{"id":1547,"date":"2008-10-17T00:29:21","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T05:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2008-10-17T00:33:06","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T05:33:06","slug":"guess-which-shows-doing-hitchcock-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/guess-which-shows-doing-hitchcock-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Guess Which Show’s Doing Hitchcock Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yep, Pushing Daisies<\/i> is at it again<\/a>!<\/p>\n

This week’s episode “Bad Habits” boasts a death-by-clocktower-fall that may be suicide or may be murder. In any case, it’s quite Vertigo<\/i>-esque. That makes twice they’ve done Vertigo<\/i>, twice (at least) for Psycho<\/i>, and once for The Birds<\/i>. I vote they do Rear Window<\/i> and Notorious<\/i> next.<\/p>\n

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I couldn’t verify for sure because it’s been forever since I’ve seen it, but was there maybe a hint of Black Narcissus<\/i> in there, too? Oh, and I’m claiming an Assassin’s Creed<\/i> reference in the nosedive into the haycart. ;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yep, Pushing Daisies is at it again! This week’s episode “Bad Habits” boasts a death-by-clocktower-fall that may be suicide or may be murder. In any case, it’s quite Vertigo-esque. That makes twice they’ve done Vertigo, twice (at least) for Psycho, and once for The Birds. I vote they do Rear Window and Notorious next. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[285,657],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":826,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/pushing-daisies-and-hitchcock\/","url_meta":{"origin":1547,"position":0},"title":"Pushing Daisies and Hitchcock","author":"Jandy","date":"November 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"So, what is up with all the Hitchcock references on Pushing Daisies lately? 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