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I thought I had little hope of even catching a glimpse of it, since the show was axed by Fox and was only watchable through DVD (Region 1 DVDs!!). It’s unfair. It’s short lived with only one season, it’s relatively unknown, why did I bother? It’s because I was wildly curious about a certain tall actor with pleasantly soothing voice and substantial eyebrows called Lee Pace, after seeing him in trailers for The Fall and Soldier’s Girl in good old YouTube. At that time I didn’t know about Pushing Daisies.
Quick facts
A 2004 show, Bryan Fuller creates it, Caroline Dhavernas plays the lead with other brilliant casts including Lee Pace. Although cut short, it developed a rather loyal fan base. Imdb page here. A campaign to save Wonderfalls here.
What?
Well, I heard good things about Wonderfalls and started my research. It didn’t have any ground-breaking premise like Heroes! Dexter! Desperate Housewives! (don’t get me wrong I love those shows). The idea of having figurines talking to you as a central idea of a TV show itself is odd. The heroine, Jaye, is a disgruntled overeducated underemployed retailer in a tourist shop and there seemed to be nothing special.
I’m glad I bothered.
It was still a weird show, but with good, fun, quirky writing and acting, after the initial joy of finding the stuff online, I was quickly pulled in! After episode 2, I was intrigued. I can’t pinpoint why I like it. The seemingly mundane lives of the characters and an interesting show coming out of it? Jaye’s intriguing mindset? Unexpected twists and wit? I’m only up to episode 2 so I can’t say a lot more about it, other than that I’m gonna watch more.
Where to watch?
Here. (not complete yet but I am hopeful)
More tidbits
- Australian Channel 9 did air this show (but I’m sure I wasn’t in Australia yet at that time), but as expected it pretty much disappeared into oblivion.
- This comes from the creator of Pushing Daisies! I haven’t even watched Pushing Daisies as Channel 9 has been bragging about it being their best! Show! In! 2008! And it’s near the end and people are sick of waiting and still no free-to-air Pushing Daisies. How sad.
- Apparently there are a lot of elements from Wonderfalls to be embedded in Pushing Daisies in season 2. according to some articles I read online! A deserving tribute to a show cut short. Lee Pace already took centre stage in Daisies but more stuff from this show is welcome.
I can’t resist it. I like trashy shows that has the word ‘model’ in it. Make me a Supermodel is one. And it’s the Australian version, of course, because I live there. First time watching I was “Oh! Fun! I like this idea! Fresh!” then a simple research showed that the show originated in UK. Sigh. Of course. There goes one more light of hope that Australia can actually create an decent original reality show.
Hosted by the ever-golden Jennifer Hawkins, too bad every sentence out of her mouth has exactly the same tone, and she came out as rather bland… compared to the other two assertive judges that is. I forgive her because her hair looks pretty. The show, it’s like America’s Next Top Model with guys meet Big Brother and lots more catwalk. While America’s Next Top Model dangerously teeter towards bitch fest and freak show, this one is sliiiightly closer to the modeling and catwalking skills. It’s got its bitchiness, of course, but it’s not excessively so. And Hallelujah, no Tyra Banks! And brownie points for the pretty boys.
My favourite contender has got to be Tom, who was forgettable in early episodes but turns out to be the best without too much attitude problem. His only crime is to put too much product on his hair to make it look like it’s windswept unnaturally, while wearing hoodie on top of them, and looking like a snobby preppy boy. I did like Lucas, until he left the competition to focus on… excuse me??! Acting!? As for the girls, Courtney with the elfin ear looks really cute.
Sparky eyed little girls are better off away the show. Just look at Sheridan being told off harshly because of her weight, while her natural built is slightly bigger, she’s not fat at all. As a fellow big-boned person I am not happy. While it is quite disgusting, it’s also pretty understandable that the model pretty much has a standard size. Bleh. But I keep watching because trashy shows like this is just so damn entertaining.
