Those who know me know that Wonderfalls ranks as my favorite television show ever. EVAH! Wonderfalls, you say? Yes! It was a short-lived Fox program in 2004. It aired for four episodes in about four different time slots. All of the season previews ranked it as the best of the year, but Fox didn't know what to do with it.
Last year, the creator of Wonderfalls brought us another charming, quirky, gorgeous show, Pushing Daisies. It's an adult fairy tale that is brilliantly conceived. Alas, the lump of coal is that ABC announced that it would be cancelled after its 13th episode this season. That means we're down to our last three episodes in January.
But earlier in the week, as I was catching up on the episodes I missed during my recent travels, I experienced the kind of creativity and gift to one's fans that made my heart leap. Ned the Piemaker of Pushing Daisies entered a baking contest. To my glorious delight, one of his competitors was Beth Grant, proprietor of Muffin Buffalo. One of the great Wonderfalls episodes centered on Grant's secret muffin recipe, which she parlayed into the bakery, Muffin Buffalo. It was a great opportunity to reference a great, almost lost, show. Thanks, Bryan!
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