Re: "Pushing Daisies"--why isn't the title....

Once Upon A Time DonnaB shallotpeel wrote:

In rec.arts.tv on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:36:43 -0000 in Msg.#
<1192567003.648645.74070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Anlatt the Builder
<tirhuan@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Oct 16, 1:10 pm, "Jude Cormier" <jh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Pushing Up Daisies"? isn't that the common cliche term for being dead?
Just wondering.......

Because the people he deals with in the series aren't just dead - that
is, they aren't just "pushing up daisies." Instead, they are dead,
then not dead ("pushing down daisies"?), then sometimes dead again.

By just using "Pushing Daisies," they change the unidirectional nature
of the standard phrase, thus better reflecting the Pie Maker's
abilities (and limitations).

Exactly. And, it makes perfect sense because the oft used phrase is Pushing
up the Daisies.

You're all wrong, wrong, wrong, all wrong. The actual oft-used phrase
is "kicking the bucket", but my guess is that market research showed
that "Kicking Buckets" just didn't make it as a series title, nor does
it contain the inherent Seuss-like color quality of "Daisies". Not to
mention that the show would probably get a V rating if the hero went
around kicking corpses alive.


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