description of the show if you need it - [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11810016&postcount=39](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11810016&postcount=39) can anyone suggest anything similar to watch? with the same mix of comedy, quirkiness and visuals? the only thing i can think of is the movie _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_. they should finance tv series like they do American Idol - “call in if you do not want your favourite series voted out!” ; “the Tribal Council has spoken, it’s time for _Lost_ to go.” i don’t really like reality tv, but surely many would pay to keep a series going… ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/2 "2009-11-24T04:54:50Z")
[Wonderfalls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderfalls)! It was only on for one season, was produced by many of the same people as Pushing Daisies, and is very, very quirky. Additionally, Lee Pace, star of Pushing Daisies, was a reoccurring character on Wonderfalls- the main character’s big brother. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/3 "2009-11-24T04:58:03Z")
I’ll go with the two obvious choices. DEAD LIKE ME. The story of a young girl who is killed when a toilet seat from the reentering Mir space station kills her and becomes a grim reaper. Aired two seasons on showtime and a a direct to dvd movie. WONDERFALLS. The story of a Niagra Falls store clerk, who one day finds out animal totems talk to her and only her. (Lee Pace better known as Ned the pie maker plays her brother.) Four episodes aired before cancellation but all eleven are available on dvd. Bryan Fuller, the creator of DEAD LIKE ME and WONDERFALLS would later create PUSHING DAISIES. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/4 "2009-11-24T04:59:08Z")
_[Dead Like Me](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Like_Me)_, maybe? I think if Bryan Fuller had stuck with the show instead of being ousted, it would have been more like _Pushing Daisies_ than it turned into, but as it stands it was decently entertaining with some quirky elements to it. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/5 "2009-11-24T05:35:53Z")
Definitely check out Bryan Fuller’s other series Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me. I would also check out current show Glee. For films, maybe the works of Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Delicatessen (1991), The City of Lost Children (1995), Amélie (2001) or Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, BigFish, etc.) or Terry Gilliam (Baron Munchausen, Brazil, Time Bandits, 12 Monkeys, etc). Honorable mention to the Princess Bride and Neverwhere. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/6 "2009-11-24T13:32:33Z")
Most obvious film parallel to **Pushing Daisies** : **[Big Fish](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/)** ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/7 "2009-11-24T15:56:41Z")
I was going to post “Wonderfalls”, and I see everyone’s already mentioned it! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/8 "2009-11-24T16:11:38Z")
I’ll add my vote for \*WonderFalls \*and _Dead Like Me._ There’s a lot of similarity between both shows (of course), but they both had short runs, so it doesn’t have a chance to get old. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/9 "2009-11-24T21:05:24Z")
Because the first episode of _Pushing Daisies_ was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, who established the shooting style that was maintained ever afterward, perhaps [The Tick](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tick_%282001_TV_series%29) would be something to look into. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/10 "2009-11-25T01:45:18Z")
No, no, you have it all wrong! The perfect shows are _Wonderfalls_ or _Dead Like Me_ (Her name is Rio) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/11 "2009-11-25T03:03:48Z")
Yep, get Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me. Consider this one answered. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/12 "2009-11-25T03:46:35Z")
thanks for the answers! 4 seasons of tv should soothe the ache abit. i like Tim Burton’s work but i’ll say it’s different from Pushing Daisies, more odd than quirky. watched 12 monkeys a loong time ago, iirc it didn’t really stand out to me. i’ll look into the Jean-Pierre Jeunet stuff. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/13 "2009-11-25T04:41:39Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > i like Tim Burton’s work but i’ll say it’s different from Pushing Daisies, more odd than quirky. watched 12 monkeys a loong time ago, iirc it didn’t really stand out to me. i’ll look into the Jean-Pierre Jeunet stuff. For Jeunet I’d start with Amelie, which is quirky but sweet, whereas the other two are a bit fantastical but also darker. Oddly, he also directed Alien Resurrection, which is why it had all those French actors in it, but he didn’t write it (that was Whedon!). ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/14 "2009-11-25T05:43:43Z")
I would suggest another one-season TV show that aired about a year ago - [The Middleman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1122770/) ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-show-similar-to-pushing-daisies/518742/15 "2009-11-29T15:15:43Z")
i watched _Amelie_ and it was great! it is \*exactly \*what i was looking for, thank you **jackdavinci** , thank you! the only parts i didn’t like were the shaky cam, but the rest of the film more than made up for it. i’m on _Wonderfalls_ now. it’s fun to watch though it’s not anything like _Pushing Daisies_. i would say it’s more like a stress-free version of _Joan of Arcadia_. [whisper]i notice the few times he had appeared so far, Ned the Piemaker doesn’t touch anyone.[/whisper] i see _Middleman_ is another suggestion that lasted for one season only. don’t people like quirky tv series? ☹