Watching old episodes of Pushing Daisies makes me miss that whole whimsical vibe

I was rewatching the first season on streaming last night and it hit me how nothing on TV now has that same colorful, quirky feel - the narrator, the sets, the whole tone just disappeared after 2009 when the recession killed off all the creative risks. Does anyone else remember when networks actually let shows be weird instead of just copying whatever's trending on TikTok?

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the_daniel2d ago

Turned it on last week after not watching for years and forgot how much the narration drives the whole thing. Jim Dale's voice is half the magic honestly. My roommate walked in during the pie-making montage and asked if it was some new Wes Anderson show. Told her no, just a relic from when networks let shows breathe instead of forcing them to be 10 episodes of plot crammed into 8. That green-screen garden still looks fake but in a charming way.

kai_brown232d ago

Small correction - that's not Jim Dale narrating, that's John Hurt. Easy mix up since they're both iconic British voices with that warm storytelling tone. But yeah totally agree about old shows having space to breathe, miss when episodes didn't feel like they were racing to the end credits.